Vol 1 Chapter 5 (2/2)
“He…he is awake Qu, would you please ask him if he feels better?” Yilin said happily
“Why do I have to be the one to ask? Don’t you have a tongue of your own?” Qu Feiyan demanded
Yilin walked to the bed after a slight hesitation, and with the curtain in between them, asked, “Sir, are you…?” Before she could finish, the roans
“He is in great pain right now, I shouldn’t bother hiht, so she just stood there quietly The radually fell into a slow rhyth its job, and he had fall asleep again
“Sis,” Qu Feiyan whispered, “ould you die for Linghu Chong? Do you really like him that much?”
“No, no! Miss Qu, I am a Buddhist nun Please don’t say such disrespectful words to the Buddha! Big brother Linghu and I had never ave his life to save mine I…I just feel I owe him so much!” Yilin said breathlessly
“What if he was alive again? Would you be willing to do anything for him?”
“Yes, even if I had to die a thousand times for him, I would have no complaints”
Qu Feiyan suddenly raised her voice and said, “Big brother Linghu, listen up, sis Yilin said it herself…”
“Don’t joke about it!” Yilin cut her off angrily
Qu Feiyan sinored her and continued in a loud voice “She said: if you are not dead, she would do anything for you”
Fro Her heart started pounding faster and faster, and she also began to get dizzy She could only murmur, “You…you…” Within seconds, Qu Feiyan lit a candle She opened the curtain and waved Yilin over with a big smile on her face Yilin sloalked to the bed full of dread Suddenly, it see about her; she found herself falling down to the ground
Qu Feiyan quickly caught her by the shoulder before she actually hit the floor
“I know this is going to be a big surprise! Go ahead and see who he is!” she exclaimed
“He…he…” Yilin’s voice was so weak and she could hardly breathe Although the htly, with his thick eyebrows and thin lips on a long rectangular face, Yilin inized hiht at the Huiyan Wine House, Linghu Chong
Yilin grabbed Qu Feiyan’s ar voice
“He is not dead yet, but if your ently
“He won’t die, he definitely won’t die! He…he is alive!” Filled with surprise and happiness, the e
“Hey, he’s not dead, what are you crying for?” Qu Feiyan asked curiously
Yilin felt her legs were giving out on her, so she had to lean on the bed as she continued to shed more tears
“I am so happy!” she said “Qu, I don’t kno to thank you enough! You saved…saved big brother Linghu”
“Hey, you saved him I don’t have the skills to save hi Glue’ either!” Qu Feiyan said
Suddenly, Yilin understood She stood up slowly and held Qu Feiyan’s hand “Your grandpa did it It was your grandpa!”
Someone shouted outside, “Yilin, Yilin!” That was the voice of Sister Dingyi Yilin was astounded, and was just about to anshen Qu Feiyan blew out the candle in her hands and then covered Yilin’s mouth
“Don’t you remember what kind of a place this is? Don’t answer!” she hissed at Yilin
Yilin found herself bewildered It was quite e to answer her Master’s call, that was so she had never done before in her life
Dingyi’s voice rang out, “Tian Boguang, get your ass out here! Let Yilin go!”
Tian Boguang’s laughter came from the west-side room “Well! If it isn’t the White-Cloud Nunnery Senior Sister Dingyi of the Heng-Shan Sword School!” he continued cackling for a few o out to pay my respects, but to leave all these cute ladies here on uess I’ll just stay here then Ha-ha, ha-ha!” The coquettish laughter of several girls joined Obviously the women were prostitutes “Sweetheart, don’t pay any attention to her Give me another kiss…,” one of them said huskily The lascivious voices of the woed theyi away
Dingyi was outraged “Tian Boguang, if you don’t get your ass out here, I will cut you into ten thousand pieces!” she shouted
Tian Boguang laughed “If I don’t get my ass out, you’ll cut me into pieces If I do haul uess I’d better keep yi, you nuns really shouldn’t be in places like this Why don’t you go back to your nice convent? Your apprentice is not here She is a model nun who always follows all the convent rules Why would she come here? Don’t you think it’s rather bizarre for your holiness to come here to look for your apprentice?”
