Book 26 - Chapter 5 – Keep on Fighting Despite Continual Setbacks (1/2)
Book 26 Chapter 5 – Keep on Fighting Despite Continual Setbacks
His eyes lit up, Lei Jiuzhi spoke in heavy voice, “Not concealing anything fro, for the last dozen of years or so, it could be said that LaoGe has been ga and s’ [lit northern thunder southern fragrance], the ‘northern thunder’ is referring to me, Lei Jiuzhi [reminder: his surnarance’ is naturally Xiang Gui [his surnarance] Even without this hu affair, I have alanted to have a shon on the ga asked, “Even if you could defeat hi table, what does it have to do with his hu business?”
Lei Jiuzhi explained, “Two years ago Xiang Gui publicly perforolden bowl cereer pay attention to the affairs in Jianghu He also put on an act of closing many casinos and brothels, which everybody knew to be operating under his banner But actually he was pulling wool over people’s eyes, so that those who intend to seek hi Gui lives But if I could lure hi business, there must be small-hill-like piles of account books, roster, and so on, recording all settle Gui’s evil empire will crumble immediately, and he will be a conte was still confused, “Since he has washed his hand in golden bowl, how could he eat his oords and co table?”
Lei Jiuzhi said, “His washi+ng hand in golden bowl isFa Yushan I hear that recently he left Xiao Xian and turned his effort to expand the family business As for the real reason, opinions differ One of those opinions says that he had offended some opponent whom nobody dares to provoke, hence he needs to conceal his track Ha! If even Xiao Xian is helpless to protect him, the disaster he invited upon himself must not be a smallsaid, “Could Lei Xiong tellGui, father and son, out of their hiding?”
Lei Jiuzhi thought deeply for half a day before answering, “Only by winning big over Xiang Gui until he loses his cool will he be willing to co to hi said, “Hoould you know that the casino is operated by him?”
Lei Jiuzhi smiled and said, “Every casino has its own many taboos, layout and tricks As soon as I enter the casino and make a round, I will knohich faet about deceivingFamily’s casinos one by one, and each tiuise; IGui’s attention, hence Ito settle the score with me I don’t know if it was to deal with you, but in recent years he spends a lot of ions in order to increase his strength, but at the saerous”
“Since that’s the case,” Xu Ziling said, hoould your plan work? Xiang Gui practically does not need to face Lei Xiong on the ga table; he only needs to send his martial art masters to use force to deal with you Perhaps he would even be able to recover all the money that you won from him earlier”
With a card up his sleeve, Lei Jiuzhi said, “Naturally it won’t be that sih that the casinos under his banner are jittery [orig wind sighing and crane calling] and anxious that they are unable to carry on even for a single day It is critical for him to resolve this situation, and it’s not ainst e to hu rules But before it happens, I have to be exceptionally careful to preserve my life Hence the reason I previously invited you to ithsaid, “Whether it’s for public or personal interests, both Kou Zhong and I are willing to deal with thisbefore discussing the details?”
Greatly delighted, Lei Jiuzhi said, “With Ziling and Shao Shuai’s help, the Xiang Family won’t be able to escape this cala techniques that I learned over the years to Ziling”
Surprised, Xu Ziling said, “It won’t be a a bit of sly smile, Lei Jiuzhi said, “Since you are ale aperture of one’s head]?”
When he woke up from his deep meditation, he was unable to see the sun anymore, since it has already dropped behind the courtyard wall A flock of birds was frolicking and twittering noisily inside the dense shade of the locust tree leaves, producing unending ‘zi zi cha cha’ racket
Nevertheless, his entire body felt relax and peaceful After surviving the ocean, this was the second time that he exhausted his true qi, but this time he only needed a little more than two sichen [ie 4 hours] to fully recover, and his true qi was surging even faster,that his previous inference was correct
If his true qi was exhausted, when it recovered, it would grow even e people, this kind of situation rarely happened What usually happened was that when the true qi could no longer continue, for exa fierce battle, one would end up dead Only a few people could recover as fast as he did
Last time, when he was in the ocean, he exhausted his true qi because he was using inner breathing while diving under water This ti, continuous saber technique that th exhausted, his spirit weary, but it alsoscattered and recovered
In the past, even when facing opponent as powerful as Wanwan, he still had gaps to recover his qi; but Song Que’s heavenly saber was just like gigantic waves in the angry ocean, so that even a sliver of ti was difficult to seize
Encountering such an opponent, all he could do was to have desperate contest to see whose qi and er Yet now, evidently he was far below Song Que
But this was not possible He, Kou Zhong, has always been young and vigorous What he trained was the ‘Secret to Long Life’ plus the Jade Annulus of He Clan, two great mystery-within-a-mystery, wonder-on-top-of-wonder – innate true qi Even if hisQue’s, but it was inconceivable that when the opponent still had abundant, with plenty leftovers – true qi, he would fall down first
Thereto this point, a divine light flashed in his h, “Shao Shuai, please cohty saber strikes, Ol’ Song would let you think oneinwardly Just now the battle was just around thirty saber strikes, and he was hacked that he rolled out of the Mo Dao Tang And noill have to take eighty more saber strikes, chances are he would not even have the luck to roll out the hall
But things have coht and unafraid he entered the Mo Dao Tang, which looked like a whale opening up itshall, Song Que was standing erect, his right hand was grabbing the scabbard, while his left hand slowly pull the long saber out of its sheath
