607 Bumping Into Someone (1/2)
Old Man Mu was dumbfounded after listening to Shangguan Fei recite the first chapter of the Daoless Scroll.
”Disperse the internal energy? I have to disperse my internal energy before practicing such a piece of crap? What does it think it is? So domineering.”
”It has been this way… the whole time.” Shangguan Fei didn't understand why Old Man Mu was surprised. ”Golden Roc killers are forbidden from practicing the internal energy of other sects from the very beginning.”
”I know that,” Old Man Mu said rather impatiently. He paced back and forth while scratching his head, thinking about the new problem ahead of him. ”I thought it was a trick you Golden Roc Castle used to scare killers. I didn't expect it to actually be true.”
”Uh, that's why the Dragon King has to combine the three powers into one.”
Old Man Mu raised his head and stared at Shangguan Fei with ferocious eyes. ”Do you think that I'm as stupid as you?”
”No, no.” Shangguan Fei shook his head in a hurry, thinking that it really was rare that Wild Horse could endure this for several years. He didn't know how long he could bear this for.
”The Daoless Divine Power and the Sumeru Mustard Divine Power, one yin and the other yang, one Taoist and the other Buddhist, have completely opposite properties, so it's normal that they are incompatible. Usually, one doesn't have to disperse their internal energy before practicing a different one because the stronger internal energy can always suppress the weaker one and convert it into itself.”
”There's no other way,” muttered Shangguan Fei, worried that Old Man Mu would lose interest and 'drive him out of the sect' again.
”Motherfucker, I'm such an idiot. I don't have much internal energy left anyways, so it's better to disperse it. What am I waiting for? Haha, the Daoless Divine Power is tailor-made for my current situation.”
”Yeah.” Shangguan Fei clapped his hands and echoed.
Old Man Mu frowned again. ”Am I becoming stupid by being next to you for too long?”
”No no, you're just stupid for the moment … Uh, you're not stupid at all. It's just that you didn't think of it at the moment. And I'm also not stupid. I fooled the Dragon King and my sister once.”
”Seriously?”
Shangguan Fei proudly told how he had killed his cousin Shangguan Yushi. ”No one thought that it was me who did it. You can't even imagine how surprised they were.”
It was the pinnacle of Shangguan Fei's life, and even the reminiscent memories still tasted good.
Old Man Mu nodded approvingly, and said, ”I said you were talented but you were always dumbfounded when people took you seriously.”
Downhearted, Shangguan Fei sighed.
”It's getting late. Come on, let's go kill somebody.”
”Ahh.” Shangguan Fei's voice trembled. He still needed to kill more than five people to meet the quota of killing ten people a day.
Fighting at will was not allowed in the noble district and most of the people in the craftsman area were also under protection. So Old Man Mu chose the slums like when the Dragon King was training Chu Nanping.
”It'll really be a good time. It's packed with fools from the Central Plains and idiots of the Western Regions here. Even if we kill them at will, nobody will care.” Looking at the mass of tents in the night, Old Man Mu suddenly sighed with emotion. ”Back then, this was my city. I could go wherever I wanted, beat or kill whoever I wanted. Do you know that feeling?”
Shangguan Fei shook his head in a daze. Even during his most comfortable days at the castle, he was constrained by his father and mother, and even by his little sister and cousin.
”That was like … that was like … being a god. All the obstacles in the world are nothing to you; you can wander around and destroy at will. You were even more free than the Khan. He has to figure out how to increase the number of his soldiers but I only cared about 'reducing' it. You know, when I was young, I even slept with his women. It's just that he didn't know, haha.” After the laughter came a long sigh. ”Alas, things flow away day and night, and now it's gone forever.”
Shangguan Fei felt that Old Man Mu was bragging. As far as he knew, this devil dared not enter the territory of Golden Roc Castle, and also dared not speak out of the Khan's women he had supposedly slept with. Obviously, he was still far away from doing whatever he wanted.
But he knew what the right reaction would be. Surprise, delight, envy, and sympathy. And as long as he showed these expressions, he could please Old Man Mu without saying anything.
Old Man Mu was indeed very satisfied. He patted Shangguan Fei's waist and said, ”You're my future hope, so do it now.”
”Now? Here?” Shangguan Fei was taken aback.
They were standing at a crossroad, surrounded by simple taverns that were still open at the moment. Customers went in and out, most of whom were sabermen speaking the languages of the Central Plains and the Western Regions.
”Shouldn't we look for a place with fewer people?” Killing blatantly like this was still a bit beyond Shangguan Fei's reach.
”I said you were stupid and you're really stupid. With more people here, fighting and killing will cause less attention. See, there are people quarreling over there. They're even drawing their saber and no one gives a shit about it.”
In the distance, there were indeed two big men standing in the lights who had drawn their sabers at each other, but all they did was shout and beside them stood a few relatives or friends who were cheering loudly. It seemed that none of them would make a move past arguing even by tomorrow morning. The crowd of passers-by all turned a blind eye to it as if it were a botched puppet show not worth watching.
”Who should I kill?” Shangguan Fei nervously asked.
”Kill whoever you want. Give them a punch if you don't like them. If you really can't do it, just go forward with your eyes closed and punch whoever you bump into.”
Shangguan Fei didn't have the audacity to kill as he pleased. He looked around to search for the right prey. The first thing he did was to rule out those tall and strong men who had a fierce look. After taking a glance at Old Man Mu, he then ignored all the men who were little but appeared confident. Even so, there were still a lot of choices left.
”This one will do.” Shangguan Fei said in a low voice.
It was a teenage boy who was dirty, thin, and tired like a beggar. Only the saber hanging by his waist indicated that he was also a saberman.
”You really know how to pick them. Hurry up, a bit longer and he will probably fall to the ground and die himself.”
”I'm not twenty years old either.” Shangguan Fei argued in a low voice while producing a black cloth to cover his face skillfully.
”What are you doing?” Old Man Mu looked up in amazement.
”I can't be recognized. I've attended the warrior contest and I'm a little … famous.”