Chapter 122 (1/2)
Translator : Casualtranslator
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Robbery on the road
The days spent travelling were bland and tedious Fortunately, Zhang Xiaohua had low expectations, he would not care if he was in the horse carriage or at his own roo as he could read his books every day
In fact, since he did not have to work in the fields, he had more time to read than usual
The journey on horse carriage went on like this for another ten plus days, and shi+ Niu’s singing voice persisted throughout the entire period as well Everyone was initially in ad a critical point when villa master Ou had to intervene in the situation herself Under her orders, shi+ Niu stopped singing for that period of half a day, but as soon as half the day passed shi+ Niu would not be able to contain his joy upon seeing the beautiful sunset in the horizon and stretch his vocal cords again, causing Ou Yan to not knohether she should laugh or cry With Mada words, she slowly calers in the carriages behind, they si
In the beginning few days after their acco Xiaohua would drag He Tianshu to find a place to train, but He Tianshu seeht and would find ways to reject the boy Thus, Zhang Xiaohua had no choice but to practice his martial arts alone, but a few days later, he becae for his reason
He Tianshu s Xiaohua if he had seen other disciples going out or staying at the courtyard to practice their ht back carefully and realized indeed that he had not seen any of them practiced their martial arts yet
He Tianshu then explained the reason It seemed that He Tianshu was like the other disciples, they were practicing their inner energy As the saying goes, external h the tendons, bones and skin while internal y cultivation only requires the practitioner to sit down and accumulate qi, whereas fist martial art practice trains the external body Actually, all the disciples in Huanxi mountain villa were like that, they would practice their fistand cultivate their inner energy at night The reason for practicing fist martial art was to train their bodies, and secondly to familiarize themselves with thenow, training in their inner energy cultivation methods would naturally take precedence over their fist martial arts practice
Furthery cultivation can replace sleeping at night after it reaches a certain level of cultivation, so one would only need to sit down for a few hours at night instead Upon hearing all these, Zhang Xiaohua felt a huge wave of jealousy; if he did not have to sleep just for sitting for a while, then how interesting his life would be However, when he thought back to how his body must sleep after a certain hour and would not wake up no matter hoas called, his heart could not help but feel regret
While the Piaomiao disciples need not practice their fistXiaohua was not the say cultivation methods so he had no choice but to look for a place to train his martial arts, and because he did not want other people to watch hiht, the first thing he would do after dinner was to find a hidden spot where he could practice his fist martial arts
And ever since Zhang Xiaohua obtained the se improvements The sixteen variations were now imprinted into his body and he could perforle and speed of his thrusts also became sharper and quicker The small sas nimble like an extension of his arm, and the warm flow also increased in thickness by much, and the overall power of his strikes vastly exceeded Zhang Xiaohua’s expectations Ever since one ti the trip and bore a hole straight through a thick tree, Zhang Xiaohua no longer dared to use his full power to strike any object in fear of falling the tree and causing the inn to demand for compensation
However, Zhang Xiaohua’s worries disappeared before long as the southern part of the journey was not all on highways After a few days later, they soon reached the muddy and mountainous paths and the inns that they stayed in were all small ones in little towns Soes and build their own lodgings in the wilderness
On that particular day, shi+ Niu was still steering the first carriage when he reached the front of a le narrow path that curved up the mountain, and there were many shrubs and trees in the forest, so one was not able to see far ahead with a single glance
shi+ Niu ie, turned around and asked, “Lady Qiu Tong, how did you pass this place the previous tierous, and if the road is blocked, ill have to turn back instead”
Qiu Tong looked at the h the mountain the previous tier There seemed to be a path ahead frouide, he said that it would take around a day’s worth of time Since I was in a hurry the previous time, I took the bypass channel”
Madam Qin pondered for aon carriage this tierous route Looking at the mountain shape, if there are any obstructions on the path, we have an abundance of highly skilled experts who can move the stones away so the road should still be passable”
Ou Yan disagreed, she felt that it was not wise to take the longer route for safety reasons
Madam Qin said, “It is at most an additional day worth of journey, and since our trip to Rejuvenation valley is not a short trip, the additional time would not make much difference Furthermore, your seeds will not sprout in the winter anyway so why is there a need to rush just to save a day’s worth of time?”
The other passengers in the carriage all agreed, and since Ou Yan was an easy-going person, she did not persist in her opinion and under the persuasion of everyone, she relented
After travelling inside the mountain and forest path for a while, several e froong to climb up the mountain
The passengers in the carriage were still unaware that they have avoided a cala safe and they continued down their path
On the second day, the party ed to cross the mountains and returned back to the pre-planned path
The following road was still not on the highway, it passed straight through the erous as the one they had went past However, shi+ Niu, Madauards up at all times in watch for any unexpected events
Unfortunately, life does not go how the ant it to be On that particular day just before they entered a path for forest, although there was a saying in Jianghu “do not enter where there is a forest”, the trees were not dense and the leaves have shed by quite a bit A cold as blowing and it seeuards
Just as shi+ Niu was singing his song as he rode through the forest, a “whoosh” sound flew by and an arrow suddenly shot froe
The arrohich appeared out of nowhere broke shi+ Niu’s song, he immediately took a deep breath of cold air and called out “Yu……” before pulling the reins of the horse and forcing the carriage to stop The passengers in the carriage were chatting idly when this happened, and they imes behind ith Zhang Xiaohua were also surprised by the sudden change of events, and es and pulled out their weapons to prepare for any battle ahead
Just as everyone was feeling anxious, a person appeared on horseback froe and his clothes were simple He held a spear in one arm and sat on an unimpressive horse which tottered over to the party slowly When he got near, everyone could see that he had a square face which was slightly bony, his eyes were lively and were focused on the four carriages
He stopped when he walked to the front of the arrow, and used both hands to raise the spear Everyone was surprised, they thought, “He could not be thinking of charging towards us just by hiripped their weapons tighter but a moment later, they heard the person shout aloud in a tone even louder than shi+ Niu, “This mountain is ours, these trees are ours, you will have to pay a toll if you want to pass here”
The voice was loud and crisp causing several birds to fly froers were secretly ale person as blocking their way as though they were looking at a fool saying a joke as though it was real
The person who shouted saw that nobody was responding, and the large hero as steering the first carriage did not have any change in his expression as he stared coldly back at hi, weren’t you singing just now? What rubbish you were spouting, it was so unbearable to listen to, causing pollution to o or else…” He then brandished the spear on his hands in the air to demonstrate his threat
shi+ Niu initially wanted to see what ability the other party had, but upon hearing the rew extree driver seat and threw an e the driver ju to himself, the ot closer to him, he raised the spear with one hand and used his other hand to pull the horse’s reins
The people froe his horse forward and thrust the spear towards shi+ Niu, and even though they knew that shi+ Niu was a top exponent in external martial arts, they still sweated beads of perspiration in worry for their comrade
But contrary to their expectation, thehis horse forward but back instead!