Chapter 677
“……”
There was a dead silence.
Only Cheng Yuan recognized the old man and he lost his voice: “Master, Master!”
His master was actually still alive!
There’s help!
Feng Xiu looked like he had only just seen his own disciple and was a little surprised: “Ah Yuan, you’re here too.”
Cheng Yuan: “……”
How come he sounded like a sidekick.
“Xie Huanran.” Feng Xiu turned his head, his expression bland, “The ancient martial world is your Xie family’s world? What a big mouth.”
Xie Huanran had a hard time getting up when he heard such words.
He looked at the cloaked old man and looked horrified, “Feng Xiu?!”
Shouldn’t Feng Xiu be dead already?
How could he have appeared at this time?
In fact, Feng Xiu had been on tenterhooks, and only now did he breathe a sigh of relief, his palms seeping with sweat.
The top of the snowy mountain where he had been sleeping was a full 800 kilometres away from here.
Even if he pushed his speed to the limit, it would still be several hours before he reached his destination.
Feng Xiu was afraid that if he was one step late, it would have irreversible consequences.
Luckily, no one had died so far.
Feng Xiu glanced at Xie Huanran indifferently, “You’d better not think about moving.”
He raised his hand and struck out with his internal energy across the air.
“Boom!”
Xie Huanran didn’t even have time to react, all the acupuncture points on his entire body were sealed, and he was just fixed in place.
Feng Xiu turned around and stepped forward.
Lin Wuliang and Yue Qinghe both just felt their scalps tingle and didn’t even dare to move.
The other people at the scene were even more afraid to leave their breath.
Feng Xiu stood in front of Fu Yunshen and raised his hand, injecting a stream of pure internal energy into his body.
Fu Yunshen’s body was lightened.
The internal energy was moist and atmospheric and was helping him to repair his injuries.
But at the same time, the power that he had exploded out earlier also disappeared.
Fu Yunshen’s fingers moved and pressed his head, suppressing those broken images in his mind, “Yoyo!”
Feng Xiu squatted down in front of Yue Fuyi again and began to heal Ying Ziyi’s wounds.
Looking at the girl’s bloodless face, the muscles on his face twitched unnoticeably, and for the first time, a sinister look appeared in his eyes.
What a good Xie Huanran!
How dare he be so vicious!
Feng Xiu was naturally able to see that Ying Zigui’s bone age hadn’t even reached twenty, yet her ancient martial cultivation had already reached a terrifying one hundred and fifty years.
A four hundred year old immortal, bullying a little girl.
What a good thing!
Only after watching Ying Zigui’s breathing calm down did Feng Xiu stand up again and walk towards Xie Huanran step by step.
In his eyes was an undisguised killing intent.
Xie Huanran felt extremely dangerous for the first time, and just as he was about to open his mouth, he was slapped on the face.
This slap directly caused him to spit out pieces of his liver.
Xie Huanran was shocked and appalled.
How could he be so much inferior to Feng Xiu when he was also a peak ancient martial artist?
Feng Xiu faded: “Number one in the Ancient Martial World?”
“Slap!”
Another slap went up.
“Number one in the Ancient Martial World?”
“Slap!”
A third slap.
“Slaughter the entire Ancient Martial World?”
“You’re worthy of that?”
“Slap slap slap slap-”
The slaps kept coming.
Feng Xiu didn’t use any other ancient martial arts moves at all, just a simple slap like this.
Xie Huanran only felt an unprecedented humiliation, and he was overcome with grief and anger, “Feng Xiu, you have the ability to kill me in a dignified manner, what is this?!”
He was at least a peak ancient martial artist, how could he be humiliated like this?!
Feng Xiu gave a slight grunt, holding his fishing rod, and flung Xie Huanran in mid-air.
Next, the crowd watched as Feng Xiu used that fishing rod to flip Xie Huanran around and whip him.
With each stroke, Xie Huanran let out a scream, and the wounds on his body were bone deep.
Within minutes, his entire body was covered in wounds.
Skin and flesh were split open and blood was dripping.
Lin Wuliang and Yue Qinghe looked at each other and both drew a breath backwards.
