Amid the a lot drivel from the Peach Valley’s Six Fairies, the boat set sail towards the decrease reaches of the Yellow River. It was virtually the daybreak. Clouds of morning mist hovered above the billowing waves, extending infinitely into the far distance, free from inhibition, and creating a powerful view for the passengers aboard the boat.

Steadily, the morning solar rose above the horizon, casting a golden shine on the boat whereas reflecting within the river beneath, creating glistening reflections within the shapes of hundreds of snakes. A small boat within the distance hoisted its sail and traveled towards them head-on. Catching the easterly wind, full drive, with the cyan sail, the small boat moved swiftly up the stream. The enormous image of a white foot was painted in the course of the cyan sail. And after the small boat had come nearer so that everybody might take a superb glimpse on the image, all of them concluded that it was clearly the image of a feminine’s foot, judging from the advantageous form and delicacy it had offered.

“Why would somebody paint a foot on the sail? How weird?” the Huashan apprentices muttered amongst themselves.

“This boat probably belongs to the Bear Duo of the Northern Desert,” Department Fairy introduced. “Oops, Madam Yue, Miss Yue, you women had higher be careful! It couldn’t have been any clearer – these guys on that boat are keen on consuming lady’s ft!”

Yue Lingshan spat at him in disgust, but a slight panic had already began swelling inside her.

Minutes later, the small boat was properly close by, and the passengers on the massive boat quickly seen the faint singing popping out of the small boat’s cabin. The sound was light and gentle, and the lyric was peculiar – nobody might perceive a phrase of it, whereas the tonality was so totally intimate that it didn’t sound like singing however slightly moaning or groaning. After which, it modified, now extra just like the sound of a love ritual, ardent and lascivious to the intense. The numerous younger apprentices of the Huashan College all blushed with embarrassment as Madam Yue grunted in disgust, “What sort of monster is that this?”

Abruptly, a woman’s candy voice floated out from contained in the small boat, “Is Younger Mister Linghu of the Huashan Sword College aboard your boat?”

“Chong, pay no consideration to her!” Madam Yue whispered.

“We’d actually wish to have a superb take a look at Younger Mister Linghu if that’s alright,” the lady requested once more, her voice so charming and agreeable as if it had carried some type of magical energy that might sway one’s coronary heart.

Whereas the phrases nonetheless echoed in everybody’s ears, a woman had leapt out from the small boat’s cabin and stood on the bow of the boat, smiling. She was wearing a blue skirt with white flower patterns. Outdoors the skirt, an embroidered apron with many colourful and shining decorations hung from her chest all the best way to her knees, trying splendid in inexperienced and gold. The lady seemed to be round twenty-seven or twenty-eight years of age. Her pores and skin had a barely yellowish tone, and her two eyes had been a lot bigger than common, the pupils pitch black. The pair of huge gold earrings dangling from her ears was not less than the scale of a wine cup. The 2 ends of a multicolored waistband round her waist shot ahead from the drive of the wind, however she was really standing there barefooted. Regardless that the lady had proven nice appeal, however after listening to her voice earlier than really seeing her look, it was solely pure to suppose that the charming of her voice far exceeds the charming of her appears to be like. The lady smiled on the passengers on the massive boat. By the best way she dressed, one can simply inform that she was a minority lady.[1]The boat carrying members of the Huashan College was touring downstream, and it appeared as if it will have collided with the small boat when the small boat all of a sudden rotated in a swift maneuver. And after decreasing the sail, the small boat now began touring downstream facet by facet with the massive boat.

Yue Buqun all of a sudden remembered one thing. “Miss, are you a subordinate of Chief Blue from the 5-Sylph Sect in Yunnan?”[2] he requested.

“You do have some insights. However you’ve solely gotten half of it proper. I’m from the 5-Sylph Sect, certainly. However I’m not a subordinate of Chief Blue,” the lady giggled after which replied in a gentle tone.

Taking a number of steps ahead till he was on the bow of the boat, Yue Buqun cupped his fingers in greeting.

“My title is Yue Buqun. Miss, would you be sort sufficient to tell me your respectable surname and enlighten me along with your objective in a detoured go to and the recommendation you’ll favor me right this moment?”

“I’m a Miao[3] lady. I don’t perceive all of your fancy speaking there. What did you say?” The lady grinned.

“Miss, what’s your loved ones title?” Yue Buqun requested once more.

“You already know my household title. Why do you continue to ask me?” The lady chortled.

“I requested as a result of I don’t actually know your loved ones title,” Yue Buqun defined.

“You’re a grown up man. See, you’ve even bought lengthy goatees. Clearly my household title. Why make a scene and deny it?” The lady set free a giant grin.

These phrases sounded fairly disrespectful. However she stored smiling a most harmless grin on her face; her voice didn’t carry any hint of hostility.

“Miss, you have to be joking with me,” Yue Buqun replied.

“Now Head Grasp Yue, what’s your loved ones title?” the lady requested with a vibrant smile.

“Miss, you already know that my household title is Yue. Why ask whilst you know the reply?” Yue Buqun stated uncomfortably.

Madam Yue had sufficient of the type of frivolous dialogue. “Don’t take note of her,” she whispered to her husband.

Yue Buqun put his left hand behind his again and shook it a number of occasions, signaling Madam Yue to remain put.

“Why is Mr. Yue shaking his hand behind his again?” Root Fairy grew to become excited. “Oh, I see. Madam Yue instructed him to not take note of that lady, however after seeing how fairly and coquettish the lady is, he simply wouldn’t hearken to his spouse and would relaxation at nothing however to pay numerous consideration to her.”

“Did you say that I’m fairly and coque one thing? Thanks quite a bit!” the lady stated, chuckling. “Your Han women are definitely prettier than us Miao women.” Apparently she didn’t know that the phrase “coquettish” was really a derogatory time period, and was more than happy to listen to others praising about her magnificence. Then she turned to Yue Buqun. “You already know my household title. Why do you ask whilst you know the reply then?”

“Hey, what’s gonna occur when Mr. Yue doesn’t hearken to his spouse?” Department Fairy muttered.

“It’s not gonna be good! Mark my phrase!” Flower Fairy concluded with an evil grin.

“Isn’t Mr. Yue’s nick title the ‘Gentleman Sword’?” Trunk Fairy joined in. “So he’s no gentleman in spite of everything. He already knew what her title is, and nonetheless asks for it, repeatedly, making an attempt to make dialog. I believe he simply needs to maintain speaking with the lady.”

Yue Buqun was enormously embarrassed by the remarks from the Peach Valley’s Six Fairies. These six brothers by no means watched their mouths; Heaven knew what extra rubbish may come out from their holes. And what impression would that depart the numerous apprentices after they hear this? However figuring out what sort of folks the Peach Valley’s Six Fairies had been, he merely couldn’t take it critically. So he cupped his fingers and spoke once more.

“Will you please move alongside my greetings to Chief Blue. Yue Buqun of the Huashan Sword College needs Elder Blue good well being.”

That apparently shocked the lady. She opened her eyes even wider and rolled her eyes in disbelief.

“Why why are you calling me ‘Elder Blue’? Am I that outdated already?” she requested.

“Miss, you you’re the Chief Blue of the 5-Sylph Sect?” It was Yue Buqun’s flip to be utterly shocked this time. He had recognized that the 5-Sylph Sect was a really sinister and harsh sect, and had at all times been known as the “5-Venom Sect” amongst fellow marital folks behind the again. When the sect was based a couple of hundred years in the past, it really was named the “5-Venom Sect,” and the founding father of the sect and the important thing members of the sect had been all Miao minorities. Later when a number of Han members joined the sect, they had been capable of convey to the Miao members that “5-Venom” was not such a sublime title and adjusted it to “5-Sylph,” as a substitute. The “5-Sylph Sect” specialised in utilizing miasma, parasite, and venomous pests, and shared nice fame with the “Hundred-Poisonous Faction” – one leads the northern area and the opposite tops the southern area of their information of poison. Among the many many members of the 5-Sylph Sect, most had been Miao minorities, and lacked the abilities in scheming proven by their counterparts within the Hundred-Poisonous Faction, however the best way they use their poison had been so eerie and creepy that they had been merely unimaginable. The rumor within the Martial World stated that when the Hundred-Poisonous Faction had needed to poison somebody, despite the fact that it was unimaginable to protect in opposition to the assaults, after some cautious investigation and deduction, one might nonetheless perceive how the poison labored; then again, when somebody was poisoned by the 5-Sylph Sect, even when the executor defined it in particulars, it will nonetheless be completely unbelievable and unimaginable. The individuality and the eeriness merely couldn’t be reasoned utilizing regular logic.

“I’m Blue Phoenix. Didn’t that already?” the lady defined with a smile. “I instructed you that I’m from the 5-Sylph Sect however not a subordinate of Chief Blue. Now aside from Blue Phoenix, herself, who else wouldn’t be a subordinate of Blue Phoenix throughout the whole 5-Sylph Sect?” At that phrase, the lady broke into loud giggles.

The Peach Valley’s Six Fairies additionally broke out into loud laughter. “Mr. Yue is so sluggish. She just about instructed him, but he retains nagging away.”

The one factor Yue Buqun had recognized concerning the 5-Sylph Sect Chief was the final title Blue. Now after listening to what the lady had simply stated, he realized that the chief’s full title was Blue Phoenix. And the lady’s colourful and pattern-rich gown did make her seem like a phoenix. On the time it was custom for Han households to maintain a woman’s maiden title secret. The maiden title would solely be revealed the day when the prospect in-laws household proposed an engagement with items and carried out the “Maiden Title Revelation” ceremony. Regardless that martial households within the Martial World didn’t fairly follow that custom to the letter, they nonetheless wouldn’t simply give it out randomly. However this Miao lady revealed her maiden title out proper so simply in entrance of a big crowd on the river, with out exhibiting any hint of bashfulness. Although her demeanor was pure and swish, on the mentioning of her personal title, the tone of her voice grew to become even softer and sweeter.

“So it’s Chief Blue, herself, who has come personally. It’s definitely my lack of manners to haven’t greeted your gracious presence appropriately. Might I ask what Chief Blue has to show me about?” Yue Buqun cupped his fingers collectively once more to salute.

“I’m utterly illiterate. What can I train you? Except you imply you may train me. See, the best way you dressed does seem like that of a schoolteacher. So you might be eager about educating me to learn, aren’t you? I’m too thickheaded. You Han individuals are all too crafty. I doubt I’d be capable of be taught all that,” Blue Phoenix replied with a smile.

“Is she simply performing dumb, or has she actually no concept about commonplace well mannered greetings? Judging from the expression on her face, she doesn’t appear to be placing on an act,” Yue Buqun thought to himself. So he merely requested, “Chief Blue, why are you right here?”

