Yang Lianting coldly mentioned, “Tong Baixiong, how will you shout like that on the Corridor of Refined Kindness? Why aren’t you kneeling down when your Chief is true in entrance of you? How do you dare to not sing praises to Chief?”

Tong Baixiong regarded as much as the sky and laughed loudly. “When Brother Dongfang and I turned buddies, the place had been you, little child? On the time when Brother Dongfang and I escaped dying and went by way of all these hardships, you were not even born but! You dare to speak to me?”

Linghu Chong turned his head and eventually was in a position to see the face of Tong Baixiong clearly. He has white hair which was wildly misplaced and a bushy silver beard. His face was twitching with anger, his eyes had been vast opened, and the blood on his face was already darkened and laborious. All these created a really scary facial features. Each of his legs and arms had been shackled with lengthy chains that dragged behind him and rattled loudly as he spoke. He was talking passionately, waving his arms round and the iron chain accompanied his offended speech with a loud ‘zheng, zheng’ noise.

Ren Woxing was nonetheless kneeling down and staying nonetheless, however listening to the noise the chain made, he remembered the time when he was locked up on the backside of the West Lake. He could not management his anger anymore and his physique was now shaking with anger, and he actually wished to begin destroying issues. However he then heard Yang Lianting mentioned, “You are very conceited to be so impolite in entrance of our Chief. You secretly colluded with that traitor Ren Woxing. Are you aware your sin now?”

“Chief Ren is the previous chief of our sect,” Tong Baixiong mentioned. “When he had an incurable sickness, he retreated into seclusion and gave the management of the sect to Brother Dongfang. How will you say that he is a traitor to our sect? Brother Dongfang, inform us clearly: how did Chief Ren insurgent, how did he betray our sect?”

“After Ren Woxing cured his sickness, he ought to’ve instantly returned to our sect. However he as an alternative went to Shaolin Temple, and bonded along with the headmasters of Shaolin, Wu Dang, Songshan and lots of different colleges. Would not you say that is betraying our sect? Why did not he come to pay his respect to Chief and hear respectfully to Chief’s order?” Yang Lianting replied as an alternative.

Tong Baixiong laughed. “Chief Ren was once the superior of Brother Dongfang, and his expertise in martial artwork is huge, so he isn’t essentially below Brother Dongfang. Brother Dongfang, is not this proper?”

Yang Lianting shouted loudly, “Do not depend on your seniority right here. Our Chief could be very beneficiant to his subordinate, and he would by no means stoop all the way down to your stage. In the event you deeply regretted your fault, then tomorrow in entrance of the meeting altar, you’ll be able to inform all our brothers about your fault, your assurance to rectify your misdeed, and swear

your loyalty to Chief. Then possibly Chief would spare your life this time. In any other case, you recognize what will occur to you.”

Tong Baixiong laughed. “I am near eighty years previous already. I am already bored with dwelling, what consequence am I afraid of?”

Yang Lianting shouted, “Usher in these individuals!”

The servants in purple garments answered, “Sure!” after which they heard the sound of chains clunking as greater than ten individuals had been introduced into the corridor. There have been males, ladies, and some kids within the group. When Tong Baixiong noticed this, his face modified color and he used his qi to shout, “Yang Lianting, a gentleman is chargeable for what he has carried out. Why are you bringing my grandson right here?” His shout shook the eardrums of everybody within the corridor.

Linghu Chong, wanting within the path in direction of the dais the place Dongfang Bubai was sitting, noticed that Dongfang Bubai shook when he heard this shout. So he thought to himself, “This individual nonetheless has some conscience left. His coronary heart was nonetheless moved when seeing how frightened Tong Baixiong is.”

Yang Lianting laughed and mentioned, “What is the third instructing of our Chief? Say it out loud for us to listen to!”

Tong Baixiong simply uttered just a few ‘Pei’ vehemently and did not reply again. Yang Lianting mentioned, “Among the many Tong household, anybody who is aware of of Chief’s third instructing, say it out loud.”

One boy who’s round ten years previous mentioned, “Refined scholar, kind-hearted warrior, the simply and clever Chief’s third instructing: ‘You have to be fierce in direction of your enemy and behead the supply of bother. Males, ladies, previous, and younger, go away nobody behind.'”

Yang Lianting praised, “Superb, excellent! Little child, you bear in mind all ten of Chief’s instructing?”

The boy answered, “I bear in mind all of them. If I do not research the teachings for at some point, I would not be capable of eat or sleep. As soon as I’ve learn Chief’s teachings, my martial artwork enormously advances and I’ve a whole lot of energy to combat.”

Yang Lianting laughed. “That’s proper. And who taught you these phrases?”

“My father taught me.”

Yang Lianting pointed at Tong Baixiong and requested, “Who’s he?”

“He’s my grandfather.”

“Your grandfather would not learn the instructing of our Chief, would not take heed to Chief’s phrases, and has betrayed our Chief. What do you suppose we should always do?”

“Grandfather’s incorrect. Everybody should research Chief’s instructing and take heed to what Chief says.”

Yang Lianting mentioned to Tong Baixiong, “Your grandson is simply a ten years previous child, but he is aware of what to do. Whilst you’re already so previous, how come you are so silly?”

Tong Baixiong mentioned, “I solely exchanged just a few phrases with these two individuals, Ren and Xiang. They wished me to betray Chief, however I did not comply with their proposal. When Tong Baixiong says one then it’s going to be one, two then it’s going to be two. I’d by no means incorrect different individuals.” He noticed that every one of his household was being held hostage so his speech was

getting softer as he spoke.

Yang Lianting sighed and in a regretful tone mentioned, “In the event you had mentioned this earlier, then this would not have develop into so troublesome. So have you learnt your fault now?”

“I wasn’t incorrect. I’ve by no means deserted our sect and I’ve by no means betrayed our Chief.”

Yang Lianting sighed. “Since you do not wish to admit your fault, then I am unable to assist you to anymore. Deliver his household down and do not give them a grain of rice or perhaps a mouthful of water from as we speak.”

A number of servants in purple robes responded, “Sure!” as they took the household away. Tong Baixiong shouted, “Wait!” Then he mentioned to Yang Lianting, “Alright, I admit my fault. It was I who was incorrect. Chief, I urge on your forgiveness.”

Despite the fact that he had admitted his fault, his eyes had been nonetheless burning as in the event that they had been about to spout fireplace. Yang Lianting smiled coldly, “What did you say a second in the past? You mentioned that when Chief and also you skilled hardships, I wasn’t even born, is not this proper?”

Tong Baixiong held again his anger and mentioned, “I used to be incorrect.”

“You had been incorrect? That got here out from you too simply. How come you are not kneeling down in entrance of Chief?”

“Chief and I’ve develop into sworn brothers someday previously. For tens of years, we’ve got been standing and sitting down as equal.” He immediately raised his voice, “Brother Dongfang, you see that your older brother is being tortured, how come you are not saying something? If you’d like your brother to kneel all the way down to you, that is very simple to do. You solely need to say a phrase, and your brother will die for you with out blinking an eye fixed.” Dongfang Bubai simply sat nonetheless. Abruptly, the large corridor was quiet. Everybody was watching Dongfang Bubai, ready for him to talk. However even after a while had handed, he nonetheless did not say a phrase. “Brother Dongfang, for the previous few years, it has been very tough for me to see you. You locked your self up and practiced the Sunflower Handbook assiduously. Do you know that there have been so many modifications in our sect and that hazard is simply across the nook?” Dongfang Bubai simply sat silently with out uttering a single sound. “If Brother desires to kill me or torture me, I could not care much less. However should you break the tons of of years’ energy and status of our sect, then you’ll develop into an amazing sinner. Why aren’t you speaking? You fireplace deviated whereas working towards martial artwork to be able to’t speak, is that this proper?”

Yang Lianting shouted, “Nonsense! Kneel down!” Two servants in purple additionally shouted as they flew in direction of Tong Baixiong and kicked in direction of the again of his knees to pressure him to kneel. However their legs had been damaged as an alternative with loud cracking sounds. They fell down on the bottom and recent blood spouted out from their mouths. Tong Baixiong mentioned, “Brother Dongfang, I wish to hear you say one thing in order that dying can be candy. You have not spoken for 3 years, and all of the brothers within the sect are getting suspicious.”

Yang Lianting indignantly interjected, “What suspicion?”

“The suspicion that Chief has fallen into somebody’s plot and been given a muting drug. How come he would not converse? How come he would not converse?” Tong Baixiong spoke loudly.

Yang Lianting laughed coldly. “Chief’s each phrase is valuable. Why would he waste his breath and converse to a traitor such as you? Guards, take him down the cliff!”

Eight servants in purple answered his name and got here out. Tong Baixiong loudly mentioned, “Brother Dongfang, I need to try you. Have you ever been damage so badly you could’t converse?” He waved his arms about and the iron chains on them scattered round. Along with his two legs dragging the iron chains, he charged in direction of Dongfang Bubai. When the eight servants noticed how highly effective he was, they had been afraid to get close to him.

Yang Lianting shouted, “Seize him, seize him!”

The soldiers exterior the corridor shouted their battle cries however stayed simply exterior the door as a result of they did not dare to enter the corridor. There was a strict rule within the sect which acknowledged that for anybody to step a foot contained in the Corridor of Refined Kindness whereas carrying a weapon was an unpardonable offence that deserved execution. Dongfang Bubai stood up and circled to exit by way of the again of the corridor.

