[Luan is the male counterpart to the female feng, which is commonly translated as ‘phoenix’. The phrase ‘luan and feng’ thus is a reference to a husband and wife.]

Upon listening to that Emperor Baoding had abolished the salt tariff, the tens of hundreds of residents of Dali felt extraordinarily grateful. Yunnan didn’t produce a substantial amount of salt. All through the nation, solely the cities of Baijing, Heijing, Yulong, and 6 others produced salt. Yearly, they would wish to import salt from Shu [modern day Sichuan]. The salt tariff was extraordinarily heavy, usually forcing most of the poorer residents on the outlying areas of the nation to go with out. Emperor Baoding knew that as quickly as he abolished the salt tariff, the Yellow Browed Monk would definitely strive to think about a solution to rescue Duan Yu, in order to indicate his gratitude.

He had all the time admired the Yellow Browed Monk’s intelligence and martial arts, and in addition knew that the monk’s two disciples weren’t weak both. With the three of them working collectively, they would definitely obtain victory. A lot to his shock, after ready a whole day and a complete night time, he hadn’t acquired any information of success in any respect. He was nearly to ship out Ba Tianshi to analyze when he found that Ba Tianshi, Minister of Training Hua, and Minister of Battle Fan had all disappeared as effectively.

Emperor Baoding contemplated to himself, “Can it’s that Crown Prince Yanqing actually is that this formidable? Can it actually be attainable that the Yellow Browed Monk, his two disciples, and my three ministers have all fallen to him throughout the Ten Thousand Calamities Gorge?” He instantly despatched for his Imperial Crown Brother Duan Zhengchun, the South-Subduing Princess Dao Baifeng, the Marquis of Virtuous Enlightenment Gao Shengtai, and the 4 Imperial Bodyguards to as soon as extra make their solution to the Ten Thousand Calamities Gorge.

Her coronary heart aching for her beloved son, Dao Baifeng requested Emperor Baoding to name out the imperial military and completely obliviate the gorge. Emperor Baoding replied, “Until we’re utterly out of all different choices, we should act in accordance with the customs and guidelines of the jianghu. The centuries-old directions of the Duan household ancestors can’t be solid apart.”

The get together arrived on the entrance to the gorge, solely to see Yun Zhonghe strategy them with just a little smile on his face. Cupping his arms politely, he mentioned in a deep voice, “We 4 Evils and gorge-master Zhong anticipated that you just, sir, would as soon as extra honor us together with your presence in the present day. I’ve been respectfully ready for you right here for a very long time. When you have introduced your armored troopers right here, we’ll merely escaped, taking with us the one that you love son and your treasured daughter. However when you have come right here in accordance with the principles of the jianghu, desiring to greet associates based mostly upon your martial capacity, then please enter the primary lounge and luxuriate in some tea.”

Emperor Baoding noticed that he was extraordinarily calm and confirmed not a single trace of worry, appearing in a way far completely different from yesterday, the place he had instantly rushed out and launched and assault. This made him really feel all of the extra alarmed. Immediately, he cupped his arms as effectively. “It could not be higher if that’s actually the case.” Yun Zhonghe escorted the get together contained in the lounge. Upon stepping foot inside, Emperor Baoding noticed that room was crammed with heroes of the jianghu. Ye Erniang and the Divine Crocodile have been there as effectively, however Crown Prince Yanqing was nowhere to be seen. As soon as once more, he secretly ready for the worst.

Yun Zhonghe cried out loudly, “Grasp Duan, the pinnacle of the Duan household of the southern skies has arrived!” He did not use the phrase, ‘His majesty, the Emperor of Dali’, however moderately launched him in accordance together with his wulin title, exhibiting that all the pieces would proceed in accordance with the principles of the jianghu.

Not solely was Duan Zhengming the ruler of a rustic, however he was additionally a particularly esteemed professional within the wulin, of nice status and stature. As quickly as the group heard that he had arrived, all of them instantly rose to their toes. Solely the Divine Crocodile remained sitting. He loudly shouted, “I used to be questioning who confirmed up. So its the ole emperor, eh? How ya doing?”

Zhong Wanchou shortly rushed ahead and mentioned, “I, Zhong Wanchou, didn’t come to welcome a distant visitor. Please forgive me.” Emperor Baoding mentioned, “You are too well mannered, too well mannered.”

Presently, everybody retook their seats. Their positions have been in accordance with the principles of the jianghu. Duan Zhengchun, his spouse, and Gao Shengtai not wanted to behave in accordance with the principles governing how a topic ought to behave in entrance of his ruler, and so sat subsequent to Emperor Baoding. Chu Wanli and the opposite three guards stood behind Emperor Baoding.

Servants of the gorge got here to them, providing them tea. Emperor Baoding, seeing that the Yellow Browed Monk, Ba Tianshi, and the others weren’t right here, was busy formulating a manner which might enable him to inquire about their whereabouts. All of the sudden, he heard Zhong Wanchou communicate. “Grasp Duan, you have actually given me an enormous quantity of face! It is so seldom that so many good associates could be gathered in a single place. Come, let me introduce them to you.”

Following this, he started to introduce the opposite company one after the other. Some have been heroes from the Central Plains to the north. The remainder have been all excellent members of Dali’s wulin group. They included Xin Shuangqing, Zuo Zimu, and Ma Wude amongst others. Emperor Baoding had by no means met most people current, however had heard of their names. These heroes of the jianghu all respectively paid their respects to Emperor Baoding. Some have been extraordinarily respectful; others deliberately acted arrogantly. Others addressed him utilizing the language {that a} wulin one that was of a junior technology to him may use.

Zhong Wanchou mentioned, “It’s a uncommon factor for Grasp Duan to return right here. Why not keep right here for a couple of extra days? That manner, you may get to know all the chums right here higher.” Emperor Baoding replied, “It might be sufficient in case you might pardon Duan Yu for his offense, gorge grasp Zhong. He has been detained at your noble residence. In the present day, I’ve come right here for 2 causes. Firstly, to ask for clemency on his behalf. Secondly, to supply my apologies. Gorge grasp Zhong, I hope that you’ll give me some face and forgive the ignorance of the kid. I will probably be extraordinarily grateful.”

Upon listening to his phrases, everybody secretly felt admiration for him. They thought to themselves, “We have lengthy heard that Emperor Duan acts in accordance with the principles of the wulin. His repute is effectively earned. This place falls throughout the borders of the nation of Dali. He solely must ship out a couple of hundred cavalrymen and would instantly be capable to take his nephew again. Who would have thought that he would are available in particular person, and as an alternative ask in such respectful language?”

Zhong Wanchou laughed loudly, however didn’t instantly reply. Ma Wude mentioned, “Ah, so Duan Yu offended gorge grasp Zhong. A while in the past, he went to town of Pu’er, then went sight-seeing with me and my brothers at Mt. Wuliang. I did not take excellent care of him, and this was the reason for so many issues. I might additionally prefer to request clemency on his behalf.”

The Divine Crocodile all of a sudden shouted loudly, “What proper do it’s important to meddle within the affairs of my apprentice?!” Gao Shengtai mentioned coldly, “The younger lord Duan is your grasp. You’ve got even knelt down and kowtowed to him. Are you reneging on that?” The Divine Crocodile’s complete face turned crimson. He cursed, “**** your grandmother. I am not reneging! In the present day, I’ll kill the brat who’s my grasp solely in title. I wasn’t cautious and someway ended up accepting that brat as my grasp. I am dying of disgrace!”

Nobody within the crowd knew what he was speaking about, and every one among them was flabbergasted.

Dao Baifeng mentioned, “Gorge grasp Zhong, whether or not or not Duan Yu will probably be launched lies in a single phrase from you.” Zhong Wanchou laughed. “Launch, launch, launch! In fact I’ll launch him! What good does it do me to maintain your honorable son?” Yun Zhonghe interjected, “Duan Yu is romantic and good-looking. Madame Zhong, the ‘Pretty Poisonist’, is a particularly stunning girl. To maintain him throughout the gorge could be like main a wolf right into a sheep pen, or like elevating a tiger together with your youngsters. Naturally, gorge grasp Zhong will launch him. He can not help however launch him. He does not dare not launch him!”

Upon listening to these phrases, everybody current was startled. They realized that this ‘Totally Merciless and Evil’ Yun Zhonghe spoke with out the slightest scruples, as if he actually did not give a rattling about gorge grasp Zhong. His nickname, ‘Totally Merciless and Evil’, actually was not mistakenly given.

Zhong Wanchou was livid. Turning his head, he mentioned, “Brother Yun, after ending the enterprise at hand, I want to expertise your good strikes!” Yun Zhonghe replied, “Fantastic, great! I’ve lengthy wished to kill the husband, seize the spouse, then calm down inside this gorge.”

The face of each particular person current turned pale. Xin Shuangqing, woman of the Wuliang Cave, spoke. “The great and noble heroes of the world have not been exterminated. Irrespective of how excessive the martial arts of you ‘4 Evils’ are, you will not escape justice ultimately!” In a coquettish, delicate voice, Ye Erniang mentioned, “Daoist good friend Xin, I, Ye Erniang, have not offended you. Why rope me in with him?”

Zuo Zimu, all of a sudden recalling how she had kidnapped his son, could not assist however have lingering fears. He snuck a sideways look at her. Ye Erniang laughed. “Mr. Zuo, your little boy should be even fatter and cuter now, proper?” Zuo Zimu did not dare to not reply. He mentioned in a low voice, “Final time, he was uncovered to the chilly. He hasn’t absolutely recovered from the sickness but.” Ye Erniang laughed once more. “Oh, I am sorry. It is all my fault. Later, when I’ve an opportunity, I am going to head over to your mountain and pay a go to to my cute little grandson.” Zuo Zimu was terrified. He shortly replied, “I would not dare to hassle you to return.”

Emperor Baoding thought to himself, “These 4 Evils have perpetrated many atrocities and dedicated many outrages. Many individuals have fashioned grudges and enmities towards them. These jianghu heroes clearly aren’t their allies. This makes issues far more simpler to deal with. After rescuing Yu’er, I ought to take the possibility to eradicate these evil individuals. Though the chief of the 4 Evils, Crown Prince Yanqing, is a member of the Duan household, making it inappropriate for me to personally take care of him, there’ll nonetheless be a day when he actually known as to account for his monstrous crimes [another possible meaning of the title, ‘E Guan Man Ying’].”

Dao Baifeng, listening to everybody communicate, noticed that the dialog was getting derailed. She all of a sudden stood up. “Gorge grasp Zhong, as you’ve agreed to return my son, please return him to me and let the 2 of us, mom and son, meet.”

Zhong Wanchou additionally stood up. “Alright!” All of the sudden turning his head, he shot a look in the direction of Duan Zhengchun. He sighed. “Duan Zhengchun, you’ve such a beautiful spouse and son. Why aren’t you happy and stay so grasping? In the present day, when your repute is trampled underfoot and once you lose all face, you should have nobody responsible save your self. You can not blame me, Zhong Wanchou!”

Duan Zhengchun, after listening to that Zhong Wanchou was prepared to launch his son, instantly suspected some form of conspiracy or entice, as he didn’t consider the matter could be settled so simply. Now, upon listening to Zhong Wanchou’s phrases, he instantly stood up and walked to Zhong Wanchou’s aspect. “Gorge grasp Zhong, when you have maliciously harmed him, then I guarantee you that I, Duan Zhengchun, may even have a way to make you bitterly repent your actions for the remainder of your life.”

Zhong Wanchou noticed that he had an impressive look and an awe-inspiring presence, with a powerful and lofty aura. He felt that he himself actually was vastly inferior to this man. A sense of disgrace all of a sudden crammed his chest, and it engendered a jealous flame in his coronary heart. He loudly mentioned, “Since issues have already come thus far, I’ll take this all the way in which to the top, even when the ultimate result’s that I turn into destitute and homeless, and have my corpse damaged right into a thousand items. In order for you your son again, include me!” And as he spoke, he strode away from the corridor entrance.

The group of individuals adopted Zhong Wanchou as he arrived on the large tree wall. Yun Zhonghe, exhibiting off his qinggong skills, was the primary to leap over the wall. Duan Zhengchun thought to himself, “We have virtually reached the purpose of no return. We’d as effectively display our energy and status, in order to trigger the opposite aspect to understand how a lot catastrophe will probably be in retailer for them and maybe retreat.” He referred to as out, “Ducheng, chop the tree down, so that everybody will discover it simpler to cross.”

Gu Ducheng responded, “Sure sir!” He raised his metal hatchets. With a collection of fast ‘ca’ sounds, he instantly chopped down one of many timber. Fu Sigui launched a twin palm assault on the tree. With a loud crash, it fell all the way down to the aspect. The metal hatchet, gleaming with vibrant gentle, continued to cut away. The chopping sounds went on continuous, and the massive timber have been felled one after one other in succession. In brief time, all that might be seen have been 5 tree stumps.

It had not been simple in any respect for Zhong Wanchou to plant and domesticate this wall of timber. He had labored mightily, and it had value him a substantial amount of blood and sweat. After seeing them chopped down by Gu Ducheng, he could not assist however turn into agitated and livid. However then he had second ideas. “In the present day, the Duan household of Dali goes to lose an enormous quantity of face. Why quibble over such a small issues as this?” He instantly walked previous the cleared stumps.

Solely to see that previous the chopped down wall, the Yellow Browed Monk and Duan Yanqing have been each urgent towards a metal cane. A cloud of white mist hover over their heads, exhibiting that they have been in the course of an inside power competitors. The Yellow Browed Monk all of a sudden stretched out his proper hand and used a small metal hammer to attract a circle on a blue stone in entrance of him. The person in inexperienced thought for a second, then stretched out his proper metal cane and pressed it downwards on the blue stone. Watching them, Emperor Baoding instantly realized that his martial brother, the Yellow Browed Monk, was competing in each chess and inside power with Crown Prince Yanqing. It was a contest of each intelligence and power. The competitors was as contemporary and authentic because it was lethal. He thought to himself, “He by no means gave me an replace. It appears as if it’s as a result of this competitors has been occurring for someday and one night time, with out victory or defeat having been achieved.

Glancing on the chess recreation, he noticed that the 2 sides have been locked right into a ‘Life or Loss of life Knot’. Victory and defeat would utterly rely upon the decision of this knot. Nevertheless, the Yellow Browed Monk was within the weaker place, barely conserving his items alive with strenuous effort. His two disciples, Pochi and Pochen, had fallen unmoving to the bottom. Earlier, upon seeing their grasp in a important scenario, had attacked the person in inexperienced from each side in a pincer assault. However each of them had been felled by his metal cane.

Duan Zhengchun walked ahead and unsealed their acupoints. “Wanli, you 4 go and push apart the stone and rescue Yu’er.” Chu Wanli and the opposite three replied within the affirmative and walked forwards as effectively.

Zhong Wanchou referred to as out, “Wait! Have you learnt who else, along with Duan Yu, is on this stone home?” Duan Zhengchun angrily mentioned, “For those who used ruthless tips to coerce my son, then you need to keep in mind that you your self have a spouse and daughter!” With a chilly expression on his face, Zhong Wanchou laughed. “Proper on. I, Zhong Wanchou, do certainly have each a spouse and a daughter. Luckily, I haven’t got a son, a lot much less a son who will interact in wicked, incestuous acts together with his personal sister.” Duan Zhengchun’s face turned ashen. He referred to as out, “You are stuffed with crap! What are you babbling about?” Zhong Wanchou mentioned, “Mu Wanqing is your daughter, is she not?” Duan Zhengchun angrily replied, “What enterprise is it of yours as to what her origins or household are, you busybody?”

Zhong Wanchou laughed. “I am not essentially a busybody. Dali’s Duan household function the rulers of the southern world and dominate it. Your title can also be well-known and prestigious throughout the wulin. Heroes and noble males current! Open extensive your eyes and watch as Duan Zhengchun’s son and daughter turn into husband and spouse, fornicating like animals. He made a hand sign in the direction of the Divine Crocodile, and the 2 of them ready to push apart the boulder which was blocking the door.

Duan Zhengchun referred to as out, “Wait!” He prolonged his arms to halt them. However Yun Zhonghe and Ye Erniang every despatched out a palm to assault him from two sides, forcing him to dam. Slanting his physique, Gao Shengtai surged forwards and blocked Yun Zhonghe’s palm assault. However unexpectedly, each Ye Erniang’s assault and Yun Zhonghe’s assaults have been feints. Though they waved their proper arms in a false assault, they concurrently pressed their left palms towards the boulder as effectively and exerted their pressure. That big boulder weighed hundreds of jin, however, confronted with the mixed efforts of Ye Erniang, Zhong Wanchou, Yun Zhonghe, and the Divine Crocodile, instantly rolled apart.

This trick was one thing which the 4 of them had way back deliberate out. It was very troublesome to discern, and there was no manner for Duan Zhengchun to cease them. And, in all honesty, Duan Zhengchun was apprehensive sick about his son, and thus did not use all of his efforts to cease them from rolling the boulder apart. After the boulder was rolled apart, a doorway was uncovered. The insides of the home was dim and darkish, and the circumstances inside couldn’t be seen.

Zhong Wanchou laughed. “A lonely man and a single girl, utterly bare, collectively inside a darkish room. What sort of fine issues may they presumably be doing apart? Haha, haha. Everybody, take an excellent look!”

In the course of Zhong Wanchou’s laughter, a younger man with tousled hair, bare from the waist up, walked out. He was solely carrying a pair of shorts, exposing most of his legs as effectively. It was Duan Yu. In his arms, he held a girl. The lady cuddled into his arms. She, too, was solely carrying her underwear, exposing her arms and her thighs, in addition to a lot of the pure white flesh of her again.

