Chapter 39: Broom Star

  Cheng Kun ran along the road, rushing towards Cangmen City. Suddenly, in front of him, a group of Japanese soldiers appeared, returning from a village on the outskirts of Cangmen City, escorting more than twenty young women. Cheng Kun was afraid of being discovered by the devils and hastily hid in the grass at the side of the road.

  The translator, waving a pistol in his hand, was rushing towards the group of women and shouting: "Hurry up! Don't dawdle, one by one with tears on your faces, as if you've lost your men at home. Haha, losing your men is just right, are those good-for-nothing men of yours even considered men? The soldiers of the Great Japanese Imperial Army are the real men! Let them sleep with you for a night and you'll find the feeling of being a woman, you'll feel that serving the imperial army's women isn't in vain. You bunch of old ladies, with what you have, can still make a living, unlike us, who have to rely on our own two hands to make a living. Move! Hurry up!" As he spoke, the translator kicked one of the women in front of him.

  Cheng Kun, hiding in the bushes, understood and saw clearly that the Japanese soldiers were capturing these women to send them to the military camp as playthings for the Japanese. Although Cheng Kun didn't often go out, he had heard many stories about the atrocities committed by the Japanese soldiers who killed people without blinking an eye. Cheng Kun thought that now that the Japanese ruled over Changmen City, going against them would be futile and wouldn't yield any good results. Moreover, Cheng Kun knew that the person his boss had sent him to find in the city, Feng Rensui, was the younger brother of Feng Renhe, both of whom were favored by the Japanese and couldn't be offended. As soon as this thought occurred to Cheng Kun, he shrank his neck and the idea of drawing his sword to help those in need flashed through his mind only to be immediately dismissed.

  Seeing Japanese soldiers pushing Chinese women, they walked away without a trace on the main road. Cheng Kun then crawled out of the bushes.

  About Fengrenhao, Cheng Kun still knows something about it.

  Feng Renhao, also known as "The Deadly Scholar", was a ruthless killer who never showed any emotion. He and Duan Gui were fellow disciples of the ghostly river master, Fog Show Mountain, and both possessed extraordinary martial arts skills. After completing their training, Feng Renhao founded the White Tiger Sect in Cangmen City, while Duan Gui established the Green Snake Sect at Sanjue Village, over 40 miles away from Cangmen City. Initially, the two sects were close allies, but later became sworn enemies for unknown reasons. Cheng Kun, as a protector of the Green Snake Sect, had received secret orders to be on high alert against potential sneak attacks by the White Tiger Sect. The year he was sent to Gansu Province, the Green Snake Sect was annihilated overnight, with all members killed and their headquarters reduced to ruins. Only the Eight Sounds Town branch remained intact. Upon his return from Gansu, Cheng Kun discreetly inquired about the fate of the Green Snake Sect but found no leads. At one point, he suspected that the White Tiger Sect might be responsible for the destruction of the Green Snake Sect. However, after investigating at Sanjue Village, where the Green Snake Sect's headquarters once stood, he discovered that it was actually the Security Squad that had destroyed the sect, with its members either shot or burned to death. This revelation cast doubt on Cheng Kun's initial suspicion that the White Tiger Sect was behind the destruction of the Green Snake Sect. Fearing for his own life, Cheng Kun went into hiding at the Eight Sounds Town branch and remained there for 18 years.

  Today, Cheng Kun went to Cangmen City to find Feng Rensui on the orders of the leader. He had no choice but to dress up carefully. Because he knew that eighteen years ago, Feng Renhao had seen him before. He didn't want anyone to know that he was still alive, and as the one who shouldered the great responsibility of assisting the new leader in reviving the Green Snake Gang, he couldn't afford any mistakes. Therefore, what he did naturally had to be proper, and he couldn't let Feng Renhao have any suspicions.

  Cheng Kun had thought of several plans for answering the questions after meeting the Feng brothers, and Cheng Kun felt that everything was well prepared.

  Cheng Kun was lost in thought, and also had to keep a certain distance from the small group of devils in front of him, so he didn't quicken his pace, slowing down instead. Unexpectedly, he was caught up by a donkey rider behind him.

  "Hey, hey, you country bumpkin! Did you hear me? I'm talking to you! You're blocking my donkey's way, do you know that?! You blind thing!" The man on the donkey yelled at Cheng Kun who was walking in the middle of the road.

  Cheng Kun hastily turned around and looked at the donkey rider.

  The donkey rider had a sturdy build, weighing down the donkey's back, making it feel very strained. Looking at his attire, he wore a tight-fitting shirt, lantern pants, and a white undershirt with an open collar. His face was gaunt, with sunken eyes that emitted an evil glow, and he sported a thick beard, giving off a fierce appearance. He grasped the donkey's reins in his hand, glaring angrily at Cheng Kun.

  Cheng Kun's eyes were sharp, and with one glance, he knew that the person in front of him had some skills. Lately, Cheng Kun had been feeling his muscles getting tighter, always wanting to find someone to fight, to release the pent-up energy that had been building up inside him for eighteen years. Today, running into this kind of person was probably a great opportunity.

  Cheng Kun Meng took a sudden step forward, swinging his left fist towards the donkey's head. The donkey was already carrying too much weight and with this blow, it stumbled, shook its waist, swung its tail, and threw off the person riding on it who had no mental preparation at all.

  The donkey rider was shocked, and without hesitation, in the instant when his body fell, he made a "swallow dipping water" move, adding an empty somersault, and his body stood firmly on the ground, standing by the side of the road. This move alone, without ten or eight years of foundation, is impossible to do.

  Cheng Kun nodded secretly.

  Since you've already knocked someone off their donkey, there's no turning back now, so just go ahead and practice.

  Good fellow Cheng Kun, took a deep breath, sank his energy into his dantian, and externally released the iron shirt to protect his body. He relaxed his arms and threw out a set of Shaolin fists.

  The donkey rider standing by the road couldn't help but nod his head in secret as he watched Cheng Kun's movements.

  "When a master stretches out his hand, he knows whether there is or not." The donkey rider had already seen that this hoarse old man who forced him off the donkey was a high-ranking expert of Shaolin. He didn't dare to underestimate him at all. He immediately circulated his internal energy, concentrated his spirit and used Monkey Fist to fight against the opponent's Shaolin Fist.

  Two people fought on the main road for over twenty rounds and surprisingly neither emerged victorious.

  The donkey rider thought to himself: "In this area of over a hundred miles, the only ones who can fight me to a draw are a few monks from the Biyuan Temple. No one else has been able to exchange more than twenty moves with me without revealing any weaknesses. It seems that today I've met a formidable opponent, and my only chance is to use my lightness skill to defeat him."

  The donkey rider thought of this, and with a swift movement, his feet left the ground and jumped onto a big tree by the side of the road. The donkey rider stood on the big tree, shouting at Cheng Kun: "Country bumpkin, you still have two tricks up your sleeve! Look at you, you're so dirty and old, yet you still dare to play with me? Come hit me! Come on, come hit me! If you've got guts, come up the tree and fight me; if not, then quickly disappear from my sight. Damn it, I didn't have a good dream today, and now I've run into a jinx like you!"

  Cheng Kun saw a donkey rider leap onto a big tree and knew that this person's lightness skill was exceptional.