Tong Baixiong known as out, “Brother Dongfang, do not go!” as he quickened his steps. Nonetheless, with the iron chains on his legs stopping him from strolling quick and his coronary heart anxious with fear, he stumbled and fell ahead. However he took benefit of the scenario by somersaulting ahead after which charged in direction of Dongfang Bubai. He was round 100 ft away from Dongfang Bubai when Yang Lianting shouted, “Daring traitor goes to stab our Chief! Warriors, rapidly come up the corridor and seize this traitor!”

Ren Woxing observed that although Dongfang Bubai was dawdling in his escape, Tong Baixiong was nonetheless fairly distant from him. He additionally would not be capable of catch as much as him so he pulled out three copper cash, moved his qi to his arm, and threw them at Dongfang Bubai. Yingying shouted, “Let’s Transfer!”

Linghu Chong leapt up and pulled his lengthy sword out from contained in the bandage. Xiang Wentian pulled out the weapons from contained in the wood poles of the stretcher and gave them to Ren Woxing and Yingying. He then gave a mighty pull on the rope beneath the stretcher which turned out to be a delicate whip.

The 4 of them instantly used their qinggong and charged up the corridor. Abruptly, Dongfang Bubai screamed as blood poured out of the highest of his head the place he was hit by a copper coin. When Ren Woxing threw these three cash, his distance from Dongfang Bubai was fairly distant, so the ability of the coin was already exhausted when it hit Dongfang Bubai’s head and thus solely brought about a lightweight exterior harm. However Dongfang Bubai was praised to be the primary martial artist in the entire world, and unexpectedly he wasn’t even in a position to keep away from this little coin. This did not make sense to anybody there.

Ren Woxing began laughing and he known as out, “This Dongfang Bubai is a pretend!”

Xiang Wentian slashed out together with his whip and coiled it round each of Yang Lianting’s legs. He then pulled his whip taut and dragged Yang Lianting to the bottom. Dongfang Bubai lined his face up as he ran away. Linghu Chong moved to at least one facet to hurry ahead and lower off his escape path. “Cease!” he shouted as he pointed his lengthy sword in direction of Dongfang Bubai. However who would’ve thought that Dongfang Bubai can be unable to cease and would carry on operating in direction of the purpose of the sword? Linghu Chong unexpectedly withdrew his sword and despatched his left palm out to strike him frivolously. Dongfang Bubai instantly fell down on the bottom together with his face up.

By that point, Ren Woxing had additionally arrived. He rapidly grabbed the again of Dongfang Bubai’s neck and dragged him in direction of the corridor entrance. In a transparent and loud voice, he introduced, “Everybody, hear! This chap is a pretend Dongfang Bubai who’s making an attempt to deliver catastrophe on my Divine Solar Moon Sect. Everybody have a look at his face clearly.”

From the looks of this individual, everybody might see that he really resembled Dongfang Bubai very carefully. However his frightened face was very completely different from the same old calm and assured perspective of Dongfang Bubai. Seeing this, all the soldiers had been enormously stunned and shocked that they had been unable to utter something.

Ren Woxing shouted, “What’s your title? In the event you do not converse clearly, I am going to crush your head.”

That individual was quaking from concern, and he tremblingly stuttered, “Ser… ser… servant…is known as… known as… known as…”

Xiang Wentian had already sealed many acupoints on Yang Lianting’s physique and had additionally dragged him to the doorway of the corridor. He barked, “What’s his title?”

Yang Lianting replied with none concern, “Who’re you to dare query me? I do know you’re the traitor Xiang Wentian. The Divine Solar Moon Sect has already expelled you from the sect, why did you come again to Darkish Wooden Cliff for?”

Xiang Wentian smiled coldly. “I got here again to Darkish Wooden Cliff to deal with your treachery!” After he mentioned this, his proper palm hacked down and broke Yang Lianting’s left shin bone. Yang Lianting’s martial artwork was simply common however displaying no ache, he scolded again, “Why do not you simply kill me as an alternative of torturing me? Is that this what heroes do?”

Xiang Wentian laughed and mentioned, “Do you suppose issues can be that simple?” His palm descended once more and with a ‘ka’ sound, Yang Lianting’s proper shin bone was now damaged. Then, together with his left hand, Xiang Wentian shoved Yang Lianting to the bottom.

Each of Yang Lianting’s legs had been damaged so once they hit the bottom, the damaged bones on his legs broke the pores and skin and pierced upwards. The severity of the ache attributable to this might be unimaginable. However Yang Lianting unexpectedly did not utter a single phrase.

Xiang Wentian gave a thumbs as much as him and praised, “Good man! I will not torture you any extra.” He then frivolously punched the pretend Dongfang Bubai’s abdomen and requested, “What’s your actual title?” The pretend Dongfang Bubai screamed loudly and answered, “Ser… servant… is known as… known as… Bao… Bao…”

“Your surname is Bao, is that proper?” Xiang Wentian mentioned.

“Sure… Sure… Sure… Bao… Bao… Bao…” He stored on mumbling for a while however by no means really uttered what his given title was.

Abruptly, everybody might scent a pungent odour and noticed that there was water flowing from beneath this pretend Dongfang Bubai’s pants. This pretend Dongfang Bubai was so scared that he had really urinated in his pants.

“We will not be delayed; discovering Dongfang Bubai is our most vital factor to do!” Ren Woxing determined. He then lifted Bao and bellowed, “You’ve got all seen clearly now. Our sect is infested by the like of this man who’s pretending to be Dongfang Bubai. We should discover out the reality. I’m your true Chief, Ren Woxing. Do you recognise me?”

The entire sect warriors had been youths who had been solely of their twenties and had by no means seen his face earlier than, so none of them recognised him. After Dongfang Bubai turned the sect’s Chief, all of his trusted aides wished to be in his good ebook in order that they by no means talked about the previous matter of Chief Ren. That was why these warriors had by no means even heard of Ren Woxing’s title. Alternatively, they thought that although the Divine Solar Moon Sect had been in existence for tons of of years, Dongfang Bubai had at all times been the Chief. They simply checked out one another not daring to utter a phrase.

Shangguan Yun mentioned loudly, “Dongfang Bubai was in all probability killed by Yang Lianting and his cohorts. Chief Ren is our sect’s chief. Any more, everybody have to be loyal to Chief Ren.” After he mentioned this, he knelt down in entrance of Ren Woxing and mentioned, “Subordinate pays his respect to Chief Ren. Lengthy stay the Chief, unifies the Jianghu!”

These warriors knew that Shangguan Yun was a high-ranking officer within the sect. After they now noticed him paying his respect to Ren Woxing — after witnessing for themselves how Chief Dongfang was changed by a pretend, how their highly effective and awe-inspiring Yang Lianting received his legs damaged, thrown to the bottom, and could not combat again in any respect — tens of these warriors instantly knelt in direction of Ren Woxing and mentioned, “Lengthy stay the Chief, unifies the Jianghu!”

The remainder of the soldiers instantly adopted go well with. Having mentioned ‘Lengthy stay the Chief, unifies the Jianghu’ tons of of instances, they unwittingly used the identical phrases to handle Ren Woxing.

Ren Woxing laughed loudly taking delight in himself. He then mentioned, “You could strictly guard the entrances to Darkish Wooden Cliff and do not let anybody go up or down from the Cliff.” The soldiers acknowledged the order collectively.

By then, Xiang Wentian had already ordered the servants in purple to launch Tong Baixiong. Tong Baixiong was actually frightened concerning the security of Dongfang Bubai so he grabbed Yang Lianting by his neck and shouted, “You… You… You could’ve killed my Brother Dongfang. You… You…” He was feeling very agitated, his voice was choking, and teardrops began to fall on his cheeks.

Yang Lianting simply closed his eyes and ignored him. Tong Baixiong gave him a whack on his ear and yelled, “What occurred to my Brother Dongfang?”

Xiang Wentian unexpectedly mentioned, “Lighten your hits!” However it was too late. Despite the fact that Tong Baixiong had solely used round thirty % of his energy, Yang Lianting was already unconscious from the slapping. Tong Baixiong shook Yang Lianting’s physique. However Yang Lianting’s eyes had been all white and regarded as if he had died.

Ren Woxing mentioned to the purple robe servants, “Who is aware of of Dongfang Bubai’s whereabouts? Shortly report then I am going to heap you with presents.” He requested 3 times, however no one answered. Abruptly, Ren Woxing’s coronary heart turned chilly. Whereas he was being imprisoned beneath the West Lake, in addition to practising his martial artwork, he was additionally imagining easy methods to torture Dongfang Bubai as soon as he had escaped from that jail. However as we speak on high of Darkish Wooden Cliff, all he discovered was the pretend one. It appeared as if Dongfang Bubai had died someday in the past. In any other case, judging on Dongfang Bubai’s subtlety and martial artwork, how might this Yang Lianting handle to commit these evil acts and order somebody to faux to be Dongfang Bubai? What was using torturing Yang Lianting and this fool Bao?

He regarded on the servants in purple robe scattered all through the corridor. A few of them regarded utterly terrified, some regarded frightened and confused, and there have been some who appeared crafty and deceitful. Ren Woxing was extraordinarily upset and was feeling impatient. He shouted, “You chaps, you could know this was a pretend Dongfang Bubai, and cooperated with Yang Lianting in deceiving the brothers within the sect. These are unpardonable sins that deserved deaths!”