Emperor Baoding’s complete face was flooded with disgrace. Duan Zhengchun lowered his head, unable to look. Tears crammed Dao Baifeng’s eyes. She mumbled to herself, “Karma…that is karma…” Gao Shengtai eliminated his personal robe, making ready to offer it to Duan Yu to put on as an alternative. Ma Wude, wholeheartedly attempting to ingratiate himself with the 2 brothers of the Duan household, hurriedly stepped ahead and stood in entrance of Duan Yu, concealing him. The Divine Crocodile referred to as out, “Sonufab.itch, f.uck off!”

Extraordinarily delighted, Zhong Wanchou continued to snort loudly. Then, all of a sudden, his laughter got here to an abrupt halt. He fell silent for a protracted second, then set free a wretched shout. “Ling’er? Is that…is that you just?”

Upon listening to his loud cry, the hearts of the whole crowd trembled. Zhong Wanchou all of a sudden pounced in the direction of Duan Yu, snatching on the girl whom he was holding in his arms. Presently, everybody current might now see this woman’s face. Her age was definitely youthful than that of Mu Wanqing, and her determine was additionally smaller and slimmer. A glance of youthfulness remained on her face. It wasn’t Mu Wanqing. It was Zhong Wanchou’s personal daughter, Zhong Ling! When the group of heroes had first arrived on the Ten Thousand Calamities Gorge, Zhong Wanchou had introduced her to the grand corridor to introduce her to the company, with the intention of exhibiting off his stunning, lovely daughter.

Considerably confused and bewildered, Duan Yu noticed that there have been many individuals in entrance of him. He acknowledged his uncle and his dad and mom, and instantly launched Zhong Ling, permitting Zhong Wanchou to take her away from him. He referred to as out, “Mom! Uncle! Father!” Dao Baifeng rushed in the direction of him, embracing him inside her arms. “Yu’er, are you…are you alright?” Bewildered, Duan Yu replied, “I…I…I am unsure.”

Not solely had Zhong Wanchou didn’t hurt his enemy, he had harmed himself as an alternative. How might he have imagined that the girl whom Duan Yu carried out in his arms would really be his personal daughter? Dazed, he let go of his daughter. Zhong Ling was solely carrying some form-hugging undergarments. Seeing so many eyes on her, her complete face blushed crimson. Zhong Wanchou took off his personal robe, wrapping it round her, then slapped her on the face, inflicting her left cheeks to redden much more. He scolded her, “Shameless! Who informed you to get along with that little swine?” Zhong Ling’s face was an image of grievance at being falsely accused, and began to cry. How might she clarify all the pieces in such a short while?

Zhong Wanchou all of a sudden thought to himself, “Mu Wanqing clearly was imprisoned throughout the stone home. I doubt she was in a position to push the boulder apart. She should be inside the home nonetheless. I am going to go drag her out and have her assist shoulder a number of the humiliation which Ling’er is struggling.” He loudly cried out, “Miss Mu, hurry up and are available out!” He referred to as out 3 times, however heard no sound inside the home.

Zhong Wanchou rushed inside the home. The stone room was solely ten toes extensive and lengthy. It was apparent at first look that there wasn’t even a shadow of an individual inside. Zhong Wanchou was so offended that he felt as if his chest would explode. He left the room, then struck out with one other palm in the direction of his daughter. He screamed, “Silly woman, I’ll kill you!”

However all of a sudden, a hand stretched out from the aspect, with the ring finger and the little finger placing in the direction of his wrist. Zhong Wanchou hurriedly withdrew his hand to flee the blow, then turned his head. The one that had interfered was Duan Zhengchun. He angrily mentioned, “I am educating my daughter a lesson. What enterprise is it of yours?”

Chuckling, Duan Zhengchun mentioned, “Gorge grasp Zhong, you actually handled my son extremely effectively throughout his keep right here! You have been afraid that he would get lonely by himself, and ordered your treasured daughter to return right here and maintain him firm. I’m extremely grateful in the direction of you. This being the case, your treasured daughter is already a member of my Duan household. How can I not intervene?”

Zhong Wanchou roared, “How is she a member of your Duan household?” Duan Zhengchun laughed. “Inside this stone room, your daughter attended to the wants of my son, Duan Yu. They have been collectively fairly a while now. As you mentioned. A lonely man and a single girl, utterly bare, collectively inside a darkish room. What sort of fine issues may they presumably be doing apart? My son is the inheritor to the South-Subduing Palace. Though he may not be capable to take in your daughter as his chief spouse, he can nonetheless take her on as a concubine. For the the Aristocracy, what’s fallacious with having three wives or 4 concubines? It appears such as you and me have turn into in-laws! Ha ha ha ha, he he he!”

Zhong Wanchou was unable to suppress the violent rage which crammed him, and rushed in the direction of Duan Zhengchun. ‘Hu’, ‘hu’, ‘hu’. He struck out with three palms. His laughter not stopping, Duan Zhengchun neutralized every of his assaults.

Everyone current thought to themselves, “Dali’s Duan household actually is formidable! I ponder what methodology they used to abscond with gorge grasp Zhong’s daughter, then imprison her throughout the stone room. Zhong Wanchou is a citizen of Dali, however repeatedly units himself towards the Duan household and stirs up bother for them. Is not he actually asking for bother?”

Because it occurred, this complete scene was deliberate out by Hua Hegen and the opposite two. After kidnapping Zhong Ling and taking her down into the tunnel, Hua Hegen’s authentic thought was to easily stop her from leaking out their plans. Solely after listening to Zhong Wanchou and his spouse communicate did he understand that Zhong Wanchou and Crown Prince Yanqing had created such a devious, ruthless plan to destroy the repute of the Duan household. The three of them mentioned the scenario in a low voice throughout the tunnel. All three of them knew that this was a matter of the gravest significance. Furthermore, time was of the essence. As quickly as Madame Zhong left, Ba Tianshi quietly left the tunnel and scouted out the realm. He discovered the precise location of and distance to the stone home, and knowledgeable Hua Hegen. All of them sped up their excavating tempo. They have been busy for yet one more night time, digging till daybreak break. Solely then did they arrive on the stone home.

Hua Hegen dug his manner into the stone home, solely to see Duan Yu operating across the room madly, as if he had gone insane. He stretched out his hand to seize him, however Duan Yu’s actions have been each quick and weird, and he wasn’t in a position to come up with him. Ba Tianshi and Fan Hua additionally entered the room and surrounded Duan Yu. The room actually was too small, and there was nowhere Duan Yu may go. Hua Hegen stretched out his hand and grabbed Duan Yu’s wrist, however his complete physique instantly shook. He felt as if he had grabbed onto a scorching coal. He shortly tugged onerous, attempting to knock Duan Yu into the tunnel in order that they may shortly escape. However as quickly as he exerted his power, he felt his inside power stream out of him and into Duan Yu. He could not maintain from uttering a startled ‘aiyo’.

Ba Tianshi and Fan Hua grabbed him and pulled at him onerous. Solely with their mixed efforts did they handle to separate the 2 and shake off the internal-energy leeching ‘Divine Artwork of the Northern Darkness’. The interior power of the three chief ministers of Dali was a lot better than that of the Wuliang disciples, they usually had reacted extra shortly as effectively. Solely because of this have been they spared. Their our bodies have been coated with chilly sweat. They thought to themselves, “The heretical expertise of Crown Prince Yanqing actually are formidable!” They not dared to the touch Duan Yu’s physique.

Simply as they have been at a loss as to what to do, they heard voices from outdoors the room. They realized that each Emperor Baoding and the South-Subduing Prince had arrived, and heard Zhong Wanchou’s loud mockery. Fan Hua all of a sudden was struck by a brainwave. “Zhong Wanchou is hateful and vile. Let’s play a giant prank on him!” He instantly stripped off a lot of Zhong Ling’s outer clothes, then dressed Mu Wanqing with them. Then, he put Zhong Ling in Duan Yu’s arms. Duan Yu dazedly accepted her. Hua Hegen and the opposite two grabbed Mu Wanqing then returned to the tunnel, masking the opening as they left, not abandoning the slightest little bit of proof that they’d ever been there.

Emperor Baoding noticed that his nephew was completely effective. He would by no means have imagined that issues would have turned out this fashion. He was each gratified and amused. For the second, he wasn’t ready to think about the explanation why this all occurred. He all of a sudden remembered that the Yellow Browed Monk and Duan Yanqing had reached a important juncture of life and loss of life of their inside power competitors. In the event that they have been disturbed within the slightest, their lives would instantly be in peril. He shortly walked again to the 2 males and their competitors. Beads of sweat the scale of a pea have been rolling down the Yellow Browed Monk’s head, falling down onto the chessboard under. However Crown Prince Yanqing sat there nonchalantly, the expression on his face unchanged, as if nothing had occurred in any respect. Clearly, victory and defeat had already been decided.

Duan Yu’s thoughts slowly grew to become clearer. He was additionally involved in regards to the consequence of the chess match, and walked over to face subsequent to the 2 males. He noticed that the Yellow Browed Monk’s sources have been exhausted. Crown Prince Yanqing would solely have to make yet one more indentation, and the Yellow Browed Monk could be out of strikes and could be compelled to confess defeat. He noticed Crown Prince Yanqing prolong his metal cane, making ready to push down on the chess board. The place he was pointing at was exactly the important level of the match. After making this transfer, there could be nothing extra that the Yellow Browed Monk might do in any respect.

Duan Yu was extraordinarily apprehensive. He thought to himself, “Let me go muddle up the scenario a bit.” He stretched out his hand and grabbed on the cane. Simply as Crown Prince Yanqing’s metal cane was about to press down on the ‘Shang’ quadrant, the place the third vertical and seventh horizontal line intersected, he felt a shock in his arm. The power from his proper arm, which was as tightly wound and directed as a bowstring, all of a sudden was diverted and flew away from him.

The sense of startlement he felt was not small. Glancing out of the nook of his eye, he noticed that Duan Yu had grabbed onto the tip of his cane. Duan Yu had solely wished to tug the metal cane apart and stop him from placing the important level within the chess match, however the metal cane, hovering in midair, did not even budge. He instantly exerted as a lot pressure as he might, and Crown Prince Yanqing’s inside power all of a sudden entered his physique through his ‘Shaoshang’ acupoint.

Tremendously startled, Crown Prince Yanqing thought to himself, “It is the ‘Power Dissolving Artwork’ [Hua Gong Fa] of that outdated freak Ding from Xingxiuhai [a plateau in Qinhai].” He instantly gathered his inside power inside his dantian, then transferred it to his arm. An incomparably highly effective burst of power erupted from his metal cane, shaking off Duan Yu’s fingers.

Duan Yu solely felt half his physique go sore, and wished to faint. His physique trembled, and solely by gripping the blue stone in entrance of him did he handle to stabilize himself. However a small a part of that violent burst of power from Crown Prince Yanqing had entered the ocean of power inside Duan Yu’s dantian, then disappeared. Crown Prince Yanqing was significantly startled, and his metal cane drooped downwards barely. The tip of it simply so occurred to exactly alight upon the ‘Shang’ quadrant, on the level the place the seventh vertical and eighth horizontal traces linked.

After Duan Yu’s interference, his inside power didn’t stream easily. Though his metal cane sagged, it nonetheless carried an incredible pressure and he involuntarily pressed downwards. Crown Prince Yanqing secretly cried out, “Not good!” He hurriedly lifted his cane, however on the level the place the seventh vertical and eighth horizontal traces intersected, a small indentation had already appeared.

When specialists performed chess, they needed to guarantee that they might not remorse making even a single mistaken transfer. A lot much less on this recreation, a big stone was the chessboard and indentations and circles served because the items. How might a transfer be taken again? However the transfer he had simply made, on the level the place the seventh and eighth traces intersected, was the place one among his ‘eyes’ have been. As anybody who is aware of even just a little bit about chess would know, having a protected pocket of two eyes meant these items have been protected, however a single eye by itself was doomed. Crown Prince Yanqing had way back turned that a part of the board right into a pocket of two eyes, making it a protected base of operations from which he might launch assaults on the Yellow Browed Monk’s items. What sense would there be for him to kill one among his personal eyes and doom his place? And but, he had already made the transfer. Though it was completely counter to the logic of chess, the transfer was made on account of his personal inside power being weakened and unstable.

Crown Prince Yanqing secretly sighed. “A single failed transfer will lead to defeat throughout the whole enjoying area. Is that this actually the desire of heaven?” He was an individual of terribly excessive standing and dignity. He undoubtedly wouldn’t get right into a dispute with the Yellow Browed Monk over this matter. He instantly rose up, urgent each of his arms down towards the blue stone chessboard, watching it and never transferring for a very long time.

A lot of the heroes current had by no means seen him earlier than. Upon noticing his unusual look, everybody’s consideration was drawn in the direction of him. He stared on the chessboard for a very long time. All of the sudden, with out saying a phrase, he propped himself up together with his metal canes. Their suggestions pressed towards the earth as if he was stepping on the bottom. Every step he took was very giant, and he shortly departed.

All of the sudden, a collection of cracking sounds might be heard. The blue stone trembled, then break up into six or seven items. And so this good recreation of chess, the likes of had by no means been seen earlier than and which could by no means be seen once more, was erased from the world. The group of individuals could not assist however set free cries of shock. Except for Emperor Baoding, the Yellow Browed Monk, and the three remaining Evils, everybody current thought to themselves, “That particular person appeared neither like a human being, nor like a ghost. That dwelling corpse who wore inexperienced had such a tremendous stage of martial arts.”

The Yellow Browed monk managed to win this recreation of chess by sheer likelihood. Each of his arms rested towards his knees, and he himself was entranced in a daze as he replayed the thrilling occasions in his thoughts. He could not perceive in any respect why Crown Prince Yanqing, simply as victory was inside his attain, would all of a sudden hurt his personal aspect and seal off one among his personal eyes. Might it’s that upon seeing Duan Zhengming and different specialists arrive, he feared coming beneath assault and thus conceded the match? However he had many helpers on his aspect as effectively. He would not essentially have been defeated.

Emperor Baoding, Duan Zhengchun, and Gao Shengtai additionally didn’t perceive what had occurred. However fortunately, Duan Yu had been safely recovered, and the pure title of the Duan household was not broken within the slightest. With Crown Prince Yanqing having conceded the match, a complete victory had been achieved. Though there have been many particulars of this encounter which they didn’t perceive, for the time being it was not essentially to completely examine all the pieces.

Duan Zhengchun smiled in the direction of Zhong Wanchou. “Gorge grasp Zhong, now that your daughter has turn into my son’s concubine, within the coming days, I’ll ship somebody to escort her to our palace. We’ll naturally take excellent care of those two lovebirds and deal with her as if she have been our personal daughter. Set your thoughts relaxed.”

Zhong Wanchou was already in the course of an uncontrollable fury. Upon listening to Duan Zhengchun communicate in such a mocking tone in the direction of him, he pulled out his sabre with a ‘shua’ sound and chopped at Zhong Ling’s head with a loud shout. “I am dying of anger! I’ll kill you first!”

However all of a sudden, a protracted shadow flashed by. With matchless pace, it seized Zhong Ling, then it flew away like a gust of wind, floating tens of toes away. With a ‘ta’ sound, Zhong Wanchou’s sabre linked with the bottom. He noticed that the person holding Zhong Ling was none aside from ‘Totally Merciless and Evil’ Yun Zhonghe. He angrily mentioned, “What…what are you doing?!”

Yun Zhonghe laughed. “You do not even need this daughter anymore. Simply fake that she’s lifeless and that you just chopped her to loss of life. Let me have her.” Whilst he spoke, he additional flew tens of extra toes away. He knew very effectively that other than Emperor Baoding and the Yellow Browed Monk, whose martial arts have been far above his personal, even Duan Zhengchun and Gao Shengtai have been unbelievable figures. And so, as quickly as he hatched the scheme to kidnap Zhong Ling, he instantly fled. Seeing that Ba Tianshi was not current, he knew that so long as he might make the most of his qinggong, not a single particular person current might catch as much as him.

Zhong Wanchou knew that his qinggong skills have been unbelievable. He was so apprehensive that he was actually hopping mad, leaping up and down as he cursed. Emperor Baoding had seen Yun Zhonghe run round in circles with Ba Tianshi the opposite day. In the present day, seeing Yun Zhonghe transfer as if he have been unburdened regardless of carrying Zhong Ling, he knew that there was nothing he might do both.

Duan Yu all of a sudden had a thought flash by his head. “Yue Quantity Three! Your grasp has an order for you! Fast, get this younger woman again!” The Divine Crocodile was startled, then angrily replied, “Bastard, whaddya speaking about?” Duan Yu mentioned, “You accepted me as your grasp, and even kowtowed to me. Are you going again in your phrases? Are your guarantees value nothing greater than a fart? You need to actually need to be a bastard son of a turtle!”

The Divine Crocodile furrowed his eyebrows as storm clouds gathered throughout his face. He thundered, “In fact I will not return on my phrases! So what in case you are my grasp? For those who piss me off, I am going to even kill you, my ‘grasp’!” Duan Yu replied, “It is good that acknowledge me as your grasp! Miss Zhong is my spouse. That makes her your master-wife. Go get her again for me! If Yun Zhonghe disgraces her, then he is disgracing your master-wife! You may lose a lot face that you just will not be capable to be thought of a hero or an actual man!”

The Divine Crocodile was startled. He thought to himself, “Huh, these phrases make a number of sense.” However he all of a sudden thought to himself that Mu Wanqing was Duan Yu’s spouse. How was it that this little woman surnamed Zhong was additionally his spouse? He requested, “What number of master-wives do I’ve, anyhow?” Duan Yu replied, “Cease asking! The underside line is, in case you aren’t in a position to get again this master-wife, you will lose an enormous quantity of face. The entire heroes current have seen with their very own eyes that you could’t even overcome the Fourth Evil, Yun Zhonghe. That drops you all the way down to the place of being the Fifth Evil. Heck, possibly you will turn into the Sixth Evil!”

