Chapter Seventeen: Scissors

  Mei Xiaoyao has a zhang of red silk, Shang Guo Hen has a pair of steel claws. One is long, one is short, one is hard and the other is soft...

  Fang Jie had a horizontal knife, an ordinary big Sui-style horizontal knife. Since the year he was seven years old and thoroughly gave up on the idea of teaching him to cultivate, he knew that in the end he still had to rely on himself. The common people of the world are countless, with 128 acupoints in their qi sea, but only those who can open three or five of them can cultivate, and only those who can open thirty-six can practice.

  A knot in one place cannot be untied.

  This made him deeply feel that heaven would not drop two pieces of cake on the same person's head. Being able to be reborn, this piece of cake is so sweet that Fang Jie still feels extremely happy until now, so he naturally cherishes it even more. If heaven makes him a genius among geniuses again, then even Fang Jie would say that heaven is really biased, and the bias makes me very happy.

  Unfortunately, this is just Fang Jie's fantasy.

  As perhaps the only person in the world who is completely clueless, Fang Jie can also brag a bit - being the greatest genius in the world is such an ordinary thing that it's not very attractive, but being the greatest good-for-nothing in the world is such a cool thing... It really makes people feel stifled. For some reason, Fang Jie, who has escaped, knows that he must cherish this opportunity to start again, and since he can't cultivate his abilities, he also wants to practice some self-defense skills.

  A person with a blocked Qihai, at the age of 15, can single-handedly flip over at least six or seven sturdy men, if people knew about it, they would be shocked. According to conventional wisdom, having a blocked Qihai means being a useless person. Saying that one has no strength to even tie up a chicken is already praise, more accurately, it should be said that one can't even hold their own urine, even if they haven't been bedridden for years, being able to walk is already a blessing from heaven.

  This is also what makes Mu Xiaoyao and Shang Guo hate and puzzled, obviously a disabled person, why can still practice very strong physique?

  They both knew why Fang Jie's Qihai was not open, the Gu worms had blocked all the acupoints of Qihai, and only by opening them could it be called a miracle. But no one knew why the Gu worms in Fang Jie's body were shattered, although the residual poison still blocked the various acupoints of Qihai, who knows whether he would make a stunning comeback after the residual poison dissipated?

  The air sea is not open and it's already like this, if it's open, who knows what kind of heaven and earth it will be.

  Just as Fang Jie rushed to the city gate, two figures suddenly appeared in front of him like a sudden tear in the void. As for Fang Jie's swift and fierce slash, Mu Da, who was standing half a step forward, looked at it with disdain in his eyes. What seemed like an extremely fast slash to ordinary people looked like a snail crawling in his eyes.

  Mo Da raised his left hand, which seemed slow but was perfectly timed to block the horizontal knife in front of him. He bent his fingers and flicked them, making a crisp "ding" sound. The horizontal knife that Fang had been gripping tightly flew out six or seven meters away, hitting a hard blue brick with a loud crash, embedding itself in the brick and creating a significant gap.

  Fang Jie's tiger mouth was immediately shattered, and before the blood could even gush out, his body heavily crashed to the ground.

  "Ants"

  Mo Da said two words coldly, then took a step forward. It seemed like an ordinary step, but it spanned at least three meters. In the blink of an eye, he was already standing beside Fang Jie.

  "I don't know why a waste like you has two fifth-grade masters protecting you, but that doesn't spark any interest in me. I've never had any interest in dead people."

  Mu Da lifted his foot and stepped on Fang Jie's chest.

  "Killing, exchanging... it's that simple."

  Mo Da smiled, but his face didn't show any sign of pride. In his opinion, killing Fang Jie, who wouldn't even cultivate, wasn't something worth being proud of. It was like a three or five year old child stepping on an ant might feel a sense of accomplishment, but a grown adult stepping on an ant would not feel any pleasure at all.

  Just as he was about to exert force, a red thread like a giant python swiftly and electrically stabbed his back from one side. The soft red thread became hard as iron at this moment, if Mu Da didn't dodge, perhaps this red thread could pierce his body like a steel gun.

  But he didn't dodge.

  He turned his hand, still grasping the red ribbon just right. With a flick of his wrist, the ribbon immediately tightened into a straight line. Xiao Yu's forehead was already beaded with sweat, but he still couldn't pull the ribbon back. It was as if the ribbon was wrapped around a huge mountain, and it was impossible to budge the mountain.

  The second-in-command who had been standing by without intervening suddenly smiled and said: "Not bad, can stay."

  "Should I go first or should you?" Mu Da asked with a nod.

  "Ah, brother, you go first, of course. But please, for the love of all things good, don't do what you did last time in Wei County and leave me with a half-dead person to deal with. I'm not bothered myself, but think about poor Third Brother! We three have been together since childhood - eating, drinking, sleeping with women... but after you're done, the person is left half-alive, half-dead. Third Brother has been dealing with corpses all these years, if it were me, I'd have vomited long ago!"

  "Last time?"

  Mo Da furrowed his brow, then thought for a moment: "That daughter of the corrupt official who was caught? She's quite pretty, but she's just an ordinary woman, naturally a bit frail. I only lasted an hour before passing out, and you lasted another hour... What's wrong with Third Brother that he can't even handle a corpse? But if Third Brother is to blame, it's still mostly your fault. When I was with the woman, I simply disfigured her face as an afterthought, but you have this habit of skinning her while doing it... By the time it got to Third Brother's turn... It really was disgusting."

  "This time I won't peel your skin, and you don't have to gouge out my eyes or cut off my nose either."

  "Let Old Three take a look at what a woman with a nose, eyes and human skin looks like."

  "Good!"

  Mo Da nodded and looked at Mo Xiao seriously, saying: "You are very lucky."

