Chapter 29: Celebrating Victory Over the Enemy

  Celebrate victory over the enemy

  Su Sanshi opened the car door, and what came out was not Old Lady Feng, but a suffocating fierce ghost. The fierce ghost had a few strands of white hair standing upright on its head, a grayish-white face covered in wrinkles, a pair of eyes that were shockingly large, a nose that had disappeared from its face, leaving only two black holes, a scarlet mouth dripping with nauseating mucus, and emitting heavy panting sounds. Two huge fangs protruded from its lips. It wore a white long gown stained with blood all over. It stretched out its arms, revealing hands with grayish long fingernails in the sleeves. Its clumsy flailing of its arms and twisting of its body sent out a wave of putrid stench.

  The deafening screams awakened Kame, who reached for the gun at his waist. Suddenly he felt a sharp pain in his arm, followed by another in his neck, as two goblins with green hair on their heads grabbed him, one biting down on the arm that was reaching for the gun and the other biting into his throat. Kame ended his wicked life in terror and suffocation from having his windpipe bitten shut. The people in the yard also slowly lost consciousness in fear and the stench of blood.

  "Hey, you two come over and help me up." The fierce ghost on the carriage surprisingly emitted a woman's beautiful voice.

  The two green-haired oni that had been biting down on Kameda let go of him, who was already out of breath, and walked towards the white-haired oni in the cart. As they approached the horse pulling the cart, it seemed to be startled and suddenly lurched forward. The white-haired oni in the cart lost his balance and fell off with a cry of "Ahh!"

  Those two green-haired ghosts burst out laughing, while the white-haired ghost slowly got up and cursed: "You two dead things, ah, I'm in so much pain! Wang Qi, Feng Tianxiong, this isn't over between you two and my lady!"

  Wang Qi and Feng Tianxiong removed their hoods, Wang Qi smiled and said: "Yan Xue, this matter has nothing to do with me. It's all him, fix him. I saw it very clearly, he hit the horse once, and the horse was startled and threw you to the ground."

  Feng Tianxiong pointed at Wang Qi and scolded: "You good-for-nothing Wang, you dare to insult people with your bloody mouth. Look, I'll skin you alive today! Xue'er, brother is here. Help me beat him to death."

  Yan Xue, who had just gotten up, angrily took off her hood and threw it at Wang Qi, still scolding: "You dead Wang Qi, you stinky Wang Qi. Just wait till I get back and tell the mistress, she'll deal with you properly."

  "Ah, how disgusting! A girl wearing this headgear and still being so fierce, be careful you won't get married."

  Yan Xue was about to erupt. Yun Xiang Tian returned and said, "Don't make a fuss for now, let's find something useful and retreat immediately. I'll take revenge for you, Snow girl." He couldn't help but laugh too.

  "You're all dead!" Yan Xue stamped her feet and said in a wronged tone.

  Wang Qi saw that Hu Sancai had not returned and asked: "Yun Gongzi, why hasn't Big Brother Hu come back?"

  Yun Xiang Tian said: "He went to inform Huang Min and Huang Zhang Guan. He'll be back soon."

  Wang Qinan asked curiously: "You didn't go with Hu Ge, why didn't you come back together? You missed a good show."

  Yun Xiang Tian mysteriously said: "It's a secret that can't be told to you, is everything going smoothly here?"

  "With Snow's enchanting fragrance, everything will be all right."

  Feng Tianxiong also chimed in and said: "Yun Gongzi, you really have a way with words. As soon as I mentioned the name of Chuan Xiong Mu Nai Zi, that guy named Guo Tian actually listened to your orders and obediently sent someone to pick up my mother. He even followed your instructions and is now dead." After finishing speaking, he looked pleased with himself, like a little kid, dancing around with joy.

  "Brother, it's been a long time! I thought you were dead!" Huang Min rushed over with big strides, grabbed Yun Xiang Tian's hand and said: "Brother, what's going on here?"

  Yun Xiang briefly introduced what happened here and the process of rescuing the hostages. Huang Min was impressed for a moment, then said: "Damn it! Under my nose, there's such a place. The little Japanese devil is too bold, isn't this like catching lice on a tiger's head?" He turned to his comrades behind him and said: "Comrades, search carefully, don't miss any clues. Bring these few bastards back for me. Interrogate them severely."

  Yun Xiang Tian looked at Huang Min, everything was ready, and with a fist bump said: "Brother Huang, I'll leave this to you to handle, I'm heading back to the mountain now. If anything comes up, we can contact each other anytime."

  Huang Min pulled Yun Xiangtian's hand and said: "Alright, I'll send someone to escort you out of the city immediately. Tomorrow, I'll go up the mountain and tell you the results of the interrogation."

  After leaving the city, Hu Sanchai asked Yun Xiangtian: "Young Master Yun, why didn't you bring Wenxiangzui's special agent up the mountain?"

  Yun Xiang let out a sigh and said, "I'm just warning Big Brother Huang to be on his guard, I'm afraid he's being too careless and letting the enemy take advantage of him. The Battle of Lingfeng is imminent, we can't afford to make any mistakes."