His physique swayed as he rushed in direction of them. ‘Pa, Pa, Pa, Pa’. These 4 delicate sounds had been heard as 4 servants in purple robes had been killed with out with the ability to utter a single phrase. The remainder of the servants had been startled they usually began to scream in concern and ran for his or her lives. Ren Woxing laughed fiercely and bellowed, “Escaping! Escaping the place?” He picked up the iron shackles on the bottom which had been initially used to shackle Tong Baixiong, and tossed them at a cluster of individuals. Blood and flesh flew in every single place as seven or eight individuals had been killed. Ren Woxing laughed loudly and mentioned, “I can’t let anybody who adopted Dongfang Bubai stay!”

Yingying noticed her father was performing somewhat unusually, like he was mad, so she shouted at him, “Daddy!” She ran to him and pulled on his hand. Abruptly, one of many servants got here out and knelt down. “Reporting to Chief. Dongfang Bubai… Dongfang Bubai did not die!”

Jubilant, Ren Woxing ran as much as that servant, grabbed his shoulders and requested, “Dongfang Bubai did not die?”

“Sure! AH!” the servant fainted after screaming in ache. In his pleasure, Ren Woxing had really used an excessive amount of energy and broke each of that servant’s shoulders. Ren Woxing shook the servant’s physique just a few instances however he did not get up.

Ren Woxing then turned his head to the opposite servants and shouted, “The place is Dongfang Bubai? Shortly cleared the path! In the event you’re delaying me, I am going to kill you all!” One servant knelt down and mentioned, “Reporting to Chief. The placement of Dongfang Bubai is a secret and solely Yang Lianting is aware of easy methods to open the key pathway. If we wake this Yang traitor up, he’ll lead Chief to the place Dongfang Bubai is.”

Ren Woxing shouted, “Shortly deliver chilly water!”

These servants in purple robe had been fairly intelligent. 5 of them instantly flew out of the corridor, however solely three individuals got here again carrying bowls of chilly water, as the opposite two had run away. They poured all three bowls of chilly water over Yang Lianting’s head. He slowly awoke and opened his eyes. Xiang Wentian mentioned, “I love your braveness so I will not torture you any extra. Now, all of the paths going up and down from Darkish Wooden Cliff have been blocked so there isn’t any manner for Dongfang Bubai to flee until he has a few wings to fly out. Shortly lead us to seek out him, why would a gentleman conceal his face and solely reveal his tail? Let’s rapidly determine this matter, so everybody could be completely happy!”

Yang Lianting smiled derisively. “Chief Dongfang is matchless on this world. It is excellent that you simply all wish to go to your dying. Alright, I am going to lead you to him.”

Xiang Wentian mentioned to Shangguan Yun, “Brother Shangguan, let’s carry Yang Lianting to see Dongfang Bubai.” He lifted Yang Lianting and dumped him on high of the stretcher. Shangguan Yun answered, “Sure!” and lifted the stretcher along with Xiang Wentian. Yang Lianting instructed, “Go inside!” Xiang Wentian and Shangguan Yun carried him in entrance to cleared the path whereas Ren Woxing, Linghu Chong, Yingying, and Tong Baixiong adopted behind them.

They went to the again of the Corridor of Refined Kindness and handed by way of a protracted hall earlier than arriving at a flower backyard. They then entered a small stone home west of the backyard. Yang Lianting mentioned, “Push the left wall.”

When Tong Baixiong pushed the wall, it really circled and revealed a secret doorway. Inside there was one other steel door dealing with them. Yang Lianting pulled out a key and handed it over to Tong Baixiong. Tong Baixiong opened the door and found an underground tunnel past that door. All of them headed underground. On each side of the tunnel had been oil lamps flickering dimly. Ren Woxing thought, “That bastard Dongfang Bubai locked me up below the West Lake. Who would’ve thought that he will get the identical retribution and received himself locked up as nicely. This tunnel is not any higher than the one in Plum Manor on Mount Gu.”

However after that they had made just a few turns, immediately there was an open area in entrance of them they usually might see the brilliant sky. Immediately, the perfume of flowers assaulted their noses they usually felt invigorated. As they got here out of the tunnel, they found that they had been in the midst of a small delicate flower backyard. Crimson cheery blossoms, inexperienced bamboo, inexperienced pines, and inexperienced jade cypress had been planted artfully within the backyard. Two yuan-yang mandarin geese had been swimming leisurely by way of the small pond. There have been additionally 4 white cranes standing in addition to the pool. Seeing such an surprising beautiful tableau, all of them secretly admired the surroundings. They went round a pretend mountain and got here into a big flower backyard filled with pink and pink roses. The roses smelled splendidly aromatic and had been delicately lovely.

Yingying turned her head barely to have a look at Linghu Chong. He had a smile in his face and regarded very completely happy. She whispered, “Do you suppose it is a beautiful place?”

Linghu Chong smiled. “After we kick Dongfang Bubai out, let’s keep right here for just a few months. You’ll be able to train me easy methods to play the Qin and we’d be very completely happy.”

Yingying requested, “Are you deceiving me?”

“I am solely afraid that if I do not be taught it nicely then Granny would blame me for that.”

Yingying sneered and broke right into a smile. The 2 of them had been having fun with the attractive surroundings, and lagged behind the group. They noticed Xiang Wentian and Shangguan Yun enter a small elegant home forward. Linghu Chong and Yingying rapidly adopted them and entered the home. As quickly as that they had entered, they may scent the robust perfume of flowers. There was a portray of three lovely girls on the wall whereas the chairs inside had flowery embroidered cushions. Linghu Chong thought, “This can be a woman’s room. How might Dongfang Bubai be dwelling in right here? That is proper. This have to be his concubine’s home. He is dwelling in a delicate and delicate village, that is why he would not care concerning the sect’s issues.”

A voice got here from the inside room, “Brother Lian, who did you herald with you?” The pitch of that voice was sharp and excessive, however on the similar time nonetheless sounded coarse and tough. Whether or not it was from a person or a lady, that chilling voice would trigger the hair on anybody’s pores and skin to face straight up. Yang Lianting mentioned, “Its one in every of your previous buddies. He mentioned he simply could not NOT see you.”

The voice from the inside room spoke, “Why did you deliver him in for? Solely you alone are allowed to return in right here. Other than you, there isn’t any one else that I wish to see.” The final two sentences had been spoken fairly flirtatiously, clearly sounding just like the phrases that will come from a lady, but the voice undoubtedly got here from a person.

Ren Woxing, Xiang Wentian, Yingying, Tong Baixiong, and Shangguan Yun had been all nicely acquainted with Dongfang Bubai, this voice they heard was undoubtedly his, however sounded extra like somebody who was purposely squeezing his throat to boost the pitch as if studying to sing, pretending to be charming and seductive. The entire scene simply appeared as if it had been a joke. The look on everybody’s face was of shock and bewilderment.

“I am unable to! If I did not deliver him in, he would’ve taken my life,” Yang Lianting replied. “How might I not see you as soon as extra earlier than I die?”

The individual within the room mentioned in a pointy voice, “Who would dare to insult you want that? Is it Ren Woxing? Inform him to return out!” Ren Woxing, listening to that Dongfang Bubai was in a position to deduce that it was him based mostly on a single sentence, dared not underestimate his intelligence. He signalled for the remainder of them to slowly enter the room. Shangguan Yun lifted one of many silk embroidered curtains, carrying in Yang Lianting with him, whereas the remainder of the group adopted in from behind.

The inside room was layered with floral tapestries and brocade embroideries. A powerful scent of fragrance and powder stuffed the room. Within the jap nook on high of a make-up desk an individual was seated, clothed in beautiful pink robes. In his left hand was an embroidering equipment and in his proper hand was an embroidery needle. The individual lifted his head and had an astonished look on his face. However the look of confusion on this individual’s face might by no means match the look on the faces of Ren Woxing and the others.

Excluding Linghu Chong, everybody acknowledged this individual as the one who had usurped the place of Chief of the Solar Moon Sect, who for the previous ten or extra years held the excellence of being the unrivalled primary fighter in all of the world, Dongfang Bubai. However now, he had shaved off all his facial hair, totally lined his face in magnificence powder, and was wearing clothes that neither resembled a person or a lady. His eyes had been eerie wanting, and appeared manner too glamorously exaggerated, and had been only a ache to have a look at. What was this heaven-shaking earth-shattering determine of the martial arts world doing in a lady’s quarters stitching!

Ren Woxing who was initially full of anger and rage, now could not assist holding in his laughter. “Dongfang Bubai, have you ever fallen insane?”

Dongfang Bubai in his sharp voice answered, “So it truly is Chief Ren! You’ve got lastly come! Brother Lian, you … you … how are you? Is he the one who damage you?” He walked over to Yang Lianting ‘s facet and carried him over to a mattress. Dongfang Bubai had an especially caring and frightened look on his face, and requested, “Does it damage very badly? They’re solely damaged shin bones, not very severe. You needn’t fear, I am going to instantly assist you to begin reconnecting the bones.” He slowly undressed Yang’s footwear and socks, pulled him throughout the aromatic mattress covers, and into his arms, precisely like a loving spouse would do for her husband.

