Chapter 55: Stunning the Entire Audience

  After Wang Chuyi released the signal fire, in a short while, he heard a commotion outside the inn, with people shouting and horses neighing, and the sound of clashing weapons was incessant. Ling Yun, Huang Rong, and Wang Chuyi hastily went out to take a look, only to see two groups of people chasing each other towards this place.

  There were five people in the group, and Ling Yun recognized most of them. Ma Yu, Yang Tie Xin, and Mu Nian Ci were among them. There were two others: one was a middle-aged woman with a weak face, being supported by Yang Tie Xin as they escaped, probably his wife Bao Xi Wu; the other was a middle-aged Taoist priest with black hair and a long beard, who wielded his sword like wind, blocking the pursuing soldiers while retreating, likely Chongxuzi Qiuchuji, the most skilled martial artist among the Seven Sons of Quanzhen.

  However, the situation of several people was quite precarious at this time. Yang Tie Xin's face was pale and covered in blood, and it was unknown how many injuries he had suffered. Mu Nian Ci didn't seem to have been injured much, but looking at her sweaty and pale face, she was obviously exhausted and almost unable to hold on. Bao Xi Ruo couldn't do martial arts, so we can ignore her for now. Among the few people, Ma Yu and Qiu Chuji, who had the highest martial arts skills, were also pale-faced with blackened palms, apparently poisoned. One of them had a sword in his left hand, and his right arm was stained with blood, indicating that he had injured his right arm.

  Behind Yang Tie Xin, the person chasing after him was not a stranger either. The leader was none other than Yang Kang and his father-in-law Zhao Wang Wanyan Honglie. The two led hundreds of Jin soldiers, who were likely members of the Zhao Wang Fu's personal guard due to their attire. Among those at the forefront were martial arts experts invited by Wanyan Honglie, including Qian Shou Ren Tou Peng Lianhu, Can Xian Lao Guai Liang Ziweng, San Tou Jiao Hou Tonghai, an old man with a shaved head and bloodshot eyes, and a young man in white robes with a greasy face - likely Gui Men Long Wang Sha Tiantian and the lecherous Ou Yangke.

  What's most infuriating is that behind Ou Yangke, there were more than twenty white-clad women, some tall and some short, some fat and some thin, but all dressed in the same attire, each with a slender figure and a charming smile. It was as if they didn't even forget to bring their concubines along when going out on business. Among them were also the four women who had attempted to rob Guo Jing of his汗血宝马 but failed, only to have their white camel stolen by Ling Yunqiu instead.

  "Wang Shidi, you're injured too!"

  Qiu Chuji and Ma Yu saw Wang Chongyang come out of the guest house, initially delighted, but soon discovered that Wang Chongyang's face was pale with a sickly complexion, and they couldn't help but be shocked. Thinking of the current situation, their eyes dimmed. Originally, they had hoped to find Wang Chongyang, this living Buddha, and still be able to cope with him for a while. But now, Wang Chongyang didn't know how he got injured, and it seemed that he was seriously hurt. How could he still provide support for them? It seemed that the three strongest martial artists of the Quanzhen Sect would likely perish here today.

  As for Ling Yun and Huang Rong, they were directly ignored by Ma Yu and Qiu Chuji. Although it could be seen that both of them also had martial arts skills, their age was too young. Even if they had been practicing since birth, how high could their martial arts skills be? This was also the reason why they were not familiar with Ling Yun and others. Qiu Chuji didn't even recognize who Ling Yun and Huang Rong were. Ma Yu had seen Ling Yun in Mongolia before and knew he was a good friend of Guo Jing's, but she had never seen him reveal his martial arts skills and did not know how high his skills were.

  However, Wang Chuyi was not as desperate as Ma Yu and Qiu Chuji. Although he had not seen Ling Muyun take action with his own eyes, from the two things that happened before, namely, using internal energy to heal his wounds and sneaking into the Wang mansion at night to steal medicine for him, he knew that Ling Muyun was extremely skilled in martial arts despite his young age. Since he had promised to take action, there was hope for today's matter. So he hastily beckoned to Qiu Chuji and others: "Brother Ma, Brother Qiu, my business can be discussed later, hurry up and go into the shop first."

  "Alright." Although Chou and Ma had already lost all hope, they still had some pride left in them. Even if they were in a desperate situation, they would not give up or surrender easily. So they turned to the Yang family of three and said: "Yang brothers, you go in first."

  At this time, Wanyan Honglie felt that victory was within his grasp and the situation had been settled. He shouted: "Quickly bring over the princess, I will spare your lives."

  "Who wants to spare the life of this Golden Nation dog thief?" Qiu Chuji shouted loudly, still wielding his sword with all his might. His sword moves were like a rainbow, his techniques strange and unpredictable. Although he seemed exhausted, he refused to yield. Even Peng Lianhu and the others couldn't help but secretly admire him.

  However, Yang Tie Xin did not retreat to the guest house as Qiu Chuji had called out, but instead pulled his wife Bao Xiuzhen's hand and suddenly rushed out, shouting loudly: "Everyone stop, my wife and I will die here!" As he spoke, he turned the head of his iron spear around and stabbed it towards his own heart. It was because he saw that the situation was critical and did not want to implicate Qiu Chuji and others, so he had the thought of taking his own life lightly.

  "Yang brothers, no!"

  "Daddy, no!"

  Both sides were greatly shocked by this sudden change, and without prior agreement, they simultaneously dropped their hands and stopped fighting, looking towards Yang Tie Xin together. Meanwhile, Qiu Chuji and Mu Nianci couldn't help but cry out in surprise, but the two of them were several zhang away from Yang Tie Xin at that moment, and although they wanted to save him, it was already too late.