To the Divine Crocodile, being ranked beneath Yun Zhonghe was actually a destiny worse than loss of life. He’d really feel much less depressing if he have been killed. He set free an insane roar, then rushed in the direction of Yun Zhonghe. He screamed, “Put down my master-wife proper now!”

Working and leaping forwards, Yun Zhonghe referred to as out, “Yue Quantity Three, you actually are a big fool! You’ve got fallen for his trick!” The Divine Crocodile liked greater than the rest to think about himself as an awe-inspiring particular person. Listening to Yun Zhonghe declare in entrance of so many individuals that he had been tricked solely infuriated him all of the extra. He loudly roared to the heavens, “How might I, Yue Quantity Two, fall for another person’s tips?” He instantly sped up his pursuit. Within the blink of a watch, the 2 of them, one within the entrance, the opposite in scorching pursuit, handed outdoors the gorge.

In the course of his earlier, blind rage, Zhong Wanchou had chopped in the direction of his daughter. However at this second, seeing his daughter being kidnapped by a thug, he was significantly agitated. In any case, the love between a father and his daughter was deep. To not point out, he realized that if his spouse requested him what had occurred, he could be incapable of giving her a solution. In a match of desperation, he, too, chased after them.

Emperor Baoding shortly bade the group of heroes farewell, and with the remainder of his get together additionally left the gorge. They returned to town of Dali and returned to the South-Subduing Palace. Hua Hegen, Fan Hua, and Ba Tianshi emerged from the palace to welcome them. Subsequent to them was a vibrant and exquisite younger woman, wearing essentially the most beautiful of garments and ornaments. It was Mu Wanqing.

Fan Hua gave a short report back to Emperor Baoding about Hua Hegen digging out a tunnel, placing Zhong Ling within the stone home, and rescuing Mu Wanqing. Solely now did everybody understand that this was why Zhong Wanchou, in attempting to hurt others, ended up harming himself. Everybody laughed uproariously.

Though the facility of the ‘Yin and Yang Conjoining’ powder was very fierce, it wasn’t toxic. After taking a dose of counteracting medication, then ingesting a giant bowl stuffed with chilly water, the powder’s impact was dissolved.

At midday, the palace ready a banquet. In the course of the banquet, everybody fortunately and animatedly mentioned all of the occasions which had transpired on the Ten Thousand Calamities Gorge. Everybody agreed that the contributions of the Yellow Browed Monk and Hua Hegen have been the best. If the Yellow Browed Monk hadn’t stored Duan Yanqing distracted, he definitely would have found the tunnel being dug.

Dao Baifeng mentioned, “Brother Hua, I want to bother you to do one thing else for me as effectively.” Hua Hegen replied, “Princess, say the phrase. I’ll obey your order.” Dao Baifeng mentioned, “Please ship somebody to break down the tunnel.” Hua Hegen was startled. He replied, “Sure ma’am!” However he didn’t perceive what she was considering. Dao Baifeng gave Duan Zhengchun a tough stare. “This tunnel passes by Madame Zhong’s bed room. For those who do not collapse it, I am afraid that one of many gents at the moment current will henceforth go tunnel his manner there each night time any more.” Everybody current burst into loud laughter.

Each occasionally, Mu Wanqing would steal glances in the direction of Duan Yu. Each time their gazes crossed, they might shortly flip their heads away from one another. She knew that for the remainder of her life, she might overlook about being spouse and husband with him. Considering again to the scenario of the previous few days, the place they shared a room, she felt all of the extra depressing. She heard everybody talk about how Zhong Ling would turn into Duan Yu’s concubine, and the way regardless of being kidnapped by Yun Zhonghe, the Divine Crocodile and Zhong Wanchou would certainly deliver her again. She additionally heard Emperor Baoding order the 4 Imperial Bodyguards to ship out search groups to search out information relating to Zhong Ling and to guard her. The extra Mu Wanqing heard, the angrier she received. From her bosom, she retrieved a tiny golden case. It was the letter which Madame Zhong had given to Duan Yu, requesting his father come and rescue Zhong Ling. She handed it over to Duan Zhengchun and mentioned, “Gan Baobao requested me to offer this to you.”

Duan Zhengchun was startled. “Huh?” Mu Wanqing indignantly mentioned, “It is the little woman’s astrological start horoscope.” Pointing in the direction of Duan Yu with the golden field, she mentioned, “Gan Baobao informed him to offer it to you.” Duan Zhengchun took the field, his coronary heart aching. He had instantly acknowledged the golden field because the reward which he had given to Gan Baobao on the night time after they had first requited their passions for one another. Opening the quilt of the field, he noticed a small piece of crimson paper with phrases written on it. There have been 9 phrases in complete. “December fifth, 12 months of the Sheep, the ‘chou’ hour [1AM-3AM].” The handwriting was in a trembling scrawl. It was undoubtedly Gan Baobao’s private writing.

Dao Baifeng coldly mentioned, “How very pretty. She’s even despatched the woman’s start horoscope over to us.”

Duan Zhengchun turned over the crimson paper, solely to see a number of traces of small phrases written on it. “Damaged-heartedly ready, each hope has turned to mud. A toddler can’t be with out a father. Sixteen years in the past, I thought of you each morning and longed for you each night, hoping that you’d come to me. However now I’m out of alternate options. As of the Might of the ‘Yiwei’ 12 months [32nd year of a 60 year cycle], I belong to the Zhong clan.” Each single phrase was extraordinarily effective and slender. If one did not squint, the phrases could be almost invisible.

Duan Zhengchun’s eyes reddened as he recalled how very badly he had let down Gan Baobao. All of the sudden, his coronary heart trembled, and immediately he understood the hidden that means behind the phrases of those few traces. “Baobao married Zhong Wanchou in Might of the ‘Yiwei’ 12 months, however Zhong Ling was born on December fifth of the ‘Gai’ 12 months. Almost definitely, she is not Zhong Wanchou’s daughter. After ready for me and seeing me not come, she wrote {that a} baby can’t be with out a father. Then she mentioned that she had no different to marrying, as a result of she could not give start to a baby with out having a husband. That signifies that Zhong Ling is my daughter. It was exactly…it was exactly sixteen years in the past, within the spring, when the 2 of us shared a joyous time lasting not even a full month. That should be when she conceived Zhong Ling….”

After understanding all the pieces, he all of a sudden blurted out, “Oh, no! This may not do!”

Dao Baifeng requested, “What will not do?” Duan Zhengchun shook his head. With a compelled smile, he mentioned, “This fellow, Zhong Wanchou…this fellow actually has a malicious coronary heart, to provide you with such a toxic plot to hurt my Duan household. We undoubtedly can’t…undoubtedly can’t turn into in-laws with him. It doesn’t matter what, we can’t do that!”

Listening to him hemming and hawing, Dao Baifeng knew that his phrases have been insincere. She took the crimson piece of paper from his arms and browse it. She contemplated it for a second, then all of a sudden broke out into loud laughter. “So she…so she…ha ha…in order that little woman Zhong Ling can also be your daughter!” Her anger rising, she despatched out a palm. Duan Zhengchun leaned his head to the aspect to keep away from it.

Everybody within the corridor felt extraordinarily awkward and embarassed. Emperor Baoding set free a small smile. “Since that is the case, then it appears like we’ll must abandon the concept of marriage…”

All of the sudden, one of many household warriors entered the corridor. In his arms, he respectfully pro-offered a reputation placard. Bowing, he mentioned, “Grasp Guo Yanzhi of the Hulao Cross has come to see you, lord.” Duan Zhengchun thought to himself that Guo Yanzhi was the eldest disciple of Ke Baisui chief of the ‘Hidden Ox’ sect. He was nicknamed the ‘Soul Pursuing Whip’. Supposedly, his martial arts have been fairly good, however he by no means had any relations with the Duan household. Why would he come from such a protracted distance? He instantly rose to his toes and mentioned to Emperor Baoding, “I do not know what this man has come right here for. Your brother will go have a look.”

Emperor Baoding nodded, a small smile on his lips. “The arrival of ‘Soul Pursuing Whip’ may be very fortuitous for you. You possibly can seize the chance to sneak away.”

Duan Zhengchun left the flower pavilion. Gao Shengtai and the 4 Imperial Bodyguards adopted behind him. Coming into the corridor, he noticed a middle-aged man of nice peak seated on a chair to the west. The person was carrying a mourning garment. He wore a hat on his head, and his face was coated with mud and dust. His eyes have been crimson and swollen. It was evident {that a} tragedy had occurred, and {that a} member of the family should have died.

Upon seeing Duan Zhengchun enter, he shortly rose to his toes and bowed. “Guo Yanzhi of Henan pays his respects to the prince.” Duan Zhengchun returned the salute. “Grasp Guo, you honor Dali together with your presence. Please forgive your little brother Duan Zhengchun for not having come out and welcomed you to town personally.” Guo Yanzhi thought to himself, “Everybody says that regardless of being wealthy and highly effective, the Duan brothers of Dali should not boastful in any respect. That basically is the case.” He mentioned, “Guo Yanzhi is simply a standard, bizarre particular person. For me to beg an viewers from the prince is de facto fairly presumptuous of me.” Duan Zhengchun replied, “The place of ‘prince’ is simply one thing set as much as present the widespread individuals. I’ve lengthy admired the repute of Grasp Guo. Allow us to deal with one another as associates and as brothers. There is not any want for us to stick to such false propriety.” After introducing him to Gao Shengtai, all three of them sat down.

Guo Yanzhi mentioned, “Prince, my martial-uncle has resided inside your palace for a very long time now, and has lengthy been away from residence. Please inform him that I want to see him.” Duan Zhengchun mentioned, “Brother Guo, your martial-uncle?” He thought to himself, “There is not any member of the ‘Hidden Ox’ sect in my palace.” Guo Yanzhi mentioned, “My martial-uncle modified his title and surname, hiding himself inside your palace to keep away from a calamity. He did not dare expose himself to you, prince. This actually was very disrespectful. I hope that you just, prince, will probably be forgiving and merciful, and will not blame him. Permit me to thanks prematurely.”

As he spoke, he rose to his toes and profoundly saluted Duan Zhengchun with cupped arms. Whereas returning the courtesy, Duan Zhengchun was deeply pondering the scenario, however couldn’t come to a realization as to who his martial-uncle may be.

Gao Shengtai was additionally questioning to himself, “Who’s it? Who might it’s?” All of the sudden, he considered that particular person’s surname and nickname. “It should be him!” He spoke to a close-by servant. “Go to the accounting rooms and inform Mr. Huo that the ‘Soul Pursuing Whip’ of Henan, Grasp Guo, has arrived. He has essential information to report back to the ‘Golden Abacus’, the venerable senior Cui. Please invite him to the good corridor to talk with us.”

The servant nodded and left. After a short while, the sound of footsteps coming from the again corridor might be heard. On their lonesome, a person appeared, slowly shambling forwards. He mentioned, “Now, because of you, I will not be capable to have free meals right here anymore.”

Upon listening to the seven phrases, ‘the Golden Abacus, venerable senior Cui’, the expression on Duan Zhengchun’s face modified barely. He thought to himself, “Can it’s that the ‘Golden Abacus’, Cui Baiquan, actually is hidden right here? How might I’ve been unaware of this, and why would not worthy brother Gao have informed me?” Solely to see an outdated man with a humble look emerge with a smile on his face. It was Mr. Huo of the accounting room, who assisted in all types of menial duties. Daily, the person was both intoxicated or playing. He was extraordinarily lazy. The one motive why they’d allowed him to remain for the previous ten or so years was as a result of he was completely trustworthy almost about the accounting. Duan Zhengchun was vastly shocked. “So Mr. Huo actually is Cui Baiquan? I’ve eyes however am blind as a bat. How can I presumably recuperate the face I’ve misplaced?” Luckily, Gao Shengtai had managed to provide you with the proper particular person in a single strive, main Guo Yanzi to imagine that the individuals of the South-Subduing Palace had lengthy since recognized in regards to the scenario.

Initially, Mr. Huo was all the time seventy % drunken, thirty % awake, with a confused and uncomprehending expression perpetually on his face. However seeing Guo Yanzhi carrying mourning garments, he could not assist however really feel startled. He requested, “You…why are you…” Guo Yanzhi rushed ahead a couple of steps. He fell to his knees and commenced to cry loudly. “Martial uncle Cui, my mas…grasp has been murdered!” The face of Mr. Huo, of Cui Baiquan, instantly change. His skinny yellow visage turned, in a short while, sinister and predatory. Slowly, he mentioned, “Who’s our enemy.” Guo Yanzhi replied, crying, “Your nephew is ineffective. I wasn’t in a position to definitively determine our enemy. However from what I do know, I assume that it’s possible that the assassin was a member of Gusu’s Murong household.” A glance of dread flashed throughout Cui Baiquan’s face, but it surely shortly vanished. In a low voice, he mentioned, “We have to fastidiously calculate our response.”

Duan Zhengchun and Gao Shengtai exchanged a look. They thought to themselves, “‘Northern Qiao Feng, Southern Murong.’ If the ‘Hidden Ox’ sect has turn into enemies with the Murong clan, then it will likely be very troublesome for them to avenge their loss.”

A distressed look was on Cui Baiquan’s face. He mentioned, “Worthy nephew Guo, please recount the story of how my martial brother died as clearly as attainable.” Guo Yanzhi mentioned, “The homicide of 1’s grasp is just like the homicide of 1’s father. Daily that vengeance is delayed, your nephew finds it onerous to eat or sleep. Martial uncle, please go along with me instantly, and I’ll report it to you on the street, in order to keep away from losing any extra time.”

Seeing the expression his face, Cui Baiquan realized that it was as a result of he felt there have been too many individuals within the corridor, making it inconvenient to talk, moderately than actually worrying about time. He thought to himself, “For ten years or so, I’ve hidden myself right here and never revealed myself in any respect. I by no means would have thought that Marquis Gao had way back realized my true identification and seen previous my masquerade. If I don’t apologize to Prince Duan, then I’ll have deeply offended the Duan household. As well as, I need to search revenge upon Gusu’s Murong household on behalf of my martial brother, however that is one thing I can’t accomplish on my own. If the Duan household is prepared to ship individuals to help me, issues could also be completely different. The distinction between ‘associates’ and ‘enemies’ is large.” He abruptly walked over to Duan Zhengchun’s aspect, then knelt earlier than him on each knees. He repeatedly kowtowed, banging his head towards the bottom with a collection of ‘dong’ sounds.

This was one thing which was completely sudden by everybody current. Duan Zhengchun hurriedly stretched out his hand to raise Cui Baiquan up, solely to search out that it was as if Cui Baiquan’s physique had been nailed to the ground, not budging within the slightest. Duan Zhengchun thought to himself, “Properly carried out, you ‘drunkard’. So your martial arts is that this profound. You completely deceived me!” Exerting his power via each his arms, he lifted Cui Baiquan upwards. Cui Baiquan not resisted, and rose to his toes. As quickly as he stood up, he felt as if the hundred bones in his physique have been crammed with unspeakable discomfort, as if a tiny boat was being thrown about by killer waves within the ocean. He knew that it was Duan Zhengchun’s manner of reprimanding him. He thought to himself, “If I generate my power to withstand, then the South-Subduing Prince will probably be all of the extra upset with me. Maybe he’ll even suspect me all of the extra of getting artful ulterior motives for having snuck my manner into his palace. Whereas his inside power is raging inside my physique, I’d as effectively fall down.” He collapsed, head dealing with the sky and reducing a sorry determine certainly as he set free a cry. “Ow!”

Duan Zhengchun set free a small smile and prolonged his hand to assist him up. With a light-weight contact, he dispelled the nauseous feeling in his physique.

Cui Baiquan mentioned, “Prince, Cui Baiquan was pressed so closely by his enemy that he had nowhere to show. For that reason solely did I conceal myself inside your manor and depend on your assist. Solely by hiding myself beneath your wonderful title have I managed to dwell till in the present day. Cui Baiquan by no means revealed the reality to you, prince, and I need to die a thousand deaths for my offense.”

Gao Shengtai replied, “Brother, why be so modest? The prince knew your true identification way back. However because you, brother Cui, have been unwilling to disclose your true identification, the prince didn’t need to break your disguise both. Neglect in regards to the prince, even others know in regards to the scenario. That day, when Duan Yu was preventing towards the Divine Crocodile, did not he seize brother Cui and declare you have been his grasp? He knew that inside this palace, solely brother Cui might deal with that vile fellow surnamed Yue.”

Truly, that day when Duan Yu had grabbed Cui Baiquan and claimed he was his grasp, he was purely placing on a present for leisure. As Cui Baiquan’s look was essentially the most unpleasant and humble throughout the palace, he had picked him to mock the Divine Crocodile. However for the time being, upon listening to these phrases, Cui Baiquan believed and didn’t doubt them. He secretly felt ashamed.

Gao Shengtai continued, “The prince has all the time been a welcome and hospitable host. Brother Cui, you got here to Dali with none malicious intent. However even in case you had include an intent on inflicting hurt, the prince would have courteously welcomed you and thrown a banquet in your behalf. Brother Cui, why stand on such ceremony?” The implicit that means of this assertion was that the one motive Cui had not been uncovered was as a result of he had not include an evil intent; if he had, he would have been disposed of way back.