Dingyi exploded “Blazes! I’ he can stay in there!” she retorted
Tian Boguang laughed again “Sister Dingyi, this spot is named the ‘Jade House,’ and it is one of the shan I suppose it would be no big deal if you set it on fire, but when the story gets out, everybody’ll know that it was Sister Dingyi fro-Shan Sword School who burnt down the ‘Jade House’ brothel in Hengshan People who heard this would ask theyi is a respectful senior Sister, ould she go to such a filthy place?’ The ansould be that, ‘She went there to look for her apprentice!’ People who heard this would have to ask, ‘Why did the apprentice of the Heng-Shan Sword School go to the Jade House?’…I’ that all these questions couldn’t do the reputation of your school any good Letand nobody in this entire world except that apprentice of yours I’d be busy running away at the sight of her Hoould I be able to bother her?”
Dingyi reluctantly saw his point, but an apprentice had reported that she saw Yilin walking into this house with her own eyes, and Tian Boguang had also attacked her There could have been noshe could do was to stastones beneath her feet
“Tian Boguang, did youRenqi?” demanded a voice fro Sword School had arrived
“Aha! Even the respectful Master of Qingcheng Sword School has cooing to be so appallingly fa business again! I did kill a fellow His sword skills were ordinary, but see Sword School But as to whether his na Renqi or not, sorry, I really didn’t have the time to ask”
Within the space of a blink, Yu Canghai leapt into Tian Boguang’s roo steel followed; Yu Canghai had started fighting with Tian Boguang Sister Dingyi stood on the roof and listened to the sound of clashi+ng weapons
“That rascal Tian Boguang really has soht to herself “His quick knife strokes seem to be evenly cheng Sword School”
Suddenly there was a loud “bang” followed by absolute silence Yilin held onto Qu Feiyan’s hand tightly; cold sweat soaked her palht, Tian or Yu? Tian Boguang had bullied her several tihai to win, but deep in her heart, she was really hoping the opposite It would be better if Yu Canghai were to just leave, and sa could rest and heal peacefully and quietly He was already on the brink of death, and if Yu Canghai rushed in the room, the stress itself would surely cause his wounds to break open and kill him
Tian Boguang’s voice rose from afar, “Master Yu, don’t you think it’s a little crowded in this rooht a couple hundred rounds and see who the better man is! If you win, I’ll relinquish this cute hottie ‘Little Jade’ to you! But if you lose, this chick will have to be mine!”
Yu Canghai aler The scoundrel’s words had iain the favor of a whore named “Little Jade” in the “Jade House” He considered his situation When they were fighting inside the roo’s knife anized and balanced with both attacks and defenses His skills were really no less than that of his own Even if they were to fight another couple of hundred rounds, he still couldn’t assure a victory
Everything quieted down Yilin could even hear her own heartbeat She leaned closer to Qu’s ear and asked in a whisper, “Do you think…they will come in here?”
Qu was actually er than her, yet Yilin was co situation Qu did not answer, and just covered Yilin’s mouth with her hand
Liu Zhengfeng’s voice suddenly rose “Master Yu, the villain Tian Boguang has coood end We’ll get hiht now This brothel has been the source of much immoral behavior; I have alanted to trash it Please let me handle this Danian, Weiyi, Let’s search inside Don’t let anybody leave!”