  Just then, a figure flashed out like a strong wind and instantly pounced on Yang Tie Xin's body. With lightning-fast moves, he snatched the iron spear from Yang Tie Xin's hand and stood still, saying: "I say, Old Man Yang, things haven't reached a dead end yet, why do you want to commit suicide?"

  Everyone rushed to look at the person who had made the move, and found that it was a handsome young man, Ling Mu Yun, who had been ignored by everyone earlier. Qiu Chuji and others couldn't help but be both shocked and delighted. This shock and delight were not only due to Yang Tie Xin being rescued, but also because of the martial arts skills displayed by Ling Mu Yun. To think that previously, Ling Mu Yun was even farther away from Yang Tie Xin than they were, yet he managed to arrive at Yang Tie Xin's side in an instant and easily snatch away his iron spear. This kind of skill was far beyond what Qiu Chuji could do himself. Who would have thought that their own side had such a powerful ally? It seemed that today might not be hopeless after all.

  Just as everyone was still immersed in the sudden change and the high-level skills displayed by Ling Yun, a figure suddenly flew out from the side of Wanyan Honglie and rushed towards Bao Xiuzhu, who was holding hands with Yang Tie. This person had a bald head without hair, and it was actually Sha Tongtian, the Dragon King of the Ghost Gate, whom Wanyan Honglie had invited. It turned out that he wanted to take advantage of this rare opportunity when Bao Xiuzhu was away from the crowd's protection to snatch her back. Although Yang Tie was standing beside Bao Xiuzhu holding hands with her, Sha Tongtian did not put him in his eyes at all.

  "Get out of here!" Ling Mu Yun's eyes turned cold, his figure moved swiftly to block Bao Xi Ruo's path, and he threw a punch at the charging Sha Tong Tian.

  Shatong Tianyan saw Ling Muyun suddenly appear and block his way, so he quickly changed his grab to a palm to meet Ling Muyun's incoming heavy punch. He was still full of confidence in his heart, although Ling Muyun's lightness skill was astonishing, after all, he was still young, and his skills were definitely not as deep as his own.

  Just as Shatongtian had this idea, it was suddenly shattered by a loud crash of fists and palms colliding. Shatongtian only felt an extremely powerful force like a raging tide surging back, instantly spewing out fresh blood, his body flying backward at a speed even faster than when he came.

  "Big Brother!"

  "Old Sha!"

  Three-headed Hou Tonghai and Thousand-handed Peng Lianhu almost simultaneously rushed out of the crowd, stretching out their hands to receive Sha Tongtian. However, as soon as they did, both men suddenly felt a massive power surging from Sha Tongtian's body. Hou Tonghai let out a muffled groan and fell to the ground with a thud, while Peng Lianhu's face turned red in an instant, stumbling backward several steps before barely managing to steady himself.

  The crowd was shocked at once. If the lightness that Ling Muyun had shown before only made people feel amazed, then now it was frightening!

  Qinggong is also known as Ling Muyun's exquisite light body skill, which is exceptionally talented in the aspect of qinggong. However, the formidable strength displayed by Ling Muyun has already surpassed the understanding of these people. Severely injuring Sha Tongtian, knocking down Hou Tonghai, and repelling Peng Lianhu - any one of these feats would be a rare achievement on the Jianghu, yet Ling Muyun accomplished them with just one punch! This is simply too terrifying!

  Peng Lianhu stabilized his body and looked at Ling Muyun with a shocked expression, then hastily took out the healing medicine to give to Sha Tongtian. The heavily injured Sha Tongtian took the medicine handed over by Peng Lianhu and swallowed it without saying anything. Even the normally reckless San Tou Jiao Hou Tonghai got up afterwards and only let out two hums, not daring to shout at Ling Muyun, as if he had fallen himself. The powerful strength displayed by Ling Muyun really did scare them a bit.

  The four concubines who had met Ling Muyun before hurried to Ouyang Ke's side and whispered something, presumably telling him about their previous encounter. After listening, Ouyang Ke looked at Ling Muyun deeply, with a hint of apprehension flashing in his eyes.

  Ling Yun looked at Yan Honglie and the others, then turned to Yang Tie Xin and said: "Alright, Old Master Yang, you'd better take your wife inside to rest first. I'll handle things here!"

  "Alright, alright, thank you Ling Xiaoye." Yang Tiexin was so grateful that he didn't know what to say. Although he had previously steeled himself for death, it was only because he had been forced into a desperate situation and had no other choice. If he could live, who would really want to die?

  Wanyan Honglie was shocked by Ling Yun's words, and for a moment no one dared to move, watching as Yang Tie Xin supported Bao Xi Ruo walking into the inn. Seeing that Bao Xi Ruo was about to enter the inn with Yang Tie Xin, Wanyan Honglie finally couldn't help but shout: "Xi Ruo! Are you really going to go with him? As long as you come back, I won't hold anything against you!"

  "Mother, come back!" Yang Kang couldn't help but shout.

  "Bao Xiuer resolutely turned her head and said, 'Prince, I will not go back with you. My husband is not dead. My husband is Yang Tie Xin. I want to spend my life with him.'"

  At this point, Bao Xiuzhu paused for a moment and turned to Yang Kang: "Kang'er, I've already told you who your real father is, but you don't acknowledge him. You can refuse to acknowledge your own father, but I won't be able to deny my husband. From now on, just behave yourself as the young prince!"

  After finishing speaking, Bao Xiuzhu turned her head back and never looked at Yan Honglie and Yang Kang again, this cheap father and son, and walked into the inn with Yang Tie Xin.

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