Cui Baiquan mentioned, “Marquis Gao is good and smart. Though your phrases are very form, I, the one surnamed Cui, ought to clarify to you the explanation why I sought refuge inside your palace and why I have to depart now. In any other case, my actions could be too inglorious. Solely, this matter entails others. If I could also be so daring, I want to clarify.”

Duan Zhengchun nodded. He mentioned to Guo Yanzhi, “Brother Guo, though the enmity between you and your grasp’s killer is deep, there is no have to quibble over such a small period of time. Let’s slowly talk about the scenario.” Earlier than Guo Yanzhi had an opportunity to reply, Cui Baiquan had already hurriedly mentioned, “Naturally, I’ll obey the requests of the prince.”

At this second, a household warrior entered the corridor. Bowing on the entrance, he mentioned, “Reporting to the prince! The abbot of Shaolin has despatched two eminent monks with a letter for you.” Ever since Shaolin had been based within the Tang dynasty, it had been the Mt. Tai and the Huge Dipper of the wulin [meaning that it held a position of extreme eminence]. Upon listening to these phrases, Duan Zhengchun instantly stood up and left the corridor to personally welcome the company.

He noticed a pair of middle-aged monks be escorted by two of his household warriors, making their well past the small yard. One of many monks, who had a dry and shriveled up look, bowed in the direction of Duan Zhengchun, then mentioned, “The junior monks of Shaolin, Huizhen and Huiguan, pay their respects to the prince.” Duan Zhengchun cupped his arms, returning the courtesy. “So that you can have travelled such a distance to brighten my doorway should have been very troublesome on you. Please, come inside and have some tea.”

After coming into the pavilion, the 2 monks didn’t sit. Huizhen mentioned, “Prince, this humble monk has come right here on the directions of my abbot to ship a letter to Emperor Baoding or the South-Subduing Prince.” As he spoke, he withdrew a wrapped bundle from his breast. Slowly he unwrapped it, eradicating a yellow parchment from inside, then pro-offering it respectfully to Duan Zhengchun.

Duan Zhengchun accepted it, then mentioned, “My imperial brother really is inside at this very second. That is the right time so that you can meet him.” He mentioned to Cui Baiquan and Guo Yanzhi, “Gents, please take some refreshments for now. We’ll communicate shortly.” He then introduced Huizhen and Huiguan deeper throughout the palace.

Truly, at this second, Emperor Baoding had already retired into the nice and cozy pavilion and was having a tranquil dialog with the Yellow Browed Monk. Duan Yu sat subsequent to them and listened quietly. Upon seeing Huizhen and Huiguan, he rose to his toes. Duan Zhengchun handed the scroll over to Emperor Baoding, who opened it. The letter was addressed to them two, and was crammed with such flowery language as “lengthy revered your illustrious title, however by no means had the fortune to fulfill you,” “rule over the south, appearing with huge benevolence,” “admired by hundreds of individuals, of outstanding capacity and knowledge,” “guardian of the Buddhist fact, glorifying the saintly path,” and many others. and many others. and many others. Lastly, it got here to the meat of the letter. “My youthful martial brother, Grasp Xuanbei, will probably be heading in the direction of your revered space together with his 4 disciples. On the idea of our shared worship of Buddha and of our friendship throughout the wulin, I respectfully request that you just take excellent care of him.” The letter was signed, “The lowly disciple of the Shaolin monastery, Xuanci, pays 100 respects.”

Emperor Baoding rose whereas he learn the letter to indicate the respect he held for Shaolin. Huizhen and Huiguan politely stood off to their aspect. Emperor Baoding mentioned, “The 2 of you, please be seated. All of us followers of Buddha’s teachings and, as members of the wulin, share the identical coronary heart and arteries. Regardless of the abbot of Shaolin requests, we will definitely exert all of our efforts to adjust to. Grasp Xuanbei’s understanding of Buddhism is extraordinarily delicate, and his martial arts stage is deep and profound. I love him to the acute. Would possibly I ask when he’ll grace my humble abode? We eagerly anticipate his arrival.”

Huizhen and Huiguan all of a sudden felt to their knees. With a collection of ‘dong’ sounds, they kowtowed repeatedly. They started to cry bitterly.

Emperor Baoding and Duan Zhengchun have been each startled. They thought to themselves, “Can it’s that Grasp Xuanbei has died?” Emperor Baoding stretched his hand out and helped them up. “Each of us are members of the wulin. You can’t be so well mannered in the direction of me.” Huizhen stood up and certainly mentioned, “My grasp has handed on to Nirvana.” Emperor Baoding thought to himself, “This letter should have been supposed for Grasp Xuanbei to personally current to me. Can it’s that he died throughout the borders of Dali?” He mentioned, “Grasp Xuanbei has returned to the western heavens. The Buddhist household has misplaced an eminent monk, and the wulin has misplaced a talented exponent. That is mournful information certainly. Might I ask when Grasp Xuanbei entered Nirvana?”

Huizhen replied, “A month in the past, my martial uncle, the abbot, acquired a letter stating that the ‘4 Best Evils of the World’ have been headed in the direction of Dali with the intention of creating bother to your majesty and for the South-Subduing Prince. The Duan dynasty of Dali reigns supreme over the southern world. Naturally, you would not worry such an insignificant group because the ‘4 Evils’. However the abbot feared that you just two may not know of this information and fall into their ambush. Thus, he despatched Grasp Xuanbei and we 4 disciples to return right here and inform you. Because of this we got here.”

Emperor Baoding felt a deep sense of gratitude. He thought to himself, “No marvel Shaolin has been held within the utmost respect for the previous a whole bunch of years. He has taken it upon himself to safeguard the wulin. Though we’re positioned within the distant south, he has a lot concern over our well-being. Though in his letter, he requested that we take excellent care of Grasp Xuanbei, his precise intent was to station him right here to help us.” He instantly bowed barely and mentioned, “Abbot Fangzheng is a person of nice kindness and thoughtfulness. I have no idea how we brothers can repay him.”

Huizhen replied, “Your majesty, you might be too modest. Our group rushed southwards upon receiving his directive. On the twenty eighth of final month, we arrived at Dali’s Liangzhou prefecture and took shelter for the night time at Shenjie monastery. Who would have imagined that on the morning of the twenty ninth, as we 4 disciples awoke, we noticed that our grasp…our grasp had been murdered. He died in the primary corridor of the Shenjie monastery….” As he got here thus far, he was sobbing a lot that no additional phrases might come out.

Emperor Baoding set free a protracted sigh. He requested, “Was Grasp Xuanbei killed by way of poison or hidden weaponry?” Huizhen replied, “No.” Emperor Baoding, the Yellow Browed Monk, Duan Zhengchun, and Gao Shengtai have been all startled. They thought to themselves, “With Xuanbei’s stage of martial arts, except he was struck by hidden weaponry coated with a poison that may kill on contact, even when the enemy had ambushed him from behind, he would not be utterly defenseless and die on the spot. Inside Dali, what evil grasp martial artist has such a excessive and harsh stage of capacity?”

Duan Zhengchun mentioned, “In the present day is the third. The twenty eighth of final month was 4 days in the past. Yu’er was kidnapped on the night time of the twenty seventh. Emperor Baoding nodded. “It wasn’t the ‘4 Evils’.” For the previous few days, Duan Yanqing had been targeted on conserving guard over Duan Yu. He undoubtedly would not have had the time to journey such an amazing distance to commit homicide on the Shenjie monastery. As well as, even when it have been Duan Yanqing, he would not have been in a position to silently and stealthily kill Xuanbei within the blink of a watch.

Huizhen mentioned, “As we propped up our grasp, we felt that his complete physique was icy chilly. He had gone to Nirvana hours in the past. There was no hint of any battle having occurred inside the primary corridor. We rushed out of the temple, and the monks of Shenjie monastery assisted us as effectively. However inside a ten-li radius, we could not discover a single hint of the assassin’s passing.

Emperor Baoding gloomily mentioned, “Grasp Xuanbei not solely died on behalf of the Duan household, however perished throughout the borders of Dali. Irrespective of how one views it, we two brothers undoubtedly can’t let this go unpunished.”

Huizhen and Huiguan instantly dropped to their knees, kowtowing in thanks. Huizhen spoke once more. “After the 4 of us mentioned the scenario with Abbot Wuye of Shenjie monastery, we determined to quickly maintain our grasp’s stays at Shenjie monastery. We did not dare to cremate him on the spot, in order to permit our martial-uncle, the abbot, to see him together with his personal eyes. The opposite two disciples rushed again to Shaolin to report the scenario to the abbot. This humble monk and Huiguan rushed to Dali to report the scenario to your imperial majesty, and to the South-Subduing Prince.”

Emperor Baoding mentioned, “Abbot Wuye is of venerable age and eminent advantage. His information is broad and he is aware of many anecdotes relating to the wulin. What did he must say?”

Huizhen replied, “Abbot Wuye mentioned: ‘There’s an eighty or ninety % likelihood that the murdered was a member of Gusu’s Murong household.”

Duan Zhengchun and Gao Shengtai exchanged glances. Each of them thought to themselves, “As soon as once more, it is Gusu’s Murong household!”

Up til now, the Yellow Browed Monk had been silent. He interjected, “Did Grasp Xuanbei die on account of a strike to the chest, with the enemy method being the ‘Nice Veda Sceptre’?” Huizhen was startled. “Nice grasp, your guess is simply so. How…how did you…” The Yellow Browed Monk replied, “I’ve lengthy heard that Grasp Xuanbei was an professional at Shaolins ‘Nice Veda Sceptre’ method. When preventing opponents, their ribs would snap from his blows. This martial arts ability, though fearfully highly effective, is just too tyrannous and brutal. It actually doesn’t look like a Buddhist martial arts in any respect…alas!” Duan Yu interrupted, “Proper! This martial arts is just too brutal and ruthless.”

Listening to the Yellow Browed Monk criticize their instructor, Huizhen and Huigen naturally felt resentment. However figuring out that he was of a senior technology, they didn’t dare to contradict him. Upon listening to Duan Yu chattering from the aspect, they have been so livid that their eyes bulged out. Duan Yu pretended to not discover, paying them no thoughts.

Duan Zhengchun requested, “Martial brother, how do you know that Xuanbei died from the ‘Nice Veda Sceptre’? The Yellow Browed Monk sighed. “For Abbot Wuye of Shenjie monastery to be so sure that the murdered was of the Murong household, he definitely should have had corroborating proof. Gusu’s Murong household is understood for one thing referred to as, ‘Utilizing the opponent’s expertise, exercising them upon the opponent.’ Have you ever heard of this?” Duan Zhengchum mumbled to himself, “I’ve heard this saying earlier than, however by no means actually perceive its that means.” The Yellow Browed Monk murmured, “‘Utilizing the opponent’s expertise, exercising them upon the opponent.’ Hm. ‘Utilizing the opponent’s expertise, exercising them upon the opponent…” All of the sudden, a glance of dread flashed throughout his face. Emperor Baoding and Duan Zhengchun, within the a long time they’d recognized him, had by no means seen him be afraid. The opposite day, when he was engaged in a life and loss of life duel with Crown Prince Yanqing, he was clearly in a shedding place. Though he was in a particularly troublesome scenario, that look of utter calmness by no means left his face. For him to now present worry indicated that their opponent undoubtedly was nobody to look down upon.

For a time period, there solely silence throughout the heat pavilion. After a protracted second, the Yellow Browed Monk mentioned slowly, “This outdated monk has heard that throughout the world, there’s a particular person generally known as Murong Bo. His private title is ‘Bo’, considerable, and his martial arts information and talents actually are considerable and profound to the acute. It appeared as if he knew each single distinctive and consummate ability of each sect throughout the wulin. He knew each one among them, and will use them as effectively. As well as, every time he wished to kill somebody, he would use the identical expertise which that particular person had gained fame with.”

Duan Yu mentioned, “This actually is unusual past imagining! There are such a lot of martial arts on the earth. How can he presumably comprehensively study all of them?” The Yellow Browed Monk replied, “Worthy nephew, your remark is appropriate. The physique of studying is as huge as the ocean. How might a single particular person know all the pieces? However Murong Bo didn’t have many enemies to start with. As well as, it was mentioned that if Murong Bo was unable to kill his enemy with their very own martial arts, he wouldn’t kill them in any respect.”

Emperor Baoding mentioned, “I too have heard that there’s such a wierd man within the central plains. Hebei’s Three Warriors of the Luo Household excelled in utilizing flying awls. Ultimately, all three of them died on account of flying awls. Daoist Zhangxu of Shandong, when killing his opponents, would chop off all 4 of their limbs, inflicting them to cry out in agony for a very long time earlier than passing away. Daoist Zhangxu himself met with such a bitter finish. The phrase describing Murong Bo, ‘Utilizing the opponent’s expertise, exercising them upon the opponent’, got here from Daoist Zhangxu’s dying lips.” After pausing for a second, he continued. “That 12 months, throughout the busy streets of Jinan, who is aware of how many individuals watched as Daoist Zhangxu rolled about on the ground, limbless and howling.” As he mentioned this, it appeared as if he was dimly seeing in his thoughts the sight of Daoist Zhangxu’s merciless loss of life. His face was crammed with each resentment and with an insufferable look.

Duan Zhengchun nodded. “Then it should be so.” He all of a sudden considered one thing, and mentioned, “Grasp Guo Yanzhi’s grasp, Ke Baisui, was mentioned to be a grasp of the comfortable whip. The highly effective pressure launch from his whip was pure and onerous. When killing his opponents, he might usually crush their cranium with a single whip. Can it’s that he…he…” Slapping his arms collectively 3 times, he referred to as for a servant. “Invite Mr. Cui and Grasp Guo inside. Inform them I’ve one thing to debate with them.” The servant replied, “Sure sir!” However he did not know who Mr. Cui was, and hesitated to depart. Duan Yu laughed. “Mr. Cui is the Mr. Huo of the accounting room.” Solely now did the servant loudly reply, “Sure sir!” Turning his physique, he left.

After a brief time period, Cui Baiquan and Guo Yanzhi arrived on the heat pavilion. Duan Zhengchun mentioned, “Brother Guo, there’s one thing I have to ask you. Please don’t be offended.” Guo Yanzhi replied, “I can’t.” Duan Zhengchun mentioned, “Would possibly I requested, how was outdated grasp Ke ambushed and murdered? Was he fatally wounded by punches and kicks, or by martial weaponry?” All of the sudden, Guo Yanzhi’s complete face flushed crimson. A glance of deep disgrace on his face, he stammered for a protracted second. Lastly, he spoke. “My revered grasp was slain by the comfortable whip method, the ‘Thousand Rendings of the Heavenly Spirit’. The assassin’s energy was extraordinarily onerous and ferocious. Even my grasp himself couldn’t…couldn’t…”

Emperor Baoding, Duan Zhengchun, the Yellow Browed Monk, and the others exchanged glances. They could not assist however really feel a chill of their hearts.

Huizhen walked in the direction of Cui Baiquan and Guo Yanzhi. After saluting them, he mentioned, “This humble monk and his brother share the identical enmity with you two brothers. If we don’t eradicate Gusu’s Murong household…” As he got here thus far, he halted. Whether or not or not they might really wipe out Gusu’s Murong household was onerous to say. He clenched his tooth. “…then this humble monk will merely give his life to them as an alternative.” Tears filling his eyes, Guo Yanzhi mentioned, “Shaolin additionally has a deep enmity with Gusu’s Murong household?” Huizhen gave a short abstract of how his grasp, Xuanbei, died by the hands of Gusu’s Murong household.

Guo Yanzhi’s face was crammed with grief and indignation as he listened, and he gnashed his tooth with hate. Cui Baiquan, however, merely seemed crestfallen and was silent, as if the loss of life of his brother was not a matter of nice significance in any respect. Huiguan mentioned, “Mr. Cui, are you afraid of Gusu’s Murong household?” Huizhen shortly interjected, “Martial brother, don’t be so impolite!” Cui Baiquan glanced to the east, then to the west, as if he have been afraid that the partitions may need grown eyes or ears, or as if a strong enemy had arrived and was about to launch a sneak assault. A glance of utter terror was on his face. Huiguan set free a ‘heng’, then muttered to himself, “If an actual man is confronted with loss of life, then so be it. What is the level of being afraid?” Huizhen additionally didn’t approve of Cui Baiquan’s perspective. Thus, having already reprimanding his martial brother as soon as, he not mentioned something.

The Yellow Browed Monk coughed calmly. “This matter…” Cui Baiquan’s complete physique shuddered. He jumped up, so hurriedly that he overturned his teacup. With a ‘ping’ and a ‘pang’, it crashed to the ground, breaking into tiny items. After calming himself down and gathering himself, he observed that each one eyes have been on him. He flushed with similar. “Sorry, I am very sorry!” Guo Yanzhi knitted his forehead, then bent over and commenced to select up the damaged items of the shattered teacup.

Duan Zhengchun thought to himself, “This Cui Baiquan fellow is ineffective.” He mentioned to the Yellow Browed Monk, “Martial brother, what have been you going to say?”