  A heavy snowfall turned Fengling Mountain into a silver world, with jade trees and crystal branches. Inside Anmin Village, the lights were shining brightly, and a grand banquet was set up. Madame Wang also broke her usual rule, leaving the Ghost Cave for the first time in over a decade to attend the celebration feast for successfully uncovering the traitor and rescuing Old Lady Feng. Today, she still wore a simple yet elegant outfit, but couldn't hide the joy in her eyes. She smiled warmly as she watched Old Lady Feng and Feng Tianxiong enjoy their family reunion. As Wang Qi and Hu Sancai recounted the entire rescue process, when they mentioned Yun Xiangtian intimidating Liang Dayong and Wei Sanxi on the car, she chuckled and said: "This little scoundrel has a lot of tricks up his sleeve."

  Su Sanshi interrupted, "What's this? When Cloud Officer and we went to pick up Old Lady Feng, facing four Japanese Kempeitai devils, he said he would show the Imperial Army a magic trick. He stretched out his hands, flipped them over, and suddenly grabbed two bottles of wine out of thin air. Holding them, he said, 'This is my humble gift to you, Imperial Army sir.' The little devil was holding the wine, chattering excitedly when Cloud Officer swiftly drew his dagger and slashed the throats of the four men. His skill, his speed, it's simply incredible! And then he set fire to that den of evil, making one feel truly relieved."

  "Go, go, go! What are you blowing about? From now on, don't call me Officer Yun. If you respect me, just call me Brother Yun." Wei Sanxi excitedly asked: "Is this for real?"

  Li Da Yong however said with a frightened expression: "This this, how can it be like this?"

  Yun Xiang Tian turned his head and said to Liang Da Yong: "If you don't call me Yun Lao Di, get out of here immediately and continue being a traitor."

  Liang Dayong fearfully stared with wide eyes and stuttered: "I, I, how can I continue to go back and be a traitor?" He was so anxious that tears almost flowed out.

  Sui Sanxi looked at Liang Dajun's embarrassed face and quickly mediated, saying: "Yun brothers, don't tease the old man anymore. He was born not good at talking, you can't scare him off. Let me lose a partner to joke with."

  Li Da Yong's face turned bright red as he looked at Yun Xiang Tian, for a moment he didn't know what to say. His silly expression made everyone burst into laughter. Li Da Yong was even more at a loss, he didn't even know where to put his hands.

  Yun Xiangtian smiled and picked up his wine cup, walking to the front of Liang Dayong and saying: "Big Brother Liang, if you're willing to acknowledge me as your brother, then drink this cup. I'll be the first to toast." After finishing speaking, he downed the wine in one gulp.

  Liáng Dàyǒng hastily stood up, busily holding up his wine cup, and said excitedly: "Gladly, I'm glad." After finishing speaking, he also drank it all in one gulp.

  Yun Xiang Tian, fueled by wine, shouted loudly: "Alright, from now on we are sworn brothers to the death, sharing joys and sorrows together, let's go kill those devils!"

  The foolish monk also grinned from ear to ear, excitedly saying: "Great, the old monk has a few more nephews. Damn it, that's refreshing."

  Hongshan girl frowned and said: "Master brother, is there such a foul-mouthed monk like you? Can't your mouth be cleaner? Don't you know that Mrs. Wang is here? Aren't you afraid of ruining the elegant atmosphere? Do you think it's just a group of stinky men together? Talking about all sorts of dirty things."

  The foolish monk rubbed his head, grinning from ear to ear, and said: "Today's so exciting, my mouth's lost its doorman, alas, it's really...". He had wanted to say "it's really embarrassing", but he knew that would be another dirty word. This time he was truly embarrassed. He looked at Wang Furen and Hong Shangu with difficulty, not knowing what to do for the better.

  Madam Wang couldn't help but laugh and said, "Never mind, never mind. When my late husband was alive, he seemed gentle and refined, but whenever friends gathered together and he got carried away, it was all 'he this' and 'he that'. Madam Wang, being a lady from a big household, naturally couldn't say such dirty words out loud, so she paused for a moment before continuing, "It's also full of nonsense."

  Deaf and Dumb was overjoyed when he heard Wang Fu's words, and he couldn't stop nodding his head, saying: "Yes, yes. When one is happy, they become arrogant and forget their manners, it's as if their mouth lacks a gate." This time, he spoke extremely cautiously, fearing that he would utter another obscenity.

  Hong Shangu picked up her wine cup and had just opened her mouth when she heard Hu Sancan say, "Yun Gongzi, may I also become sworn brothers with you? Let's fight the enemy together."

  At this time, two more people stood up. Feng Tianxiong said loudly: "I and Wang Qi are also willing to form a fraternal bond with Yun Gongzi."

  Yun Xiang Tian said with some difficulty: "I don't think it's right, you are all of my uncle's generation, that is absolutely not allowed."

  "Brother, if we can't be brothers, then from now on, we'll just call you 'Old Big Brother', that's okay, right?"

  Feng Tianxiong echoed in agreement: "Alright, I think it's settled then. Yun Gongzi, from now on you're our leader. We'll follow your orders through thick and thin."

  Yun Xiang Tian was about to decline, but Wang Fu Ren took over the conversation: "Yu Er, don't decline anymore. These few masters have never been defeated before. Today they want to fight alongside you to kill the devils. I see it as a great honor too. If you decline again, it would be impolite."

  Hong Shangu also followed up and said: "That's right, Yu'er, you can't make excuses anymore, otherwise everyone will be disappointed."

  Yun Xiang Tian Hao's emotions surged, he filled a bowl with wine and held it above his head saying: "Alright, let us unite against our common enemy, kill the devils."

  In another room, Xiuzhu sat opposite Kiyonari and Mokuzu according to Yunxiangtian's arrangement, without saying a word.