  ……

  ……

  After the bugle sounded, the well-trained Great Wall border troops in the military camp immediately began to gather. Under the command of Wuzhang, Shizhang and Duizhang, everyone quickly assembled. However, when the team leaders gathered their troops, they did not see the figure of General Li Xiangong.

  This is unreasonable, if it were in the past, Li Xiangzong would certainly be the first person to appear on the school field.

  "What should I do?"

  Someone asked.

  "Shall we wait?"

  The questioner is also questioned.

  "Don't wait anymore."

  The oldest and most qualified team leader in the army thought for a moment and said, "The general said that there must be something important on his body that he can't rush over. The horn is a military order. If there's really an emergency, we won't make it in time and I'm afraid something big will happen. I think this way, leave half of the people to wait for the general, and the other half go to where the horn sounds."

  Everyone thought it was feasible, and immediately divided into two groups, with half of the people staying at the original location to wait. Qu Feng and several other teams led by other soldiers were rushing towards the west of the city. After leaving the camp, they ran along the widest main street all the way west, directly opposite the West City Gate. At full speed, it would take no more than ten minutes to arrive.

  But just as they ran halfway, they were stopped by someone.

  Blocking the way on the main street was none other than Li Xiaozong, the General of the Border Army.

  "People from the capital who are handling the case, this doesn't concern our border troops at all, you can all go back to sleep. Without my military order, no one is allowed to come out."

  Li Xiaozong waved his hand and said with some displeasure, "The ones who sounded the horn are those ignorant officials from the Dalisi Temple. I've already rushed over to take a look, they're handling the case, we don't need to intervene. I've told them that when the border city hears the sound of the horn, it means the start of battle, don't casually move our things."

  "Frame someone?"

  Qu Feng couldn't help but ask: "Who?"

  "It's none of your business, don't talk nonsense."

  Li Xiangzong seemed somewhat impatient, turned around and walked towards the west city gate. Qu Feng and others looked at each other in dismay, and eventually turned their heads to leave. The general's military order, even if they didn't understand it, couldn't be disobeyed. The hundreds of people came quickly, and retreated just as quickly, and soon the street was quiet again.

  Li Xiangzong turned around and took a look, seeing that the soldiers had all gone back. He couldn't help but smile wryly and say: "They've all left, am I still listening?"

  A figure emerged from the shadows of a small alley, and with the moonlight, it was clear that she was wearing a very rustic floral blue cotton-padded jacket. She had a bundle in her hand, and through the bundle, there was still steam coming out, and it was unknown what was inside. It is said that looking at women under the moon has a special flavor, this woman originally had a good appearance, standing like this in the snowy moonlight, although she was dressed very rustic, but surprisingly looked elegant and slender.

  "You're still being good, it was worth the good scolding I gave you just now."

  The woman smoothed out her hair hanging down from her forehead, suddenly pointed behind Li Xiang's back and said: "I won't bother you with anything, but your trouble has arrived."

  Li Xiangzong turned around and saw a dozen or so figures slowly walking towards him from the end of the street. He slightly furrowed his brow, and said with a bitter smile: "Indeed, it's trouble."

  "Deal with your own problems."

  The woman turned and left. Li Xiaozong rubbed his swollen face and said urgently, "Can't you solve this trouble of mine first before leaving?"

  The woman said as she walked: "Don't pretend to be pitiful in front of me, I beat you because you're too arrogant. Not killing you is because the master told me before he left not to take people's lives, and I dare not disobey the master's words. A man's face still needs a woman to maintain it, right?"

  Li Xiaozong slightly angrily said: "You still say hitting people doesn't hit the face!"

  The woman snorted: "Not slapping in the face is still called beating?"

  ……

  ……

  Du Hongxian couldn't move at all, not even a single thread.

  Her red scarf was grasped by that sinister person, at first she could still struggle with all her might, but later on, her body seemed to be trapped in an invisible cage. Her feet couldn't move a single step, her arms were just raised like that, and not a bit of strength could be exerted from head to toe.

  "Big dog!"

  She called out because she couldn't turn around and so couldn't see where the big dog was.

  "I'm here!"

  The big dog's voice was somewhat embarrassed, and it was very close to her. Mei Xiao Yao exerted all her strength but could only slightly turn her head, only to find that the big dog was crawling towards her slowly on the ground with blood in its mouth. Behind the big dog, another man wearing official uniform followed slowly behind the big dog, staring at the big dog's back and saying softly: "What a pity, a stinky shell of a man. Big brother didn't allow me to peel off that woman's skin today, but my hands are itching terribly, what to do?"

  A large dog climbed up and spat a mouthful of bloody saliva: "I've long heard that the Central Plains is a place where demons and monsters roam, only to find out today that this saying is not false."

  "These words were spoken by a bald donkey on Mount Taihang, and in my opinion they are no better than a fart."

  The one speaking was not Mu Da, nor Mu Er, but a woman carrying a steaming hot package wrapped in cloth, wearing a blue floral cotton jacket with grey cotton pants and green embroidered slippers on her feet, looking just like an aunt who got up early to sell eggs at the market.

  "Landlady?"

  Fang Jie's eyes suddenly widened as he lay on the ground, staring incredulously at the familiar figure.

  "What are you doing here! Get out!"

  Fang Jie exerted all his strength and shouted, but was trampled by Mu Da, spitting out a mouthful of thick blood.

  "That dead man from my house has gone on a long trip, taking advantage of this rare opportunity, I've come to elope with you... Little Fang, what do you say? Didn't you say you wouldn't marry anyone else? I've mustered up the courage and made up my mind, you can't back out now, or else... I'll castrate you."

  The boss's wife smiled charmingly and seemed especially enchanting tonight.

  She magically pulled out a pair of scissors from her bag and made a few deliberate snipping motions.