Everybody current could not assist however really feel shocked and barely disgusted at what they noticed. All of them wished to snort, however the present of affection they witnessed had been simply too unusual, any laughter would not even come out. Behind these elaborately ornamental curtains, in that magnificent embroidery room, the air was full of a quaint and unnatural aura.

Dongfang Bubai pulled out a inexperienced silk handkerchief from his facet and gently wiped off the sweat and grime from Yang Lianting’s brow. Yang Lianting turned barely enraged and berated, “A grave enemy is true in entrance of us, why are you continue to losing time with these ineffective pleasantries? Beat them away first and we’ll nonetheless have time for intimacy later.”

Dongfang Bubai giggled. “Sure! Sure! Please do not get upset. Your legs have to be in nice ache. Oh it pains my coronary heart to see you undergo.”

Ren Woxing, Linghu Chong and the others had by no means witnessed such an odd sight of their lives, that they had by no means even heard of such a factor. Homosexuality or paedophilia was not out of the strange. However to see Dongfang Bubai, the exalted Chief of the Solar Moon Sect, really dressed up like a lady, and dwelling in a lady’s quarters? He will need to have gone insane. When Yang Lianting spoke to him, his tone of voice was harsh and threatening. Even so, Dongfang Bubai responded fairly gently and refined like a sublime woman. All of them discovered this perplexing and figured one thing needed to be amiss.

Tong Baixiong could not assist it anymore and took a step ahead. “Brother Dongfang, you … you … what the hell are you doing?”

Dongfang Bubai lifted his head as his expression sunk. “Had been you one of many individuals who injured my Brother Lian as nicely?”

“Why are you letting that no one boss you round? He ordered some fool to impersonate you and faux to be you, issuing orders in your title, and foolishly messing round with the whole lot. Did you even learn about this?”

“In fact I knew. Brother Lian at all times has my finest pursuits in his coronary heart, he knew that administrating your entire sect was too tiring for me, so he took over in my stead. There’s nothing incorrect with that.”

Tong Baixiong pointed to Yang Lianting. “This individual wished me lifeless. Do you know about that?”

Dongfang Bubai leisurely shook his head. “I did not learn about this. But when Brother Lian wished you lifeless, then you could’ve carried out one thing incorrect. Why did not you let him kill you?”

Tong Baixiong regarded startled. After he regained his composure, he began to snort. In his laughter there was a sure trace of unhappiness. “So if he wished to kill me, you’d simply let him achieve this?”

“No matter Brother Lian needs, I’ll oblige,” Dongfang Bubai replied. “He’s the one one on this world who is actually good to me, and he’s the one one on this world who I shall be good to. Brother Tong, you and I’ve had fairly a friendship, however you should not have offended my Brother Lian.”

Tong Baixiong’s total face flushed pink. “And I had thought that you simply had utterly misplaced your thoughts. You continue to know precisely what you are speaking about. You continue to do not forget that we had been one of the best of buddies, buddies who braved life and dying collectively.”

“In fact,” Dongfang Bubai mentioned. “In the event you offended me, I might care much less. However you offended my Brother Lian, and that’s unforgivable.”

“Properly, I’ve already offended him, so what are you going to do? That bastard desires to take my life however I do not suppose he has the power.”

Dongfang Bubai prolonged his hand and gently combed his fingers by way of Yang Lianting’s hair and requested gently, “Brother Lian, do you wish to kill him?”

“Hurry up already! Cease dawdling round, you are beginning to get on my nerves.”

Dongfang Bubai softly mentioned, “Sure!” He turned to face Tong Baixiong and mentioned, “Brother Tong, as we speak we’re buddies now not. Please don’t blame me for it.”

Earlier than Tong Baixiong had entered this place, he had grabbed a blade from one of many lifeless servants exterior. As quickly as he stepped in, his blade was at prepared. He knew that Dongfang Bubai’s martial prowess was distinctive. Though Dongfang Bubai appeared fairly mad and out of his thoughts, Tong Baixiong nonetheless dared not let his guard down. He brandished his blade and took a defensive place.

Dongfang Bubai smiled coldly and mentioned, “Oh, should this be so tough? Brother Tong, throughout that point on Mount Taiheng, the Seven Tigers of Ludong had me surrounded. I hadn’t but completed my coaching then and was caught in an ambush by them. My proper arm was severely injured, and I used to be sure that I used to be completed. If it weren’t for you who got here to my rescue, how might I’ve lived as much as at the present time?”

Tong Baixiong requested, “You actually nonetheless bear in mind these instances from the distant previous?”

“How might I overlook? And through the time once I took management of the Solar Moon Sect, Elder Luo of Sparrow Corridor would not undergo my rule, continuously nagging and complaining. It was you who dispatched Elder Luo with a single blow. It was from that day forth that not one other individual dared to talk up and query my authority. You undoubtedly deserve a lot credit score for that.”

Tong Baixiong replied resentfully, “I used to be fairly silly again then!”

Dongfang Bubai shook his head and mentioned, “You were not silly. You had been simply being a loyal buddy. I met you once I was solely 11 years previous. At the moment, my household was poor and impoverished. Fortunately you got here and gave us support for a few years. When my dad and mom handed away and we had no manner to supply a correct burial for them, it was you who stepped in and took care of it for us.”

Tong Baixiong waved away together with his left hand and mentioned: “Why deliver up the previous for?”

“I simply needed to,” Dongfang Bubai mentioned. “Brother Tong, it isn’t that I do not worth our friendship and have forgotten all that you’ve got carried out for me. It is simply that you’ve got offended my Brother Lian. He desires me to take your life, I simply cannot do in any other case.”

Tong Baixiong shouted, “Sufficient! Sufficient!”

Abruptly, a pink blur streaked throughout their eyes, it gave the impression to be Dongfang Bubai. They heard a clang because the blade in Tong Baixiong’s hand fell to the ground as he swayed backwards and forwards in a daze on his ft. Then they noticed Tong Baixiong’s mouth open extensively as his physique fell ahead straight onto the ground the place it remained immobile. Though the whole lot occurred in solely an prompt, Ren Woxing and the others noticed it clearly. The left and proper Taiyang factors above Tong Baixiong’s eyebrows and the 4 Renzhong factors under his nostril all had a small pink dot on them, as tiny drops of blood leaked out. It appeared that these factors had been punctured by the stitching needle in Dongfang Bubai’s palms. Ren Woxing and the others had been shocked and took a number of steps backwards instinctively. Linghu Chong pulled Yingying behind him and shielded her together with his personal physique. The room was full of an eerie silence, nobody even dared to take a single breath.

Ren Woxing slowly unsheathed his sword and mentioned, “Dongfang Bubai, congratulations on finishing your coaching of the ‘Sunflower Handbook’!”

“Chief Ren, it was you who gave me this ‘Sunflower Handbook’. I’ve by no means forgotten your kindness,” Dongfang Bubai mentioned.

“Actually? Is that why you imprisoned me below the West Lake, by no means letting me see the sunshine of day?”

“However I did not kill you, did I?” Dongfang Bubai mentioned. “If I had solely instructed the 4 Playfellows of Jiangnan to not provide you with water for about half a month, do you suppose you could possibly’ve survived till now?”

Ren Woxing sarcastically mentioned, “Properly in that case, you handled me very nicely then?”

“Why after all! I organized so that you can take pleasure in paradise within the West Lake of Hangzhou. West Lake is world-renowned for having a few of the finest surroundings below heaven. And Plum Manor on Mount Gu is taken into account the most effective spots in all of West Lake.”

“So actually you had been letting me retire within the lap of luxurious in that dungeon below the West Lake. I needs to be thanking you as an alternative then.”

Dongfang Bubai sighed and mentioned, “Chief Ren, I am going to always remember all that you have carried out for me. I used to be only a minor assistant below the Elder of the Wind and Thunder Corridor. You had been the one who went in opposition to conference and promoted me yearly. You even introduced me with our sect’s most prized possession, the ‘Sunflower Handbook’, and decreed that I’d succeed you sooner or later as Chief of the Solar Moon Sect. I’ll at all times be glad about the charity you’ve got proven me.”

Linghu Chong regarded down at Tong Baixiong’s corpse and thought, “Earlier than you had been continuously praising all the great issues that Elder Tong had carried out for you, you then immediately struck out and killed him. And now you are citing all of the issues that Chief Ren has carried out for you. However I doubt he’ll fall for that very same trick.”

However Dongfang Bubai’s actions had been simply quick past perception, like a flash of lightning, a clap of thunder, there was no strategy to inform when he was going to strike, such pace was undoubtedly scary.

Linghu Chong lifted his sword and pointed it straight in direction of Dongfang Bubai’s chest. As quickly as any of his 4 limbs moved, he might simply stab ahead. Solely by taking the initiative might he hope to defeat this opponent. If he let Dongfang Bubai strike first, he would undoubtedly find yourself lifeless. Ren Woxing, Xiang Wentian, Shangguan Yun, and Yingying had been all centered intently on Dongfang Bubai, not even daring to blink an eye fixed, as a result of they knew that his assault might come at any time.