The Yellow Browed Monk took one other sip of tea, then mentioned unhurriedly, “Benefactor Cui, I take it that you’ve got met Murong Bo earlier than?” Upon listening to the three phrases, ‘Murong Bo’, Cui Baiquan set free just a little ‘ah’ cry of worry. His two arms propping him up on the arms of the chair, he stammered, “I by no means…I…I noticed him…I did not…” Huiguan loudly mentioned, “Mr. Cui, have you ever met Murong Bo earlier than or not?” Cui Baiquan stared in the direction of the sky, as if his spirit had fled his physique. Duan Zhengchun and all of the others have been secretly shaking their heads. Seeing his martial uncle disgrace himself in entrance of all these individuals, Guo Yanzhi felt all of the extra humiliated and depressing. Solely after a very long time did Cui Baiquan say, in a quavering voice, “I did not…effectively…I sort of…it appears there was…this…”

The Yellow Browed Monk interjected, “This humble monk has a private expertise which I’ll relate to everybody, so that everybody may know the small print. This was one thing that occurred forty three years in the past, after I was younger and within the prime of my power. I had simply entered the martial world, and had gained just a little little bit of fame throughout the jianghu. I actually was a ‘new child calf who didn’t worry a tiger’ [Chinese saying meant that an ignorant person knows no fear]! I felt that regardless of the vastness of the world, other than my very own grasp, nobody had increased martial arts ability than me. That 12 months, I used to be escorting a retiring official and his household again to their outdated houses. We have been travelling from Bianliang again to Shandong. At a mountain cross close to the Blue Leopard Ridge, we stumbled on 4 bandits. After they noticed us, their first transfer was to not go after our belongings, however moderately for that official’s daughter. On the time, I used to be younger and impetuous. Naturally, I confirmed no mercy with my blows, and each strike was a vicious one. I exercised the facility of my Vajra Fingers, and drove every finger into an enemy coronary heart with every assault. All 4 of the bandits died earlier than they’d a lot as an opportunity to grunt.”

“I actually thought that I used to be one thing unbelievable, and commenced to brag and boast to that retiring official. I mentioned issues like, ‘Even when eight or ten bandits got here, I might take their lives with my Vajra Finger.’ At that second, I heard the sound of hoofsteps, and two individuals rode previous on a donkey. All of the sudden, one of many individuals on the again of the donkey set free a ‘heng’. It was a feminine’s voice, however that ‘heng’ was crammed with contempt and disdain. I circled and noticed a thirty six 12 months outdated married girl on the donkey. The opposite particular person was a 15 12 months outdated lad with delicate and very engaging options. Each of them have been carrying white mourning garments, exhibiting nice filial piety. That youth mentioned, “Ma, what’s so spectacular in regards to the Vajra Finger, for somebody to return right here to brag about it?”

The origins of the Yellow Browed Monk, even Emperor Baoding and his brother weren’t too clear about. However everybody right here very a lot revered his show on the Ten Thousand Calamities Gorge, the place he used the facility of his Vajra Finger to carve out a chessboard, carve out chess strikes, and battle unyieldingly towards Crown Prince Yanqing. His Vajra Finger was much more honored. At this second, listening to him recount these occasions, all of them thought to themselves that it was only a younger, ignorant child whose phrases have been stuffed with nonsense.

They did not anticipate that the Yellow Browed Monk would set free a light-weight sigh earlier than persevering with. “At the moment, I used to be offended upon listening to these phrases. However I believed to myself, why be upset over the wild ramblings of just a little child? I glared at him, however paid him no consideration. Solely to listen to the girl upbraid him. She mentioned, ‘This particular person’s Vajra Finger comes from the orthodox teachings of the Putian Damo Courtyard of Fujian. He is achieved a thirty % proficiency in it. What does just a little child like you already know? Whenever you strike together with your fingers, you are not as correct as he’s.”

“As I heard this, I used to be each startled and offended. Only a few individuals of the jianghu knew the place my martial arts originated from, but this girl was in a position to decide it with a single sentence. As well as, she claimed that my Vajra Fingers had solely reached a stage of thirty % proficiency. In fact I could not take this mendacity down. Alas, at the moment, I actually had no thought as to how excessive the heaven is, or how deep the earth is. Based mostly on my stage of precise capacity at the moment, for somebody to say that I had reached thirty % proficiency was already giving me an excessive amount of credit score. At most, I had reached maybe twenty six or twenty seven % proficiency. I loudly mentioned, “Madame, what’s your revered surname? Your son belittled my Vajra Finger. Does he want to alternate a couple of stances and pointers with me?” That child introduced the donkey to a halt and was about to reply. All of the sudden, the girl’s eyes reddened and tears appeared in her eyes. “What phrases did your father say to you simply earlier than he died? Have you ever already forgotten?” That youth replied, “Understood. I do not dare overlook.” They spurred the donkey on and galloped forwards.

“The extra I thought of it, the much less I might settle for their phrases. I spurred alone horse to catch as much as them. I referred to as out, ‘Hey! You got here right here and spewed nonsense about my martial arts, however refused to alternate a couple of pointers with me. Do you actually plan to simply get away that simply?’ I used to be using a particularly effective stallion. As I spoke, I handed by their donkey, then got here to a halt in entrance of them. That girl mentioned to her son, ‘See? You mentioned a bunch of garbage, and now different individuals are upset.’ That youth was clearly very obedient in the direction of his mom, and didn’t dare to even look at me. I noticed that they have been afraid of me, and thought to myself that they have been only a widow and an orphan, with no martial skills. Why decrease myself to their stage? However from the girl’s phrases, it appeared as if that youth additionally knew the Vajra Finger. It took me over fifteen years to start to grasp this set of martial arts. How might this little child presumably understand it? Naturally, they have been simply blowing scorching air. I mentioned, ‘In the present day, I am going to allow you to guys go. Sooner or later, be extra cautious when talking.'”

“The lady nonetheless did not even a lot as look at me. She mentioned to the youth, ‘The phrases of this uncle are appropriate. Sooner or later, be extra cautious once you communicate.’ It might have been so significantly better if I had simply let the matter drop right here. However that that point, I used to be younger and strong-headed, and didn’t transfer my horse away, persevering with to dam the street. The lady received off the donkey and commenced to stroll in entrance of it. The youth patted the donkey, then additionally received off and commenced to guide it previous me. I set free a giant snort and aimed a blow on the donkey with my whip, saying, ‘Hurry, scram!’ However earlier than my whip reached a foot of the physique of the donkey, the youth circled. With a ‘chi’ sound, he pointed, projecting his inside power via the air and knocking my whip out of my hand. This terrified me so badly that I used to be completely surprised. The ability of his finger was extraordinarily sturdy, far surpassing my very own.”

“I heard the girl say, ‘Since you’ve already attacked, you may as effectively end the job.’ The youth mentioned, ‘Sure!’ He turned the donkey round and rushed in the direction of me. Stretching out my left palm, I executed the method, ‘Cloud-Barring Hand’ and pushed in the direction of him. All of the sudden, with a ‘chi’ sound, he pointed at me together with his finger. I felt some ache on the left aspect of my chest. Then, all my power left my physique.”

Because the Yellow Browed Monk got here thus far within the story, he slowly started to take away his robes, exposing his skinny, bony chest. Everybody might see that on the left aspect of his chest, above his coronary heart, there was a gap roughly an inch deep. Though the opening was lengthy since scabbed over, it was nonetheless clear to all people how extreme the harm he suffered was. Everybody was completely astonished that with such a deep wound over his coronary heart, he not solely didn’t die, however had managed to outlive to this very day.

The Yellow Browed Monk pointed in the direction of the proper aspect of his chest and mentioned, “Everybody, please have a look.” The flesh and pores and skin there have been barely undulating upwards and downwards. Solely now did everybody understand that his physique construction was a bit completely different from everybody else’s; his coronary heart was nearer to the proper aspect than the left. The rationale he managed to simply barely survive was because of this.

The Yellow Browed Monk as soon as extra placed on his fabric robes, then continued. “For an individual to have a coronary heart like mine is de facto a particularly uncommon prevalence. That youth, seeing that I didn’t instantly die upon being struck by his finger on my coronary heart, pulled his donkey again a couple of steps. A glance of nice shock was on his face. I noticed the blood flowing from my chest and knew that my life definitely could be misplaced. I not had any worry, and instantly boomed out, ‘Little criminal, you declare that you understand how to make use of the Vajra Finger. Hmph! The Vajra Finger of the Damo Courtyard, is there such a factor because it injuring the opponent and drawing the opponent’s blood however not taking the opponent’s life? Your method is completely fallacious. It undoubtedly will not be the Vajra Finger!’ That youth leapt in the direction of me, as soon as extra about to strike at me. At that second, I could not defend myself within the slightest. All I might do was stand there and watch for loss of life. I by no means would have imagined that the girl would all of a sudden flick her whip and seize her son’s arm with it. I dimly and hazily heard her reprimand her son. ‘The Murong household of Gusu really has such a ineffective scion as you. Since your finger strike was not excellent, you can’t kill this man. I am going to punish you. For the following seven days…’ As to what kind of punishment she would assign him for the following seven days, I have no idea. By that point, I had already fainted.”

Cui Baiquan mentioned in a trembling voice, “Ma…grasp, afterwards…afterwards, did you ever meet them once more?”

The Yellow Browed Monk mentioned, “I’m embarrassed to say this. However after that day, I felt extraordinarily downhearted. Such a younger man already achieved such nice attainment in martial arts. Even when I practiced onerous for the remainder of my life, I may not be capable to catch as much as him. After the harm to my chest was healed, I left the territory of the Nice Track, and got here to far-away Dali. I hid myself beneath his majesty’s safety, and after a couple of years grew to become a monk. Over these a few years, I’ve handed past the purpose of caring about life or loss of life, and not care about my previous honors or humiliations. However after I often suppose again on that occasion, my coronary heart can’t assist however quiver with worry. I actually am like just a little chicken terrified by the twang of a bowstring.”

Duan Yu requested, “Grasp, if that youth lived to at the present time, he could be in his sixties. He could be Murong Bo, proper?”

The Yellow Browed Monk shook his head. “I am embarrassed to say this, however I do not know. As as to if or not the ability he used to assault me actually was the Vajra Finger, I additionally couldn’t inform for positive. I solely felt that it appeared considerably completely different. However no matter whether or not or not it was the Vajra Finger, it was extraordinarily highly effective…extraordinarily highly effective…”

Nobody spoke. The disdain they’d felt in the direction of Cui Baiquan was largely gone now. All of them thought to themselves that for a martial artist of the Yellow Browed Monk’s caliber to be in dread of Murong Bo, it was excusable for Cui Baiquan to be terrified out of his wits.

Cui Baiquan mentioned, “Sir, you’ve a particularly excessive standing, and but you don’t conceal your previous inglories in any respect. What sort of particular person am I, to not communicate for worry of being shamed? I used to be nearly to clarify to the prince my causes for hiding myself right here. As nobody right here is an outsider, I’ll inform everybody the story.” As he mentioned this, his face grew to become extraordinarily agitated. He felt his tongue and his throat turn into dry. He grabbed his bowl of tea and gulped it down, then took Guo Yanzhi’s bowl of tea and drank that down as effectively. Solely then might he proceed. “This…this occasion of mine, occurred…occurred eighteen years in the past…” After he mentioned this, he could not assist however begin glancing outdoors the window once more.

He calmed himself down, then mentioned, “Throughout the regional capital metropolis of Nanyang, there was a neighborhood tyrant surnamed ‘Cai’. He was wealthy however merciless and oppressed the widespread individuals. A good friend of my martial brother and I used to be framed and harmed by him. His complete household died at Cai’s arms.” Guo Yanzhi mentioned, “Martial uncle, are you speaking about that criminal, Cai Qingtu?” Cui Baiquan mentioned, “Proper. Each time your grasp speaks of Cai Qingtu, he all the time gnashes his tooth with hate. Your grasp wrote many letters of condemnation and criticism to the native officers, however every time Cai Qingtu would bribe the excessive officers to suppress and quash the complaints. In case your grasp have been to make use of his comfortable whip, he might have destroyed Cai Qingtu in a heartbeat. However though he was a lofty hero on the earth of the jianghu, in his personal hometown, he had a household and a enterprise. He wasn’t prepared to interrupt the legislation. I, Cui Baiquan, was completely completely different. I thieved chickens and stole canines, *****d and gambled, dedicated homicide and arson. I did all the pieces. That night time, I could not suppress my anger. I snuck into Cai Qingtu’s home and worn out everybody in his family, numbering over thirty individuals.”

“I began killing on the important gate, and killed all the way in which till I reached the yard courtyard. I did not even spare the feminine slave gardeners. Coming into the courtyard, I noticed some gentle on the window of a small constructing. I rushed up the constructing and kicked down the door. It was a school room, and all 4 partitions have been crammed with books. A pair of two, man and girl, have been seated there and have been studying.”

“The male was in his forties and had good-looking options. He wore the garments of a scholar. The lady appeared very younger, however as her again was in the direction of me, I did not see her face. I noticed that she wore a light-weight inexperienced outer garment. Judging by the candlelight, she appeared fairly fairly and charming. Goddamnit…” Up til now, his phrases had been refined, in no way consistent with his regular habits. He surprised everybody in all of a sudden letting out such an uncouth comment. Swimming in his reminiscences, Cui Baiquan continued, “…I had simply killed thirty odd individuals in a brief period of time and was in an amazing temper. I all of a sudden noticed these two bastards, and goddamnit, I believed it was bizarre. Everybody in Cai Qingtu’s household was vicious and thuggish. The place did these two engaging, refined bastards come from? Is not this like Emperor Tangming and Yang Guifei from the opera skits? I believed it was bizarre, and wasn’t planning to instantly kill them. The person mentioned, “Spouse, all the pieces from ‘guimei’ to ‘wuwang’ will not be lined up accurately [tortoise sister to martial king].”

Duan Yu, upon listening to the phrases, ‘guimei’ to ‘wuwang’, thought to himself, “What the heck is that this? What’s he speaking about?” After considering for a second, he got here to a realization. “Oh, he means, from ‘guimei’ to ‘wuwang’ [tortoise sister to no rashness]. The person is speaking in regards to the I-Ching.” His was roused.

Cui Baiquan continued, “That girl muttered to herself for some time, then mentioned, ‘For those who go from the northeast nook and slant in the direction of ‘dage’ [elder brother], then flip at ‘zizi’ [elder sister]…is that this route attainable?” Duan Yu thought to himself, “Elder brother? Elder sister? Oh, he means ‘giant street’ and ‘already crossed’.” All of the sudden, he was startled all of the extra. “This girl is clearly speaking in regards to the steps throughout the ‘Swish Steps Upon the Waves’. Her positioning is a bit off although, so she is not completely appropriate. Can it’s that this girl has some form of relationship with the Expensive Goddess of the mountain cave?”

Cui Baiquan continued, “These two stored on speaking incessantly, babbling about turtle sisters, brothers-in-law, older sisters, yadda yadda. I received impatient and yelled, ‘Goddamnit, each of you bastards, roll the hell out!’ However each of them acted as if they have been deaf and hadn’t heard my phrases in any respect. They merely continued to stare intently at that e book. The lady mentioned in a comfortable voice, ‘There are 9 steps that must be taken from right here to the elder sister’s home. They can not be taken.’ I yelled once more, ‘Take them, take them, take them! Take as many steps as you’ll want to your grandmother’s home! I am going to ship you to fulfill all eighteen generations of your ancestors!’ Simply as I used to be about to enter the room, that man all of a sudden clapped his arms and laughed. ‘Good, good! The grandmother is the ‘kun’. Eighteen generations of ancestors…hey, two instances 9 is eighteen! They need to revolve across the ‘kun’ place. We have thought via this a part of the footwork!’ He reached out and grabbed an abacus on the desk. I do not know what he did, however all of a sudden three abacus beads flew out in the direction of me. I solely felt some ache in my chest, then discovered my physique to be paralyzed and unable to maneuver any extra.”

“These two nonetheless ignored me, and continued to speaking about their little brothers and their little swine. My coronary heart was crammed with unspeakable worry. My bandit nickname was the ‘Golden Abacus’, as a result of I all the time carry with me an abacus solid from gold. Hidden inside was a secret spring mechanism which might shoot out seventy seven abacus beads when the mechanism was activated. However the abacus on the desk was an bizarre one comprised of mahogany. The bamboo cross-pieces of the abacus had been damaged into numerous items; clearly, he had used his inside power to shatter the bamboo cross-pieces, then used his inside power to agitate the beads and shoot them out. This show of martial arts prowess actually was goddamn unbelievable.”

“The extra the person and the girl spoke, the happier their voices grew to become. I, however, grew steadily extra afraid. I dedicated over thirty bloody murders on this home, and now I used to be caught right here, unable to maneuver, unable to talk. It might be alright if I needed to pay with my very own life for my murders. But when I have been discovered right here, I might be implicating brother Ke as effectively. The 4 hours that I spent there have been extra agonizing than that of ten or twenty years of torture. It wasn’t till the chickens started to crow that the person laughed and mentioned, ‘Spouse, it appears like we can’t be capable to work out the following few steps tonight. Let’s go!’ The lady mentioned, ‘This ‘Golden Abacus’, Grasp Cui, helped you to provide you with such a miraculous resolution. We must always give him some form of reward!’ I used to be startled as soon as extra. So they’d recognized my identification all alongside. The person mentioned, ‘Since that is the case, let’s let him dwell a couple of extra years. We’ll take his life the following time we meet him! He dared to insult you and insult me. We won’t simply fake that did not occur.’ As he spoke, he picked up his e book, then despatched out a palm and calmly tapped me on the again, unsealing my acupoints. Following this, the 2 of them flew out of the window. I lowered my head and noticed that three holes had appeared within the chest of my garments. Three abacus beads have been neatly and completely nailed into my chest. Even when one had used a ruler and different instruments, it could be extraordinarily troublesome to put them so precisely. Look, look, look. Everybody, check out my predicament for your self.” And as he spoke, he eliminated his higher physique clothes.