They were both three hundred years old and knew that they had reached the end of each other’s lifespan and didn’t have much time left.
Unless they could break through to peak ancient martial artists, then their lifespan would be extended to five hundred years.
But they now realised that even for peak ancient martial artists, the gap was still huge.
Even if Xie Huanran had been promoted to peak ancient martial artist, killing them would be like killing ants.
In front of Feng Xiu, he still had no power to fight back either.
Feng Xiu had relied on such a fishing rod to knock Xie Huanran out alive.
“Swish…”
He threw Xie Huanran to Cheng Yuan, coldly: “Put him in the water prison first, keep an eye on him.”
Cheng Yuan hurriedly took it, “Yes, Master.”
Feng Xiu turned his head again and his gaze fell on Lin Wuliang and Yue Qinghe, his voice was faint: “You two, you are still alive too.”
Lin Wuliang and Yue Qinghe’s legs went limp and they almost fell to their knees, their voices trembling in shock, “Feng, senior Feng Xiu, I, we ……”
“It’s not a matter of concern, I can understand.” Feng Xiu didn’t say anything, “Anyway, the two of you will have at most five more years of life, let’s go.”
Lin Wuliang and Yue Qinghe ran away even as they rolled.
A crowd of Lin and Yue family members were left looking at each other, all shocked.
If Lin Wuliang and Yue Qinghe died, the Lin and Yue families would also be greatly wounded.
The Ancient Martial World would definitely change.
“What are you still doing here?” Feng Xiu put his hands behind his back and glanced at them, “Not leaving, are you waiting for me to send you away?”
Except for Yue Fuyi, there was no one who dared to stay any longer, they all used their fastest speed to escape.
Fu Yunshen took Ying Zidian from Yue Fuyi’s hands, picked her up and held her in his arms.
The shattered images that had been suppressed earlier began to flash wildly again at this moment.
There were broken limbs and blood in the images.
There were ruined walls and broken tiles and shattered weapons.
His hand trembled imperceptibly, and his voice was low: “Yoyo ……”
Fu Yunshen closed his eyes, hugged the girl tighter, and went to the General Administration of Justice Hall.
**
The other side.
Imperial Capital.
Shao Yun and the Grand Elder were still waiting outside.
In the middle of the journey, Shao Yun had called the Knight Commander of the Scepter quite a few times, but by now this Commander had not yet arrived here
He was so anxious that his heart felt like it was burning on fire.
And just when he could not wait any longer, a loud “boom” sounded in his ears.
The door to the Ancient Martial World was opened from the inside.
Shaoyun looked up sharply.
The Grand Elder’s expression lifted and he was in disbelief, “Yun Shen and the others have succeeded!”
The door opened from the inside, proving that Xie Huanran must no longer be in any danger.
The plan at the beginning was clear to the Grand Elder.
Ying and Fu intended to lure Xie Huanran to a deserted place and detonate the miniature nuclear bomb at his side.
So in this way, someone was bound to be sacrificed.
But he had waited for so long and did not hear the explosion of the nuclear bomb.
The Grand Elder hurriedly took out his mobile phone and also saw the message Fu Yunshen had sent to him.
[Grand Elder, the others can come back now].
The Grand Elder took a long breath of relief and fell to the ground, crying and laughing: “It’s good to be alive, it’s good to be alive!”
Shaoyun snatched the Grand Elder’s mobile phone off, and after reading the message, the heart he was carrying dropped.
Also at that moment, a sharp siren sounded.
An airborne motorbike, sped from a distance and then stopped in front of Yu Shaoyun.
On the air motorbike was a young man with blonde hair and blue eyes, wearing silver armour.
Knight Commander of the Sceptre Order!
“Grand Commander.” The young man got off the motorbike and took off his helmet, “Right here?”
“Well, but things are settled.” Shaun frowned, “You’re too late.”
“I’m sorry, Grand Master, it’s too far from where we left the city and I’ve travelled as fast as I could.” The young man was apologetic, “Since the person the Grand Chief needed me to protect is no longer in trouble, it would be better to return this token to the Grand Chief.”
