Chapter - 175 The Perfect Plan Was Just a Dream (16) (1/2)

”Father,” he heard Wu Qingying say, ”What if we cannot find that small island in the boundless ocean, and then we cannot return home? What should we do, then?”

Zhang Wuji mused, ”This gentleman is indeed the Village Master Wu.”

He heard Wu Lie reply, ”If you are scared, then you should stay home. It is the matter of this world, if we do not go through hardship and suffering, how can we achieve peace and happiness?”

”I was only asking,” Wu Qingying sulkily said, ”Of course I will follow the lesson I've learned from you.”

Wu Lie laughed and said, ”Actually, in this matter we are staking everything on a single throw of a dice. If we are lucky, we will get to the Bing Huo Island. Even if that Xie Xun's martial art skill is higher, he is still only one person, much less he is blind. He is certainly not our match …” Listening to this point, Zhang Wuji felt a cold air creeping up his back; he could not help but shiver. In the meantime, Wu Lie continued, ”… how could we not take that Tulong Saber away from him? When that happens, the 'ruling under the heavens, no one dares to disobey', your Zhu Bobo and I together will become the 'most revered in the Wulin world'. However, if our plan is not in accordance with the Heaven's will [orig. 'ren suan bu ru tian suan' – man's calculation is inferior to the Heaven's calculation. I remember this saying has its origin from the Three Kingdoms, but I do not have the exact reference.], we will end up dead in the sea. Humph, who in the world would not eventuallydie?”

Wei Bi said, ”I heard Jin Mao Shi Wang Xie Xun's martial art skill is outstanding. On Wangpan Mountain Island, his roar had shaken dozens of Jianghu's skilled people that they lost their minds. Disciple thinks that as we arrive on the island, we need not fight him openly; just put poison in his food and drink. Let's not say that he is blind, even if his eyes are well and he can see clearly, he would never guess that the people his foster son brought along would harm him.”

Zhu Changling nodded. ”Bi'er's idea is marvelous,” he said, ”Only we, Zhu and Wu, two families, from generation to generation have always been upright and chivalrous prestigious martial art school; we have never used poison, even on our secret projectiles we have never put poison. In short, I do not know anything about which poison we should put in his food and drink without raising his suspicions.”

Wei Bi said, ”Yao Ershu goes to the Central Plains a lot, he should know. Ask him to buy some prepared poison.”

Wu Lie turned around to pat Zhu Jiuzhen's shoulder, he said with a smile, ”Zhen'er …” As he turned his head around, Zhang Wuji was able to see his face and he was shocked! Turned out this man was the 'Hand Splitting Rock' Hu Bao who masqueraded as his Yifu, who struck Zhu Changling that he vomited some blood, who was killed by Yao Qingquan with a dagger. Zhang Wuji understood immediately, everything was a charade. In order to make the charade lifelike, the palm strike, the hit against the wall so that rock debris fall down, the smashing of the table, had to be performed by Wu Lie, whose martial art skill was very strong.

Wu Lie was saying to Zhu Jiuzhen with a laugh, ”Speaking about which, you have an important role to play in this drama; you have to be affectionate toward that little rascal along the way until he has delivered Xie Xun's life. You must not reveal anything that would give our scheme away.”

”Father,” Zhu Jiuzhen said, ”You must promise me one thing.”