Chapter 45: The Mysterious Event at the Deserted Wooden House (Part 2)

  That little girl was originally standing beside Geshu Yun, but suddenly rushed out, her right hand shaking, a long vine flying towards the man, and her left hand also throwing three steel darts. The red-faced old man was extremely strange, seeing this little girl rushing over, not avoiding at all, but instead welcoming him forward, saying: "The bad guy is dead, baby follow me!" The little girl suddenly attacked, he still seemed to be unaware of it, slowly walking towards her, that's terrible, his feet were tangled by the vine, and his left shoulder was also hit! Lu Qingyun suddenly shouted loudly: "Little Butterfly don't move your hand, he is your father!" The red-faced old man let out a series of mournful laughs, the little girl, as if struck by lightning, trembled all over in the moonlight. At this time, Xiao Shouren suddenly felt a gust of wind behind his head, and Geshu Yun's palm pushed him three feet away. Geshu Yun turned back to look, only to see four people wearing black clothes; like flying birds, they rushed in, several sharp crossbow arrows also flew over, one had already rushed near the little girl! The red-faced old man let out a loud roar, his feet jumped up, the vine split into several segments and flew out horizontally. That black-clothed man's hand had just grabbed onto the little girl's shoulder when he was hugged by the red-faced old man, rolling on the ground, but his shoulder was hit by a straight arrow. The two men started fighting.

  The next moment, the black-clad man was motionless. At that time, Xiao Shouren had already come to his senses and saw that the red-faced old man was very ruthless, not only to the black-clad man but also to himself. It turned out that he had pulled out the crossbow bolt from his own shoulder and then stabbed it into the chest of the black-clad man, resulting in one death and one injury.

  The girl called Little Butterfly by Lu Qingyun was still standing there, stunned by his words. Those words were undoubtedly a bolt from the blue to her.

  Those four men in black were all masters within the Great Sui Palace. The man in black who was killed by the red-faced old man, Ge Shu Yun recognized him, his nickname was "Eight Armed Na Zhan" Zhang Ba, formerly a great thief roaming the rivers and lakes, after Yang Jian unified the world, he led a group of bandits to surrender to the Sui army, later it was said that he became an imperial guard, his martial arts were not inferior to Li Mi's, Ge Shu Yun had just seen Zhang Ba pounce over and didn't think much of it, there was no time to speak, so he could only push Xiao Shou Ren away with one palm.

  Another three black-clad guards, Ge Shu Yun didn't recognize them, they should be some unknown figures, but judging from their movements, they were all top-notch experts.

  They suddenly appeared in front of the small wooden hut in the wilderness and immediately rushed towards Lu Qingyun. Although their moves were fierce, they didn't have a killing move. Xiao Shouren's kung fu was not good, but he still picked up a nearby bamboo pole to help Lu Qingyun sweep the array, occasionally harassing those three black-clothed men. Fortunately, Zhang Ba, who had the strongest martial arts skills, shot and killed the red-faced old man with an arrow; otherwise, tonight would likely end in bloodshed on the desolate mountain!

  Xiao Shouren saw that the guards were so ruthless, he risked his life to fight them. However, the three guards had extremely high martial arts skills, and Xiao Shouren and Lu Qingyun couldn't stop them all. As a result, one of the guards broke through and attacked the injured Red-faced Old Man and Xiaodie, who was still in a daze. Xiao Shouren and Lu Qingyun were entangled by two guards and couldn't escape, not even having time to glance around. After fighting for a while, they heard Geshu Yun shouting loudly. Xiao Shouren listened carefully and realized that the guard who had gone to capture the Red-faced Old Man had been taken down. It turned out that Geshu Yun saw the black-clothed man running over to grab the Red-faced Old Man and Xiaodie, so he joined the battle as well, rushing over to help the Red-faced Old Man. However, it was actually the Red-faced Old Man who helped Geshu Yun.

  That guard, wielding a red-haired knife, was extremely fierce. Geshu Yun's sword couldn't even touch him, and since he was already injured, he couldn't exert any strength, so with just one swing of the knife, he was blown away!

  Ko Chiu Wan didn't care about these anymore, and with a swift movement of his small but exquisite skill, he was about to gain the upper hand. Just then, from the side, he gave him a sword. The red-faced old man's martial arts were truly astonishing, his face had turned pale as paper, and his body was swaying back and forth, yet he still used one hand to cover his shoulder to prevent excessive bleeding, and with a single palm, he countered the attack. That guard's knife flashed with light, but only circled around him, not daring to truly close in.

  He was afraid of his Nine Palaces Divine Movement Palm technique, and after fighting for a while, the guard seemed to become impatient. Suddenly, he spun around and shouted "Cloud Dragon Three Appearances!" With three swift sword strikes, he charged towards Gesu Yun, yelling: "First, I'll get rid of this little girl!"

  It seems that Ge Shu Yun's disguise skills are not very good, as he can be seen as a woman in the dark of night. Although he is currently wearing a blue long shirt, his sword was knocked flying by the black-clad guard when he made his second move! When Ge Shu Yun's Qing Gang Jian was knocked flying by the black guard's first knife, three more knives came down in succession. The first knife forced Ge Shu Yun to retreat two steps, the second knife knocked his sword flying, and the third knife chopped straight down at him. Ge Shu Yun had no way to resist, and could only close his eyes and wait for death.

  Just then, the guard let out a blood-curdling scream. Geshu Yun opened his eyes to see that the red-faced old man had grabbed the guard with one hand. The guard was quite skilled and suddenly bent his head back, stabbing at the old man's waist with his reverse hand. The old man let out an angry roar and stretched out the hand covering his shoulder, tearing the guard into two pieces with a single rip. The scene was extremely bloody and terrifying. Although Geshu Yun had killed many people before, he had never seen such a brutal method of killing, and he was so frightened that his whole body went limp.

