741 A Hero (2/2)
”He was assassinated.”
Of course the Golden Roc Castle was not that formidable. Golden Roc Castle vividly remembered that Marshal Yang had fought several killers alone and won easily and cleanly. Even Gu Shenwei himself, with his present kung fu, couldn't have accomplished that in a face-to-face fight.
With a dawning comprehension, Fan Yongda nodded and sighed repeatedly at Marshal Yang's death.
Gu Shenwei had one more question left in his mind. Marshal Yang left the martial arts world ten years ago, and by that time, he was already ten years old. Since Marshal Yang's younger brother had been a servant in the residence for many years, why had he never mentioned his world-famous elder brother?
”What's the name of the junior who offended the Luo Village?”
”I don't remember. I heard his name, but I've forgotten it long ago. Marshal Yang stole the thunder of the event, but it's the only way to explain the Luo Village's past grudges towards him.”
Dog Butcher had been quietly listening to his nephew-in-sect tell stories of the past when his thoughts finally came back to the present. ”That's quite a story. Why didn't ever tell me this before?”
”Uh, you've been in a closed-door cultivation this whole time, Uncle Master…”Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click visiting.
”Alas, my closed-door cultivation was a curse. I concentrated on kung fu cultivation but missed an opportunity to make friends with a true hero. However good my kung fu skills are, what good will they do to me?” Dog Butcher got angrier as he spoke, until he slammed his crutch onto the ground.
Fan Yongda was startled, yet he still tried comforting him. ”Uncle Master, there's no need to regret these things. Marshal Yang didn't achieve his fame until he was in his sixties, so you still have a chance.”
Dog Butcher shook his head and sighed, ”It's not about whether I am celebrated as hero, but rather that I failed to make friends with decent people.”
Old Man Mu frowned as he sharply asked, ”What are you implying? Are you saying that the Dragon King and I are not worthy of being your friends?”
”We're not friends with each other. It's merely a deal. I lost, and the Dragon King won. I surrendered, and the Dragon King accepted. That's it.”
”The Dragon King spared you and yet you feel aggrieved, for God's sake. From my perspective, that Marshal Yang…”
Gu Shenwei knew what the Old Man Mu was going to say, but he didn't want to hear it. Marshal Yang had died for the Gu Family so he'd always retain a special status in his heart. He interrupted, ”One more thing. When I was having a kung fu competition with the Kongtong Sect and the Qingcheng Sect, you all recognized the Gu Knife Form, and Deng Yuanlei also mentioned Marshal Yang. What's the relation between the Gu family and the Yang Family?”
Confused by the Dragon King's question, Fan Yongda scratched his head and didn't seem to have an answer. Instead, Dog Butcher answered. ”That happened even further back and Fan Yongda surely doesn't know. Marshal Yang used to be a pirate, and I heard that – just heard – that it was General Gu who defeated and captured him. General Gu had amazing foresight and saw something special in him, taking him in as his apprentice. After that, Marshal Yang practiced the Gu Family's kung fu.”
”General Gu? He shouldn't gave been in the Central Plains at that time.”
”Who told you that? I never heard of General Gu even leaving the Central Plains,” Dog Butcher was very confident when talking about things that happened an extremely long time ago.
”This General Gu you were talking about is…” Gu Shenwei knew that there'd been a misunderstanding between the two.
”Iron Spear Gu. You may not have heard of him.”
Iron Spear Gu's real name was Gu Kuan, Gu Shenwei's grandfather, and he had died when Gu Shenwei was still very young.
Old Man Mu couldn't help but say, ”Of course the Dragon King has heard of Iron Spear Gu before. You two don't know this, do you? The Dragon King's surname is Yang, and his father was the Gu Family's… best friend. Eek, Dragon King, is there any chance you and Marshal Yang are relatives?”
”Kind of.”
Dog Butcher and Fan Yongda nodded at the same time, with an expression of 'pardon my former lack of respect.'
Old Man Mu asked another question, ”Dragon King, how are you so relaxed? I mean, tomorrow's the day of the competition. Why are you thinking of Marshal Yang instead of those Qingcheng Sect Leaders?”
”Lu Mian's swordsmanship is similar to that of Marshal Yang's, and he also seems to be related to the Gu family.”
Dog Butcher clapped loudly a single time as he lamented, ”Alas, it's a pity that my sister's not here. She knows everything about all the sects in the Central Plains and must has some information about Lu Mian's background.”
”Bring me to her,” Gu Shenwei stood up and said.
”Ah?” Dog Butcher regretted making that last remark. ”The competition is to be held at noon tomorrow, and… it's almost dark. We don't even know where she is.”
”I know where the Kongtong Sect is,” Fan Yongda gladly offered his help, which only drew a cold glance from his unhappy Uncle Master.
Holding onto his sword hilt, Gu Shenwei was determined to uncover Lu Mian's relations with Marshal Yang and the Gu Family. There was a significant vulnerability in this Sect Leader of the Qingcheng Sect, but he couldn't see it clearly however hard he squinted.