Dongfang Bubai continued, “At the moment, I wished solely to develop into the Chief of the Solar Moon Sect, to reign for a thousand autumns, and ten thousand epochs, to unite your entire world. So I plotted arduously and fervently to usurp your place, however first I needed to lower off your wings. Brother Xiang, it appeared that this plan of mine could not escape your attentive eyes. Within the Solar Moon Sect, in addition to Chief Ren and I, I would need to say that you’re additionally fairly a expertise.”

Xiang Wentian’s palms had been clenched tightly as he centered laborious, he did not dare to interrupt his focus with a reply. Dongfang Bubai let loose a sigh and continued, “After I first ascended to the place of Chief of the Solar Moon Sect, it was undoubtedly wonderful. I used to be showered with chants and praises of ‘Proficient within the lecturers, gifted within the martial arts. For the prosperity of our divine sect.’ What undignified garbage they had been all spewing. It was solely after I began to follow the ‘Sunflower Handbook’ did I notice what was really vital on this life. After that I began to diligently practice my inner power. A number of years later, I lastly understood the great thing about life, the myriad of all issues.”

As all of them listened to his excessive shrill voice talking, their palms started to sweat. His phrases had been undoubtedly logical and coherent, extraordinarily clear and to the purpose. However his unusual androgynous, neither male nor feminine look made all of them shiver and cringe the extra they checked out him. Dongfang Bubai’s eyes slowly shifted in direction of Yingying. Dongfang Bubai requested, “Younger woman Ren, how have I been to you these previous few years?”

“You’ve got been excellent to me,” Yingying answered.

Dongfang Bubai let loose a sigh and mentioned softly, “I by no means say it however I’ve at all times envied you enormously. Being born a lady is unquestionably 100 instances higher than being born as a rotten man. As well as, you are enticing and exquisite past evaluate, younger and vigorous. If solely I had the possibility to change locations with you, overlook concerning the Management of the Solar Moon Sect, I would not even need the Emperor’s throne.”

Linghu Chong laughed and mentioned, “In the event you had been to change locations with Miss Ren, then that implies that I would need to marry an previous twisted monster, I do not suppose that will be very simple to do!”

When Ren Woxing and the others heard these phrases escaped his mouth, they had been fairly shocked. Dongfang Bubai’s eyes glared at Linghu Chong, his eyebrows flared up as his face turned inexperienced. “Who’re you? How dare you speak to me like that. You’ve got actually received some guts.” His tone of voice has sharp, he was undoubtedly aggravated past restore.

Though Linghu Chong was conscious of the precarious scenario that he was in, he could not assist however laughed and uttered, “Properly, does it actually matter whether or not I am a good-looking younger lad, or a ravishing younger maiden? What I resent essentially the most are these shameless previous males who gown up like ladies.”

Dongfang Bubai screeched again angrily, “I am asking you, simply who precisely are you?”

“My title is Linghu Chong!”

Dongfang Bubai’s anger steadily subsided and a smile broke on his face as he mentioned, “Ah! So you might be Linghu Chong. I’ve wished to satisfy you for a while, I’ve heard that Miss Ren is completely enamoured by you, to the purpose the place she would even be prepared to chop off her personal head for you. I had the impression that you simply have to be a good-looking, charming, and gifted younger gentleman. However the extra I have a look at you, you appear fairly strange and plain. In contrast with my Brother Lian, I would need to say that you simply’re off by so much.”

Linghu Chong laughed and replied, “There actually is nothing a lot good about me, solely that I’m true to my very own emotions. Though that Yang buddy of yours is sort of good-looking, it is a pity and fairly disturbing that he likes withered previous weeds, coming right here to …”

Dongfang Bubai stammered, “You … you fool … what are you babbling about?” His total face blushed pink. Abruptly, a pink blur of a determine flashed throughout the room, a needle flew straight in direction of Linghu Chong. Linghu Chong had meant on angering him by saying these phrases, however as he noticed Dongfang Bubai’s sleeves swayed, he raised his sword and stabbed in direction of Dongfang Bubai’s throat. That one sword stab was extremely quick, if Dongfang Bubai did not withdraw, that blade would have pierced by way of his throat. However at that very same second, Linghu Chong immediately felt a slight ache on his left cheek, he swung in direction of his left in defence.

Dongfang Bubai’s pace was merely unimaginable. In that flash of an prompt, he managed to prick Linghu Chong’s face, after which contracted his arm to dam Linghu Chong’s sword strike together with his needle proper afterwards. Fortunately that strike from Linghu Chong was extremely swift as nicely, it pressured his opponent to attract up a defence, coupled with the truth that Dongfang Bubai was fairly riled up and offended, the needle simply barely missed its mark — the Renzhong acupoint on Linghu Chong’s face. The needle in Dongfang Bubai’s hand was now not than an inch, gentle sufficient to be blown away by the wind, gentle sufficient to drift on water, but he was in a position to parry Linghu Chong’s sword head-on with it. Dongfang Bubai’s martial arts stage was undoubtedly past comprehension. Linghu Chong was startled immensely, he knew that as we speak he had run right into a foe of unimaginable energy. He knew that if he gave his opponent the leisure of the initiative, his life can be in grave hazard. So as an alternative, he unleashed 4 fast stabs at Dongfang Bubai, all aimed toward very important spots.

Dongfang Bubai cried out in shock and remarked, “Glorious swordsmanship!” He parried to the left, to the proper, above and under, and knocked away all 4 of Linghu Chong’s assaults. Linghu Chong stared intently at Dongfang Bubai’s actions. That tiny stitching needle blocked 4 of his strikes but confirmed not a single signal of damage or flaw. He did not dare let Dongfang Bubai counterattack so with a shout, he hacked straight at Dongfang Bubai’s head. Dongfang Bubai held the needle in his proper hand between his thumb and index fingers, and easily lifted it upwards, stopping Linghu Chong’s sword lifeless in its path, impeding it from hanging downwards totally.

Linghu Chong’s arm felt numb, however he noticed a pink blur flashed by and a determine dashed in direction of him from his left. It was already too late to dam and too late to keep away from it, within the spur of the second, his sword rose and flashed in direction of Dongfang Bubai’s left eye as nicely, it was a transfer that will lead to accidents for each side. Stabbing in direction of an opponent’s eyes was a really underhanded transfer, a transfer that specialists by no means used. However the ‘Dugu 9 Swords’ that Linghu Chong had mastered was formless to start with, he was additionally fairly a carefree individual, and by no means actually considered himself as a grasp, additionally within the midst of such hazard he had no time to care about guidelines and etiquette. However he immediately felt one other small sharp ache close to his left forehead, as Dongfang Bubai leapt away and prevented his sword stab. Linghu Chong realized that he had been pricked once more by that needle in Dongfang Bubai’s palms. However as a result of Dongfang Bubai needed to keep away from Linghu Chong’s sword, his accuracy was just a little off once more and missed his goal, else Linghu Chong’s one eye would have been immediately blinded. In a fright, Linghu Chong’s sword lashed out like a violent storm, wildly stabbing and slashing in each which manner, making it extraordinarily tough for the opponent to have time to counter with a single transfer. Dongfang Bubai parried to the left and blocked to the proper, but nonetheless had time to leisurely reward, “Glorious swordsmanship, glorious swordsmanship!”

Ren Woxing and Xiang Wentian each noticed that the scenario was beginning to get uncontrolled, one brandished his sword, the opposite his whip, and each attacked Dongfang Bubai on the similar time. The mixed pressure of those three masters of the martial-realm was actually devastatingly highly effective. However Dongfang Bubai, with a handful of needles in every hand, unleashed a flurry of pricks and pokes on the three of them. His actions had been as fast as lightning and he confirmed no indicators in anyway of weak spot. Shangguan Yun took up his blade as nicely and joined within the flurry of assaults, making the battle a four-against-one. After a quick second within the confusion of battle, Shangguan Yun cried out as his blade hit the ground with a clang, with a flip he landed on the bottom, writhing in ache over his left eye which had simply been blinded by Dongfang Bubai. Linghu Chong observed that Ren Woxing and Xiang Wentian had been attacking Dongfang Bubai all out, and that Dongfang Bubai confirmed no intentions of attacking him, so his sword sprung into motion, unleashing stab after stab at Dongfang Bubai. However Dongfang Bubai’s physique was like a ghost, whirling out and in of sight, drifting about like formless smoke. The tip of Linghu Chong’s sword was at all times a number of inches off its mark.

Abruptly, Xiang Wentian cried out with an ‘AH’, adopted by Linghu Chong who gasped with an ‘HEY’, as the 2 of them had been struck by needles. Though the ability of Ren Woxing’s ‘Artwork of Essence Absorbing’ was highly effective and deep, Dongfang Bubai’s actions had been quick to the acute, he was practically unimaginable to catch. Secondly, his weapon was an embroidery needle, he had no manner of absorbing his inner power by way of it. After a number of extra exchanges, Ren Woxing cried out with an ‘AH’ as nicely, his chest and throat each having been pricked. Luckily, Linghu Chong was unleashing an especially quick assault at the moment, forcing Dongfang Bubai to fend for his personal security, one of many needles missed its mark, whereas the opposite one didn’t penetrate very deep in any respect, each assaults had been unable to injure the opponent.

The 4 of them had Dongfang Bubai surrounded and had been attacking him suddenly, and but they hadn’t even touched him but, whereas all of them had already been pierced by his needles. Yingying, who was watching on the facet, turned more and more frightened, she thought, “I’m wondering if these needles are coated in poison, if they’re then we might be in serious trouble!”