Xiang Danian and Mi Weiyi, the two apprentices of Liu House, acknowledged the coyi also sent out orders and had her apprentices surround the brothel
Yilin becaly worried She could hear the voices of the apprentices fro roohai stood by the side and directed the apprentices Loud cries from the proprietors could be clearly heard while they were thrashed by Xiang Danian, Mi Weiyi, and the rest of the apprentices Apprentices of the Qingcheng Sword School began s a trail of destruction behind the that all those people would soon arrive, Yilin was so worried that she almost passed out
“My Master caht, “and I did not answer her call I ahu late at night Even though he is badly wounded, when all those guys fro Sword School come in all at once, I wouldn’t be able to explain even if I had a hundred tongues The reputation of the Heng-Shan Sword School would undoubtedly be daed and ho could I face ain?” She drew her sword and brought the blade toward her own throat
Qu Feiyan heard the sound of an unsheathing sword and instantly realized what Yilin was doing She grasped Yilin’s wrist quickly
“Stop! Let’s dash out together,” she whispered
Sounds ofhad sat up
“Light up the candle!” he whispered
“Why?” Qu Feiyan asked
“I a said His voice had a tone of authority in it Qu Feiyan did not say another word and lit the candle
With the light of the candle, Yilin could see Linghu Chong’s white and bloodless face, a face that looked almost like that of a corpse She uttered a cry
Linghu Chong pointed at his overcoat at the end of the bed
“Put that over…over my shoulders,” he said
While tre leaf in a storhu Chong’s shoulders Linghu Chong pulled the front of the overcoat so it covered all the bloodstains and the wound on his chest
“You two, lie on the bed,” he said
“This is fun!” Qu Feiyan giggled She dragged Yilin and slipped under the quilt
By then, people outside had noticed the candlelight in the room “Let’s check that room out!” someone shouted They all started to head toward the small room
Linghu Chong took a deep breath and rushed to close the door and locked it with a wooden bar He walked back to the bed and lifted the curtain
“Hide under the quilt!” he ordered
“Don’t…don’t ed
Linghu Chong stuck his left hand out and pushed her head under the quilt while pulling Qu’s long hair out fro it all over the pillow Just that siush out again He lost the strength fros and had to sit on the bed
So on the door heavily like beating a drum “You son of a turtle, open the door!” one of the sound, the door was kicked open and four people rushed in
The leading one was none other than the Qingcheng apprentice Hong Renxiong Astonished at seeing Linghu Chong, he immediately jumped back several paces
“Linghu…It’s Linghu Chong…” he muttered
Xiang Danian and Mi Weiyi had neverbefore, but had both heard that Luo Renjie had killed hi’s name, both were shocked and also stepped back Everyone had his eyes wide open and just gazed at Linghu Chong
Linghu Chong stood up slowly “You…this many people…” he muttered
“Linghu…Linghu Chong, you’re…you’re not dead?” Hong Renxiong murmured
“How can I die so easily?” Linghu Chong answered coldly
Yu Canghai stepped out “You are Linghu Chong? Excellent, excellent!” he said Linghu Chong gave hilance but did not answer
“What are you doing in this brothel?” Yu Canghai demanded
Linghu Chong started laughing “Are you kidding me? What do you think people do in brothels?”
“I’ve heard that the Huashan Sword School has very strict school rules,” Yu Canghai said coldly “You are the senior apprentice of the Huashan Sword School, the best student of ‘Gentleman Sword’ Mr Yue, yet you sneak up here to sleep with prostitutes Very funny! How very ironic!”