“Is Linghu Chong your apprentice brother or your apprentice?” Blue Phoenix requested.

“He’s my apprentice,” Yue Buqun answered.

“Hmm, is it alright if I take a superb take a look at him?” Blue Phoenix requested.

“However he’s unwell and a state of delirium for the time being, and can be unsuitable of popping out to pay his respects.” Yue Buqun wasn’t too keen on the thought.

“Pay his respects?” Blue Phoenix uttered in shock, opening her massive spherical eyes even wider. “I don’t want him to pay me respects. He isn’t a subordinate of my 5-Sylph Sect. Why would he have to pay me respects? Moreover, he’s that one hehe that one’s good good friend. Even when he does wish to pay me respects, I don’t deserve it. I heard that he drew his personal blood to feed Outdated Man’s daughter with a purpose to save her life. Such type of passionate and affectionate man is the type we Miao women admire probably the most. That’s why I’ve gotten to check out him.”

“Properly properly !” Yue Buqun hesitated.

“I do know he’s badly wounded and have misplaced numerous blood. You don’t need to name him out. I’ll come over myself,” Blue Phoenix advised.

“We dare not request your gracious presence,” Yue Buqun stated hurriedly.

“No matter!” Blue Phoenix chortled, and with a delicate leap, she landed on the massive boat carrying the Huashan college members.

Yue Buqun seen the grace and ease she had displayed from the leap, but nothing advised that she had any extraordinary Kung Fu expertise. Taking two steps again, he blocked the doorway to the cabin, feeling deeply troubled. He knew that the 5-Sylph Sect would make a really powerful adversary, and when preventing with such unorthodox sects it will take much more than true Kung Fu expertise to win the battle. That was the rationale why he had been very well mannered towards Blue Phoenix from the very starting. The 2 members of the Hundred-Poisonous Faction had talked about the earlier night time that somebody had requested them to shadow the Huashan College. Birds of a feather flock collectively. Almost certainly it was the 5-Sylph Sect that had requested them to take action. Why would the 5-Sylph Sect be onerous on the Huashan College? The 5-Sylph Sect was a big faction within the Martial World. When the chief of the sect got here personally, logically he shouldn’t have blocked the best way, however to let an individual with all types of eerie poisons throughout her physique into the cabin was the very last thing Yue Buqun would need. Figuring that Linghu Chong popping out to satisfy Chief Blue most likely can be the perfect answer for now, he held his place steadily and shouted out.

“Chong! Chief Blue needs to see you. Come out, hurry!”

“Sure, Grasp!” Linghu Chong answered feebly. However since he had simply misplaced numerous blood lately, after listening to the calling from his Grasp, he couldn’t even sit up and had to surrender making an attempt after failing a number of pathetic makes an attempt.

“I heard that he was critically wounded. How might he come out?” Blue Phoenix objected. “It’s very windy on the river. We don’t need him to catch a chilly on prime of all the things he’s already affected by, will we? I’ll go inside to go to him.”

Blue Phoenix began strolling towards the doorway of the cabin. Solely after a number of steps, she was already inside 4 ft from Yue Buqun and the robust scent of perfume crammed Yue Buqun’s nostrils instantly. Turning barely sideways, hesitantly, Yue Buqun spared sufficient room for Blue Phoenix to get by and watched cautiously as she entered the cabin.

The Peach Valley’s Six Fairies occupied the vast majority of the outer cabin, 5 of them sitting down cross-legged whereas Fruit Fairy mendacity on the mattress.

“You have to be the Peach Valley’s Six Fairies? I’m the chief of the 5-Sylph Sect, and you’re the Six Fairies of the Peach Valley. Sylphs are fairies, too. We’re one of many identical sort!” Blue Phoenix grinned joyously.

“Not going! We’re actual and you might be faux!” Root Fairy challenged mockingly.

“Even in the event you had been actual, we’ve six fairies, yet one more than what you’ve gotten,” Trunk Fairy added.

“It wouldn’t be that onerous to show that round, ,” Blue Phoenix beamed.

“How are you going to having yet one more than us? Are you altering the title of your sect to Seven-Sylph Sect?” Leaf Fairy requested curiously.

“We solely have 5 sylphs, not seven. However we are able to scale back the six fairies to solely 4 fairies, then naturally we’d have yet one more than you guys, wouldn’t we?” A nasty grin flashed throughout Blue Phoenix’s face as she spoke.

“Scale back the six fairies to solely 4 fairies? Are you saying that you’re killing two of us?” Flower Fairy bellowed in fury.

“Kill or not, that’s all as much as us, isn’t it? However I heard that you’re buddies of Linghu Chong, I suppose we are able to let that move. However you’ll need to cease boasting your self and declare that you’ve got yet one more fairy than my 5-Sylph Sect,” Blue Phoenix set free a triumphant smile.

“We love boasting ourselves. What’cha gonna do?” Trunk Fairy snapped.

Rapidly, Root Fairy, Trunk Fairy, Leaf Fairy and Flower Fairy all leapt to their ft and every grabbed onto certainly one of her limbs, however earlier than they had been capable of carry her up, all 4 of them cried out and all let go of her concurrently as if following an inaudible command, every holding out his palm and gazing at it in horror. Even Yue Buqun felt chilly pricks throughout his again when he took a fast glimpse of what the Fairies now had of their palms – two massive emerald centipedes and two massive spiders that had colourful stripes throughout their our bodies. The our bodies of all 4 venomous pests had been coated in lengthy hairs, so disgusting that even a look at them might make one sick. However the 4 venomous pests solely moved barely, and neither took a chunk on the 4 Fairies. If that they had bitten with their toxic fangs, then the harm would have already been finished, they usually wouldn’t have appeared as scary. Simply because they had been now all alerted and provoked, and any slight motion might have immediate them to chunk down with the toxic fangs, the Peach Valley’s 4 Fairies dare not transfer an inch, and all froze proper on the spot.

Blue Phoenix swung her arm conveniently, and the 4 venomous pests vanished abruptly. She should have put them away with the swing, however nobody might inform the place on her physique did she retailer them. She paid no extra consideration to the Peach Valley’s Six Fairies and walked additional into the cabin. Having been frightened utterly out of their wits, the Peach Valley’s Six Fairies dared not converse one other phrase.

Linghu Chong and the bunch of male apprentices of the Huashan College occupied the center cabin. By then, Madam Yue and the numerous feminine apprentices had returned to the again cabin, and the clapboard between the center cabin and the again cabin had been closed. After casting an off-the-cuff look on the many apprentices within the cabin, Blue Phoenix walked subsequent to Linghu Chong’s mattress and known as out gently.

“Younger Mister Linghu! Younger Mister Linghu!”

The gentleness and the love carried in her voice appeared to have reached the intense. Because the candy sound echoed in everybody’s ears, every felt a soul-stirring sensation surging by his whole physique, and virtually couldn’t assist however reply, as if she had been calling him, not Linghu Chong. After these two calls, over half of the male apprentices discovered themselves purple within the face and their our bodies quivering barely.

“Who who’re you?” Linghu Chong opened his eyes slowly and requested in a barely audible voice.

“I’m a good friend of your good good friend, so I’m your good friend, too,” Blue Phoenix answered tenderly.

Linghu Chong acknowledged with a slight groan after which closed his eyes.

“Younger Mister Linghu, I do know you’ve misplaced a large amount of blood. However don’t fear, you gained’t die,” Blue Phoenix stated. However in his daze, Linghu Chong didn’t reply.

Reaching beneath Linghu Chong’s quilt, Blue Phoenix pulled his hand out and began checking his pulse, however quickly her eyebrows knitted right into a straight line. Abruptly, she caught her head out of the window, gave a whistle, after which jabbered out many phrases, which neither one contained in the cabin might comprehend.

A short time later, 4 Miao women entered the cabin. All of them had been about eighteen years of age, and all wearing blue skirts in white flower patterns, with an embroidered waistband round every waist. Every of them held in her hand an eight-inch lengthy sq. field product of bamboo strips.

Yue Buqun frowned barely, pondering that regardless of the issues within the 5-Sylph Sect members’ fingers had been, they may not have been something good. Simply Blue Phoenix, by herself, already had many centipedes and spiders hidden on her. Now, when these 4 Miao women carried these containers into the cabin overtly, all hell would most likely break unfastened. However since they confirmed no signal of enmity, it will be inappropriate of him to cease them.

Strolling over by Blue Phoenix’s facet, the 4 Miao women whispered one thing to her, and after getting a nod again, they opened the containers. Individuals within the cabin discovered their curiosity rising quickly, all had been keen to seek out out what sort of queer issues may be saved within the containers, besides Yue Buqun, who was the one one who had seen the furry venomous bugs in Peach Valley’s 4 Fairies’ palms, and solely wished that he would by no means need to get a glimpse of the issues contained in the containers. However all of a sudden, the strangest factor occurred.

The 4 Miao women rolled their sleeves excessive, exposing the snow-white arms, after which additionally they rolled their trouser legs excessive, till they had been above their knees.

[4] The numerous male apprentices of the Huashan College had been stupefied as they gaped on the uncommon sight, their hearts pounding madly.

“Oh, no!” Yue Buqun thought aloud. “These women from this heretical sect wish to carry out some type of evil enchantment and use lust to tempt my apprentices. Simply the voice of that Blue Phoenix, alone, was already totally lascivious, if she carried out any type of black artwork on prime of that, having not sufficient self-control, the numerous apprentices would undoubtedly fall for it.” He couldn’t assist clutching the deal with of his sword, decided to place a cease to it if these members of the 5-Sylph Sect had been to undress themselves and carry out any witchcraft.

After the 4 Miao women rolled up their sleeves and trouser legs, Blue Phoenix additionally rolled her trouser legs up unhurriedly. Yue Buqun winked on the many apprentices, signaling them to retreat out of the cabin, in order to not be perplexed by the evil enchantment, however solely Lau Denuo and Shi Daizi adopted his command. Among the many relaxation apprentices, some walked a number of steps hesitantly towards the skin earlier than returning to the unique spot, and a few others merely froze there, misplaced in trance.