As everybody checked out him, they could not assist however snort. Two of the abacus beads have been planted exactly on prime of his nipples, with the opposite one in between them. Can it’s that he wasn’t ready to think about a solution to take away them, regardless of all these years having handed? Cui Baiquan shook his head, rebuttoning his garments. “For these three beads to be positioned on my physique can be a heavy punishment. At first, I wished to dig them out with a knife. However as quickly as I used the slightest little bit of pressure, I agitated my very own meridians and handed out. It took 4 hours earlier than I used to be in a position to get up. How about utilizing sandpaper or a submitting knife to slowly destroy it? It was nonetheless so agonizing that I screamed like a goddamn pig. This punishment has adopted my spirit and by no means left my physique. Each time it’s about to rain, these three factors of my chest are crammed with a lot insufferable ****ing ache. It is extra correct than tortoise shell divinations!” Everybody current was each astonished and amused.

Cui Baiquan set free a sigh. “This man mentioned that the following time he noticed me, he would take my life. I can not let him take my life, but when I ever met him once more, I can not stop him from taking it both. The one factor I might do was to verify he would by no means see me once more. I had no different alternative however to flee far-off. I ended up arriving on the South-Subduing Palace. There have been many specialists right here, together with Prince Duan, Gao Shengtai, Chu Wanli, and the opposite bodyguards. Certainly, they would not stand by and do nothing and easily watch as my life was taken away. When these three beads on my chest started to harm, I had no alternative however to drown the ache in alcohol for some time. Any lofty aspirations, grand beliefs, or desires of changing into a well-known man of my time had turn into completely out of ****ing attain, extra distant than the ninth stage of the heavens.”

Everybody thought to themselves, “This particular person’s scenario is essentially the identical as that of the Yellow Browed Monk. The one distinction is that one left the secular world and have become a monk, whereas the opposite hid his identification and lived incognito.” Duan Yu requested, “Mr. Huo, how are you aware that these two belonged to Gusu’s Murong lineage?” He was used to calling this particular person ‘Mr. Huo’, and wasn’t in a position to immediately change his mode of deal with.

Cui Baiquan scratched his head and mentioned, “That was the speculation of my martial brother. After being hit by these three abacus beads, I went to debate the scenario with him. He informed me that within the wulin, solely Gusu’s Murong household would ‘Use the opponent’s expertise, exercising them upon the opponent.’ I exploit abacus beads to assault others, and so he used abacus beads to assault me. Gusu’s Murong household is not a flourishing one. ****! It is a good factor there’s not a number of them on the earth. If they’d hundreds of sons and a whole bunch of grandsons, there could be no others left within the jianghu. Solely their household could be left.”

These phrases have been extraordinarily disrespectful to Dali’s Duan household, however nobody cared. He continued, “The one well-known particular person from their household is Murong Bo. Forty three years in the past, the child who used the Vajra Finger to hurt this revered monk was aged fifteen or sixteen. Eighteen years in the past, the person who drilled these three beads into my chest was in his forties. It appears probably that they each have been the identical particular person, Murong Bo. I by no means would have imagined that my martial brother would lose his life to him as effectively. Yanzhi, how did your grasp offend him?”

Guo Yanzhi replied, “These previous few years, my grasp had been targeted on his enterprise. He would usually say, ‘concord brings prosperity’. He by no means quarreled with anyone. There is not any manner that he might’ve offended Gusu’s Murong household. We’re positioned in Nanyang; they’re positioned in Suzhou. There’s an enormous distance between us.”

Cui Baiquan mentioned, “Almost definitely, Murong Bo wasn’t capable of finding me, shrinking, cowardly turtle that I’m, and went to ask your grasp for my location. Your grasp was a loyal, filial man. He would moderately die than reveal my location, and misplaced his life beneath Murong Bo’s arms. Brother Ke! I harmed you!” As he spoke, tears started to fall from his eyes and he had a runny nostril. Sobbing, he mentioned, “Murong Bo…Bo, Bo, Bo! I am going to rip your pores and skin off [Bo is a homonym for another Chinese character, meaning to skin]!” After crying for a bit, he turned to Duan Zhengchun and mentioned, “Prince Duan, all I’ve to say, I’ve. Thanks for caring for me over the previous few years and never exposing my identification. I really feel extraordinarily grateful in the direction of you, however it will likely be troublesome for me to repay you. I’m heading to Gusu proper now!” Astonished, Duan Zhengchun mentioned, “You will Gusu?”

Cui Baiquan mentioned, “Proper! My martial brother and I are as shut as blood brothers. How can I not avenge his homicide? Yanzhi, let’s go!” As he spoke, he clasped his arms in the direction of each particular person, then circled and left. Guo Yanzhi additionally paid his respects to everybody current, then adopted him out.

This flip of occasions was utterly out of everybody’s expectations. They noticed how terrified Cui Baiquan was of Gusu’s Murong household. However when he spoke of going to avenge his martial brother, even though he knew he was going to his loss of life, he did not present an iota of worry. Everybody secretly felt respect for him inside their hearts. Duan Zhengchun referred to as out, “Gents, please wait. Brother Guo has travelled such a protracted distance to get right here. Please take an evening’s relaxation at my humble abode first, then go away on the morrow.” Cui Baiquan halted, circled, and mentioned, “Sure! We’ll observe your orders, prince, and bother you for one final meal. Yanzhi, let’s go ingesting!” He led Guo Yanzhi away.

Emperor Baoding mentioned to Duan Zhengchun, “Brother Chun, tomorrow, go along with Ministers Hua, Fan, and Ba to the Shenjie monastery of Luliang prefecture. Maintain a memorial service on my behalf for grasp Xuanbei.” Duan Zhengchun agreed. Huizhen and Huiguan kowtowed, exhibiting their thanks. Emperor Baoding mentioned to Duan Zhengchun, “After paying your respects to Abbot Wuye, wait on the Shenjie monastery for the arrival of the opposite grasp monks of Shaolin, then give them my return letter for Abbot Xuanci.” He mentioned to Ba Tianshi, “Put together a pair of letters. One will go to Abbot Xuanci, the opposite will go to Abbot Wuye. Additionally put together items for each of them.” Ba Tianshi bowed and acknowledged the order. Emperor Baoding continued, “Escort these two eminment monks to their rooms in order that they’ll have some relaxation.” After Ba Tianshi escorted Huizhen and Huiguan out, Emperor Baoding mentioned, “Dali’s Duan household got here from the wulin of the central plains. We’ve got by no means dared to overlook our origins, regardless of the passage of centuries. When associates from the wulin of the central plains come right here, we all the time fortunately welcome them with lavish ceremony. However our ancestors laid down a particularly strict rule. The scions of the Duan household are utterly forbidden from getting concerned within the enmities of the jianghu of the central plains. Though we is not going to and can’t ignore the loss of life of grasp Xuanbei, we’ll go away the query of getting revenge as much as Shaolin. We can’t intervene.” Duan Zhengchun mentioned, “Sure, your brother understands.”

The Yellow Browed Monk mentioned, “It actually may be very troublesome to determine what our correct plan of action right here is. We should help Shaolin, however we can’t get entangled in any revenge killings. Though Gusu’s Murong household doesn’t have many individuals, as a well-known, aristocratic wulin household, they definitely have an enormous variety of associates and associates. For Shaolin to be open enemies of Gusu’s Murong household could be an surprising, earth-shattering occasion of wulin. Blood will spray like rain, and the wind will reek of flesh. Who is aware of how many individuals will perish. For the previous few years, the nation of Dali has been peaceable and affluent. If we get too deeply concerned on this spat, I am afraid that in future years, there will probably be many individuals who come to Dali for the aim of settling scores.”

Emperor Baoding mentioned, “Grasp, your phrases are most appropriate. Our solely possibility is to behave completely in accordance with the righteous path, whereas additionally exhibiting as a lot forebearance as we are able to. Brother Chun, you will need to all the time keep in mind these 4 phrases: ‘Preserve righteousness, train forebearance.'” Duan Zhengchun cupped his arms in acknowledgement of the lesson.

The Yellow Browed Monk mentioned, “My two worthy brothers, I have to depart now. I have to take a stroll on the Ten Thousand Calamities Gorge.” Everybody was astonished. Emperor Baoding mentioned, “Martial brother, what enterprise do you’ve on the Ten Thousand Calmities Gorge? Who do you need to take with you?” The Yellow Browed Monk laughed. “I will not even take my two disciples. My two worthy brothers, why do not you attempt to guess why I’m going there?” Seeing a cheerful smile on his face, Emperor Baoding and Duan Zhengchun felt that it in all probability wasn’t some harmful affair. And but, they nonetheless weren’t in a position to guess what it may be. The Yellow Browed Monk smiled in the direction of Duan Yu. “Worthy nephew, I am going to wager you possibly can guess what it’s.”

Duan Yu was startled. “Why is it that I can guess what it’s, regardless of my uncle and father being unable to?” However all of a sudden, the reply got here to him. Laughing, he mentioned, “Grasp, you’ll examine that recreation of chess!” The Yellow Browed Monk laughed loudly. “Exactly. I don’t know as to how, exactly, I defeated Crown Prince Yanqing in that recreation of chess. Why did he kill one among his personal eyes?” Duan Yu shook his head. “I do not know both.” The Yellow Browed Monk mentioned, “Can it’s that there was some oddity throughout the stone home, or on the blue stone? This humble monk should go take a re-examination!”

For college kids of chess, after every recreation, no matter victory or defeat, they might go and ponder and deliberate the strikes of that match. They’d take into account the place they made weak strikes or unwise strikes, or the place they attacked to aggressively or moved too sluggishly. They would not really feel snug till after they’d completely understood the intricacies of the sport. To not point out, the Yellow Browed Monk received this recreation of chess in a particularly unusual method. If he could not uncover the key to this recreation of chess, it could most definitely vex him for the remainder of his life.

Emperor Baoding instantly returned to his personal palace. The Yellow Browed Monk instructed his two disciples to return to the Flower Gathering Monastery, then glided by himself to the Ten Thousand Calamities Gorge. He reassembled the blue stone chessboard which was shattered by Crown Prince Yanqing, then started pondering every transfer step-by-step.

After escorting Emperor Baoding and the Yellow Browed Monk out of the palace, Duan Zhengchun returned to his personal room, intending to debate the day’s occasions together with his spouse. Sadly, Dao Baifeng, nonetheless offended with him over the invention that he had one other illegitimate daughter, within the type of Zhong Ling, had locked the door and would not let him in. Duan Zhengchun begged her from outdoors to open up for a very long time. She replied, “For those who do not go away instantly, I am going again to the Hole Jade Monastery!”

Helpless, Duan Zhengchun might solely return to the classroom, sitting down gloomily. He all of a sudden considered Zhong Ling, and puzzled if Zhong Wanchou and the Divine Crocodile might rescue her. Chu Wanli and the others had left to analyze, however hadn’t returned to make a report but. His thoughts was uneasy. He stroked the golden field which Gan Baobao had returned to him. Watching her slender, effective handwriting, his thoughts returned to a time seventeen years previous, the place the 2 of them had shared pleasure and happiness so overwhelming, it had penetrated to their marrows. Then he considered how she had painfully waited for him for thus lengthy, earlier than she lastly was compelled to marry Zhong Wanchou. He could not assist however really feel a deep ache inside his coronary heart. “At the moment, she was solely a seventeen 12 months outdated woman. Her dad and mom had all the time handled her unkindly. She was carrying my baby inside her, out of wedlock. What else might she do?”

The extra he thought, the extra depressing he felt. All of the sudden, he remembered the phrases which Dao Baifeng had earlier mentioned to Minister Hua. “This tunnel passes by Madame Zhong’s bed room. For those who do not collapse it, I am afraid that one of many gents at the moment current will henceforth go tunnel his manner there each night time any more.” He instantly ordered one among his servants to secretly summon two of Minister Hua’s most ready household warriors, admonishing him to maintain all the pieces secret.

Inside his personal school room, Duan Yu’s thoughts was absolutely occupied with operating via all of the unusual occasions which had lately transpired. First, his marriage ceremony engagement with Mu Wanqing, then his discovery that she was his sister. Much more weird, Zhong Ling was additionally his sister. Zhong Ling had been kidnapped by Yun Zhonghe, and whether or not or not she had escaped his clutches was as of but unknown. His coronary heart was crammed with fear. Then, he considered Murong Bo and his spouse finding out the artwork of the ‘Swish Steps Upon the Waves’. He puzzled what kind of connection they may have together with his Expensive Goddess from the cave. Might it’s that they have been disciples of the Xiaoyao Sect [literally, ‘Carefree’ Sect]? Are they the individuals whom the Expensive Goddess has ordered me to kill? They’ve attained such an extremely excessive stage of martial arts. For somebody to anticipate me to try to kill them will probably be a joke of colossal proportions.

His thoughts wandered to his imprisonment throughout the stone home. Thank goodness he hadn’t dedicated any incestuous acts. It actually was a stroke of luck. As well as, he had turn into far more conversant in the footwork of the ‘Swish Steps Upon the Waves’ as effectively. Nevertheless, he had been slacking almost about doing the homework which the Expensive Goddess had assigned him. He instantly reached inside his bosom, intending to tug the manuscript out. As quickly as his fingers brushed its floor, he realized that one thing was fallacious. He shortly extracted the manuscript, then set free a collection of cries, “Aiyo! Aiyo!” The scroll had lengthy since been torn into many scattered items. Upon unwrapping it, he discovered that each one the items have been jumbled in. How might this be readable in any respect? Of the scattered items of parchment, maybe solely thirty % of the unique remained. The harm carried out to the precise diagrams and directions was much more extreme. Duan Yu’s complete physique trembled, as if he had been thrown right into a room constructed of ice. He thought to himself, “How…how might this have occurred.”

Solely after a very long time had handed did he vaguely recollect that after being imprisoned by the person in inexperienced, his complete physique had all of a sudden turned unbearably scorching. He had wildly ripped and torn at his garments. Later, as he ran and jumped about madly, he had continued to wildly tear at his garments. In his dazed state, how might he inform the distinction between garments and manuscripts? Naturally, he tore at all the pieces, ripping them into little items then casting them apart.

He stared stupidly on the picture of the bare woman on the scroll, whose legs and arms had been torn off with the parchment they have been drawn upon. And but, there was a really feel of reduction in his coronary heart as effectively. “The manuscript has been destroyed. I can not study the martial arts written inside it. It is not that I refuse to obey Expensive Goddess’s orders, however that I’m unable to. All that stuff about exterminating the disciples of the Xiaoyao Sect not apply.” He threw the remaining scraps of parchment into the fireside, then lit the hearth and burned them to ash. He thought to himself, “The bare photos are badly broken. Every time I have a look at them, I might be profaning the reminiscence of the Expensive Goddess. It’s heaven’s will that it’s destroyed in flame.”

He noticed that it was now late at night time, and headed to his mom’s room. He wished to have an excellent dialog together with her and share a meal. Arriving at her room, he noticed that the door was shut tightly. The feminine servant in control of ready on the princess giggled, “The princess is sleeping. Please come again tomorrow.” Duan Yu thought to himself, “Oh, proper. Father should be inside.” Turning away, he left, intending to search out Mu Wanqing and have a dialog together with her as an alternative. However after taking a couple of steps, he determined that it could be greatest for him to keep away from her for now. For him to go to her now would solely make her really feel sadder. Bored and aimless, he strolled in the direction of the internal backyard.

By now, the moon appeared. He sat for some time on the pavilion by the aspect of the pond, watching because the curved crescent moon rose up into the sky from the east. He thought to himself that at this second, the moonlight would even be descending upon the jade cliffs of Mt. Wuliang. After a couple of extra hours, a multicolored lengthy sword would seem on these jade cliffs, pointing to the abode of the Expensive Goddess. Simply as he was starting to fall right into a spellbound trance, he heard a comfortable whistle come from outdoors of the partitions. Listening, he heard the sound a couple of extra instances. Up to now, he would not have paid such a factor any thoughts. However up to now few days, he had undergone many issues and broaded his experiences. He thought to himself, “Can it’s that an individual of the jianghu is sending a secret sign?”

After a brief time period, the whistle got here once more. All of the sudden, a shadow flashed by the peony flower terrace. Because it reached the wall, it leapt on prime of it. Duan Yu involuntarily cried out, “Sister Wan!” The particular person was Mu Wanqing. He watched as she leapt down from the wall, to the opposite aspect.

Duan Yu cried out a second time, “Sister Wan!” He rushed to the spot the place Mu Wanqing had leapt onto the wall, however he himself, after all, did not have that form of capacity. There was a door subsequent to him, main out of the backyard, but it surely was bolted and locked shut with an iron padlock. He might do nothing however loudly shout out, “Sister Wan! Sister Wan!”

Solely to listen to Mu Wanqing loudly shout again from the opposite aspect of the wall, “Why do you retain on calling my title? I by no means need to see you once more! I am leaving with my mother!” Duan Yu anxiously mentioned, “Do not go away! It doesn’t matter what, you shouldn’t go away!” Mu Wanqing didn’t reply.

After some time, he heard the voice of an older girl say from the opposite aspect, “Wan’er, let’s go! Alas! It is ineffective.” Mu Wanqing was nonetheless silent. Duan Yu knew that this girl should be Qin Hongmian. He shouted, “Aunt Qin, please are available in.”

Qin Hongmian mentioned, “Are available? For what objective? In order that your mom can kill me?”

Duan Yu wasn’t in a position to formulate a reply. He hit the door onerous, calling out, “Sister Wan, Sister Wan! Do not go! Let’s slowly consider an thought.” Mu Wanqing replied, “What thought can we provide you with? Heaven itself has no concepts!” After pondering a second, she referred to as out, “I’ve an thought. Are you ?” Duan Yu fortunately replied, “Nice! What is the plan?”

With two ‘chi’ sounds, the blade of a skinny blue sabre was inserted throughout the openings together with the doorway, then minimize the henges off. Following that, with a pair of ‘peng’ sounds, the gate was pushed open. Mu Wanqing stood within the doorway. Inside her arms, she held that skinny blue asura sabre. She mentioned, “Stretch out your neck and let me chop it in half. Then I am going to instantly kill myself. Once we reincarnate, we can’t be brother and sister. That manner, we are able to turn into man and spouse.”