“Whatever rules the Huashan Sword School has,” Linghu Chong said, “that’s our own business No need for you or anybody else to worry about it”
Yu Canghai was an experienced person Seeing Linghu Chong’s extres, he could tell that Linghu Chong had been wounded badly Could it be a trap? Then he thought, “The little nun of the Heng-Shan Sword School said this guy was killed by Renjie, but he is actually still alive Obviously the little nun was lying to cover things up During her tale, she called hihu that, full of tenderness; maybe they have already beco to this brothel, but now no one can find her, uy has hidden her somewhere Hmm! The Five Mountains Sword Alliance always considered themselves the true Martial Arts acade Sword School If I can sort that little nun out, then not only would the reputation of the Huashan Sword School and the Heng-Shan Sword School be trashed, the entire Five Mountains Sword Alliance would also be humiliated, and they would never be able to flaunt theain!” He looked around quickly but did not see any other people with Linghu Chong “Looks like that the little nun is hiding in the bed,” he concluded
“Renxiong! Lift open the bed curtain Let’s find out what kind of shoe have in the bed,” he said to Hong Renxiong
“Yes, Master!” Hong Renxiong answered and then stepped forward With his previous unpleasant encounter with Linghu Chong in
“Do you want to die?” Linghu Chong threatened
Hong Renxiong choked, but thinking of the presence of his master, he felt better and drew his sword
“What do you want?” Linghu Chong asked of Yu Canghai
“The Heng-Shan Sword School lost a female apprentice; someone saw her in this brothel, so we need to search here,” Yu Canghai demanded
“This is the Five Mountains Sword Alliance’s ownSword Schoolmocked
“We will find an answer today, whether you like it or not! Renxiong, go for it!” Yu Canghai ordered
“Yes sir!” Hong Renxiong held his sword out and lifted the bed curtain with the blade
Yilin and Qu Feiyan grabbed onto each other and hid under the quilt; they heard every word between Linghu Chong and Yu Canghai loud and clear Greatly worried, they could not help tre lifting the bed curtain, both were frightened to death
After Hong Renxiong had lifted up the bed curtain, everyone stared at the bed There was a large red silk quilt with two loving birds embroidered on it Obviously there was so black hair spread all over the pillow The quilt was tre The person under the quilt must have been terrified
Yu Canghai was very disappointed when he saw the long hair on the pillow It was quite obvious that the one under the quilt was not a bald little nun Linghu Chong was really sleeping with a prostitute
“Master Yu,” Linghu Chong said coldly, “although you are a Taoist Priest, I heard that Qingcheng priests don’t have rules against ot yourself many wives If you are so fond of naked woo ahead and lift up the quilt to have a good look? Why pretend to look for a fe-Shan Sword School?”
“da a knife hand chop at Linghu Chong Linghu Chong turned his body aside to dodge the blow co toward him, but he was quite weak because of the wounds and wasn’t able to dodge fast enough; the edge of Yu Canghai’s chopping blow glanced his body He could not hold hi all his strength, Linghu Chong stood up again, but blood began dripping out the corner of his mouth His body shook a couple of tihai wanted to hit hiain, but out of the blue, a voice came from outside the
“A senior bullies a junior; how shameless!”
Yu Canghai did not waste any time Before the last word had ended, he had already thrown a bloard theI the blow, he juht fro around the corner of the house
“Hold it!” he shouted
The hunchback was really Lin Pingzhi in disguise After the conflict with Yu Canghai in Liu Zhengfeng’s house, he slipped out while Yu Canghai had his irl, Qu Feiyan He hid behind a corner of the house and did not knohat to do He could not think of any way to rescue his parents
“Everyone in the hall will have reht aloud “When those people froain, they will definitely kill inal look?” He thought of how Yu Canghai had grabbed onto his wrist; he had felt like he had lost all his strength and couldn’t even struggle to get away How could there be so hts flooded his mind; he co he had been hiding around the corner when he suddenly felt a pat on his hunchback Stunned, he turned back quickly The first thing he saas a tall hunchback It was none other than the real hunchback – “Hunchback of the North” Mu Gaofeng
“You fake hunchback,” Mu grinned, “what’s so good about being a hunchback? Why the hell do you pretend to be randchild?”
Lin Pingzhi knew the hunchback was a very vicious h Martial Arts skills If any of his words displeased Mu, he could easily end up dead He thought since he had already koed to hireat hall, and called hiht the villains, and Mu did not get mad, all he needed to do was to keep the sa mad
“I heard from many people that ‘Hunchback of the North’ Hero Mu has a very reputable name, and he always helped the hen needed I truly admire you, and that’s why I dressed ized
“Are you kiddingthe hen needed? What nonsense!”