Yue Buqun gathered his inside power round his decrease stomach and loaded his “Divine Artwork of Violet Twilight.” Quickly, a shade of violet colour flashed throughout his face. He knew that the 5-Venom Sect had been entrenched within the southern area for over 200 years, and their notoriety didn’t come accidentally. Undoubtedly, they knew sure vicious and venomous sorcery. And when the chief, herself, was performing the sorcery, it was no trivial matter. If he didn’t guard his thoughts with the divine artwork, any slight oversight might need brought about him to fall for her tips. Seeing together with his personal eyes how these Miao women uncovered themselves in public, with no regard to dignity and having no sense of disgrace, Yue Buqun grew to become increasingly frightened. To die of poison was one factor, however what he feared probably the most was to lose his clear conscience beneath the evil spell and convey disgrace to himself within the presence of everybody. If that ever occurred, the fame of the Huashan Sword College and the Gentleman Sword would have been utterly ruined past redemption. He watched on because the 4 Miao women every took one thing out of the field, one thing that wriggled forwards and backwards of their fingers. Simply as he had anticipated, these needed to be some type of venomous worms. The 4 Miao women positioned these venomous worms on their uncovered legs and arms, and as quickly because the worms had been set unfastened, they clung tightly to the skins.

Fixing his eyes on the worms, Yue Buqun quickly realized that these weren’t venomous worms, however slightly blood-sucking leeches that had been fairly widespread in creeks or lakes of the countryside, besides that these leeches had been twice the scale of a daily one. One after one other, the Miao women took out increasingly leeches from the containers. Blue Phoenix additionally took outs some leeches from one of many bamboo containers, and positioned them on her personal legs and arms. In only some moments, the 5 women’ legs and arms had been utterly coated by leeches; there have been not less than over 200 of them in complete. All of the onlookers had been dumbstruck, and neither had a clue as to what sort of unusual scheme these 5 had been as much as.

Madam Yue had been within the again cabin, however after listening to the numerous cries of shock uttered by the male apprentices within the center cabin, she couldn’t assist pulling the clapboard open and taking a glimpse, herself, and as quickly as her eyes met the weird scene, she additionally set free a cry of shock.

“Don’t be afraid. They gained’t chunk you,” Blue Phoenix comforted her with a smile. “Are you might be you Mr. Yue’s lady? I heard that you’ve got excellent sword expertise. Is that true?” she requested.

Madam Yue squeezed out a smile, however didn’t reply. When Blue Phoenix had first requested if she had been Mr. Yue’s lady, it sounded very crude. After which, when she requested about whether or not Madam Yue’s swords expertise had been really excellent, Madam Yue hesitated. If it had been another person who had requested the identical query, even when that particular person had been hostile, she would have answered humbly. This Blue Phoenix evidently knew little or no about conventions of Han Chinese language; if Madam Yue had answered that sure, she did have excellent sword expertise, it will sound very boastful; if she had answered that no, she didn’t have excellent sword expertise, maybe this Blue Phoenix would have believed it, and would look down upon her. With these ideas in thoughts, she determined to easily reply with silence. Blue Phoenix didn’t ask any additional and easily stood there quietly.

Within the meantime, Yue Buqun discovered himself on full alert. If the 5 Miao women had any uncommon motion, he was able to strike. To catch bandits first seize the ringleader. He would have taken Blue Phoenix down earlier than the rest. By then, no person within the cabin spoke one other phrase; the one sounds had been the heavy respiration from the numerous male apprentices of the Huashan College.

After an extended whereas, the our bodies of the numerous leeches on the 5 Miao women’ legs and arms began to puff up and shortly become a faint reddish colour. Yue Buqun knew that as quickly as a leech touched the pores and skin of an individual or an animal, it will make a decent grip utilizing its sucker disk, after which begin sucking blood, not letting go till it was utterly full. When the leech was sucking blood from somebody, the particular person would, at most, really feel solely a slight itch or numbness. When farmers labored within the paddy fields, they’d usually have leeches clinging to their legs, sucking blood out of them with out their discover.

“Why are these witches utilizing leeches to suck their very own blood?” he muttered to himself. “Maybe with a purpose to carry out their enchantment, the 5-Sylph Sect members should use their very own blood. Evidently the time when these leeches have sucked sufficient blood would be the time they execute their enchantment.”

Blue Phoenix gently lifted up the quilt protecting Linghu Chong’s physique. Pulling a leech that was about 9 tenth full off her arm, she positioned it on Linghu Chong’s neck subsequent to an artery.

“Hey, what are you doing?” afraid that she may hurt Linghu Chong in anyway, Madam Yue yelled hurriedly. Unsheathing her lengthy sword, she leapt into the center cabin.

“No hurry! Let’s wait!” Yue Buqun shook his head.

Clutching her lengthy sword tightly, Madam Yue gazed fixedly at Blue Phoenix and Linghu Chong. As quickly because the leech was positioned on Linghu Chong’s neck, it bit onto his artery and began sucking once more. Blue Phoenix took out a small china bottle from her chest pocket and unplugged the lid. Utilizing the pointed fingernail of the little finger on her proper hand, she picked a bit of little bit of the white powdery substance from the bottle after which sprinkled some onto the leech’s physique. The opposite 4 Miao women unbuttoned Linghu Chong’s gown and in addition rolled his sleeves and trouser legs up, then they began taking the numerous leeches off themselves and planting them subsequent to the numerous arteries on Linghu Chong’s chest, abdomen, legs and arms. Inside a brief second, the over 200 leeches had all been transferred onto Linghu Chong’s physique. Blue Phoenix stored on choosing extra of the white powder and sprinkling a bit of little bit of it on each of the leeches. Then, one thing very unusual occurred.

Whereas clinging to the 5 Miao women, the extra these leeches sucked, the extra they hyped up, however now, all of them began shrinking little by little. Yue Buqun all of a sudden understood. Feeling a lot relaxed, he exhaled an extended breath.

“Turned out that they’re simply utilizing the leeches because the medium to switch their blood into Chong’s arteries,” he thought loud. “I’m wondering what are these white powders product of. How can they’ve made leeches give out blood? How miraculous!”

Having figured it out, he steadily relaxed the grip on the sword deal with. Madam Yue additionally returned her sword to its sheath gently as a smile crept onto her as soon as tightened face.

Regardless that the cabin was nonetheless swept with silence, it was removed from the tension-filled ambiance only a minute in the past, when fierce battle might have been triggered at any second. And moreover, even the Peach Valley’s Six Fairies had been totally amazed by what they noticed, their jaws dropping and their mouths extensive open. Since all six mouths had been extensive open and couldn’t shut due to the dropped jaws, naturally, neither of them might make any comment about it nor argue about it. This needed to be a really uncommon incidence.

After one other brief whereas, a lightweight clatter broke the silence as one of many leeches, which had spilled out all of the blood in its abdomen, fell onto the cabin flooring, wriggled a number of occasions, after which dropped useless. One of many Miao women picked it up and threw it into the river by the cabin window. Quickly, increasingly leeches fell useless and had been thrown into the river one after one other. Inside thirty minutes, all leeches had been thrown out of the window, and the as soon as toast tan face of Linghu Chong now confirmed a slight redness of pores and skin. The blood these over 200 leeches had sucked and transferred into Linghu Chong’s physique amounted to a couple of bowl’s value. Regardless that it will not have made up for all of the blood Linghu Chong had misplaced, it was sufficient to show the nook for him.

Yue Buqun and Madam Yue exchanged a look at one another, each pondering, “Being the Chief of a good-sized sect, this Miao lady didn’t even hesitate to switch her personal blood into Chong’s physique. Since she had by no means met Chong earlier than, she couldn’t have fallen in love with him. She talked about that she was a good friend of Chong’s good good friend. When did Chong make buddies with such an vital and influential particular person?”

Blue Phoenix additionally seen the development in Linghu Chong’s complexion. After checking his pulses once more and feeling that his pulses had change into stronger, she was more than happy.

“Younger Mister Linghu, how do you are feeling?” she requested in a delicate voice.

Though Linghu Chong didn’t fairly perceive all the things, he, not less than, had discovered that the lady was therapeutic him, and in addition felt a lot enchancment in spirit. “Thanks, Miss. I I really feel significantly better,” he replied.

“Do I look very outdated? Am I too outdated already?” Blue Phoenix requested.

“Who stated that you’re outdated? In fact you aren’t! If it’s alright with you, I’ll make daring to name you a youthful sister,” Linghu Chong replied.

Blue Phoenix was overjoyed; her face break up into a giant smile as if a lovely spring flower had simply blossomed, which made it extra delicate and charming.

“You’re fantastic! No marvel! No marvel the one who didn’t care about another man on this world cares about you a lot. That’s why alas ,” she stated with a smile.

“In case you actually suppose I’m that fantastic, why don’t you name me ‘massive brother Linghu’?” Linghu Chong grinned.

“Huge brother Linghu,” Blue Phoenix known as out, as a slight blush shot up her face.

“My good sister! My fantastic sister!” Linghu Chong known as out with a giant smile.

Linghu Chong had at all times been the unconventional kind, and by no means bothered about small issues, very completely different from Yue Buqun, who at all times posed as a “Gentleman.” As quickly as he regained consciousness, he had already recognized that Blue Phoenix favored to listen to others calling her younger and delightful. When she had requested him frankly, despite the fact that she was older than him, he nonetheless known as her a “youthful sister,” pondering that since she spared no effort at therapeutic him, it will be completely justifiable for him to present some compliments to repay her kindness. Not surprisingly, Blue Phoenix’s face lit up at these phrases.

However Yue Buqun and Madam Yue couldn’t assist frowning, each pondering, “Chong is so frivolous, and there may be actually no treatment for that. Didn’t Ping One-Finger say that he solely has 100 days left for this life? Now it’s even lower than 100 days. It wouldn’t be exaggerating to say that certainly one of his ft has already stepped into the coffin, but solely moments after he regained consciousness, he was already teasing such a lascivious lady with nonsense.”

“Huge brother, do you wish to eat one thing? Why don’t I get you some pastries?” Blue Phoenix requested, smiling brightly.

“I don’t really feel like consuming pastries. However some wine can be nice,” Linghu Chong answered.

“That’s simple! We now have the ‘5 Jewels Nectar Wine’ that we made ourselves. You may give {that a} strive.”

Blue Phoenix jabbered out some phrases within the Miao dialect, and two of the Miao women returned to the small boat, quickly returning with eight bottles of wine. After uncorking one of many bottles, they poured the wine right into a bowl, and immediately, the candy scent of wine and blossom crammed the complete cabin.

“My good sister, there’s one thing about your wine. The candy scent of blossom is just too robust. It utterly overwhelmed the flavour of the wine itself. I suppose this should have been the wine for ladies,” Linghu Chong stated.

“The scent of blossom needs to be very robust, in any other case, the wine may have this fishy odor of venomous snakes,” Blue Phoenix answered with a smile.

“The wine may have the fishy odor of venomous snakes?” Amazed, Linghu Chong requested.

“Definitely! This wine of mine is called the ‘5 Jewels Nectar Wine,’ then after all we have to use the ‘5 Jewels’.”

“What are the ‘5 Jewels’?”