Duan Yu was so frightened that he was stupefied. In a quavering voice, he replied, “This…this is not…is not workable!”

Mu Wanqing mentioned, “I am prepared. Why aren’t you? Alternately, you possibly can kill me first, then take your personal life.” As she spoke, she handed an asura sabre over in the direction of him. Duan Yu hurriedly took two steps again. “No manner, no manner!”

Mu Wanqing slowly circled. Greedy her mom’s arm, she shortly walked away. Duan Yu blankly stared as their silhouettes disappeared throughout the darkness of the night time. For a protracted, very long time, he didn’t transfer.

Slowly, the moon rose till it was in the course of the sky, however he continued to face there with out transferring. He all of a sudden felt a tightness in the back of his neck, after which he was lifted up within the sky by somebody. A quiet voice laughed. “Do you wanna die, or do you wanna dwell? For those who wanna be my grasp, you will be a lifeless grasp. However in case you’re prepared to be my apprentice, you will be a dwelling apprentice.” It was the Divine Crocodile’s voice.

Duan Zhengchun, with two of Hua Hegen’s most expert subordinates, swiftly rode to the Ten Thousand Calamities Gorge. These two subordinates, having helped Hua Hegen dig the tunnel, knew the place the doorway to it was. They led him to it, then shifted away the branches and twigs which they’d used to camouflage the doorway. One in every of them mentioned, “Let this humble one information you.” Duan Zhengchun mentioned, “No want! The 2 of you shall simply watch for me right here.”

Simply as he was about to crawl into the tunnel, he all of a sudden a shadow flash by from behind a big tree to the west. The motion was extraordinarily fast. Duan Zhengchun instantly utilized his power and charged over there. He cried out in a low voice, “Who’re you?” Behind the massive tree, a person whispered again, “Prince, I’m Cui Baiquan!” He stepped out from behind the tree.

Stunned, Duan Zhengchun mentioned, “Brother Cui, what are you doing right here?” Cui Baiquan mentioned, “This humble one heard that your honored daughter had been kidnapped. I got here with my martial nephew Guo so as to search for her. I noticed some clues on the street and deduced that the younger miss most definitely fled again right here. However that villain is constant to pursue her and never letting up.”

Duan Zhengchun’s thoughts was all of a sudden enlightened. “This Cui Baiquan is a person who distinguishes between benevolence and mistreatment. He had hidden himself in my manor for all these years, and consequently feels that he owes me a debt of gratitude. He’s about to go search out Gusu’s Murong household for revenge; that is tantamount to throwing his life away. He hoped to have the ability to discover my daughter Ling’er, and on this manner repay the reward of safety which I had given him for the previous ten or so years.”

He instantly bowed deeply. “Brother Cui, I can not thanks sufficient for the righteousness you’ve displayed.” Cui Baiquan replied, “I am going to go seek for her over there.” In a flash, he entered the forested woods, demonstrating an exceptionally succesful ability in qinggong.

Duan Zhengchun thought to himself, “Brother Cui’s martial arts will not be inferior in any respect to Wanli or Danchen.” Returning to the tunnel entrance, he entered the tunnel. After crawling for some time, he got here to a fork within the tunnel. The 2 subordinates had already informed him earlier that the northeastern tunnel led to the stone home which had beforehand imprisoned Duan Yu and Mu Wanqing, and that the northwestern tunnel led to Madame Zhong’s bed room. He instantly crawled within the northwestern course. Arriving on the finish of the tunnel, he gently lifted up the board above his head by a couple of inches. Vibrant gentle appeared earlier than him. He slowly peered into the crack, solely to see a pair of purple, flower-embroidered footwear resting on the ground. Duan Zhengchun felt an amazing shock in his coronary heart, then pushed the board up one other two inches.

He heard Gan Baobao set free a protracted sigh. After some time, she quietly mentioned, “For those who weren’t a prince, however have been as an alternative a farmer or a hunter, or a philandering little thief, or a bandit who plundered houses, I might nonetheless have adopted you…I might have adopted you my complete life…” Following this, a couple of teardrops fell, descending on the floorboard subsequent to her flower-embroidered footwear.

Duan Zhengchun felt a gush of heat feeling rise from the pit of his abdomen. He thought to himself, “I will not be a prince anymore. I will be a thief or a bandit and have you ever observe me for the remainder of our lives. What’s so good about being a prince anyhow?”

Solely to listen to Gan Baobao proceed, “Can it’s…can it’s that I actually won’t ever see you once more for the remainder of my life? Not even as soon as? I…I am higher off lifeless. Brother Chun, brother Chun…do you miss me in any respect?” These comfortable laments have been actually heart-rending and deeply transferring. Duan Zhengchun could not resist from quietly whispering, “Baobao…my beloved Baobao…” Gan Baobao was startled. She stood up, then instantly set free a sigh. She mumbled to herself, “I am dreaming once more. I dreamed that you just have been calling to me.” Duan Zhengchun mentioned in a low voice, “Beloved Baobao, I actually am calling out to you. I’ve all the time been considering of you and lacking you.”

Gao Baobao set free a startled cry. “Brother Chun, is it actually you?” Duan Zhengchun pushed the floorboard apart and crawled out. In a low voice, he mentioned, “Beloved Baobao, it truly is me!” Gan Baobao, upon all of a sudden seeing Duan Zhengchun seem earlier than her, misplaced all shade in her face. She took a couple of steps ahead, her complete physique trembling. Duan Zhengchun rushed forwards and embraced her in her arms. Gan Baobao’s physique all of a sudden swayed, after which she handed out.

Duan Zhengchun hurriedly massaged her ‘Renzhong’ acupoint. Slowly, Gan Baobao started to return to. She felt that her physique was in Duan Zhengchun’s embrace, whereas he was kissing her face. She was crammed with such pleasure that her complete physique was about to blow up from it. Her thoughts in a daze, she whispered, “Brother Chun, Brother Chun…I am dreaming once more.” Duan Zhengchun tightly embraced her heat, comfortable physique. He whispered in her ear, “Beloved Baobao, you are not dreaming. I am the one dreaming.”

All of the sudden, a rough voice erupted from outdoors the door. “Who?! Who’s contained in the room?! I heard a male voice!” It was Zhong Wanchou’s voice. Duan Zhengchun and Gan Baobao have been each startled. Gan Baobao loudly replied, “I am inside! What’s this nonsense a couple of male voice or a feminine voice? You are babbling once more!”

Duan Zhengchun whispered into her ear, “Run away with me. I will be a thief or a bandit. I will not be a prince anymore.” Completely jubilant, Gan Baobao whispered again, “I will be a thief’s spouse or a bandit’s spouse. Even when it is only for someday, it could be great.”

With out his spouse’s permission, Zhong Wanchou did not dare to enter his spouse’s room. However from a window, he noticed a person’s shadow contained in the room. He loudly cried out, “You might have a person inside your room! I…I see him!” He not cared about whether or not or not his spouse had given permission and knocked the door open with a flying kick.

The again of Duan Yu’s neck had been seized by the Divine Crocodile. Held up in mid-air, he could not transfer within the slightest. He had solely completed working towards one a part of the ‘Divine Artwork of the Northern Darkness’, the ‘Shoutaiyinfei’ half. He might solely use the ‘Shaoshang’ acupoint on his thumb to battle with individuals. As well as, the opponent was utilizing all his may in seizing him; how might he drain his power away, with all of his different acupoints unable to attract inside power? He was nearly to shout, however the Divine Crocodile stretched out his left hand and coated his mouth.

Holding him, the Divine Crocodile raced away. He didn’t cease till he had arrived in a quiet, secluded place, far-off from the South Subduing Palace. He put Duan Yu again down, however didn’t launch the again of his neck, fearing that if he did, Duan Yu would make the most of that weird set of footwork to flee.

Duan Yu set free a bitter smile. “Evidently, you modified your thoughts. You do not need to be my disciple in any case; you’d moderately be a bastard son of a turtle.” The Divine Crocodile replied, “Says who? First, return to me my eight kowtows and expel me out of your sect, releasing me out of your tutelage. Then kowtow to me eight extra instances and settle for me as your grasp. We’ll do that orderly and by the e book. That manner, there will be no difficulty of me being a bastard son of a turtle.”

Duan Yu could not assist however snort silently to himself. “No manner! At this second, I have been captured by you and do not have the flexibility to defend myself. Go forward and kill me!” The Divine Crocodile spat. “Bah! I will not fall to your trick! Your outdated man undoubtedly will not kill you if you are helpless and provides individuals a motive to name me a bastard son of a turtle! Do you suppose I am silly or one thing?” Duan Yu replied, “You might be so sharp! So extraordinarily good!”

The Divine Crocodile had provide you with a ‘good plan’ that may enable him to flawlessly and correctly obtain his hearts want when it comes to formalities. How might he have recognized that the opposite particular person would moderately die than kowtow to him eighteen instances? The good plan he had spent days concocting was now completely ineffective. He could not assist however really feel extraordinarily anxious and indecisive.

Duan Yu mentioned, “In keeping with the principles of the Southern Seas sect, can a disciple kill his personal grasp?” The Divine Crocodile replied, “In fact he cannot! A grasp can kill his disciple, however a disciple killing his grasp is remarkable!” Duan Yu continued, “So does a disciple must hearken to and obey his grasp, or does the grasp must obey the disciple?” The Divine Crocodile replied, “Naturally, the disciple has to obey the grasp. After you settle for me as your grasp, you will have to obey me in all issues.” Duan Yu laughed. “Proper now, you might be nonetheless my disciple. I informed you to go rescue your master-wife. Have you ever completed this or not?”

The Divine Crocodile mentioned, “****! I began to battle with Quantity 4 simply as my master-wife’s outdated man rushed over. He took the chance to grab her again.” Duan Yu, listening to that Zhong Ling had already escaped Yun Zhonghe’s vile grasp, was crammed with pleasure.

The Divine Crocodile continued, “Subsequent, I began to battle with my master-wife’s outdated man. After we battled for a bit, he did not need to battle anymore. My master-wife had already run away as effectively. Quantity 4 mentioned that we should always go to the Ten Thousand Calamities Gorge and kill Zhong Wanchou.” Duan Yu requested, “Why’s that?” The Divine Crocodile replied, “This essential process can’t go undone! In any other case I, Yue Quantity Two, won’t ever be capable to elevate my head within the jianghu ever once more, and be seemed down upon by everybody.” Baffled, Duan Yu mentioned, “What sort of logic is that? Quantity 4 was simply messing with you. You needn’t hearken to him.”

The Divine Crocodile replied, “No, no! Quantity 4 is taking care of my well-being. For those who do not perceive the logic of this, let me instruct you. That little woman is now my master-wife, placing her a technology up above me. Meaning her outdated man is 2 generations above me. ****! What sort of shitty creature is Zhong Wanchou, for him to be two generations my senior? I gotta kill him! Quantity 4 additionally mentioned that the explanation he was planning to kill Zhong Wanchou and steal his spouse was due to his loyalty to our group, the ‘4 Nice Evils’. He was completely doing this for my sake, charging forward with out caring about his personal security and risking all the pieces for me.”

Duan Yu was all of the extra baffled. He requested, “How so?” The Divine Crocodile replied, “Zhong Wanchou’s spouse, being my master-wife’s mom, can also be two generations above me. But when Quantity 4 made her his spouse as an alternative, she would turn into the spouse of the junior brother of I, Yue Quantity Two. That might make her my sister-in-law. Her daughter would naturally be a technology beneath me, making her my niece. You’d be my niece’s husband, making you my nephew-in-law. Naturally, you’d even be one technology decrease than me. I might deal with you as ‘grasp’, and also you’d deal with me as ‘uncle’. Would not that put each of us in an amazing place? Haha! What an excellent thought!”

Duan Yu burst into loud laughter. The Divine Crocodile mentioned, “Let’s go, let’s go! Let’s shortly go and deal with this essential little bit of enterprise. There can by no means be an individual on the earth who is 2 generations above Yue Quantity Two!” Grabbing Duan Yu by the hand, he flew in the direction of the course of the Ten Thousand Calamities Gorge.

Duan Zhengchun heard Zhong Wanchou kick down the door to enter the room. A thought flashed by his thoughts. “I can not kill him!” He gently pried himself unfastened from Gan Baobao’s embrace and jumped again into the tunnel, hurriedly changing the picket board.

Together with his giant sabre in hand, Zhong Wanchou rushed into the bed room, solely to see Gan Baobao by herself within the room. He hurriedly checked the wardrobe, beneath the mattress, and behind the door. He checked each conceivable place the place an individual may conceal. Neglect about discovering a male, he wasn’t even capable of finding half the shadow of a ghost. He was crammed with complete astonishment. Gan Baobao furiously mentioned, “You’ve got come to bully me once more! Fast, simply go forward and kill me cleanly with a minimize of your sabre!” Not discovering a person contained in the room, Zhong Wanchou had been crammed with happiness. He hurriedly threw apart his sabre and laughed heartily. “Spouse, my imaginative and prescient should’ve been blurry. I have to’ve drank a couple of too many cups of wine earlier!” However whilst he was saying this, he continued to look right here and there.

All of the sudden, the sound of frantic footsteps got here from outdoors. Zhong Ling cried loudly, “Mom! Mom!” She flew into the room. Yun Zhonghe’s voice pursued her in. “Even in case you run to the ends of the world, I am going to nonetheless discover and seize you!” With fast footsteps, he adopted her in.

Zhong Ling cried out, “Daddy, this unhealthy man…this unhealthy man is chasing me once more!” In the middle of operating away from Yun Zhonghe, she had lengthy since exhausted herself. Luckily, she was conversant in each nook and cranny of her own residence, and so was in a position to dodge right here and conceal there. Yun Zhonghe however, on this twisting maze of secret paths and passageways, wasn’t in a position to make the most of his qinggong skills absolutely. This was the one motive she was in a position to escape into her mom’s bed room. Yun Zhonghe, seeing each Zhong Wanchou and his spouse within the room, was very pleasantly shocked. He thought to himself that this was a wonderful alternative to kill Zhong Wanchou, then carry off each Madame Zhong and Zhong Ling.

Zhong Wanchou fired off three palms in a row, however all three have been sidestepped by Yun Zhonghe. Yun Zhonghe circled previous the desk to pursue Zhong Ling. He thought to himself, “First, let me deal with the little woman. The following step after that may be to kill her father and seize her mom. That manner, I will not give her an opportunity to run away.” Zhong Ling cried out, “Hey, you bamboo-pole, in case you carry on chasing me, I’ll begin tickling you!” Yun Zhonghe was startled, then referred to as out, “You may tickle me? I might prefer to see you strive!” As he spoke, he threw himself via the air in the direction of her.

That day when Zhong Ling had been kidnapped by Yun Zhonghe, she had struggled with all her may. However how might she escape his grasp? She was terrified to loss of life. She heard the Divine Crocodile rush after them from far-off, and heard him loudly name out, “Grasp-wife! Grasp-wife! Stretch out your hand and scratch his armpit! This skinny bamboo pole is afraid of being tickled!” Zhong Ling thought to herself, “Tickling? I am an professional at that ability!” Stretching out her hand, she was nearly to tickle his armpit. However Yun Zhonghe had additionally heard the Divine Crocodile’s shout. Even earlier than she had startled to tickle him, he could not assist however start to snort. Whereas laughing, he was not in a position to run as shortly as earlier than, and the Divine Crocodile was in a position to catch as much as him.

Yun Zhonghe mentioned, “Yue Quantity Three! You’ve got fallen for that man’s tips!” The Divine Crocodile retorted, “What are you babbling about, tips this and tips that? Hurry up and let go of my master-wife, or I am going to provide you with a style of my crocodile fang scissors!” Out of choices, Yun Zhonghe was compelled to place Zhong Ling down. Catching him off-guard, Zhong Ling startled to tickle him. Turning his waist away, Yun Zhonghe laughed so onerous that he ran out of breath. The extra he laughed, the extra vigorously Zhong Ling tickled. Between laughs, Yun Zhonghe started to cough. The Divine Crocodile mentioned, “Grasp-wife, please spare him! For those who carry on doing this and if this goes on for for much longer, he’ll suffocate to loss of life from laughter!” Zhong Ling thought this was actually weird. This evil particular person’s martial arts ability was of such a excessive stage. How might he be actually tickled to loss of life by somebody? She replied, “I do not consider you! I need to try to see if he can actually be tickled to loss of life!” The Divine Crocodile mentioned, “That will not do! For those who tickle him to loss of life, he will not be capable to come to life once more. The weak spot of Yun Zhonghe’s martial arts is on the ‘Tianquan’ [Heavenly Spring] acupoint beneath his armpit. It may possibly’t be touched!”

Upon listening to his phrases, Zhong Ling ceased her assaults on the criminal of his armpit. Yun Zhonghe rose to his toes, then all of a sudden spat in the direction of the Divine Crocodile. He cursed, “You damned crocodile, you ugly alligator! Why’d you expose the weak spot of my martial arts to an out of doors?!” Zhong Ling mentioned, “Wow, now you are cussing at individuals?” She stretched out her hand to tickle him once more, however unexpectedly, it did not work this time. Yun Zhonghe despatched out a flying kick that despatched her flying far-off.