Mu Gaofeng laughed He knew Lin Pingzhi was lying to his face, yet all these co
“What’s your name? Who’s your Master?” he asked
“Lin is really my fazhi said
Mu Gaofeng smirked “Cut the crap! You just wanted to use hai is the Master of the Qingcheng Sword School He could kill you by just poking you with one finger And you are so bold as to offend hiuts!”
Hearing Yu Canghai’s na as I a, one day I will slay the scoundrel myself!” he exclaimed loudly
“What score do you have with Yu Canghai?” asked the surprised Mu Gaofeng
Lin Pingzhi hesitated for a few seconds He thought, “There’s no way for me to rescue my mom and dad all by myself Why don’t I ask hi
“My parents are his prisoners I a you Will you please help me rescue them?”
Mu Gaofeng frowned and shook his head “I never do anything that does not benefit et if I rescue him?”
Soency, “Go tell Master that in the brothel known as the Jade House, another Qingcheng Sword School -Shan Sword School ounded and just got back Hurry!”
“We’ll talk about your troubles later,” Mu Gaofeng whispered to Lin Pingzhi “There’s going to be a good show Come with me if you want to see some fun”
“As long as I aht So he replied, “Sure, sure! Wherever you, the respectful senior want to go, I’ll follow”
“Let’s get this straight first: I, hunchback Mu, only do things that I can benefit froet into trouble for you, save yourself the trouble and just forget about it!” Mu Gaofeng exclaizhi just nodded and didn’t say a word
“They’ve left Follow ht wrist was grabbed tightly, and before he knew it, he was already in the air and see the ground
Soon they arrived outside the Jade House The two of them hid behind a tree and peered at the scene before thehai and Tian Boguang, the search led by Liu Zhengfeng’s apprentices, and the words of Linghu Chong When Yu Canghai wanted to hit Linghu Chong again, Lin Pingzhi could not hold his anger any longer and shouted out, “A senior bullies a junior; how shaht after that, he realized he had acted very rashly and quickly turned around to hide But Yu Canghai came so fast that with the words “hold it,” the power of his hands had already izhi
At that y and Lin Pingzhi’s internal organs would be s hunchback, Yu Canghai held back his strength and did not strike
“So it’s you!” he sneered
He looked at Mu Gaofeng, who stood about ten feet behind Lin Pingzhi “Hunchback Mu! Why do you instigate juniors to trouble me over and over? What do you want?” he demanded
Mu Gaofeng burst into loud laughter “He claims to be my junior, but I never said he was! His na to do with him Master Yu, I, hunchback Mu, am not afraid of you; I just don’t want to be a retard and shi+eld trouble for so a shi+eld, like piles of gold or jewels or so it! Free service like this will never interest me”
Yu Canghai was quite happy to hear these words “If this individual has nothing to do with brother Mu and is only an imposter, then I don’t have to worry on your behalf,” he said He was just about to strike out when he heard so
“A senior bullies a junior; how shameless!”
Yu Canghai turned back and saw a hu Chong Yu Canghai was infuriated, but the words “a senior bullies a junior; how sha Fu skills were noon a puny ant But he would never be able to get rid of the remark “a senior bullies a junior” And if the remark of “a senior bullies a junior” were true, of course “shameless” would be natural conclusion But if he just sier He sneered and said to Linghu Chong, “I’ll have your Master pay for your insolence later” Then he turned to Lin Pingzhi
“Which school are you from?” he asked
“You murderouszhi yelled furiously
Yu Canghai was confused “Have I met you before? How did I ruin your faht to hi, he did not want to ask for , waste hi”
If a Qingcheng apprentice did it, it wouldn’t be “a senior bullies a junior” Hong Renxiong answered, “Yes, Master!” He drew his sword and juzhi went for his oord, but before he could unsheathe it, Hong Renxiong’s long cold sas already pointed at his chest
Lin Pingzhi yelled, “Yu Canghai, I, Lin Pingzhi, will…”
Astounded, Yu Canghai hurriedly struck out with his left pal’s thrust aside and the sword barely ht arm
“What did you say?” Yu Canghai asked
“Even if I, Lin Pingzhi, have to becozhi exclaimed
“Are you…are you Lin Pingzhi frohai asked in shock
Lin Pingzhi thought, “Since I can’t hide my identity any more, I’d rather have a quick death” So he pulled the plasters off his face and said loudly, “That’s right! I ae Escort House Your son harassed an innocent girl and I killed hi my father and my mother?”