“The ‘5 Jewels’ are 5 completely different sorts of treasures in our sect. Take a look.”

Organising two empty bowls, Blue Phoenix turned the bottle the wrong way up and poured the remainder of the wine into the bowls. Clattering sounds rose as a number of small objects fell into the bowl, and on the sight of them, a number of Huashan apprentices screeched in terror.

Blue Phoenix took the bowl of wine in entrance of Linghu Chong. The wine had a really mild colour, virtually as clear as water from a pure spring within the mountains. Soaked within the wine had been 5 tiny venomous pests: a inexperienced snake, a centipede, a spider, a scorpion, and a small toad.

This sight additionally gave Linghu Chong a superb scare. “Why do you set put these venomous pests in your wine?” he requested.

“These are the 5 Jewels. Don’t name them venomous pests,” Blue Phoenix set free a disgruntled snort. However quickly she requested, “Huge brother Linghu, are you courageous sufficient to drink this?”

“Properly, I’m a bit afraid of those 5 Jewels.” Linghu Chong confessed with a wry smile.

Elevating the bowl of wine excessive, Blue Phoenix drank a giant gulp of it. “We Miao folks have this practice. Once we invite a good friend to drink wine and eat meat with us, if the good friend refuses to drink or eat, then we don’t deal with him as a good friend no extra.”

Taking the bowl from Blue Phoenix, Linghu Chong drank the complete bowl of wine in massive gulps, swallowing the 5 venomous pests along with the wine down his throat. Though he had loads of spunk, he dared to not chew on them.

Blue Phoenix was overjoyed. Embracing Linghu Chong’s neck into her arms, she gave two kisses on his left cheek, leaving two purple marks on his face from the lipsticks on her lips.

“That’s my good brother!” She beamed.

Linghu Chong additionally set free a smile, after which his coronary heart skipped a beat when he all of a sudden seen the strict look on his Grasp’s face from a look with the nook of his eyes.

“Darn! That was audacious, working wild proper in entrance of my Grasp and Grasp-Spouse. Undoubtedly Grasp will give me a superb scolding after this, and maybe little apprentice sister will despise me much more,” he muttered to himself.

Blue Phoenix opened one other bottle and refilled the bowl with wine, pouring the 5 venomous pests into the bowl as properly. Handing the bowl in entrance of Yue Buqun, she stated with a smile, “Mr. Yue, have some wine! My deal with!”

Yue Buqun had already felt sick simply from trying on the many venomous pests soaked within the wine. When he smelled the obscure, indescribable fishiness coated by the robust scent of blossoms, he was seized with a sudden urge to vomit. Extending his left hand out, he pushed towards Blue Phoenix’s hand that was holding the wine bowl, however unexpectedly, Blue Phoenix didn’t draw her fingers again. Seeing that his finger virtually touched the again of her hand, Yue Buqun jerked his hand again.

“How come the Apprentice is even braver than the Grasp?” Blue Phoenix grinned. “Buddies of the Huashan College, which certainly one of you wish to drink up this bowl of wine? Will probably be of nice profit to you in the event you drink this.”

She held the bowl excessive with a hand. However there was solely full silence on the complete boat. There was no response.

Blue Phoenix heaved an extended sigh. “I suppose aside from Linghu Chong, the Huashan College has not one other true hero.”

“I’ll drink it!” a person all of a sudden shouted out. It was Lin Pingzhi, who stepped ahead and reached out for the wine bowl.

Blue Phoenix expanded her eyebrows with a smile. “Properly, turned out .”

“Little Lin,” Yue Buqun all of a sudden yelled out. “In case you eat these soiled issues, even in the event you survive the poison, don’t count on me to ever discuss to you once more.”

“Go forward, drink it up!” Blue Phoenix handed the bowl in entrance of Lin Pingzhi.

“I I’m not consuming it,” Lin Pingzhi replied haltingly. Then listening to the loud laughter from Blue Phoenix, he went scarlet within the face. “It’s not it’s not as a result of I’m afraid of dying that I’m not consuming the wine,” he mumbled.

“I do know! You’re solely afraid that this gorgeous lady will cease seeing you. You aren’t a coward. You’re an affectionate lover. Ha-ha! Ha-ha!” Blue Phoenix laughed out loud. Strolling subsequent to Linghu Chong, she stated, “Huge brother, I’ll see you round.”

She set down the bowl on the desk after which waved. Getting the command, the 4 Miao women collected the remainder six bottles of wine, adopted her out of the cabin, after which leapt again onto the small boat. As soon as once more, candy and intimate singing rose and floated above the water. Following the movement of the tide, the small boat quickly gained velocity and went additional and additional. The sounds of the singing additionally fainted steadily and finally died away.

“Throw all these bowls and bottles within the river,” Yue Buqun ordered with a frown.

“Sure, Grasp!” Lin Pingzhi answered and walked subsequent to the desk. Simply when his fingers barely touched the wine bottle, a powerful fishy odor all of a sudden shot up his nostrils. His physique gave a sudden shake, and he virtually misplaced his footing and needed to seize onto the facet of the desk for assist.

“The wine bottles are toxic,” Yue Buqun realized directly and yelled out loudly. He swung his sleeve towards the desk. The drive from the swing despatched all of the bowls and bottles on the desk flying by the window and falling into the river. Abruptly, he felt a powerful really feel of nausea coming from his chest, and solely after gathering a superb quantity of inside power, had been he capable of maintain it again. Then he heard a loud cry, as Lin Pingzhi burst out vomiting. Solely seconds later, cries after cries rose as increasingly folks joined Lin Pingzhi and began throwing up wildly, even the Peach Valley’s Six Fairies and the sailors on the stern of the boat had been no exceptions. After preventing the urge forcefully for half a day, Yue Buqun might now not endure the illness and in addition began vomiting, himself. The many individuals stored vomiting forwards and backwards. Even after they’ve spat out all of the meals inside their stomachs, the retching feeling didn’t go away, they usually began vomiting up gastric juice, as a substitute. After which after there was no extra gastric juice left for them to spit out, the itching at their throats and the retching feeling inside their stomachs nonetheless remained. Everybody felt as if it will have been significantly better if that they had one thing inside their abdomen, in order that they have one thing to spit out, in comparison with vomiting repeatedly with an empty abdomen. Among the many dozens of individuals aboard the boat, Linghu Chong was the one one who didn’t throw up.

“Linghu Chong, that witch regards you with particular respect. She should have fed you the antidote,” Fruit Fairy stated.

“I didn’t take an antidote. Might that bowl of toxic wine have been the antidote?” Linghu Chong muttered.

“That has bought to be it. That witch noticed that you’re a good-looking lad and fell for you,” Root Fairy concluded.

“Nah! I don’t suppose it was as a result of he’s a good-looking lad. It was as a result of he praised that witch, saying that she was younger and delightful and all that,” Department Fairy disagreed.

“Properly, he nonetheless needed to be courageous sufficient to drink up the toxic wine, and swallow these 5 venomous bugs, hadn’t he?” Flower Fairy added.

“He isn’t throwing up. However how are you aware that it wasn’t as a result of he’s much more critically poisoned than the remainder of us with these 5 venomous bugs inside his abdomen?” Leaf Fairy speculated.

“Oh, no, that’s horrible!” Department Fairy cried out. “When Linghu Chong drank the toxic wine, we didn’t cease him, and even say something about it. If he dies from the poison, what are we gonna do when Ping One-Finger finds out about it?”

“Ping One-Finger stated he was going to die quickly, anyway. What’s the massive deal if he dies a number of days earlier?” Root Fairy shrugged it off.

“It’s no massive deal for Linghu Chong, however it will likely be a giant deal for us,” Flower Fairy exclaimed.

“Don’t fear! We’ll simply take it on the lam. That Ping One-Finger is a fatty with brief legs. I’m certain he gained’t be capable of sustain with us,” Fruit Fairy comforted him.

Even whereas vomiting left and proper, the Peach Valley’s Six Fairies didn’t wish to hand over arguing.

Noticing that the sailor working the rudder additionally stored vomiting continuous and the boat had been shaking forwards and backwards dangerously, Yue Buqun leapt to the again of the boat and steered the boat towards the south financial institution. He had resourceful of inside power. After circulating his inside power a number of occasions, the retching feeling in his chest steadily decreased. Slowly the boat pulled over by the financial institution. Yue Buqun jumped to the bow of the boat and threw the iron anchor down the river. The iron anchor was properly over 200 kilos, and would have taken two sailors to hold it. Seeing that Yue Buqun, who regarded identical to a delicate and feeble scholar, was capable of not solely choose the iron anchor up with only one hand, but additionally throw it dozens of ft away with out sparing a lot effort, the boatmen had been left breathless. However that didn’t final very lengthy, as a result of they quickly needed to return to their depressing vomiting routine. Everyone went ashore one after one other. Kneeling by the river, they drank a abdomen stuffed with water after which spit them out. After a number of cycles, the vomiting lastly stopped.

The part of the financial institution the place that they had parked the boat was a desolate and out-of-the-way spot, however a number of miles east from the place they had been, rolls of homes and buildings glowed within the sunshine from the gap – it seemed to be a city.

“There may be nonetheless residual poison on the boat; we are able to’t use the boat any extra. Let’s go to that city first after which we’ll determine one thing out,” Yue Buqun advised.

With Trunk Fairy carrying Linghu Chong on his again and Department Fairy carrying Fruit Fairy on his again, the group walked towards the city within the distance. After they entered city, within the van of everyone else, Trunk Fairy and Department Fairy walked right into a restaurant. Setting Linghu Chong and Fruit Fairy down onto two benches, they shouted instantly.

“Waiter! Waiter! Deliver us some wine, some dish, and a few rice!”

In an off-the-cuff look, Linghu Chong all of a sudden seen someone, and his coronary heart skipped a beat. A brief Taoist Priest sat up straight in the course of the eating corridor – it was none aside from the Head Grasp of Qingcheng, Yu Canghai.

The Head Grasp of Qingcheng apparently was in the course of a decent encirclement. He sat by a small desk, on prime of which lay a wine kettle, a pair of chopsticks, three plates of sunshine snacks, and a shiny lengthy sword exhibiting its bare blade.

Seven benches surrounded the small desk, an individual sitting on every of them. Among the many seven folks, some had been males and a few had been girls, however all faces regarded vicious and merciless. Every of the benches additionally had weapons on prime of it. The seven of them merely gazed at Yu Canghai, neither of them making any sound.

The Head Grasp of Qingcheng seemed to be properly composed. When he raised his wine cup fir a sip together with his left hand, the sleeves didn’t present the slightest signal of quiver.

“This brief priest have to be very frightened in his coronary heart,” Root Fairy commented.