Dongfang Bubai’s actions turned quicker and quicker, his physique spun round in a pink blur everywhere in the room. Ren Woxing, Xiang Wentian, and Linghu Chong had been all panting and shouting in frustration and anger. All three of their weapons had been infused with their inner power, winds of pressure rocked by way of the room. But not even a peep escaped from Dongfang Bubai.

Yingying thought to herself, “If I throw myself into the battle, I would solely hinder their efforts and get in the way in which, what good would that deliver? It seems that Dongfang Bubai nonetheless has the higher hand although it is a three-on-one.” From the nook of her eye, she caught a glimpse of Yang Lianting sitting on high of the mattress, centered intently on the battle, his face filled with concern. An thought crossed Yingying’s thoughts, as she crept in direction of the mattress. Abruptly the dagger in her left hand rose, and stabbed into Yang Lianting’s proper shoulder. Yang Lianting was caught unexpectedly and will solely cry out in ache. Yingying then drew her sword and stabbed it into his thigh.

Yang Lianting realized what she was making an attempt to do, she wished him to cry out in ache to disrupt Dongfang Bubai’s focus. So he tried his hardest to endure the ache and held it in, not one other sound escaped his mouth. Yingying turned enraged and shouted, “Are you going to cry out or not? I am going to lower off your fingers one after the other!” Her sword rose and sliced off one of many fingers on his proper hand. Yang Lianting was certainly resilient, though the ache was insufferable, he managed to maintain his mouth shut. However the first cry that Yang Lianting gave out earlier than had already reached Dongfang Bubai’s ears. From the nook of his eyes, he noticed Yingying beside the mattress, slowly torturing Yang Lianting together with her sword. With the shout “Little witch!”, a pink cloud of a determine darted in direction of the mattress at Yingying. She withdrew on the final second to keep away from the incoming assault, but it surely wasn’t clear if Dongfang Bubai’s needles had struck their mark. Linghu Chong and Ren Woxing noticed the chance as each slashed their swords throughout Dongfang Bubai’s again and Xiang Wentian snapped his whip violently in direction of Yang Lianting’s head. Dongfang Bubai disregarded his personal security, and stabbed his needle backwards into Xiang Wentian’s chest.

Xiang Wentian felt his total physique go numb, as his whip fell to the ground. Proper at the moment, Linghu Chong and Ren Woxing each plunged their swords by way of the again of Dongfang Bubai. Dongfang Bubai’s total physique shook, after which collapsed on high of Yang Lianting . Ren Woxing was overjoyed as he pulled his sword out from Dongfang Bubai’s again and pointed the tip in the back of his neck and mentioned, “Dongfang Bubai, lastly … lastly you have fallen by my hand!” Within the rush of heated fight, he hadn’t but caught his breath. Yingying was too shaken up by the combat, her two legs turned weak, as she wavered backwards and forwards after which fainted to the ground. Linghu Chong rushed to her facet and caught her simply as she fell, he noticed a tiny gash of blood on her left cheek.

Yingying mentioned, “You’ve got sustained fairly plenty of accidents too.” She prolonged her sleeve and wiped throughout Linghu Chong’s face, her sleeve turned stained with dots and streaks of pink blood.

Linghu Chong turned to Xiang Wentian and requested, “Are your accidents severe?”

Xiang Wentian pressured fun and mentioned, “I will not die that simply!”

Blood gushed forth from the 2 deadly wounds on Dongfang Bubai’s again. He cried painfully, “Brother Lian, Brother Lian, how merciless of those villains to torture you want this!”

Yang Lianting replied angrily, “You’ve got at all times claimed that your martial arts was invincible, how come you’ll be able to’t even deal with these bastards?”

Dongfang Bubai replied, “I … I already …”

“You what?”

“I’ve already tried my finest, their … their martial arts are fairly robust as nicely.” His physique immediately trembled as he rolled to the ground. Ren Woxing was afraid that he would rise up once more so he stabbed his sword into Dongfang Bubai’s left thigh.

Dongfang Bubai laughed feebly and mentioned, “Chief Ren, you have lastly received, I’ve misplaced.”

Ren Woxing let loose a hearty snort and mentioned, “You little sneak, do you suppose you’ll be able to change what has transpired?”

Dongfang Bubai shook his head and mentioned, “I am not making an attempt to alter something. Since I have been defeated right here as we speak, I do know that my life is over.” His voice had been extraordinarily excessive and sharp, however now it had sunk to a decrease tone as he continued, “But when we had fought one-on-one, there isn’t any manner that you’d have defeated me.”

Ren Woxing hesitated for a second, after which replied, “You are proper, your martial arts is unquestionably at the next stage than mine, that I actually admire.”

Dongfang Bubai went on, “Linghu Chong, your swordsmanship is unimaginable, but when we fought one-on-one, you would not be my match both.”

Linghu Chong acknowledged, “That’s true, actually the 4 of us mixed would not be capable of overcome you. It was solely due to your attachment to that individual surnamed Yang, that we had been in a position to break your focus and injure you. Your martial arts are at an unimaginable stage, there isn’t any one worthy of the title, ‘Quantity One Fighter below the Heavens’ apart from you. In that sense, I actually have the utmost respect for you.”

Dongfang Bubai barely snickered and mentioned, “That the 2 of you’ll be able to admit that, a minimum of I do know that you simply two are true males, with sincerity and integrity. Aye, what a pity, what a pity, ever since I mastered the ‘Sunflower Handbook’, I adopted precisely what was written on that script. First, I needed to castrate myself to coach my qi, then I needed to refine pellets and consumption herbs. Step by step, I misplaced all my facial hair, and my voice began to alter, my mood began to alter as nicely. After that, I used to be now not interested in ladies, I killed all seven concubines that I had with me, and … and I put all my affection and care in direction of Yang Lianting. If solely I had been born a lady, then that will’ve been excellent.”

“Chief Ren, I … I will die quickly, I urge just one factor of you, … please … should you might think about how nicely I’ve handled your daughter all these years …”

Ren Woxing requested, “What’s it?”

Dongfang Bubai requested, “Please spare Yang Lianting ‘s life, please simply let him off the Darkish Wooden Cliff.”

Ren Woxing answered, “I plan to chop him right into a thousand items, and torture him to dying over the course of 100 days, reducing off a finger as we speak, slicing off a toe tomorrow.”

Dongfang Bubai cried out, “You … how will you be so merciless!” Dongfang Bubai lunged up fiercely and immediately at Ren Woxing. Due to his extreme accidents, his pace was nowhere close to as quick because it was earlier than, however his assault was nonetheless astonishingly fast. Ren Woxing stabbed outwards together with his sword, it penetrated the entrance of his chest and exited by way of his again. Simply at the moment, Dongfang Bubai flicked his finger, the needle in his hand shot out and pierced Ren Woxing’s proper eye. Ren Woxing withdrew his sword and leapt again, he took a deep breath and leaned his again in opposition to a wall. The impression brought about practically half the wall to break down below his immense pressure. Yingying checked out her father’s proper eye and noticed a needle embedded into one in every of his pupils. Luckily, Dongfang Bubai had not a lot energy left in his palms, or else that needle might’ve punctured straight into Ren Woxing’s mind. Though his life was not in peril, his proper eye was completely blinded.

Yingying tried to get the needle out but it surely was too brief and solely a fraction of it was really nonetheless protruding of his eye, so there was no place for her fingers to carry on to. She circled to select up the embroidery body that Dongfang Bubai threw away and pulled out a chunk of thread from it. She then threaded it by way of the needle’s gap and pulled the needle out. Ren Woxing screamed in ache. The needle was hanging by the thread as blood dripped from it. Ren Woxing was livid and gave Dongfang Bubai’s corpse a fierce kick. The corpse flew up and hit Yang Lianting’s head. Ren Woxing used all of his energy in that one kick and as they clashed heads, each Dongfang Bubai and Yang Lianting’s heads burst open spilling their mind issues in all places. Ren Woxing had been holding this huge animosity for a very long time, his management of the Solar Moon Sect was usurped and he had now been blinded in a single eye, so he was feeling completely happy and offended on the similar time. He laughed loudly in direction of the sky shaking all of the tiles in the home. However this laughter was filled with anger.

Shangguan Yun mentioned, “Congratulations Chief for executing this huge traitor. Any more, our sect can be sheltered below Chief’s safety and its energy would unfold all through the 4 oceans. Lengthy stay the Chief, unifies the Jianghu.”

Ren Woxing laughingly scolded him, “Nonsense! What lengthy stay?” Abruptly he felt that if he might actually stay lengthy and unify the Jianghu, then that will be the happiest factor on the earth. He couldn’t assist laughing loudly at this. He laughed as a result of he actually felt completely happy and was feeling happy with himself. Xiang Wentian used Dongfang Bubai’s needle to pierce the acupoint on his left chest. In a second, his complete physique felt higher and his 4 limbs had been in a position to transfer freely. He additionally mentioned, “Congratulations Chief, congratulations Chief!”

Ren Woxing laughingly mentioned, “You’ve got carried out a extremely huge service by punishing this traitor.” He then turned his head round and mentioned to Linghu Chong, “Chong’er’s contribution can be not small.”

