Chapter Forty-Four: Annihilation of the Family

  He saw the memory of Jiang Yunshui, and it was as if he had personally experienced it. He could feel that this memory must be one of Zha Qianzong's most unforgettable ones.

  Jiang Yunshui's curiosity was piqued, and he continued to watch the memory of Cha Qianzong. At this moment, the master fish dragon who had been invited by Cha Qianzong spoke up.

  "Disciple! You little rascal knows what kind of treasure you've picked up?"

  Squatting on the rooftop with his master Yu Long, he looked down at Cha Qian's shaking head through the open tiles. Yu Long patted Cha Qian's head and said, "This is an ancient Persian secret technique! Look inside that black bowl, aren't there two fish swimming?"

  "Master, I saw it," replied Cha Qian in a low voice.

  "That's the 'Twin Fish' technique of Persia, which can cultivate internal energy, but the only side effect is that the person who cultivates it will definitely become extremely ugly!"

  After hearing Yulon's words, Zha Qianzong also admired his master and hurriedly said: "Master is really awesome! When I saw this woman earlier, the upper half of her face was covered with scars like a dense mesh!"

  At this time, Yu Long smiled and said: "That's not too much to worry about, this woman must still be a virgin, so as long as she has fun with men afterwards, even if she practices the 'Double Born Fish' secret technique later on, it won't affect her face!"

  Qian heard that his heart was racing, but Yulóng had already guessed the thoughts of this apprentice and severely scolded him, hitting him on the head: "Don't have any evil thoughts! Although I said so, you absolutely cannot do it!"

  Zha Qian, who was beaten, asked his master with a hint of dissatisfaction: "Why can't I?"

  Yu Long Shifu said to Cha Qianzong with some resentment: "Recently, I've heard in the Jianghu that over a dozen mysterious masters have suddenly appeared, and their moves and killing techniques are also strange and ruthless. They've successively killed many people, and even several sects have been annihilated!"

  Cha Qian was not a fool at all, and after hearing what Yu Long said, he guessed some of it and looked at the two women below with some surprise.

  The Fish Dragon Master looked at Cha Qian and nodded slightly, saying: "Later, I inquired around and finally learned some secrets from a Zen master. It turned out that the Persian Holy Maiden had secretly escaped, taking with her the sacred artifact 'Twin Lotus Bowl'. That's why the powerful masters of the Holy Sect pursued us relentlessly, and anyone who came into contact with their Holy Maiden would be killed to silence them!"

  After hearing what Yulóng Shīfu said, Zhā Qiān Zǒng was shocked and lost his color, because this matter was really disturbing. What's more, Zhā Qiān Zǒng had not expected that the two women he had taken in would bring such a great calamity upon himself.

  "So, you'd better stop thinking about those things. As for this Holy Maiden, I'm still secretly investigating in the dark."

  Zha Qian nodded and the fish-dragon took advantage of the fact that the lower part was still continuing, put the tile back in place, and then left with Zha Qian.

  After returning, Master Yulóng instructed Zha Qian to never reveal his relationship with the Holy Maiden and also told him to inform his friends.

  If this matter is exposed, not to mention Cha Qian and his friends, even their families will be implicated. And Yu Long Shifu needs to go and figure out why the Persian saintess came to Zhongtu, as long as he knows what's going on, there will be a way to solve it afterwards.

  Yu Long Shifu needed two or three days, and Cha Qian also followed Yu Long Shifu's instructions, not having any further contact with the Persian Holy Maiden, and also told his peers about this matter.

  It was two days later, in the middle of the night, that Zha Qianzong, who had been sleeping soundly, suddenly heard a commotion outside. He then heard his father's loud roar and the wails of the family servants, as well as the cries and screams of some women.

  Zha Qian suddenly sprang up, drew out the treasured sword by his bedside, and in a few swift steps reached the door. Just as he was about to open it, the door burst into pieces with a loud crash, and a figure was violently flung inside, crashing against the table and smashing it before finally coming to a stop.

  What followed was a sound of vomiting blood. The voice made Cha Qianzong all too familiar, it was his own father's. He hastily turned around to look back.

  The man who spat blood said with a trembling voice: "My son! Hurry up and escape! Your father can't hold on anymore!"

  At this time, Cha Qian was even more certain whose voice it was, and that was his father's. He was about to go in the direction of his father when he was suddenly hugged from behind and couldn't make a sound.

  It turned out that at this time, Yu Long Shifu had rushed back and took advantage of the quiet outside to arrive at Zha Qian's residence, planning to take him away to escape.