The news of Qingcheng’s triue Escort House had spread all over the Martial World Most people didn’t know that Evergreen had lost in a sword fight with Lin Yuantu, so ru Sword School wanted to seize the Lin fa Sword Art And because Linghu Chong had heard the ru closer and then killed hi had also heard the ruzhi frohai knocked aside Hong Renxiong’s sword in such a hurry and how he acted so nervously, Mu Gaofeng had no doubt that Yu Canghai really wanted to track down the Evil-Resisting Sword Manuscript with help frorabbed onto Lin Pingzhi’s right wrist, pulling his ar shouted, “Hold it!” He juzhi’s left wrist and started pulling as well
Lin Pingzhi could feel two great sources of power pulling his ar and he alhai knew very well that Lin Pingzhi would die instantly if he pulled any harder, so he thrust his long sword at Mu Gaofeng as he yelled out loudly, “Brother Mu, let it go!” Mu Gaofeng waved his right ar crescent knife A loud ring echoed Wasting no tihai launched his sword attacks, and within seconds, he had sent nine thrusts at Mu Gaofeng
“Brother Mu, we don’t have any score between us Why should we hurt our relationshi+p because of this lad?” He said while tightly grabbing Lin Pingzhi’s right wrist
Waving his crescent knife back and forth, Mu Gaofeng countered all of Yu Canghai’s attacks
“Earlier, right in front of everyone’s eyes, this lad koed to me and called h I don’t have any score to settle with you, Master Yu, don’t you think it would look bad for me if you seize soht in front of randson, then who else is going to call me Grandpa in the future?”
The two talked as they fought at a faster and faster pace The clash of weapons also becaent
“Brother Mu, thisa son and not avenge hirily
“Sure,” Mu Gaofeng laughed, “for Master Yu’s sake, I’ll help you seek your revenge Coht, one two three, let’s tear this lad to two!” After the words, he actually started counting, “One, two, and three!” As soon as he spat out the word three, he pulled harder More of Lin Pingzhi’s joints popped
Yu Canghai was stunned There was no need to rush the revenge Before finding the sword art zhi die So he let go of Lin’s wrist at once, letting Mu Gaofeng pull Lin Pingzhi away
“Hey, thanks!” Mu Gaofeng grinned “Master Yu is really a true friend! You even gave up revenge for your son for Hunchback Mu’s sake There’s no other one in the Martial World who respects brotherhood as much as you do!”
“I aive in a little this tihai said coldly
“Who knows? Maybe Master Yu would be as nice next ti snickered
With a disgruntled snort, Yu Canghai waved his left ar apprentices left following their Master At that ether with all the Heng-Shan nuns, trying to locate Yilin Liu Zhengfeng and his apprentices had gone to the southeast corner to continue their search So after the group fro and Lin Pingzhi stood outside of the Jade House
“Hey, you are not a hunchback You are a handsorin “Lad, you don’t have to call me Grandpa I kind of like you How about I take you as my apprentice?”
Lin Pingzhi was still in pain froy and had just caught his breath Hearing Mu Gaofeng’s suggestion, he thought, “The hunchback’s Kung Fu is ten tireater than dad’s