Chapter 72 (2/2)

Vaguely, they could still hear the monks who had not slept lightly tapping wooden fish1. This should have been a peaceful and happy holy land, but this sort of situation had occurred. It truly made people feel bitterly disappointed.

Feng Yu Heng was someone who never feared anything. She had long made preparations should the enemy take action. She also would not blame herself after the fact for not being more careful in watching over Zi Rui. But she did take away some lessons from this experience so that she would have more methods to guard against this happening again.

The moonlight looked like strands of silk, and the stars dotted the sky. The sky was clear and fine, but after the two looped around the top of the mountain, in the blink of an eye, the moon set and stars dimmed.

Masked men in black clothes rushed forth from all sides, completely surrounding Feng Yu Heng and Huang Quan. In their hands were swords and sabers that let out a cold light, making it impossible for people look directly at it.

Feng Yu Heng did not know if these were from the same group as the one from the river side. She merely lamented how she so often ran in to these sword fights. When it rains, it pours.

Huang Quan, as before, was back to back with her, dividing the fight in to two sides. One of the surrounding people held Zi Rui as a hostage and stood before Feng Yu Heng.

Seeing that the child had his eyes closed and had remained unconscious, she knew that he had been given a knockout drug. She could not help but furrow her brow tightly.

“Feng family’s second young miss.” This time, the other party followed the script a kidnapper should. He also brought a knife to Feng Zi Rui’s neck and began negotiating with Feng Yu Heng, “Trade your life for the life of this child. Does the Feng family’s second young miss think this is worth it?”

“As expected it’s targeting me.” She slightly raised a corner of her lips, “Since you know I am the Feng family’s second young miss, you still boldly dare to do this. Do you not fear the Feng family’s retaliation?”

“Hahaha!” The person acted as if he had heard a joke, “Hmph! Even if the Feng family wanted to retaliate, they would need to have that ability. Moreover, if the Feng family’s second young miss lives, then all is fine. If you died, do you feel that your father would grieve for you and seek revenge, or would he secretly be happy?”

These words were not without merit, and Feng Yu Heng had no way of refuting it; however, she continued to display a smile on her face, persistently reminding the enemy: “It’s possible that the Feng family will secretly rejoice, but you must not forget, I have Prince Yu’s Palace as a support!”

With these words having been said, Feng Yu Heng no longer waited, loudly yelling in to the air: “Ban Zou! Save us!”

From somewhere in the air, an ghostly shadow dashed out. In the blink of an eye, he arrived in front of the criminals. The criminal, who had been arrogantly negotiating, had his head cut off in an instant. Feng Zi Rui was caught by that ghostly shadow and disappeared with a flash.

The group of masked men still had yet to react, as they froze for a moment. Only then did someone loudly scream: “Kill!”

Immediately, almost twenty people clad in black rushed toward Feng Yu Heng and Huang Quan.

This time was different from the previous time. Previously, they had been ambushed, so they had been caught unprepared. Furthermore, they did not have Ban Zou at their side, and the number of people they met was larger than currently. Also, the enemy had poisoned arrows, which are impossible to guard against.

Moreover, she now had Ban Zou at her side. That hidden guard was just like her shadow, silent and formless but always protecting her from the shadows.

Three people fighting against twenty was actually not that tiring. Feng Yu Heng knew that Zi Rui had already been brought to a safe place by Ban Zou. Having made no mental plans, she used an anesthetic shot and stabbed into someone’s back then simply stole that person’s saber.

Unfortunately, she had absolutely no skill with a saber. After waving it around a couple times, even Ban Zou frowned at her. Huang Quan just pulled her back: “Young miss, quickly throw away the saber.”

She also felt her form had been quite ugly, thus she abandoned the saber and continued to use the needles she was accustomed to.

After a few back and forths, not many people dressed in black remained. Seeing that the situation was dire, the remaining enemies all reached in to their waist area looking for something.

It seemed that Ban Zou and Huang Quan had some experience with this matter. Huang Quan, upon seeing the enemy move, immediately called out: “Do not allow them to use their hidden weapon!”

As for Ban Zou, he floated over like a ghost at the same time as Huang Quan. In a few strikes, he took care of most of those that remained. As for the other three, they had been struck by Feng Yu Heng’s anesthetic needle.

Not long later, all of the masked men were taken care of. Feng Yu Heng had originally planned to investigate and see if anything of interest could be found on their bodies; however, she found Ban Zou and Huang Quan frozen in place, staring at her.

“Uh….” She lowered her head and looked at herself, “Is there something wrong?”

Huang Quan wiped away some sweat, “Young miss, what hidden weapon did you use that was so amazing?”

Ban Zou did not speak, instead he stared at Feng Yu Heng and waited for an answer.

Feng Yu Heng fell silent for a while. Seeing the two have no intention of giving up, she could only vaguely reply: “It’s just a needle that has been soaked in mafeisan.” Then pointing at the people on the ground, she told Ban Zou: “The ones hit by me didn’t die. They only fell unconscious. Do you want to take care of them?”

Ban Zou did not say another word. Making use of his martial arts, he walked around in a loop. There was no sign of him making any moves, but when he stopped walking, he told them: “There are none left alive now.”

Feng Yu Heng was helpless: “We should have left one to torture for information.”

Ban Zou shook his head, “They are people from Yama’s Palace. There is a marking on their body.” As he spoke, his body seemed to move once more, and in the blink of an eye, he carried Feng Zi Rui back from who knows where.

Feng Yu Heng had just received the child, when she heard a person’s voice come from the direction they had come from. They could even vaguely see the brightly-lit flames.

Huang Quan was surprised for a moment, “I fear that someone is coming.”

As she said it, they heard someone call out “Second young miss! Where are you? Second young miss!”

There was yet another person who angrily yelled out: “Criminals who have kidnapped the second young miss, please do not harm my family’s young miss. No matter how much money you ask for, we will pay it all. We just ask that the second young miss remain alive!”

1: Percussion instrument used by monks while chanting scriptures.