“In fact he’s. It’s seven in opposition to one. He doesn’t have an opportunity to win,” Department Fairy added.

“If he isn’t afraid, why is he holding the wine cup together with his left hand, not his proper hand? Definitely he needs to spare his proper hand, in case he has to seize on to his sword actual shortly,” Trunk Fairy stated.

At that remark, Yu Canghai set free a disgruntled snort, after which handed the wine cup from his left hand to his proper hand.

“He heard second brother’s phrases, however didn’t even dare to have a look at second brother. I’d say he’s afraid, certainly. I’m not saying that he’s afraid of second brother. He’s afraid that if he will get distracted, the seven enemies would assault abruptly, and he would find yourself being chopped into eight items,” Flower Fairy speculated.

“This brief priest is already so small, if he will get chopped into eight items, isn’t he going to be even smaller?” Leaf Fairy chortled.

Though Linghu Chong bore a grudge in opposition to Yu Canghai, seeing that Yu was surrounded by powerful enemies, he didn’t wish to make the most of Yu’s state of affairs.

“Six Fairy Brothers, this Priest is the Head Grasp of Qingcheng,” he stated.

“Head Grasp of Qingcheng? Huge deal! Is he a good friend of yours?” Root Fairy requested.

“I dare not make buddies together with his excessive social place. He isn’t my good friend,” Linghu Chong answered.

“Nice! If he’s not your good friend, then we’ve gotten a superb present going right here!” Trunk Fairy grinned.

“Deliver me some wine! Hurry up! I wish to take pleasure in my wine whereas watching how the brief priest can be chopped into 9 items,” Flower Fairy shouted, smacking the desk in entrance of him loudly.

“Why 9 items?” Leaf Fairy requested.

“Take a look at that mendicant monk over there. He’s wielding two Tiger-Head Machetes, that’s why he’ll produce yet one more piece,” Flower Fairy defined.

“That’s unlikely. A few of these folks use a Wolf-Fanged Hammer and a few others use a Golden Cane. How are they going to cut?” Leaf Fairy argued.

“Let’s be quiet,” Linghu Chong urged. “We aren’t serving to both facet. Let’s not distract Grasp Yu, the Head Grasp of the Qingcheng Sword College.”

The Peach Valley’s Six Fairies stopped speaking, and all stared at Yu Canghai with mounted eyes and large grins on their faces.

One after the other, Linghu Chong surveyed on the seven individuals who surrounded Yu Canghai. The primary one was a mendicant monk, his lengthy hair properly reaching his shoulder. A shining copper hoop on his head sure the lengthy hair collectively, and a pair of crescent formed Tiger-Head Machetes sat on the facet of his desk. Sitting on the subsequent bench was a lady in her fifties. Her hair had patches of gray, and her face was coated by some type of a grim complexion. She had a two-feet lengthy brief knife mendacity by her facet. Subsequent to her had been a monk and a Taoist priest. A purple frock, as purple as blood, draped over the monk’s shoulder, and an alms-bowl and a cymbal lay silently by his facet. Each the alms-bowl and the cymbal had been product of advantageous metal. The metal cymbal had very sharp edges – clearly it was a formidable weapon. The Taoist priest had a tall construct. An octagonal Wolf-Fanged Hammer, which seemed to be very heavy, sat on his bench subsequent to him. On the bench to the fitting of the Taoist priest sat a middle-aged beggar together with his legs stretched out, and two inexperienced snakes coiled round his head and his shoulders. Each of the snakes had triangular formed heads; their lengthy tongues shot out and in viciously. The final two had been a person and a lady. The person had a blind left eye whereas the lady had a blind proper eye. Every had a cane leaning in opposition to his or her bench. The our bodies of the 2 canes had been additional thick and shined with a glistening golden colour. In the event that they had been really product of gold, the burden would have been extraordinary. Each the person and the lady had been of their forties, and regarded identical to any down-hearted wanderers within the Martial World, but they carried with them such costly canes, making an unspeakably eerie scene.

The mendicant monk mounted his eyes at Yu Canghai with ferocious stares, and slowly he reached out with each fingers and grabbed onto the handles of the 2 machetes. The beggar took off the snake round his neck after which coiled it on his proper arm, aiming the top of the snake at Yu Canghai. The opposite monk picked up his metal cymbal, the Taoist priest lifted his Wolf-Fanged Hammer, and the middle-aged lady additionally positioned the brief knife in her grip. Clearly, they had been able to launch a synchronized assault.

“Profitable by numbers, isn’t that the outdated trick of you heretical, evil demons? Deliver it on! Yu Canghai is just not afraid of you.” Yu Canghai set free a hole snigger.

“Yu Canghai, we don’t wish to kill you,” the one-eyed man all of a sudden spoke.

“That’s proper. So long as you behave your self and hand over the ‘Evil-Resisting Sword Manuscript,’ we’ll allow you to depart with no troubles,” the one-eyed lady exclaimed.

Yue Buqun, Linghu Chong, Lin Pingzhi, and Yue Lingshan had been all taken by massive shock after they heard the lady mentioning the “Evil-Resisting Sword Manuscript,” neither had anticipated that the rationale these seven folks had surrounded Yu Canghai was really for the sake of the “Evil-Resisting Sword Manuscript.” They exchanged a number of stares amongst themselves; all had the identical thought of their minds: “Might this ‘Evil-Resisting Sword Manuscript’ actually be in Yu Canghai’s fingers?”

“Why losing time with this dwarf? Let’s whack him first after which search his physique,” the middle-aged lady stated in a chilling tone.

“Possibly he hid it in a secret spot. If we are able to’t discover it on him after we whack him, wouldn’t that be too unhealthy?” the one-eyed lady stated.

“If we are able to’t discover it, we are able to’t discover it. It’s not going to be any worse.” The center-aged lady curled her lips. She spoke in such an vague method, turned out that greater than half of her tooth had been already gone.

“Yu Canghai, in the event you hearken to my recommendation, you’d higher give it up. This sword artwork manuscript is just not yours to start out with, anyway. You’ve already had it for therefore many days. I’m certain you’ve learn it so many occasions that you simply most likely have memorized all the things. Why nonetheless maintain on to it so tight? What good does it do for you?” the one-eyed lady persuaded.

However Yu Canghai didn’t say a phrase, solely gathering his inside power round his decrease abdomen, absorbed within the pre-battle preparation.

Proper at that second, sounds of laughter floated in from outdoors as a person with all smiles walked within the door. The person was wearing an extended pongee gown. The highest of his head was already half bald, however the beard beneath his chin didn’t have a sprinkle of gray. His garments trying expensive and opulent, his face glowing with well being, the person regarded like a service provider prince. Holding an emerald snuff bottle in his left hand and a one-foot lengthy folding fan in his proper hand, the chubby man had an affable expression on his face.

After recognizing the many individuals upon getting into the restaurant, he was taken without warning, and his smiles shrank again a bit of, however solely seconds later, he was all smiles, as soon as once more.

“How lucky! How lucky! I had not anticipated that each one the heroes of the current time have gathered right here right this moment. I need to think about myself very lucky, certainly!” he cupped his fingers in greeting, his face beaming. “Now, which good breeze has introduced the Grasp Yu of the Qingcheng Sword College right here to the Henan Province?” he stated to Yu Canghai. “I’ve lengthy heard that the ‘Pine-Wind Sword Artwork’ of the Qingcheng Sword College is a novel and excellent Kung Fu fashion of the Martial World. It appears to be like like we’re lastly going to have the possibility to broaden our horizons right this moment.”

However Yu Canghai nonetheless targeted on loading his inside power and paid no consideration to him.

Turning towards the one-eyed man and the one-eyed lady, the person cupped his fingers with a giant grin. “I’ve not seen the ‘Tung Cypress Whiz Duo’ wandering concerning the Martial World for a superb whereas. Seems to be such as you’ve made a luck in the previous few years.”

“You flatter us. It’s nothing examine to what Mr. You makes,” the one-eyed man answered with a slight smile.

The person uttered three laughs at these phrases. “I’ve solely gotten a facade. No matter I earn with one hand, I spend with the opposite. Simply from my nickname, folks can inform that I solely look good on the floor, however very hole inside.”

“What’s your nickname?” Department Fairy couldn’t assist however ask.

The person solid a look towards Department Fairy and shortly discovered six unusual trying fellows all looking at him curiously, however he had no clue as to who these six had been and the place that they had come from.

“I’ve a really ugly nickname known as ‘Slippery and Laborious to Grip’,” he chortled as he spoke. “Individuals say that I like to make buddies, and for the sake of friendship, I by no means stint cash and haven’t any downside spending them. Therefore, though I make good cash, they don’t keep in my fingers lengthy, as a result of I don’t have a superb grip of them.”

“Doesn’t this good friend You Xun, right here, have one other nickname?” the one-eyed man minimize in.

“Actually? How come I’ve by no means heard of it?” You Xun grinned.

“Loach Soaked in Oil, Slippery and Laborious to Grip!” a chilly voice all of a sudden spoke. The voice sounded vague, then, after all, it was the voice of the lady, who had misplaced over half of her tooth.

“Holy cow!” Flower Fairy yelled out. “A loach, itself, is extraordinarily slippery, already. Now when it’s soaked in oil, who can ever get a superb grip onto that?”

“That’s solely as a result of buddies within the Martial World had been flattering me, praising about my Qing-Gong expertise, saying that I’m as fast as a loach. However it’s actually embarrassing. This little Kung Fu of mine is absolutely not value mentioning. Madam Zhang, you’re looking extraordinarily good as of late!” You Xun beamed on the lady after which bowed down deeply.

“What a glib tongue you’ve gotten there. Steer clear of me,” the outdated lady Madam Zhang turned the whites of eye up and yelled.

The person named You Xun should have had an excellent mood. Listening to these harsh phrases, he didn’t present a slight signal of annoyance, and turned to the beggar, as a substitute.

“Double-Dragon Divine Beggar, brother Yan! The 2 inexperienced dragons of yours are trying much more vigorous and nimble now.”

The beggar’s title was Yan Sanxing, and his nickname was really “Double-Snake Ruthless Beggar,” however You Xun modified it into “Double-Dragon Divine Beggar” on the fly. Regardless that the Yan Sanxing was a really vicious and ruthless man, he couldn’t assist however smile at these phrases.

You Xun additionally knew the longhaired mendicant monk Chou Songnian, monk Xi Bao, and Taoist Priest Yu Ling, and in addition stated some praising phrases to every of them. Whereas laughing and joking, he had eased up the tense ambiance at swords’ factors within the brief period of time.

