Chapter - 75 Decoy Deployment On the Cliff (5) (1/2)
”I don't mean to glorify the enemy nor to belittle us,” Ma Yu said, ”but Mei Chaofeng knows the essence of the Senior of Peach Blossom Island's teachings. Her 'Nine Yin White Bone Claw' is practically invincible, and the strokes of her 'Silver Whip of Two Zhangs' nearly unstoppable. If we unite our strength, we may not lose, but we certainly won't defeat her without suffering some harm.”
”That woman is dangerously effective,” Han Xiaoying said, ”but we, the Six Freaks of Jiangnan, avow her an implacable hate.”
”Someone told me,” Ma Yu said, ”that your Fifth brother, Zhang the Valiant Knight, as well as 'Divine Dragon soaring through the Sky', the valiant Ke, had both been killed by Chen Xuanfeng. But since you killed 'Copper Corpse', one could consider that the debt has been paid. As the Ancients say: 'It is better to unknot a hate than to tie it'. Mei Chaofeng is a lone woman, affected by a serious handicap, and deserves some pity…”
The Six stayed silent for some time.
”She's mastered this perverse and dangerous technique,” Han Baoju said, ”that will cause the deaths of innumerable innocents! Senior Taoist, even though you are moved by compassion, you can't let her go with impunity…”
”This time,” Zhu Cong said, ”she came looking for us and not the opposite…”
”And even if we avoid it this time,” Quan Jinfa said, ”if she wants to take vengeance on us, we will never be safe.”
”I've thought of a small stratagem,” Ma Yu said, ”but it is necessary that the 'Six Valiant Heroes' be magnanimous and have mercy on this poor wretch. Let her have the possibility of redemption.”
Zhu Cong didn't want to speak, letting Ke Zhen'E make the decision.
”We, the 'Seven Freaks of Jiangnan',” Ke said, ”have a coarse and direct temperament. We only know how to fight the barbaric ones. If the Senior Taoist wants to show us a path, we would be very thankful. You only have to speak.” From listening to Ma Yu, he understood that, during these past ten years, Mei Chaofeng had made considerable progress. It appeared that the Taoist was trying to save the life of 'Iron Corpse', but in reality he was trying to save the face of the Six Freaks. His real intention was to show them a way to escape the terrifying claws of Mei. The other Freaks thought that their Senior Brother had become merciful and were astonished.
”By showing mercy, Senior Brother Ke,” Ma Yu said, ”you will receive the blessings of the Heavens. There is something else that is very important. According to my inquiries, during these past ten years, Mei Chaofeng received more of the teachings of Huang Yaoshi [the Alchemist].”
”But they say,” Zhu Cong wondered, ”that the Twin Killers of the Dark Winds' were renegade disciples of the Peach Blossom Island Senior. How would Huang Yaoshi justify teaching her again?”
”This is what I also believed,” Ma Yu said. ”But according to the description of the fight you had, her kung fu was much lower than what she displays today. If she didn't receive the instruction of an illuminated Senior, it would be impossible for her, training alone, to arrive at her present level. If so, and if we kill 'Iron Corpse' today, we risk Huang's anger…”