  In this darkness, Cha Qian's father seemed to know who was coming in and said towards that direction: "Protect my son well!"

  Yu Long Shifu, who had just taken Zhang Qian out of the door, hesitated for a moment before making several swift movements and left with Zhang Qian, passing through walls and over roofs.

  Zha Qianzong, who was being dragged away by Yulóng Shīfù with his waist belt, had already welled up tears in his eyes. He wanted to shout out loud, but Yulóng Shīfù, who had sealed off his voice, was afraid that his cries would attract those people over. So Zha Qianzong didn't make a sound, but his heart was raging like a fierce beast!

  When Fish Dragon Master brought Cha Qian to a broken temple, he finally put him down and opened his acupoints. Cha Qian suddenly let out a loud roar and was about to rush out of the broken temple, but was slapped back by Fish Dragon Master's palm.

  But now Zhao Qian is completely like a madman, regardless of who is in front of him, and rushes out again, only to be blocked by Yu Long Shifu once more.

  At this point, Cha Qian's eyes turned red, and he used all his strength to attack, but every time he failed to pass the great mountain that was Yu Long Shifu. In the end, Cha Qian knelt on the ground and let out a painful howl, in the direction of their own Cha family.

  Yu Long Shifu gazed at Cha Qianzong with a mixture of sadness and reluctance, then turned his gaze towards the direction of the Cha family's residence with a sorrowful expression. He finally stepped aside to open the door of the dilapidated temple.

  Zha Qianzong immediately stood up, stepped over Master Yulóng, and rushed towards the direction of the Zha family. Unwilling to let Zha Qianzong go alone, Master Yulóng followed behind him.

  But Cha Qianzong, who had run halfway, let out a loud roar again, because he saw that his home was suddenly engulfed in a raging fire, and the flames stood out even more under the support of the night sky.

  And at this time, in several other directions, there were also bursts of flames rising into the sky. Zha Qian knew that those were the homes of his peers!

  Now everything is clear, it must be because Zhao Qian provoked the Persian priestess that led to this destruction of the family!

  Continuing to run towards General Cha Qian, he suddenly fell head-first to the ground. The fish-dragon master behind him hurried over. General Cha Qian's consciousness was already somewhat blurry. He struggled to take one last look in the direction of his home before finally losing consciousness and passing out.

  When Zha Qianzong woke up again, there was only Master Yulóng by his side. With a somewhat numb expression, he glanced around and got up to walk outside.

  Yu Long Shifu hastily pressed him back down, but Cha Qianzong stood up again. After several rounds of this, Yu Long Shifu slapped Cha Qianzong in the face.

  Zha Qianzong, who had been slapped, did not get up again. He sat there, holding his head in pain, and then a low sobbing sound came out. Yulong Shifu walked over and held Zha Qianzong's head, and finally Zha Qianzong burst into tears!

  Zha Qian slowly calmed down and finally learned the whole story from Yu Long, which made him even more heartbroken.

  It turned out that the reason why the Holy Maiden and the Holy Maidens of the Persian Sacred Sect came to Central Plains was because of the Holy Maiden's father. The Holy Maiden's mother had come to Central Plains before, and she fell in love with the Holy Maiden's father at first sight. However, due to the sect's reasons, the Holy Maiden's mother could only return to Persia, but after giving birth to the Holy Maiden, her mother was imprisoned by the Sacred Sect.

  The holy maiden who had never known the truth learned of it one day through the mouth of that sacred maid, and secretly went to see her own mother.

  Her mother then told her all these things and finally let her return to Zhongtu to find the Holy Maiden's father, and even the Holy Maiden's mother told the Holy Maiden about the location of the "Twin Bowls" hidden in the church.

  The Holy Maiden did not initially agree to her mother's request, until her mother died of a broken heart. The Holy Maiden then secretly took the "Twin Lotus Bowls" and brought her mother's last wish to Central Plains.

  Although Cha Qian was in pain, he still heard some suspiciousness and asked Yu Long Shifu how he knew about this matter in such detail.

  Yu Long Shifu finally told Cha Qianzhang the truth, that the Holy Maiden's father had been found and the father-daughter pair had finally met.

  When Cha Qianzhong wanted to ask Yulóng Shīfù who the Holy Maiden's father was, he saw the woman wearing a veil walking in from outside the door, along with the clever and nimble maid.

  The woman looked at Cha Qianzong with a guilty conscience after entering, then looked at Yu Long Shifu and said softly: "Dad!"

  Zha Qian was shocked by what he saw in front of him and was completely stunned, feeling as if his head was dizzy and foggy.