“Hey, Loach Soaked in Oil! Why didn’t you say something about us, praising the six brothers of us for our glorious Kung Fu and excellent expertise?” Leaf Fairy all of a sudden yelled out.

“That’s that’s after all one thing I’d reward about ,” You Xun replied with a smile. However earlier than he even had an opportunity to complete his sentence, abruptly, his two wrists and two ankles had been already within the grips of Root Fairy, Trunk Fairy, Department Fairy, and Leaf Fairy the 4 fairies, who instantly lifted him off the bottom with out pulling onerous.

“What fantastic Kung Fu! What sensible expertise! Such excellent methods are so uncommon by out the ages!” You Xun praised hurriedly.

“Why are our Kung Fu expertise so uncommon by out the ages?” Root Fairy and Department Fairy requested on the identical time.

“My nick title is ‘Slippery and Laborious to Grip.’ Frankly talking, nobody might have gotten a decent grip on me. However as quickly because the 4 of you reached out along with your fingers, you caught me with such ease, and I grew to become neither slippery, nor onerous to grip. The Kung Fu expertise you’ve gotten demonstrated with are so distinctive that by out the ages, nobody had each seen or hear about Kung Fu expertise this nice. After I wander concerning the world after right this moment, I merely need to publicize the six nice Kung Fu masters’ names wherever I’m going, so that everybody within the Martial World would know that there are such extraordinary heroes on this world.” You Xun defined.

The six Fairies had been overjoyed. Losing not one other second, they instantly set him right down to the bottom.

“Slippery and Laborious to Grip! You definitely deserve the fame. See, didn’t you simply get out of the grip as soon as once more?” Madam Zhang stated coldly.

“That’s solely as a result of the six nice Kung Fu masters had distinctive Kung Fu expertise. I like them so very a lot!” You Xun answered. “However I’m so ignorant. I don’t even know what the names of the six senior masters are. Might I ask what your respectful names are?”

“We’re six brothers known as ‘The Peach Valley’s Six Fairies’,” Root Fairy defined. “I’m Root Fairy. He’s Trunk Fairy.” Quickly, he had launched the names of all six of them.

“That’s fantastic! Great! The title ‘Fairy’ is so applicable to go along with the Kung Fu expertise of the six of you. Solely folks with such magical and distinctive Kung Fu expertise, which have risen above this world and attained sainthood, are certified to make use of the title ‘Fairy’.” You Xun applauded.

The Peach Valley’s Six Fairies felt nice rejoicing. “You’re very good and have excellent perception. You’re superior!” they exclaimed in unison.

“Are you going handy out the ‘Evil-Resisting Sword Manuscript’ or not?” Obvious at Yu Canghai, Madam Zhang yelled. However Yu Canghai ignored her but once more.

“Oh, I see. So your dispute is over the ‘Evil-Resisting Sword Manuscript.’ However from what I heard, the sword artwork manuscript isn’t in Grasp Yu’s possession,” You Xun stated.

“Are you saying that who has it?” Madam Zhang requested.

“This particular person could be very, very well-known. If I converse his title out, I’m afraid it would scare the wits out of you,” You Xun exclaimed.

“Converse up!” the mendicant monk Chou Songnian yelled at him. “In case you don’t know the reply, then begone, and cease being a hindrance!”

“This nice grasp should have had a bit an excessive amount of of roasted pork or roasted lamp, and the additional inside warmth is fuming the recent mood. My Kung Fu expertise are very strange, however I definitely have very fast entry to data. Every time there are secret messages floating across the Martial World, it wouldn’t be simple for them to get move my eyes and ears with out my noticing,” You Xun replied, nonetheless beaming.

The Tung Cypress Whiz Duo, Madam Zhang, and the remainder of the group all knew that You Xun was talking the reality. This You Xun beloved poking his nostril into different folks’s affairs, and would spare no effort at making his manner into each nook and corners for data. There weren’t actually a lot that he wouldn’t find out about within the Martial World. In order that they requested in unison, “Don’t hold us guessing! Who on earth has the ‘Evil-Resisting Sword Manuscript’?”

“Properly, you all know my nick title – ‘Slippery and Laborious to Grip.’ No matter I earn with one hand, I spend with the opposite. To be frank with you, I’ve been utterly broke for fairly some days. However you, then again, are all loaded moneybags. Now, it wasn’t simple for me to acquire this vital data, and it appears to be like like that is going to be a fantastic alternative for me. The outdated saying stated it properly: a pointy blade ought to be offered to a real man, and delightful rouge ought to be given to a reasonably lady. So vital data, after all, ought to be bought to moneybags. I’m not retaining you guessing. I’m simply ready for the fitting provide.”

“High quality. Let’s kill Yu Canghai first, and fear about forcing the key out of this loach later. Assault!” Madam Zhang shouted. As quickly because the phrase “assault” was spoken, sounds of weapons quickly colliding with one another echoed. The seven attackers had all left their benches and every exchanged a number of strikes with Yu Canghai. The assault stopped simply as abruptly as the way it had began. Inside seconds, the seven attackers had retreated again to their unique positions, nonetheless encircling Yu Canghai within the center. Blood gushed out from the cuts on monk Xi Bao and monk Chou Songnian’s thighs. Yu Canghai had handed the sword to his left hand; the a part of his gown close to the fitting shoulder had been torn into items – the results of a heavy strike from one of many attackers.

“Once more!” Madam Zhang shouted out, and the seven of them lunged ahead abruptly. Some extra fast clanking sounds exploded earlier than the seven retreated again, as soon as once more, leaving Yu Canghai within the center.

This time Madam Zhang took successful on her face. An extended minimize dragged from the center of her left eyebrow all the best way right down to her decrease jaw. Yu Canghai additionally took a chop on his left arm. Now not capable of wield the sword together with his left hand, he handed the sword again to his proper hand.

“Grasp Yu, we’re each members of the Taoist Order. Why don’t you hearken to my recommendation and give up?” Priest Yu Ling raised his Wolf-Fanged Hammer and urged.

Yu Canghai set free an offended snort and cursed indistinctly.

Madam Zhang didn’t even hassle to wipe the blood off her face. Elevating her brief knife and aiming it at Yu Canghai, she shouted, “As soon as .”

Earlier than she was capable of spit out the phrase “once more,” a voice all of a sudden shouted out loudly, “Maintain it!” A person rushed into the circle of attackers in fast strides and stopped proper subsequent to Yu Canghai.

“Seven in opposition to one, isn’t {that a} bit unfair? Moreover, didn’t Mr. You clearly say that the ‘Evil-Resisting Sword Manuscript’ was not in Yu Canghai’s possession?” he stated. It was Lin Pingzhi.

Ever since he caught Yu Canghai in his eyes, Lin Pingzhi by no means let Yu out of his sight for a single second. After watching Yu getting injured in each arms, he knew that one other spherical of assault from Madam Zhang and the remainder attackers would have chopped Yu Canghai into shreds. His hatred towards Yu Canghai was even deeper than the ocean. He had lengthy vowed to kill this monster, someday, together with his personal fingers, and would by no means have allowed Yu Canghai to die from different folks’s fingers. That was why he instantly stepped ahead and stopped the subsequent spherical of assault.

“Who the hell are you? Do you wish to die with him?” Madam Zhang snapped.

“No, I don’t wish to die with him. I simply thought this can be a bit unjust, and needed to talk out in equity to him. Why don’t we cease preventing?” Lin Pingzhi answered.

“Let’s simply whack him, too,” Chou Songnian advised.

“Who’re you, you daring and reckless brat? Do you at all times tackle different folks’s hassle?” Priest Yu Ling snubbed.

“I’m Lin Pingzhi of the Huashan Sword College .,” Lin Pingzhi answered.

“You’re from the Huashan Sword College? The place is Younger Mister Linghu?” the Tung Cypress Whiz Duo, the Double-Snake Ruthless Beggar, Madam Zhang, and the remainder of the group all shouted in unison.

“I’m Linghu Chong,” Linghu Chong cupped his fingers in greeting. “I’m solely a boorish teen; I definitely don’t deserve the title of a ‘Younger Mister.’ Are you acquainted with a good friend of mine?”

Alongside the journey, many distinguished masters with distinctive abilities or eccentric behaviors had all confirmed nice respects and made as much as him, and all of them had claimed that it had been for the sake of a good friend of his. All of the whereas, Linghu Chong nonetheless had no clue as to when he had made such an infinitely resourceful good friend. When he heard the seven asking about him, he had figured that it should have had one thing to do with this mystic good friend, once more. And certain sufficient, the group of seven all turned towards him and saluted respectfully.

“As quickly because the seven of us acquired the message, we hurried over right here, touring days and nights, so we might have the respect to satisfy you. It’s fantastic that we get to pay you a proper go to proper right here,” Priest Yu Ling stated.

Yu Canghai had been injured very badly. Discovering out that the one who had stood up for him and helped him out of the predicament was really Lin Pingzhi he was bowled over enormously. Nevertheless it didn’t take him lengthy to determine Lin Pingzhi’s true intension. Seeing that the seven attackers had been all in the course of a dialog with Linghu Chong, he shortly made up his thoughts. He wasn’t injured in his legs; so abruptly, he leapt backward and dashed into the again room of the small restaurant. Earlier than anybody had any time to react, he had fled from the backdoor, speedily. Yan Sanxing and Chou Songnian each cried in shock, but it surely was already too late to chase after him.

You Xun walked in entrance of Linghu Chong, beaming brightly. “After I got here from the east,” he stated, “I heard many fellow martial buddies mentioning about Younger Mister Linghu’s nice title. In my coronary heart, I’ve been trying as much as you for an extended, very long time. Then, once I heard that the handfuls of chiefs and leaders from varied sects, clans, caves, and islands can be assembly Younger Mister Linghu on prime of the 5-Tyrant Ridge, I instantly hurried over to affix within the enjoyable. I definitely didn’t count on that I’d be so fortunate to have met Younger Mister forward of everybody else. Don’t fear! You may set your coronary heart at a relaxation now. This time individuals are bringing not less than 100 various kinds of catholicon to the 5-Tyrant Ridge. The little harm of yours can be cured very quickly. Very quickly! Ha-ha! Great! Great!” He took Linghu Chong’s fingers into his personal and swayed gently as he spoke, trying totally intimate.

“What dozens of chiefs and leaders from varied sects, clans, caves, and islands? What 100 kinds of catholicon are you speaking about? I’m at a whole loss,” astounded, Linghu Chong requested hurriedly.

“Don’t let pointless fear hassle you, Younger Mister Linghu. Even when my guts had been as massive because the Heavens, I’d nonetheless dare to not discuss recklessly concerning the purpose behind. Younger Mister, you may simply relaxation assured, ha-ha. I definitely dare to not discuss nonsense. Even in the event you don’t take offense, when the phrases get out and get into different folks’s ears, what number of heads do I’ve? Even when I had been ten occasions extra slippery, eventually, someone would have pulled my head off all the identical.”