The Divine Crocodile helped Zhong Ling arise. He mentioned, “Grasp-wife, does it damage?” Earlier than Zhong Ling had an opportunity to reply, Zhong Wanchou rushed in the direction of them, his giant sabre in hand. He cried out, “Silly woman! What is the level of you dying right here?” The Divine Crocodile turned his head and barked out, “****, man! Why the hell are you screaming obscenities?” Zhong Wanchou angrily replied, “I am scolding my daughter! What the hell does it must do with you?” The Divine Crocodile was completely enraged. Pointing at Zhong Wanchou, he roared, “You…you thieving canine! You need to benefit from me? I…I, Yue Quantity Two, am going to go all out on you!” Zhong Wanchou replied, “How am I making the most of you?” The Divine Crocodile replied, “She’s my master-wife. Meaning she’s a technology above me. There’s nothing I can do about that. However you dare to name your self her father. This…this…you…does not this imply you are two generations above me!? Yue Quantity Two is a revered senior within the Southern Seas. Everybody politely addresses me as ‘grandpa’ or ‘ancestor’. However ever since I arrived on the Central Plains, I’ve turn into a technology or two decrease than all people. This outdated man will not stand for it! I will not stand for it it doesn’t matter what!”

Zhong Wanchou replied, “For those who will not stand for it, you then will not stand for it. She’s my start daughter. That naturally makes me her outdated man. What’s this crap about ‘calling myself’ her father?” The Divine Crocodile craned his head to look at each him and his daughter, then mentioned, “Naturally, you are ‘calling your self’ her outdated man. My master-wife is spectacularly stunning. However you are as ugly as sin. How might you presumably be her outdated man? She undoubtedly wasn’t conceived by you, she was conceived by another bloke! You are not likely her ‘outdated man’, you’re a pretend ‘outdated man’!” Listening to his phrases, Zhong Wanchou was so enraged that his face turned black with rage. Elevating up his sabre, he chopped on the Divine Crocodile.

Zhong Ling hurriedly mentioned, “Daddy, this particular person rescued me from the arms of that unhealthy man! Do not kill him!”

The flames of Zhong Wanchou’s fury towered above the sky. He roared out, “Rattling woman! I all the time suspected that you just weren’t actually my daughter! Even this enormous dumbass is aware of it to be true! How can it’s false? First I am going to kill him, then I am going to kill you, and final of all I am going to kill your mom!”

Zhong Ling noticed that the 2 had begun to battle, and that victory or defeat would take a while to be decided. She loudly cried out, “Hey, Yue Quantity Three! You are not allowed to harm my daddy!” She referred to as out once more, “Daddy, you possibly can’t damage Yue Quantity Three!” Then she walked away.

By the point she reached the Ten Thousand Calamities Gorge, she was completely exhausted. As quickly as she arrived at her personal room she instantly fell asleep. She remained asleep till midnight, when she was awoken by Yun Zhonghe’s shouts and calls. He was looking out via each single room, one after the opposite. She had hurriedly gotten up and ran away.

Presently, Zhong Ling suspected that she would not be capable to get shut sufficient to Yun Zhonghe to tickle him with out being captured. She all of a sudden noticed the plank masking the tunnel. Remembering how she was kidnapped through this tunnel by Hua Hegen, she instantly ran over there and lifted up the picket plank then threw herself into the tunnel.

Yun Zhonghe hurriedly jumped in after her. After crawling for lower than ten toes, his hand all of a sudden fell upon a skinny, slender ankle. He heard Zhong Ling name out, “Aiyo!” Kicking frantically, she tried to kick him unfastened. However how might Yun Zhonghe, as ecstatic as he was, let her go? Exerting a few of his higher physique power, he gave a powerful pull, attempting to tug her in the direction of him. However unexpectedly, Zhong Ling set free one other cry of ‘Aiyo’ and did not budge within the slightest. It appeared as if somebody in entrance of her had grabbed her as effectively. At this second, Yun Zhonghe felt a decent grasp settle round his personal two ankles, and was himself being pulled out by another person. He heard Zhong Wanchou name out, “Get out, get out!”

Zhong Wanchou, apprehensive about his daughter, had additionally rushed into the tunnel. Zhong Wanchou gave two tugs however was unable to budge him. He was nearly to train his power when he, too, felt his ankles being seized by another person. A surge of power ran via his physique, attempting to tug him out. The Divine Crocodile’s hoarse voice was heard. “You ugly, horse-faced bastard, how dare you ‘name your self’ my master-wife’s father?! You need to put your self two generations above me? I’ll kill you in the present day, it doesn’t matter what!”

Because it have been, the Divine Crocodile had simply arrived, with Duan Yu in tow. From outdoors the room, he had watched as Zhong Ling, Yun Zhonghe, and Zhong Wanchou successively jumped into the opening. He thought to himself that there was nothing extra essential, at this second in time, than killing this “fellow who dares calls himself my master-wife’s father”. He instantly rushed into the home and jumped into the tunnel as effectively, seizing maintain of Zhong Wanchou’s toes.

Duan Yu hurriedly rushed into the room as effectively. He mentioned to Madame Zhong, “Aunt Zhong, the essential factor proper now could be to assist little sister Zhong Ling.” Simply as he was about to leap into the tunnel as effectively, anyone all of a sudden gave his physique a push. He instantly fell down.

A feminine voice cried out, “Quantity Three, Quantity 4, get out of there now! Our chief has despatched directions forbidding you guys from killing one another!” It was “No Evil Left Undone”, Ye Erniang. She had acquired orders from Duan Yanqing to return and accumulate Yun Zhonghe and the Divine Crocodile. However she had arrived a bit late, and noticed Yun Zhonghe wriggling into the tunnel, adopted shortly by Zhong Wanchou and the Divine Crocodile. She knew that, earlier, the Divine Crocodile was attempting to pursue and kill Yun Zhonghe. Yun Zhonghe’s martial arts was inferior to the Divine Crocodile. If he have been to be actually killed, their chief would undoubtedly be completely infuriated. After calling out a couple of extra instances, and seeing that the Divine Crocodile didn’t reply, she too jumped into the opening after them. Grabbing the Divine Crocodile’s toes, she ready to exert her power and pull him out.

Duan Yu cried out, “Hey hey, you guys cannot kill sister Zhong Ling! Initially, she was my fiancée. Now she’s my sister!” However the cries and shouts coming from the tunnel have been chaotic and muddled. He could not inform who was calling out what. He thought to himself that with three of essentially the most evil individuals on the earth in that tunnel, Zhong Ling was in a really precarious scenario. He felt that she had handled him with loyalty and affection; regardless that he didn’t know martial arts, he was prepared to stake his life so as to rescue her. He instantly threw himself in the direction of the tunnel opening. Grabbing onto Ye Erniang’s ankles, he ready to tug her out.

As he clenched his arms round her ankles, his arms naturally settled across the location on Ye Erniang’s ankles, generally known as the “Shouyishu”. This was the placement of a serious acupoint, the ‘Sanyinjiao’ [‘Three Lunar Crossings’] acupoint of the ‘Zutaiyinpijing’ [‘Lunar Foot and Spleen Channel’]. The intersections have been of the ‘Zushaoyinshenjing’ [‘Younger Lunar Foot and Kidney Channel’], the ‘Zutaiyinpijing’, and the ‘Zujueyinxinbaojing’ [‘Lunar Foot and Pericardium Channel’]. The ‘Shaoshang’ acupoint of his thumb was resting on the ‘Sanyinjiao’ acupoint of Ye Erniang’s ankle. As the 2 of them concurrently exerted their power, Ye Erniang’s inside power instantly rushed out and entered Duan Yu’s physique.

Within the slender confines of the tunnel, it wasn’t simple to show round. Yun Zhonghe had seized Zhong Ling’s ankles, Zhong Wanchou had viciously grabbed on to Yun Zhonghe’s ankles, the Divine Crocodile had latched on to Zhong Wanchou’s ankles, Ye Erniang had snatched the Divine Crocodile’s ankles, and on the very finish of the chain, Duan Yu was holding on to Ye Erniang’s ankles. Except for Zhong Ling, all people within the tunnel was utilizing all of their power to tug out the particular person in entrance of them. Zhong Ling didn’t have a lot inside power, and at first, it appeared as if she was going to be simply pulled out by Yun Zhonghe. However someway, it appeared as if somebody in entrance of her had tightly grabbed onto her, stopping her from being pulled out!

Everybody on this human chain had the ‘Shaoshang’ acupoint on their thumbs connected to the ‘Sanyinjiao’ ankle acupoints of the particular person in entrance of them. As Ye Erniang’s inside power flowed in the direction of Duan Yu, it carried with it the interior energies of the Divine Crocodile, Zhong Wanchou, Yun Zhonghe, and Zhong Ling. Zhong Ling did not have a lot inside power to start with, so it was no huge deal for her. However the different 4 individuals have been terrified out of their wits and beginning to kick like loopy, attempting to flee the maintain of the particular person behind them. However they have been so tightly grabbed that they could not shake unfastened it doesn’t matter what. The extra urgently they exercised their inside power, the extra shortly it flew away from them.

Yun Zhonghe solely felt {that a} stream of power was flowing from Zhong Ling’s ankle to him, after which passing via his personal ankle additional down the chain. He thought to himself that it was extraordinarily unusual that the little child had such profound inside power. Luckily for him, even whereas inside power was dissipating from his ankles, he was receiving a relentless injection from his arms round her personal. Naturally, it doesn’t matter what he was unwilling to let go of Zhong Ling’s ankles, for worry that when he did, he would not be capable to catch her once more. Zhong Wanchou and the remainder had the very same concepts as effectively. As their hearts started to develop an increasing number of fearful, their grips grew tighter and tighter as effectively. It was much like how a drowning particular person will seize onto something they’ll and refuse to let go it doesn’t matter what.

No person within the tunnel might see a single factor. It was crammed with the clamor of their shouts. “Our chief has summoned you!” “Let go of me!” “Your outdated man is gonna butcher you!” “Whaddya grabbing on to me for? Let go now!” “Mother! Mother! Daddy!” In direction of the top, they started to really feel that though the stream of power coming into their physique from their arms was starting to weaken, the power flowing out of their our bodies from their toes didn’t slacken within the slightest. This precipitated them to be all of the extra fearful.

Duan Yu pulled for a very long time, and observed that the interior power constantly gushed forth into him. He had skilled this earlier than at Mt. Wuliang. For the time being, he was in a position to deal with the sensation of dry warmth as he saved up the gush of inside power throughout the ‘Ocean of Energies’ at his ‘Shanzhong’ acupoint. However after some time, he started to really feel as if the ‘Ocean of Energies’ at his ‘Shanzhong’ acupoint was changing into bloated and swollen. Slowly, he started to develop afraid as effectively. However he thought to himself that with Zhong Ling in such a precarious scenario, he needed to hold on it doesn’t matter what. He clenched his tooth collectively and didn’t let go.

Seeing so many unusual occasions happen in succession, Gan Baobao was completely flustered and didn’t know what to do. In her coronary heart, that spiritually transcendent feeling she had when Duan Zhengchun held her in his arms had not but completely dissipated. Sitting on a chair stupidly, she softly cried out, “Brother Chun, Brother Chun…he addressed me as his ‘Beloved Baobao’, he held me, he kissed me. This time, it wasn’t a dream. It was actual!”

The warmth in Duan Yu’s chest was proving troublesome to endure, however the power which was coming into his physique from his arms was solely rising stronger and stronger. At this time limit, roughly half of the interior power of the individuals within the tunnel had entered his physique. Lastly, he was in a position to slowly drag Ye Erniang out of the tunnel, adopted by the Divine Crocodile, Zhong Wanchou, Yun Zhonghe, and Zhong Ling. Upon seeing Zhong Ling, Duan Yu felt an amazing sense of reduction in his coronary heart. He instantly let go of Ye Erniang, then rushed ahead to assist Zhong Ling up. He referred to as out, “Sister Ling, sister Ling, you are not damage, are you?”

Ye Erniang and the opposite three had misplaced half of their inside energies. They launched one another, then merely sat there on the floorboards, huffing and panting.

Zhong Wanchou all of a sudden cried out, “There is a man! There is a man in that tunnel! It is Duan Zhengchun, Duan Zhengchun!” He all of a sudden understood what had occurred. He thought to himself, “It should have been Duan Zhengchun who dug the rattling tunnel beneath my spouse’s bed room. Earlier, I heard a person’s voice and noticed a person’s shadow. It is undoubtedly Duan Zhengchun!” The flames of his jealousy roaring, he rushed forwards, pushing Duan Yu apart and grabbing Zhong Ling by the again of her neck, desiring to toss her apart, then bounce again down into the tunnel and drag Duan Zhengchun out.

Upon listening to him loudly cry out the phrases “Duan Zhengchun!”, Gan Baobao instantly awoke from her stupor. Rising to her toes, her coronary heart was crammed with grief and bitterness.

Zhong Wanchou had forgotten that he had misplaced a big a part of his inside power. Though he grabbed her again the again of her neck, not solely was he unable to budge her, his personal two toes all of a sudden buckled and he fell to a sitting place on the bottom. However he was unwilling to surrender; it doesn’t matter what, he was going to tug Zhong Ling from the tunnel. There was no manner he was going to let Duan Zhengchun slip away!

After pulling for some time, he noticed a pair of arms emerge from the tunnel. These arms have been wrapped round Zhong Ling’s personal wrists. Zhong Wanchou loudly cried out, “Duan Zhengchun, stand up! You and I are going to battle to the loss of life!” Exerting all his power, he pulled Zhong Ling backwards. And certainly, an individual slowly emerged from the tunnel.

This particular person actually was a male!

Zhong Wanchou loudly referred to as out, “Duan Zhengchun!” Letting go of Zhong Ling, he threw himself ahead and seized the person by the chest. He lifted the person up, solely to see that this man was repulsive and ugly, with knitted brows, a depressing face, a crooked mouth, and slanted shoulders. His physique was extraordinarily skinny and gaunt. He was completely completely different from Duan Zhengchun. Duan Yu cried out, “Mr. Huo, what are you doing right here?” This particular person was the ‘Golden Abacus’, Cui Baiquan!

Zhong Wanchou cried out, “It is not Duan Zhengchun!” Lifting his face in the direction of the sky, he fell over backwards. However even then, he would not relinquish his tight grip on Cui Baiquan. However all of a sudden, two extra arms reached out from the tunnel, grabbing on to Cui Baiquan’s ankles. Zhong Wanchou loudly cried, “Duan Zhengchun!” Utilizing all his may, he pulled a second particular person out of the opening.

Solely to see that this particular person was bald, with incense burn-scars on the highest of his head. It was a monk. His face was crammed with wrinkles, and eyebrows have been lengthy and yellow. Not solely was it a monk, but it surely was a particularly outdated monk. Duan Yu cried out, “Grasp Huangmei! What are you doing right here?” This outdated monk was the Yellow Browed Monk.

Zhong Wanchou exerted all of the remaining power he needed to pull the Yellow Browed Monk out of the tunnel. However no one was grabbing onto his toes. Zhong Wanchou rushed into the tunnel. After a protracted time period, he breathlessly emerged from it, shouting, “No person left, there’s no one left within the tunnel.” He glanced at Cui Baiquan, then peered on the Yellow Browed Monk. There was no manner in hell both of those two might be the key lover of his spouse. He felt an enormous sense of reduction. He cried out, “Spouse, I am sorry, I…I wrongly blamed you but once more!” By now, he had completely exhausted all of his inside power, and easily lay there on the tunnel entrance, panting. He was incapable of standing up once more.

The Yellow Browed Monk, Cui Baiquan, Ye Erniang, the Divine Crocodile, and Yun Zhonghe sat down on the ground, regulating their breaths and circulating their inside power. Amongst the 5, the Yellow Browed Monk’s inside power was far and away the perfect. After a brief time period, he stood up. He shouted loudly, “You three evil creatures! In the present day, I am going to spare your lives. For those who dare come to Dali once more to trigger bother, do not blame this outdated monk for being cruel!”

Neither Ye Erniang, nor the Divine Crocodile, nor Yun Zhonghe had any thought as to what had occurred within the tunnel. All of them thought to themselves that it was some trick which the Yellow Browed Monk had carried out. They thought to themselves that not even their chief had been in a position to overcome this outdated monk, who was ready to remove half of their inside power within the short while. How might they dare to make a lot as a peep? After regulating their respiratory for a protracted time period, they slowly rose to their toes. They fractionally bowed in the direction of the Yellow Browed Monk, then left the room and departed. At this second, these three evil individuals did not have the slightest evil aura about them.

After bidding Zhong Wanchou and Madame Zhong farewell, the Yellow Browed Monk, Cui Baiquan, and Duan Yu left the gorge. As they arrived on the mouth of the gorge, they noticed Duan Zhengchun ready with two of his family warriors. As Duan Zhengchun and Duan Yu, father and son, noticed one another, they each felt very shocked.

Because it occurred, after Duan Zhengchun noticed Zhong Wanchou rush into the room, he had felt extraordinarily responsible and ashamed in his coronary heart. He hurriedly exited the tunnel. As he left, he noticed Cui Baiquan standing guard off to the aspect. Figuring out the prince’s dissolute temperament, Cui Baiquan did not ask too many questions. He instantly volunteered himself to enter the tunnel and keep watch over issues, in order to guarantee that Madame Zhong wouldn’t be harmed by her husband. However as an alternative, he discovered Zhong Ling, whose ankles had been grabbed by Yun Zhonghe. He instantly grabbed her wrists to assist her out. Simply as he felt as if he would not be capable to maintain on, somebody seized him by his ankles. Because it occurred, the Yellow Browed Monk was in the course of pondering that recreation of chess. Listening to some commotion down within the tunnel, he had entered the tunnel from the stone home. Following the sound of the voices, he had discerned Cui Baiquan’s identification and site, and had determined to offer him a hand. However in that brief time period, each he and Cui Baiquan had misplaced a small half of their inside power to Duan Yu as effectively.