388 Kidnap (1/2)

Shangguan Ru was deeply disturbed at the result of her softheartedness.

On the night as she lay awake, she heard Old Man Mu boasting about the people he had killed. So far, he had assassinated 25 soldiers from the Great Snowmountain and nobody had glimpsed his shadow lurking.

”Good girl, today I killed five people for you again! Haha, only the wicked have freedom...”

Therefore, Shangguan Ru recounted her interaction with Old Man Mu right from the very beginning. Upon hearing this, Gu Shenwei devised a way to lure him into a trap.

At that time, Old Man Mu was still being made to bask in the sun every day. In order to provoke Shangguan Ru to release him, he talked a lot, and all his words revealed his understanding and admiration of the Wayless Qigong of Golden Roc Fort.

It was Old Man Mu who divulged that there were eight chapters of the divine kung fu in the castle.

He was determined to be invincible, and if there was a chance for him to defeat Supreme King, he would not give it up easily.

Even so, Shangguan Ru felt that Dragon King's plan was too simple, ”Will he fall for it? He's very cunning.”

”Yes. Not only is he cunning, he is also very arrogant and underestimates everybody. He will know full well that this is a trap but he will still fall into the trap willingly, just to prove that he is able to free himself from it.” Gu Shenwei was not familiar with Old Man Mu, but he could understand the heart of that man.

It was settled then.

The nobles who were used as bait were not innocent either. They were indeed hatching a plot to instigate thousands of slave soldiers in the camp to raise a mutiny and kill off Dragon King and the soldiers from the Great Snowmountain. At the very least, they want to drive them all out of the Land of Fragrance.

The tough life in the forest had not taught them a lesson, for they still thought that they held supreme authority over the slaves, and the slaves would naturally respond to their beck and call.

Indeed, the slaves were unable to escape the generations of slavery they were mired in. Even though they held sabers and swords, and Dragon King had rmoved the status and names of the slaves, they unconsciously drew a distinction between masters and slaves. However, to them, their masters were no longer the weak and useless nobles who were unable to fight on the battlefield, but the real soldiers from the Great Snowmountain and Dragon King.

As soon as the mutiny plan was leaked, the news reached Dragon King's ears.

Gu Shenwei waited for a few more days. After the nobles who had taken part in the mutiny gave themselves away, he rounded them up and then used them to lure Old Man Mu.

Shangguan Ru was very self-conscious in front of Dragon King. With so many lives taken by his hands, she could no longer justify Old Man Mu's existence.

Maid Lotus did not say anything. She expressed her thoughts only when it was just the two of them, ”Your plan is not simple.”

Gu Shenwei nodded his head. He could not hide his plan from Maid Lotus, nor did he need to hide it , ”It goes without saying that Old Man Mu covets the Wayless Qigong. But he won't believe that the high priest possesses the divine kung fu and he will barge into the military camp. However, his target is not the high priest or the traitors.”

Maid Lotus understood immediately. This was why she assisted Dragon King. He was always quick to notice the truth of things, while she, like Shangguan Ru, had been kept in the dark by Old Man Mu.

”The Tenth Young Master.” She said. Old Man Mu was eyeing on the Wayless Qigong in Shangguan Ru's mind, but there were still two things she could not understand, ”Old Man Mu did not stop the Land of Fragrance from killing us, and he did not kidnap the Tenth Young Master even when he came out from the mountains.”

Gu Shenwei was slightly surprised that Maid Lotus still addressed Shangguan Ru as ”the Tenth Young Master”, but he did not raise it and lowered his head to ponder about what she said, ”It is purported that Old Man Mu's going into retreat was to practice the highest level of the Five Hole Punch. If I am not wrong, he did not succeed this time.”

Old Man Mu had lived in seclusion for more than ten years prior to this. Even after his injuries had healed, he did not return to the jianghu immediately. Instead, he practiced his Kung Fu diligently. The impact of the Five Hole Punch was very powerful and it was a skill which he lived by. Therefore, it was only natural that the Kung Fu was of utmost importance to him. He would not have waited until now if he had been able to master it within a month.

From this, Gu Shenwei assumed that Old Man Mu still had not mastered the highest level of the Five Hole Earth Punch. The way he killed now, without removing the victims' hearts, was probably just a cover-up.

He need not say more as Maid Lotus had already grasped what he meant, so she said, ”But he thought he was able to master it, therefore, he was more eager to get his hands on Wayless Qigong after he failed.”

”Shangguan Ru must have left a deep impression on him when she managed to learn both the Subtle Shadow Lightness Skills and Seven Circles seven apertures Heart Stopping Finger in such a short duration.”

Other than Supreme King himself, there were four people who practiced the Wayless Qigong. Shangguan Fei seldom displayed his Kung Fu and was beyond Old Man Mu's knowledge, while both Dragon King and Maid Lotus would never compromise. The simpleminded and softhearted Shangguan Ru was be the best choice for him to get the divine kung fu.

Maid Lotus' train of thought became clearer, ”He didn't kidnap the Tenth Young Master immediately but killed people in her name instead so that he could discredit her and force her to leave the military camp on her own accord.”

Gu Shenwei nodded. He imagined that Old Man Mu had already harbored intentions to take Shangguan Ru's Wayless Qigong, but he did not reveal it as his Kung Fu had not fully recovered. Something must have happened since then, to give him the confidence to assume that he was able to master the highest Earth level of the Five Hole Punch.

After another failure, Wayless Qigong was his main target once again.

This was the only way to explain Old Man Mu's fickle actions. Gu Shenwei felt that he was spot-on on his guesses and did not think that the missing link was important.