“In case you really dare not discuss nonsense, why have you ever introduced this factor up repeatedly?” Madam Zhang snubbed with a depressing face. “No matter is occurring on the 5-Tyrant Ridge, Younger Mister Linghu will see together with his personal eyes in simply a short time. There is no such thing as a want so that you can be long-tongued right here. Now, let me ask you yet one more time. Who on earth has that ‘Evil-Resisting Sword Manuscript’ at this very second?”

You Xun pretended that he didn’t hear the phrases from Madam Zhang. Turning towards the Yue Buqun couple, he grinned.

“Ever since I walked within the door and noticed the 2 of you, I’ve been muttering to myself: This mister and this madam each regarded so dignified and stylish, exhibiting a really distinguished demeanor. Which two eminent masters might the 2 of you’ve gotten been? Since you might be along with Younger Mister Linghu, I suppose you have to be the Head Grasp of the Huashan Sword College, the world-renowned ‘Gentleman Sword,’ Mr. Yue and Madam Yue.”

“You flatter me,” Yue Buqun replied with a slight smile.

“The widespread saying says: Have eyes however miss out on mount Taishan; entertain angel unawares. At the moment, I’m actually having eyes however miss out on mount Huashan,” You Xun continued. “Lately, Mr. Yue blinded fifteen formidable foes with a easy swing of his sword. That feat shook the complete Martial World. I merely couldn’t assist however prostrate myself earlier than you in admiration. What sensible sword expertise! Good, certainly!”

He stated these phrases so sincerely as if he had witnessed all the things together with his personal eyes. Yue Buqun gave a suppressed snort as a depressing look shortly flashed throughout his face.

“And Madam Yue, Heroine Ning ,” You Xun went on, however was all of a sudden minimize shot by Madam Zhang.

“Are you ever gonna cease rambling? Converse up, who has the ‘Evil-Resisting Sword Manuscript’?” Madam Zhang barked. She had heard the names of Yue Buqun and Madam Yue, but didn’t present a slight signal of concern.

“Give me 100 taels of silver, and I’ll let you know.” You Xun stretched his hand out, his face break up into a large grin.

“You need to have by no means seen cash in your previous life. It at all times has to do with cash. Cash this and cash that!” Madam Zhang croaked.

The one-eyed man took a silver ingot out from his chest pocket and tossed it at You Xun. “This has bought to cowl it. Now, converse up!” he demanded.

Catching the silver ingot into his grip, You Xun weight it in his hand. “Many thanks! Come, let’s go to the skin and I’ll let you know.”

“Why go to the skin? You may inform us proper right here, so we are able to all hear about it,” the one-eyed man replied.

“Yeah! That’s proper! Why do you must be so sneaky?” all of the audiences agreed in unison.

“No manner! No manner!” You Xun shook his head forwards and backwards. “I requested for 100 taels of silver. That’s 100 taels of silver per particular person, not that this piece of vital information is just value 100 taels. How can I’ve bought it for therefore low cost? That’s simply outrageous!”

The one-eyed man gave a wave together with his proper hand, and at that sign, Chou Songnian, Madam Zhang, Yan Sanxing, Monk Xi Bo, and the remainder of the group instantly stepped ahead, circling You Xun within the center the identical manner that they had surrounded Yu Canghai a couple of minutes in the past.

“His nickname is Slippery and Laborious to Grip. We will not combat him with naked fingers. Let’s use our weapons,” Madam Zhang exclaimed grimly.

Priest Yu Ling picked up his octagonal formed Wolf-Fanged Hammer and waved it. “Swoosh!” The hammer made a circle within the air.

“Let’s see if his head is any slippery in opposition to my hammer.”

The sharp and pointy wolf-fangs on the hammer glinted with reflection. Taking a superb glimpse of the hammer, after which taking a superb take a look at the shining and puffy head of You Xun, everyone got here to the identical conclusion – You Xun’s head didn’t appear to have a really promising prospect.

“Younger Mister Linghu, only some moments in the past, a younger good friend out of your respectful college helped Grasp Yu out of the tight spot with only a few phrases. Now when I’m in serious trouble, why haven’t you stated something to assist, as if you didn’t see something or hear something?” You Xun requested.

“In case you don’t converse out the whereabouts of the ‘Evil-Resisting Sword Manuscript,’ I’m afraid I’ll need to wade in and gained’t be really easy on you,” Linghu Chong replied. At that phrase, a uninteresting and miserable sensation rose from his abdomen, and he couldn’t assist however solid a facet look at Yue Lingshan, pondering, “Even you might be wronging me for appropriating Little Lin’s sword artwork manuscript.”

“Wonderful! Wonderful! Younger Mister Linghu, please go forward!” Madam Zhang and the remainder of the group cheered all collectively.

You Xun heaved a deep sigh. “High quality, I’ll converse it out. Go on, return to your seats. Why are you continue to surrounding me?”

“We’d higher be additional cautious when coping with the Slippery and Laborious to Grip,” Madam Zhang spat out.

“Alas, why did I carry hassle to myself? Why didn’t I simply wait on the 5-Tyrant Ridge to affix the enjoyable, and would slightly come right here to court docket dying?” You Xun heaved one other sigh.

“Are you gonna converse it out or not?” Madam Zhang snapped.

“I’ll! I’ll! Why not!” You Xun answered. “Hey! Chief Dongfang! When did your Excellence resolve to indicate your gracious presence, right here?” He stated the final two sentences very loud and clear, and as he spoke, he mounted his eyes towards the west finish of the road outdoors the restaurant with such a bewildered star.

Astounded, everybody peered down the road following his gaze, and shortly noticed a person strolling nearer and nearer alongside the lengthy road, a vegetable basket hanging on his left arm. This man was a market monger; how might he have been the Chief Dongfang with resounding fame – Dong Fang Invincible? By the point everyone remembered to show again at You Xun, he had vanished from sight. By then, everybody lastly realized that each one had simply been terribly fooled. Madam Zhang, Chou Songnian, and Priest Yu Ling all began pouring out streams of abuses, figuring out properly that together with his excellent Qing-Gong expertise and artful thoughts, there can be no approach to catch him again as soon as he had run off.

“I see! Turned out it’s You Xun who has the ‘Evil-Resisting Sword Manuscript.’ I didn’t count on that in any respect!” Linghu Chong stated loudly.

“Actually? Is it actually in You Xun’s fingers?” everybody requested in shock.

“In fact it’s in his fingers. What else? In any other case, why would he by no means converse out the whereabouts of the sword artwork manuscript, and take a look at so onerous to run away?” Linghu Chong elaborated. He spoke these phrases in a really loud voice, and after spitting out the previous few phrases, he had virtually used up all his energy.

“Younger Mister Linghu, why have you ever shifted the blame on me?” You Xun’s voice all of a sudden rose from outdoors the door, loud and clear. And solely seconds later, he had already walked again in.

Madam Zhang and the remainder of the group had been stuffed with pleasure. Losing no time, they shortly surrounded You Xun in a circle, as soon as once more.

“You simply fell for Younger Mister Linghu’s stratagem!” Priest Yu Ling stated, a giant grin blossoming on his face.

“Alas, do I’ve any selection? If this piece of reports had gotten out into the Martial World, saying that You Xun had been the one who had the ‘Evil-Resisting Sword Manuscript,’ do you suppose I’d have one other day of peace in the remainder of my life? I’m wondering how many individuals can be after me and provides me hassle. Even when I had three heads and 6 arms,[5] I’d nonetheless be no match for that type of hassle. Younger Mister Linghu, you might be good! Only a few phrases of yours are highly effective sufficient to seize the Slippery and Laborious to Grip.” You Xun pulled an extended face.

Letting out a wry smile, Linghu Chong thought aloud, “It’s not that I’m good. It’s solely that I had been wronged identical to that, earlier than.”

He couldn’t assist however solid a look at Yue Lingshan, and Yue Lingshan simply occurred to be casting a look at him, as properly. When their eyes clapped, each blushed, and turned their heads away shortly.

“Brother You, once you left a second in the past, had been you hiding the ‘Evil-Resisting Sword Manuscript’ someplace else so we gained’t be capable of discover it?” Madam Zhang mocked.

“That’s too bitter!” You Xun protested. “Madam Zhang, in the event you converse like this, you will value me my outdated life. Please give it some thought, all of you. If I’ve had the ‘Evil-Resisting Sword Manuscript,’ I undoubtedly ought to be utilizing a sword, and my sword expertise ought to have been excellent. Then, why firstly, I don’t actually have a sword with me; secondly, I don’t combat with a sword; and thirdly, my Kung Fu expertise are extraordinarily strange?”

When everybody contemplated over his phrases, all needed to agree that he did sound affordable.

“Properly, possibly you by no means had time to check the ‘Evil-Resisting Sword Manuscript’ after you obtained it. Possibly you tried to be taught it however failed miserably. You don’t have a sword with you. Possibly someone stole it,” Root Fairy speculated.

“Isn’t that folding fan in your hand a brief sword? Once you pointed it that manner only a second in the past, didn’t you utilize a transfer from the ‘Evil-Resisting Sword Manuscript’?” Trunk Fairy exclaimed.

“That’s proper! Take a look at him. His fan is pointing at an angle proper this second. That’s the fifty-ninth transfer of the Evil-Resisting Sword Artwork, “Pointing At Artful and Evil.’ Whoever he factors his sword to, whom he’ll kill.” Department Fairy additionally joined in.

On the time, the folding fan in You Xun’s hand occurred to be pointing towards Chou Songnian. The impetuous monk set free a thunderous roar and swung his two machetes at You Xun directly.

“Hey! Hey! He’s solely joking! Don’t take him critically!” You Xun shouted swiftly, dodging to the facet.

4 clanking sounds echoed as Chou Songnian chopped twice with every of his machetes and You Xun blocked all of them together with his folding fan. Apparently, his folding fan was product of metal. Though You Xun regarded like a lord in clover, chubby with mild pores and skin tones, his motion was surprisingly agile. And solely a delicate prod together with his folding fan had despatched the Tiger-Head Machetes swaying a number of ft away. One might properly understand that his Kung Fu expertise needed to be superior to the longhaired mendicant monk. It was solely as a result of he was in the course of a decent encirclement that he dared to not launch his counter assault.

“This transfer is the thirty-second transfer, ‘Laborious-shelled Turtle Breaking Wind.’ Hmm, this transfer blocked a chop. It’s the twenty-fifth transfer, known as ‘Gentle-shelled Turtle Turning Over’,” Flower Fairy shouted alongside.