Linghu Chong noticed the hint of blood on Yingying’s white jade cheek and concern nonetheless lingered in his coronary heart as he remembered how fierce the combat was. He mentioned, “If it weren’t for Yingying attacking Yang Lianting, it would not have been simple to kill Dongfang Bubai.” He stopped for a second, and continued, “Fortunately his needle wasn’t coated with poison.”

Yingying trembled when she heard this and softly mentioned, “Please do not say anymore. That individual wasn’t a person, he was a monster. Ai, once I was small, he used to hold me up the mountain to select up greens and fruits. How enormously he has modified as we speak!”

Ren Woxing put his hand inside Dongfang Bubai’s pocket and felt an previous skinny web page in there. He took it out and noticed many tiny letters written on it. He waved that paper round and mentioned, “This paper is the ‘Sunflower Handbook’. It is written clearly at first, ‘To be taught this Divine Artwork, castrate your self first.’ I would by no means be so silly to do such a factor, Haha, haha, …” He then moaned deeply and mentioned, “However this Handbook really conveys a whole lot of profound martial arts in it, and anybody who manages to see it might undoubtedly be tempted into studying it. Luckily I’ve realized the Artwork of Essence Absorbing at the moment. In any other case, I would in all probability have learnt the martial arts written on this Handbook.”

He once more gave Dongfang Bubai’s corpse one other kick. He laughed and mentioned, “You had been undoubtedly artful and sly, however you continue to could not have guessed my actual intention in supplying you with the ‘Sunflower Handbook’. You’ve such a wild ambition and bossy perspective, do you suppose I would not discover it? Haha, haha!”

Linghu Chong’s coronary heart turned chilly and he thought, “So Chief Ren really had a foul intention in giving him the ‘Sunflower Handbook’. The 2 of them had been being artful and had been plotting in opposition to one another.” He noticed blood was nonetheless flowing out of Ren Woxing’s proper eye and his mouth was opened in a mad smile, he regarded utterly imply and ferocious. Linghu Chong felt terrified seeing him.

Ren Woxing prolonged his hand and came upon that Dongfang Bubai had certainly lower off his testicles. He laughed madly and mentioned, “This ‘Sunflower Handbook’ can be good for eunuchs to practise.” He then rolled that previous paper in each of his palms and ripped it right into a thousand items. He then hurled each of his palms open and the items of paper had been blown in every single place by the wind. Yingying let loose a sigh and mentioned, “It is best to destroy such a dangerous factor!”

Linghu Chong laughingly mentioned, “You are afraid that I will be taught it?”

Yingying’s complete face blushed a deep pink and he or she pursed her lips. She then mentioned, “You are talking improperly.” Yingying then took out a drugs and utilized it to her father’s and Shangguan Yun’s eye accidents.

Everybody’s face was additionally filled with uncountable needle holes. Yingying regarded into the mirror and noticed a hint of blood on her left cheek. Despite the fact that it was actually skinny, it might nonetheless go away a scar when it heals and he or she did not really feel completely happy about it.

Linghu Chong mentioned, “You have already got all of the luck on this world so the ghosts and gods would envy you. So this little scar in your face would undoubtedly deliver untold quantity of fine fortune.”

“What fortunate factor do I’ve?”

“You are lovely and good, your martial artwork is excessive, your father is the divine sect’s Chief, and also you your self is admired by many heroes on this world. Moreover, you are a lady that even Dongfang Bubai was jealous of.” Yingying gave him a smile and forgot all concerning the harm to her face.

Ren Woxing and the 4 of them went out of Dongfang Bubai’s little home, went by way of the backyard, tunnel, and went again to the corridor. Ren Woxing handed down a command ordering all of the Halls’ elders and the Aromatic Masters to return see him. He sat on the Chief’s seat and laughingly mentioned, “That servant Dongfang Bubai had many depraved schemes. He sat extremely on the cliff and put an enormous distance between his subordinates and himself so all of them had been awed by him. What’s this corridor known as?”

Shangguan Yun replied, “Reporting to Chief. This corridor is known as ‘Corridor of Refined Kindness’. This title got here from the reward to Chief which says ‘Refined scholar, kind-hearted warrior’.”

Ren Woxing laughed. “Refined scholar, kind-hearted warrior! Expert with each pen and sword; that is not simple to do!” He then beckoned to Linghu Chong. “Chong’er, come right here.” Linghu Chong went in entrance of him.

“Chong’er, that day in Hangzhou, I invited you to affix our sect. At the moment, I had simply escaped from my imprisonment and was all on my own, so that you in all probability did not imagine all my guarantees to you. This time, I’ve already regained the management of the sect. The primary matter I would wish to deliver up is that previous matter once more…” Ren Woxing mentioned until right here when his proper hand patted the chair subsequent to him. “In the end, this place shall be yours. Haha, haha!”

Linghu Chong mentioned, “Chief, Yingying’s kindness in direction of me is excessive just like the mountain. In the event you wished me to do something, I’d by no means decline it. However I’ve already given my promise to different individuals to do one other matter. So this matter of becoming a member of the divine sect, please forgive junior for not with the ability to promise you this.”

Each of Ren Woxing’s eyebrows had been steadily raised, and he gloomily mentioned, “You understand what is going on to occur for not listening to my order!”

Yingying went up and pulled Linghu Chong’s arm. “Daddy, as we speak is your huge day. Why should you be frightened about this type of small matter? We are able to slowly discuss him becoming a member of the sect later.”

Ren Woxing turned his head barely to the proper and glanced sideways together with his left eye in direction of the 2 of them. “Hng, Yingying, you solely need your husband and don’t need your father anymore, do not you?”

Xiang Wentian laughed on the facet. “Chief, Brother Linghu is simply a younger hero so he is nonetheless very cussed. Let subordinate discuss it slowly with him…” As he mentioned until right here, there have been tens of individuals exterior the corridor calling out, “Martial Corridor elders, Corridor Masters and Vice Corridor Masters, 5 branches of Aromatic Masters and Vice Aromatic Masters have come to see the refined scholar, kind-hearted warrior, the simply and clever Chief. Chief prospers the sacred sect and advantages the widespread individuals. Lengthy stay the Chief, unifies the Jianghu.”

Ren Woxing shouted, “Enter!”

Greater than ten males entered the corridor and knelt in entrance of Ren Woxing. When he was the chief of the Divine Solar Moon Sect, he solely cupped his fists in saluting the brothers within the sect. So when he noticed them kneeling down, he instantly stood up and waved his arm. “There isn’t any want…” Abruptly he thought, “It isn’t enough to obtain these individuals with out energy. Prior to now, my management of the sect was usurped by traitors as a result of I handled them too leniently. Since Dongfang Bubai already launched this kneeling as propriety then I need not change it.” He instantly cupped his fist again at them and did not say something as he sat again down.

Not lengthy after that, one other group of individuals entered the corridor. After they knelt earlier than him, Ren Woxing didn’t rise up anymore and simply nodded his head. At the moment, Linghu Chong had already retreated to the doorway of the corridor and was distant from the Chief’s seat. Below the dim gentle of the corridor, Ren Woxing’s face regarded blur from the place he was. He thought, “There isn’t any distinction whether or not Ren Woxing or Dongfang Bubai is sitting in that seat.” He then heard the praises of all of the corridor leaders and Aromatic Masters getting louder and louder as they went, they usually all gave the impression of they had been afraid of Ren Woxing. For the previous ten years, that they had been working their finest for Dongfang Bubai so it was unavoidable that they had been feeling responsible in direction of Chief Ren. They did not know the way Chief Ren would punish them if he introduced up the previous occasions. Moreover, a few of them had by no means identified of Ren Woxing earlier than. A few of these individuals solely knew easy methods to work laborious for Dongfang Bubai and Yang Lianting to keep away from being punished. So when there was this sudden change of management within the sect, all they may do was to sing their praises to the brand new Chief.

Linghu Chong stood on the entrance of the corridor with the solar shining down on his again. Exterior the corridor was clear and shiny whereas there have been near 100 individuals prostrating themselves on the ground contained in the corridor singing their disgusting praises. He could not say his loathing out loud so he thought, “Yingying treats me very nicely, so if she actually desires me to affix the Divine Solar Moon Sect, I am unable to reject her thought. However it has to attend until I’m going to Songshan and cease Zuo Lengchan from changing into the Headmaster of the 5 Mountains Faculty since this was my settlement with Nice Grasp Fangzheng and Priest Chongxu. Additionally, I’ve to discover a feminine disciple from Heng-Shan and move all the way down to her the management of the varsity. In spite of everything these are carried out, then I will be free to affix the divine sect. However if you’d like me to be like these individuals, is not that simply too disgusting? Later when Yingying turns into my spouse, then Chief Ren can be my father in legislation, and it might solely be correct if I kowtow to him. However all these ‘prospers the sacred sect and advantages the widespread individuals’, ‘refined scholar, kind-hearted warrior, the simply and clever’, they’re simply too shameful for an actual man to utter. They actually tarnish the pureness of an actual man! I initially thought that this nonsense was carried out by Dongfang Bubai and Yang Lianting to punish somebody. However wanting on the scenario now, Chief Ren is definitely flattered to listen to these phrases and he isn’t disgusted in any respect by these.” He once more thought, “That day within the Cliff of Contemplation on Huashan, I noticed the martial arts of the ten elders from Satan Sect they usually really had many heroes amongst their seniors. If not so, how might Solar Moon Sect combat in opposition to the orthodox events for the final hundred years and nonetheless be their equal? From the soldiers they’ve like Brother Xiang, Shangguan Yun, Jia Bu, Tong Baixiong, the 4 Playfellows of Jiangnan, which one is not an impressive gentleman? These teams of heroes are all pressured to kneel to different individuals day by day and browse aloud these dictions whereas they’re really cursing of their hearts. Saying disgusting issues and receiving such rudeness. Truly, accepting to say these shameless issues is much more disgusting. All these wronged heroes, how might they nonetheless be known as heroes?”

