533 Dirty Fighting (1/2)

According to Wei Song, Gu Lun became enemies with King Rizhu of Norland very easily.

At that time, the Seventh Prince, who acted as a hostage, was not supported by all the parties of the Imperial Court in the Central Plain. He seemed not to be very king-like. He was like a small beast who was not loved and was forced to leave his mother. Naturally, he would not be welcomed by other beasts.

They had the argument at the wine table. The son of King Rizhu regarded the Prince as a noble of a small country in the Western Region, who had asked for asylum while behaving rudely. On top of that, he had instigated trouble while pouring wine into his guest's mouth.

If he had done the same thing towards the Norland people, those people would have been friendly. But for the Seventh Prince who grew up in the palace, it was an unprecedented insult.

At that time, Gu Lun was the Imperial Guard of the Seventh Prince, but he was not very calm or cautious. When he saw his master being humiliated, he rushed to rescue him, making King Rizhu's son very angry.

In the hubbub of the crowd, the dispute had turned into a kung fu competition.

”And then Gu Lun won the competition fair and square. King Rizhu's son got hurt, but it was nothing serious. But then his wound became infected, and he died several days later, so King Rizhu thought it was Gu Lun's fault,” Wei Song had said, simply telling the truth and not leaving out the main facts.

Old Man Mu didn't know about the relationship between the Gu family and Norland, nor did he care about it, so he seemed to ignore the story. He only cared about himself.

In the Land of Fragrance, Old Man Mu thought that he had only his fellow male junior apprentice, Taoist Yu, to ask for help if he wanted to restore his kung fu since he had many enemies in Norland. That was why he had tried his best to ask Shangguan Ru to accept the invitation of the second wife of the Khan, hoping that she and the Dragon King would protect him on his way to seeing Taoist Yu for help.

At the Qianqi Pass, the five fanatics who had made a night attack on the barracks did Old Man Mu a great favor. After some torture and deception, those five promised to send a message to Taoist Yu for him. Unfortunately, they were caught by Naihang Tribe before they could do so.

Taoist Yu was presently just the teacher for the Royal Family of the Naihang Tribe.

”My fellow male junior apprentice said he could help me restore my kung fu, but he heard that you had gotten hold of the Dajue Book of Swordcraft. He was very interested in it, so he wanted to check it, but not to kill you. Dragon King, you can protect me, so I am more eager to see you alive than anyone else. In fact, Wildhorse is not a disciple of Taoist Yu. My fellow male junior apprentice wanted someone to work for him, but feared that others thought that he was not serious about receiving a disciple, so he carelessly omitted several training guides. Wildhorse learned them on his own.”

Old Man Mu planned to tell the truth about how Wildhorse found Taoist Yu, so he continued, ”I sent him to find Taoist Yu a year ago. At first, I wanted him to be a spy for me, but I didn't think that Taoist Yu woud appreciate him or teach him any of the skills of the Yuqing Sect. Therefore, Wildhorse immediately told him of all my plans and was loyal to Taoist Yu. But he's ungrateful, he will... Well, he has very good kung fu skills, and he knows my weaknesses, so I have to avoid seeing him later.”

Old Man Mu was also ungrateful, but he still felt justified in blaming others.

”Tell me about your weaknesses,” Gu Shenwei said. He realized that Old Man Mu knew little about the plots of King Rizhu, so he couldn't ask him anything about that.

Old Man Mu blushed. Finally he realized that he'd said too much, but he'd rather speak than die, so he said, ”Dragon King ... you are killing me.”

”You have kowtowed to me in public, but you are not willing to tell me your weaknesses? How can such loyalty convince me?” Gu Shenwei asked.

”Well, both Wildhorse and Taoist Yu know them, so I guess I can tell you. There is a set of instructions for the Internal Strength in the Yuqing Sect called the Amber Qigong, which is the foundation of all kung fu in this school. In the Land of Fragrance, you set a fire... which was really serious. I hid myself underground to save myself with the Amber Qigong. I saved my life, but I lost my kung fu skills, and the worst thing was-”

Old Man Mu shook his head, sighed, stamped his feet and beat his chest. After a while, he said, ”Now, my Internal Breath always stagnates for a while after woking for a day. It seems that I can use all my kung fu normally. However, if I ever meet a kung fu master who forces me to fight with Internal Strength, it will be enough to kill me many times over.”

After saying that, Old Man seemed depressed. He had been pursuing unlimited freedom his whole life, but his Internal Strength had became his one weakness, which kept him trapped inside, due to fear of death. If the only people he could bully were the incompetent people with weak kung fu, how could he have his freedom or fun?

”Wildhorse used a saber to fight you, because he wanted to conceal the secret for you, right?” asked Gu Shenwei.

Old Man Mu spread his hands and then said, ”Yes. In fact, I don't know what happened between you and Wildhorse before, but Wildhorse hates your guts now. I have never seen how strong a person's hatred is until now.”

If the hatred could be seen by others, it was not strong enough, so Gu Shenwei didn't take Wildhorse's kung fu seriously. Over the past year, Wildhorse had enhanced his kung fu, but it was far from perfect. He wanted to test the Dragon King, but revealed his own background by doing so.

Gu Shenwei was still holding the Dragon Head Sword, and suddenly stabbed Old Man Mu without any warning.

Old Man Mu was so stunned that he jumped to the left, but he only ran into the Dragon King's fist. As a result, he had to use both hands to fight the Dragon King.

Gu Shenwei had never learned advanced kung fu punches, so he intended to force Old Man Mu to fight him with his saber.

”Dragon King, you are fighting dirty...” Old Man Mu said.

Old Man Mu didn't finish his words. The Dragon King was using his Internal Strength to fight, so he needed to do whatever he could. Talking was useless at this time.