“Mr. You, if the ‘Evil-Resisting Sword Manuscript’ is absolutely not in your possession, then who has it?” Linghu Chong requested.

“Yeah! Converse up! Who has it?” Madam Zhang, Priest Yu Ling and the remainder folks all requested anxiously.

“The one purpose I’m retaining this to myself is to have the ability to make a number of thousand taels of silver,” You Xun squeezed out a smile. “However since you might be so stingy and have made up your thoughts to economize, advantageous, I’ll let you know. However don’t say that I didn’t warn you. When you hear about it, you’ll solely be capable of itch in your coronary heart and there’s completely nothing you are able to do about it. If it had been someone else who had laid his fingers on the ‘Evil-Resisting Sword Manuscript,’ not less than you’d nonetheless have some hope. However it’s so unlucky that it needed to be this one who has it in his possession, there’s there’s properly, properly ”

Everyone held his breath and listened on anxiously for You Xun to inform the title of the particular person, who had the sword artwork manuscript in his possession. Abruptly, sounds of hoof beats combined up with sounds of horse-drawn wagons broke out on the road and got here nearer and nearer. You Xun seized the chance and stopped telling. Turning his head sideways, he listened, after which requested, “Err, who’s that?”

“Converse it out! Who has the sword artwork manuscript?” Priest Yu Ling pressed on.

“There’s no must be impatient. In fact I’ll let you know,” You Xun replied.

The sounds of hoof beats and wagons stopped abruptly outdoors the small restaurant. “Is Younger Mister Linghu right here? Our faction has ready horses and wagons to greet your gracious presence,” an aged voice introduced.

Linghu Chong was anxious to seek out out the whereabouts of the “Evil-Resisting Sword Manuscript,” thus, show his innocence and take away the suspicions from Grasp, Grasp-Spouse, fellow apprentices and little apprentice sister. Due to this fact, he didn’t reply to the decision from the skin and urged You Xun once more, “There are different folks coming. Hurry up, inform us!”

“I encourage your pardon, Younger Mister. Simply because different individuals are coming, it wouldn’t be a good suggestion to inform now,” You Xun replied.

Sound of extra hoof beats rose from the gap, and shortly one other seven or eight riders arrived and stopped proper in entrance of the restaurant.

“Chief Huang, are you right here to greet Younger Mister Linghu?” a gallant voice requested.

“Sure, I’m. What have introduced Chieftain Sima right here right this moment?” the outdated man replied.

The person with the gallant voice snorted, and shortly heavy footsteps echoed as a large man entered the restaurant in massive strides.

“Which of you is Younger Mister Linghu? I’m Sima Huge. I’ve come to greet Younger Grasp and convey him to 5-Tyrant Ridge to satisfy the numerous heroes,” he introduced loudly.

Having no alternate options, Linghu Chong cupped his fingers in greeting. “I’m Linghu Chong. I definitely don’t deserve such gracious amenity from Chieftain Sima.”

“As a result of I’ve at all times been massive and tall since I used to be solely a child, my mother and father named me Sima Huge. Younger Mister Linghu, you may name me Sima Huge, or simply Biggy. Don’t name me Chieftain. I don’t deserve it in entrance of you,” Chieftain Sima exclaimed.

“You flatter me,” Linghu Chong replied. Pointing at Yue Buqun and Madam Yue, he launched, “These are my Grasp and my Grasp-Spouse.”

“Whats up there!” Sima Huge cupped his fingers and greeted. Turning again towards Linghu Chong, he stated, “Younger Mister, I apologize for not having greeted you earlier. Will you please pardon me?”

Yue Buqun had held the Head Grasp put up of the Huashan Sword College for over twenty years and had at all times been properly revered by folks within the Martial World. However folks like this Sima Huge, Madam Zhang, Chou Songnian, Priest Yu Ling, or the remainder of the bunch, who confirmed nice respect to Linghu Chong, all had little or no concern concerning the Head Grasp of the Huashan Sword College. Even when they did present him a bit of little bit of respect, often, it was all for the sake of Linghu Chong, they usually didn’t even attempt to conceal that. To Yue Buqun, this was even worse than cursing him to his face, and he was exasperated. However Yue Buqun was a really civilized man, and didn’t present any of his irritation on his face.

By then, the chief named Huang had additionally entered the room. He was properly over eighty years of age. The bush of utterly gray beard beneath his chin virtually reached his chest, however he regarded hale and hearty. Bowing barely towards Linghu Chong, he stated, “Younger Mister Linghu, the numerous brothers in our faction make our residing proper round this area. We’ve failed terribly to place up a superb reception for you. Even dying can not atone our offense.”

“Might this have been him?” Yue Buqun felt a giant shock in his coronary heart. He had recognized for a very long time that there was a faction named “Heavenly River Faction” across the decrease reaches of the Yellow River, and the chief, Huang Boliu, was a really senior grasp within the Martial World. However the faction lacked strict guidelines and rules, and among the many many members, the nice and unhealthy had been intermingled. It was merely unavoidable to have members violate legal guidelines and commit crimes. Due to this fact, the fame of the “Heavenly River Faction” was not that nice. Nevertheless, the numerous fingers supplied nice energy, and the faction didn’t lack first-class fighters. It was a really massive faction within the area of 4 provinces. Might this outdated man in entrance of him have been the “Silver-Bearded Dragon,” Huang Boliu, who commanded over ten thousand faction members? If this had been him, certainly, then why had he proven such nice respect towards Linghu Chong, a younger lad who was solely at first of his profession?

The doubts and suspicions that boggled Yue Buqun’s thoughts didn’t final very lengthy, when the Double-Snake Ruthless Beggar Yan Sanxing spoke to the outdated man.

“Hello, Silver-Bearded Outdated Dragon, you’re the native bully. Aren’t you going to welcome us, the bunch of holiday makers?”

The grey-bearded outdated man was certainly the “Silver-Bearded Dragon” Huang Boliu. “We’ll need to thank Younger Mister Linghu,” he stated, smiling. “If it weren’t for his sake, how might I ever have so many masters and heroes spare their gracious presence. Now that you’re all right here, you might be all noble company of the ‘Heavenly River Faction.’ In fact we welcome you. Our faction has ready a giant feast on prime of the 5-Tyrant Ridge. Might I ask Younger Mister Linghu and the remainder of the buddies right here to set out and head over there?”

The small restaurant had change into so crowded by now. Linghu Chong knew that You Xun would by no means converse out the key in such a totally packed and noisy place. Fortunately, after this incident with You Xun, the suspicions Grasp, Grasp-Spouse, and all the man apprentices had ought to have been enormously diminished. He was certain that the entire thing would, someday, come to apparent. Having that in thoughts, he was now not in an pressing rush to clear himself of the blame.

“Grasp, ought to we go or not? Will you please direct us,” turning to Yue Buqun, he requested.

Yue Buqun thought to himself, “It’s obvious that among the many bunch of individuals gathering on prime of the 5-Tyrant Ridge, there isn’t going to be a single one from the orthodox faculties. How can I combine myself up with them? It virtually appears that these individuals are tempting Chong to affix them utilizing courtesy and respect. The incident with Liu Zhengfeng of the Hengshan Sword College had set a superb instance. If one turns into shut with evil folks, then he can not escape the destiny of being totally discredited, himself. However beneath the present circumstance, how might I say no?”

“Mr. Yue, the 5-Tyrant Ridge is bustling with folks and actions for the time being! Many chiefs of various caves and islands haven’t made an look within the Martial World for ten, twenty, and even thirty years. Everybody got here for the sake of Younger Mister Linghu, and it’s you, Mr. Yue, who’ve formed him into such a beautiful younger hero of each civil and army potential. You have got introduced nice glory to your self for engaging in such a fantastic feat. In fact you’d wish to go to the 5-Tyrant Ridge. If Mr. Yue doesn’t go, wouldn’t that disappoint lots of people?”

Earlier than Yue Buqun even had an opportunity to reply, half supporting and half carrying, Sima Huge and Huang Boliu had ushered Linghu Chong out of the restaurant door and into one of many horse-drawn wagons. Chou Songnian, Yan Sanxing, the Tung Cypress Whiz Duo, the Peach Valley’s Six Fairies, and the remainder of the bunch additionally rushed out of the door in a hubbub.

Yue Buqun and Madam Yue stared at one another and each squeezed a wry smile. “These folks solely needed to be sure that Chong would go there. Whether or not we’re going or not, they didn’t care in any respect,” they thought aloud.

“Dad! Why don’t we go and take a look? Let’s discover out what sort of tips these bizarre individuals are enjoying with massive apprentice brother,” Yue Lingshan proposed, her curiosity rising by the minute. For some time, she remembered the human-flesh-eating Black Bear and White Bear, and her coronary heart hammered frantically. Figuring that in the event that they had been capable of set her free for large apprentice brother’s sake, then logically, they shouldn’t be coming again to chew on her fingers, she relaxed a bit of. However she nonetheless made up her thoughts that after they arrived on the 5-Tyrant Ridge, she would be sure that to maintain an in depth distance together with her father.

Yue Buqun nodded his approval after which walked out of the door. After the depressing vomiting expertise, he didn’t eat or drink something, and now when he walked about, it virtually felt as if he was barely disoriented and couldn’t stand in a strong stance. A fast verify together with his inside power confirmed that the inside power he was capable of collect was not as pure because it was once, and Yue Buqun couldn’t assist feeling shocked.

“The poison from Blue Phoenix of the 5-Sylph Sect is really highly effective,” he muttered to himself.

The group with Huang Boliu and the group with Sima Huge each got here with many horses, in order that they had been capable of spare some horses for Yue Buqun, Madam Yue, Madam Zhang, Chou Songnian, the Peach Valley’s Six Fairies, and the remainder of the bunch to trip. Some male apprentices of the Huashan Sword College didn’t have any horse left for trip, and needed to stroll along with members of the “Heavenly River Faction” and subordinates of the Chieftain Sima Huge of the Lengthy-Whale Island. Every thing prepared and set, they set out towards the 5-Tyrant Ridge.

[1] Han is the principle nationality in China and account for 92% of the complete Chinese language inhabitants. Within the historic time, minorities had been at all times regarded down upon considerably as a result of Han folks thought-about themselves higher civilized and educated.

[2] Yunnan is a province within the Southwest China that borders Vietnam and Burma.

[3] Miao is among the minority nationalities in China.

[4] In historic China, it was very inappropriate for females to show their arms or legs to anybody, besides their husbands.

[5] In Chinese language myths, there was a god (with the looks of a boy) named Ne Zha who might flip right into a creature with three heads and 6 arms when he bought into battles, and thus triple the preventing energy.