He then heard Ren Woxing, being happy with himself, mentioned loudly, “You had been all below Dongfang Bubai earlier than and has carried out many issues for him. I’ve secretly came upon what each single one in every of you has carried out. However I am a really open-minded individual, so I will not blame anybody. From as we speak, everybody have to be loyal to me then I’d deal with you nicely and share all of the glory and honour.” In a blink of an eye fixed, the corridor was drowned in praises. Everybody was saying chief was simply and clever, his coronary heart was open just like the ocean, and {that a} huge man would not do what a small man does. Additionally they mentioned they’d obey chief’s order utterly, be loyal to him, undergo fireplace and water, wouldn’t balk at a thousand deaths, and be resolved to do chief’s biddings.

Ren Woxing waited for them to say their praises till they steadily turned quiet. Ren Woxing continued, “But when anybody dared to revolt and never take heed to my order then I’ll punish him severely. Whoever commits this sin, then his total household can be executed.” All of them answered collectively, “Subordinate would by no means dare.”

Linghu Chong quivered when he heard these phrases and was actually afraid. He inwardly thought, “Chief Ren is simply the identical as Dongfang Bubai. He is utilizing concern to manage the sect. Everybody could be very deferential in direction of him although they’re really offended and filled with rejection of their hearts. How can they be mentioned to be ‘loyal’ to him?”

Some individuals then began to disclose Dongfang Bubai’s faults to Ren Woxing. They instructed him that Dongfang Bubai was offended by honesty, how he solely listened to Yang Lianting, how he killed many harmless individuals, how he was egocentric in giving presents and punishments, how he beloved to listen to praises, and the way he ruined the sect. There have been additionally some individuals who mentioned that he ruined the sect’s customs by giving out the Darkish Command Wooden to anybody and that he pressured individuals to take the divine three corpse mind capsule. One other individuals mentioned that he drank and ate extravagantly, that each time he ate, he slaughtered three cows, 5 pigs, and ten sheep.

Linghu Chong thought, “How can one individual eat that a lot? How can he eat three cows, 5 pigs, and ten sheep? He should’ve eaten collectively together with his buddies and subordinates. How can slaughtering cows and sheep be thought-about an enormous sin when Dongfang Bubai was chief?”

However he then heard everybody stored on citing Dongfang Bubai’s different faults increasingly, and every fault was getting much more trivial. Some individuals scolded him for being very moody; some individuals scolded him for loving to put on flowery robe and never popping out to satisfy them. There have been additionally individuals who mentioned that he was very skinny skinned and foolish; One other individual mentioned that his martial artwork was lowly, at all times frightened throughout battles, and he actually had no actual talents in any respect.

Linghu Chong contemplated, “You are all scolding Dongfang Bubai for all kinds of issues. Despite the fact that I do not know whether or not what you are saying is true or not, I do know that when the 5 of us fought him, we barely escaped alive with our lives and nearly misplaced our lives below his needle. If Dongfang Bubai’s martial artwork had been low, then there isn’t any one on this world who has a excessive martial artwork. You are actually simply spouting nonsense.” He once more heard one other individual mentioned that Dongfang Bubai was very lewd and simply forcefully grabbed any ladies he wished. He had additionally offended many married ladies within the sect and had additionally had many infants from these affairs.

Linghu Chong thought, “Dongfang Bubai had already realized this actually unusual ‘Sunflower Handbook’ and castrated himself a very long time in the past. What nonsense of lewd affairs and making a lot of infants are you speaking about, haha, haha!” He thought until right here when he really laughed actually loudly unable to restrain himself any additional. This loud laughter was heard from afar. Everybody within the lengthy corridor turned their heads round to take a look and glared angrily at him. Yingying knew that he was inflicting bother so she rapidly rushed over and pulled on his arm. “Brother Chong, there’s nothing to listen to right here, they’re solely speaking about Dongfang Bubai’s stuff. Let’s go down the cliff and take a look round.” Linghu Chong poked his tongue out and laughingly mentioned, “We do not wish to make your daddy offended.” The 2 of them walked out of the corridor shoulder to shoulder, handed by way of that white jade embellished archway, and went down utilizing the bamboo baskets.

The 2 of them leaned shut to one another contained in the bamboo basket as they went down. They noticed the sunshine mist round them and felt as in the event that they had been floating. It was as if that they had gone to a different world in comparison with the scenario contained in the corridor. Linghu Chong regarded as much as the highest of the Darkish Wooden Cliff and noticed the golden reflection of daylight from the writing on the white jade archway. He felt happy. “I’ve lastly left that place. The issues taking place final evening had been like a nightmare. Any more, I would by no means set foot on Darkish Wooden Cliff ever once more.”

“Brother Chong, what are you pondering?”

“Are you able to be along with me?”

Yingying’s face blushed pink and he or she mentioned, “We… We…”

“What?”

Yingying lowered her head and mentioned, “We’re not married but. How… how can I comply with you?”

“Did not you go round Jianghu with me earlier than?”

“That was as a result of I needed to. Additionally, that is why a whole lot of rumours are flying round. Simply then Daddy mentioned I… mentioned I wish to be with you and don’t need him anymore. If I’m going with you then Daddy would undoubtedly be sad. Daddy was additionally imprisoned for greater than ten years so his mood is not good, so I wish to accompany him. So long as your coronary heart is devoted then sooner or later we are able to accompany one another.” The previous couple of phrases that she mentioned had been actually delicate that they could not be heard.

By coincidence, a white cloud floated by them wrapping across the bamboo basket and the 2 of them. Linghu Chong might solely blurrily have a look at Yingying. Despite the fact that Yingying was leaning shut in addition to him, he could not see her look clearly and it was as if she had been carried out by the cloud and he could not contact her. When the bamboo basket reached the underside of the cliff, they stepped out of the basket. Yingying whispered, “You are going to go now?”

“Zuo Lengchan has invited the 5 mountains sword colleges to return to a gathering on the fifteenth of the third month to elect the headmaster of the 5 Mountains Faculty. He is very bold and would deliver catastrophe to all of the heroes on this realm. I have to go to this gathering on Songshan.”

Yingying nodded her head and mentioned, “Brother Chong, Zuo Lengchan’s sword artwork is not your match however you could guard in opposition to his plotting.”

Linghu Chong replied, “Sure.”

“I ought to go together with you however I am solely a witch from the Satan Sect. So if I had been to go together with you to Songshan then I’d simply hinder you there.” She stopped for a second, earlier than she dispiritedly mentioned, “If you develop into the headmaster of the 5 Mountains Faculty, your status can be well-known on this world. Our two paths of orthodox and demonical are irreconcilable so… it is… it is… it is going to be much more tough for us.”

Linghu Chong held her hand in his and softly mentioned, “You continue to do not imagine me?”

Yingying mournfully laughed. “I imagine you.” After a while, she quietly mentioned, “When somebody practises his martial artwork, it might get greater and better, and his status would additionally get larger and larger. I felt that always, that individual would additionally begin to change. He himself may not understand it however his remedy of issues can be completely completely different than earlier than. Uncle Dongfang was like that, and I am frightened that Daddy may be like that.”

Linghu Chong smiled. “Your father would not go and be taught the martial artwork in that ‘Sunflower Handbook’. That Handbook had already been destroyed by him so even when he wished to practise it now, he would not be capable of.”

“I am not speaking about martial artwork, I am speaking about somebody’s temperament. Even when Uncle Dongfang did not be taught the ‘Sunflower Handbook’, he would nonetheless kill and rob as soon as he usurped the management of the Divine Solar Moon Sect. He would’ve naturally develop into immodest.”

“Yingying, there isn’t any hurt in worrying about different individuals however there isn’t any want to fret about me. I am born with this carefree perspective and would by no means be like that. Even when I had been to develop into immodest, I’d at all times at all times at all times be like this in entrance of you.”

Yingying let loose a protracted sigh and mentioned, “That is good then.”

Abruptly Linghu Chong considered one thing and mentioned, “Everybody on the earth already is aware of concerning the two of us. These buddies that you simply despatched to the island in South Sea, are you able to allow them to come again now?”

Yingying smiled and replied, “I’ve already despatched individuals to deliver them again to the central plains.”

Linghu Chong pulled her near him and frivolously hugged her. “It is goodbye for now. As soon as that matter in Songshan is settled then I am going to come right here to search for you. Then we’ll by no means be aside once more.”

Yingying’s eyes flashed fortunately and he or she frivolously mentioned, “If solely all of your issues go easily then we are able to meet earlier. I am going to… I am going to wait right here and look out for you each evening and day.”

“Alright!” Linghu Chong then gave her a kiss on her cheek. Yingying’s face turned pink with bashfulness and pushed him away.

Linghu Chong laughed loudly and led his horse away as he went away from the Solar Moon Sect.