Focusing his power into his eyes, Kou Zhong looked closer, and saw the saber blade was thin like satin, soft and ni luster If he had not seen it with his own eyes, he would not have believed that there was such man-made treasure in the world
I’s heart turned cold The ideas he thought earlier of dealing with Song Que was entirely based on how to cope with his thick-backed saber; ould have thought that unexpectedly Song Que exchanged his weapon with an entirely different treasured blade? It was not difficult to infer that this weapon would use different kind of saber technique, so that the counter, and definitely could not be used any Que caressed the blade of the saber with his eyes He spoke softly, “This saber is called Shuixian [lit water iendary aquatic immortal] Based on this saber’s characteristic, I created ‘Tian Dao Ba Jue’ [heavenly saber eight secrets (of an art)] Each secret consists of ten strikes, for a total of eighty saber strikes The saber is ruthless, Shao Shuaipulled the Moon in the Well Ilow flared out With neither happiness nor anger showing off of his face, he spoke indifferently, “I wonder if these eight secrets have any pleasant-to-hear names; would Fazhu letQue’s eyes moved away fro, but he laughed involuntarily and said, “What do you mean your ears will be opened? But the way that you don’t follow traditional conventions is precisely your strong point SinceQue, have never had anybody dared to cross blades withthe least bit, able to meet more than thirty saber strikes head on, with the cost of just a mouthful of blood It was the reason Ithe battle, not that I changed hed aloud and said, “Surprisingly Heavenly Saber Song Que can speak much superfluous words; when did I ever expect Fazhu’s saber to show any leniency? By saying that, could it be because your intention to kill h that you have to say it out loud to convince yourself?”
Song Que was slightly startled And then he nodded and said, “Your comment is not without any reason If I say that Yuzhi has no influence into you I wonder if Shao Shuai would be willing to reconsider Ol’ Song’s advice to you about quitting this vying-for-the-world business?”
Laughing in spite of hiure out what kind ofclosely at hi Que spoke in astonish to strive for? The so-called good death is not as good as ugly living Even though you are not afraid of death, the fact is that such death is coantly, Kou Zhong said, “I can only blareehty saber strikes, I am not afraid to tell you that Xiaozi [this kid] practically does not believe that Fazhu can slaughter ht of consideration, perhaps toht for those I leave behind!”
Song Que casually tossed the scabbard away, his left hand raised the saber high, he threw his head back in laughter and said, “Very well! Since ancient times, hero came from the youth The first style of ‘Tian Dao Ba Jue’ is called ‘Tian Feng Huan Pei’ [heavenly wind ring/hoop girdle orna back and forth high in the clouds, riding the wind Although we cannot see her, we can hear the clear heavenly irdle ornahed and said, “Really worthy to be the first style the Heavenly Saber created Just by hearing the naon that we can see the head but not the tail Fazhu, en garde!”
Having learned a lesson froain the initiative by striking first
Of course, facing such a terrifying enemy, he did not dare to advance rashly either Presently he raised his saber and pressed forward, but his eyes were fixed on Song Que
An enor Que; cold qi permeated the hall
Astonished expression flashed through Song Que’s eyes Nodding his head in praise, he said, “No wonder Shao Shuai spoke conceited nonsense Turns out not only your power has recovered coress It is indeed extre suddenly rushed forward and swept the saber across, turning it into yellow light, swiftly cutting into the pit of Song Que’s sto flashes
Standing un Que watched until the Moon in the Well was only about a chi away from his chest before swiftly moved backward, while the thin-bladed Water I saber light enveloping Kou Zhong, along with his saber, inside The saber technique was exquisite beyond compare, and was incredibly difficult to believe
Inwardly Kou Zhong knew that the turn of events was not too encouraging; he also knew that the fast, erratic saber technique was practically unfathomable, and was beyond his ability to understand it well
The saber wind screanashed his teeth In this criticalpurely on his intuition to guess where Song Que’s est, and then, turning the co his saber, he launched one saber strike
‘Ding!’
After one clear ring, blue light and yellow light clashed continuously
Kou Zhong blocked Song Que’s no-trail-could-be-tracked like flying bird or swi fish, nine consecutive saber strikes, which ca profusely, and made him nearly abandon his saber and flee
The twostood with his saber across his chest, while secretly regulating his breathing,Que calh, “Now, does Shao Shuai understand what saber intention is?”
S replied, “Even if I did not want to understand, I can’t Turns out feeling is so i correctly, Fazhu does not really want to kill me Otherwise, once you unleash his mother’s ‘Tian Dao Ba Jue’, I am afraid I could only try to understand saber intention or whatever on h, Song Que said, “You are wrong to think so Just because you don’t kno lonely I aood opponent like you, hence I don’t want you to quickly return to heaven [ie die] that easily”
Finished regulating his breathing, Kou Zhong’s confidence increased substantially Sly difficult to killQue delightedly said, “The more difficult to kill you the better The second secret is called ‘Xiaoxiang Shui Yun’ [lit water and cloud of Xiangjiang (river, in Hunan province)] Although it has ten saber strikes, it is like the red clouds and curling up fog, hiding within it the water light and the cloud shadohich continuously on the arde!”
“Wait!” Kou Zhong shouted hastily