  The old man with a red face threw the two pieces of blood people on the ground, pushed Ge Shu Yun with his hand, and pointed to Xiao Shou Ren's side, as if asking Ge Shu Yun for help. Ge Shu Yun looked at him, his shoulder bleeding like a spring, and all his clothes were stained red.

  He hastily tore off a piece of his green shirt and bandaged him, then sat on the ground, unable to speak anymore! However, he continued to point at Xiao Shouren and Lu Qingyun, looking very angry, urging Ge Shuyun to go forward. The Wudang Sect's Nine Palaces Divine Movement Palm doesn't have such a move, one palm can tear people apart, this is the red-faced old man using the Nine Palaces Divine Movement Palm's powerful Eagle Claw Divine Skill! As long as the enemy is distracted for a moment, he will immediately take advantage of the opportunity to attack, unfortunately, he was seriously injured earlier and couldn't move nimbly, after gaining the upper hand, he still fell victim to the enemy's sneak attack. Xiao Shouren and Lu Qingyun joined forces and were fighting another two guards, although they said they were working together, in fact, Xiao Shouren only played a role in disturbing the enemy, even disturbing the enemy was strenuous for Xiao Shouren, suddenly he heard Ge Shuyun shouting loudly: "We've already killed one!"

  She shouted and ran towards Xiao Shouren and the others. The two guards were calling out to Xiao Shouren and Lu Qingyun while turning their heads to look around, seemingly discovering that their companion was nowhere to be seen. They cried out in unison, "Feng Jin!" At this moment, Lu Qingyun took advantage of the situation and flew over, snatching the qinggang sword from Ge Shu Yun's hand and blocking the two black-clothed men's retreat route. With one sword stroke each, one was stabbed to death, and the other was stabbed in the abdomen, severely injured and unable to fight back.

  The enemy has been completely defeated, but the old man with a red face has also suffered serious injuries. Xiao Shouren and the other two rushed over to see him, only to find that he was covered in blood all over his body. Lu Qingyun took out some golden wound medicine from her bosom and applied it to stop the bleeding, then used the spring water by the mountain to wipe him clean. It could be seen that the shoulder of his clothes had been torn, and there was a shoe print on his chest. It seemed that he had been kicked by Zhang Ba's Eight-Armed Na Zha's leg. This kick was really ruthless, but the old man with a red face could still hold on for so long after being seriously injured and even managed to kill the enemy with one palm. The depth of his power can be seen from this. Apart from the wound on his shoulder, it is estimated that he also suffered internal injuries. Moreover, he had been hit by the black-clothed guard in the "Yuyiqi" acupoint.

  Lu Qingyun looked at the red-faced old man's expression and knew that he was using all his might to seal off his acupoints. Lu Qingyun quickly helped him unseal them, but it had been too long, and even after unsealing the acupoints, he couldn't recover immediately. He could only tremble, unable to speak. Lu Qingyun carried him back into the house, carefully examining him again. At the same time, Ge Shu Yun also led Xiao Die's hand into the house.

  Xiao Shouren dragged the remaining black-clad man into the house, and by now this top-notch imperial guard was already on his last breath. If he didn't receive treatment soon, he would definitely be going down to drink and play cards with his brothers tonight.

  Lu Qingyun settled the red-faced old man and came over to Xiao Shouren, preparing to interrogate the imperial guard at night. The red-faced old man was severely injured, so after changing his clothes, he applied some wound medicine and fainted. Lu Qingyun also suffered internal injuries and couldn't muster up true energy to help him heal, so he let the red-faced old man sleep first and would slowly treat him when he woke up tomorrow.

  "Thanks to you two, tonight's matter has been settled. I, Lu Xiang, would like to express my gratitude for your timely assistance." Lu Qingyun walked over and thanked Ge Shu Yun and Xiao Shou Ren.

  "What did Master Lu say? 'When you see injustice, draw your sword to help' - this is what we children of the rivers and lakes should do. But I don't know what kind of grudge Master Lu has with that old man Hong Mian. I really can't understand their relationship. Just now, I saw Master Lu constantly yielding, while that old man Hong Mian was killing intent in every move, like an enemy yet not an enemy." After speaking, Geshu Yun asked out her doubts, but actually she wasn't being overly curious, it's just that she saw Xiaodie still dazed and wanted to ask for clarification, to untie the knot in Xiaodie's heart.

  "Alas! Fate is cruel, the world plays tricks on people. Who would have thought that we three sworn brothers, closer than biological brothers, would end up like this today?" Lu Qingyun's facial muscles twitched uncontrollably as he listened to Ge Shu Yun's question, his face eerie in the moonlight. After a moment of silence, he spoke with emotion, but didn't directly answer Ge Shu Yun's question.

  Lu Qingyun sighed and walked over to the black-clad man, squatting down beside him. He grasped the man's collar with one hand and asked, "Is my useless junior brother doing well? Today, I won't kill you. Go back and tell him that Lu Qingyun and his senior brother Bai Chenggang are waiting for his arrival. The grudges between us should also be settled. Did you hear clearly? If you heard clearly, repeat what I just said."

  The man in black heard that Lu Qingyun said he wouldn't kill himself, and his face suddenly turned a lot redder. After hearing Lu Qingyun's words, the nodding became even more like a chick pecking at rice, afraid that Lu Qingyun would change his mind and slash his neck with a knife.

  Freshly baked buns, haven't had breakfast yet, and classmates who overslept like me, have some while they're hot.