He handed Shao Yun the short sword that the head escort had given him at the exit of the city again.
Shaoyun pursed his lips and held the short sword in his hand.
Since this short sword was not used to go out, it would be better to give it to Xiao Qi later.
If Fu Yunshen went to the World City without any power, this short sword would allow him to order the Scepter Knights at least once.
The young man nodded slightly: “If there’s nothing else for you all, I’ll go back to the city now.”
The major gates of the City of Worlds were controlled by the House of Sages, and the four Knight Commanders could come and go as they pleased, and could return to the city whenever they wanted, unlike them who still had to wait.
Shao Yun looked up, “Now?”
“Ah, yes.” The young man smiled and said, “Originally, our Order of the Sceptre had been acting under the orders of Lord Pope, but recently there have been more things going on because Lord Chariot has just returned.”
“The Knights are short of manpower and are somewhat busy, so I must rush back quickly, Lord Chariot has a bad temper, and we, who are underlings, must serve well.”
Shao Yun was surprised: “The Sage Chariot? Come back?”
The eighth of the twenty-two sages, the sage chariot, thechariot.
The young man said casually, “Well, I heard from Lord Pope that Lord Chariot came back to the city from here, I am not sure of the exact pa*sage.”
“I’ll go back first, goodbye everyone.”
He nodded towards Yushaoyun, put his helmet back on, rolled over onto the airbike and once again took off in the dust.
The speed of this airbike was comparable to that of a plane, and it was cool and stylish.
In the blink of an eye, it was gone.
Shao Yun was deep in thought.
The Sage Chariot, how could it have returned to the city from here?
It was reasonable to say that the twenty-two Magi had been stationed in the City of Worlds and had never gone out.
The Grand Elder narrowed his eyes and looked at the direction the young man had left.
He stroked his beard and suddenly spoke, “So what, that thing under his seat, where can I buy it?”
Yu Shaoyun: “……”
**
Ancient Martial World.
For these seven days, Xie Huanran had been locked up in the gloomy water prison of the Hall of Justice to suffer.
He had his cultivation sealed by Feng Xiu, leaving only a surge of internal energy to hold him up and prevent him from dying.
Xie Huanran knew that without Feng Xiu’s consent, he could not even commit suicide.
I don’t know how long it took before there was a glimmer of light in the water prison.
Xie Huanran jerked his head up to look, but the hope in his eyes was crushed bit by bit as he looked at the old man.
He hissed, “Feng Xiu!”
Feng Xiu, still holding the fishing rod, just swung it around and picked Xie Huanran up.
He also very thoughtfully gave him a change of clothes.
Though soon, the blood running like a stream completely stained the clothes red again.
“Feng Xiu, what are you doing!” Xie Huanran felt nothing but unprecedented fear as he roared hysterically, “What the hell are you doing!”
Feng Xiu re-hung Xie Huanran with his fishing rod and faintly, “I’m afraid you’ll dirty my master’s eyes.”
Before Xie Huanran could react, his eyes were a blur.
In ten seconds’ time, Feng Xiu had already hoisted Xie Huanran to the door of Ying Zigui’s house.
He took a deep breath, his fingers trembling, and went up first and knocked on the door.
The girl’s cold voice added a bit of raspy freshness to her voice: “I’m here.”
Only then did Feng Xiu push open the door and walk in.
The girl was leaning against the bed, looking out of the window at the sun and the flowers.
“Feng Xiu! Kill me if you dare!” Xie Huanran was still shouting, “Why are you torturing me so much? Ah?!”
“What, this b*tch girl killed my offspring, I’ll kill her, one life for one life, heaven forbid, who are you to stop me?!”
What made Xie Huanran most unbearable was that he had cultivated hard for so many years and had even created his own kung fu method, finally rising to the peak ancient martial artist.
However, once Feng Xiu came out, he was still defeated.
To Feng Xiu, Xie Huanran looked like a child who had suddenly gained strength and was just a joke.
Feng Xiu lifted his leg and kicked Xie Huanran to the edge of Ying Zigui’s bed.
Thunderous pressure then pressed down, forcing Xie Huanran to kneel down at the girl.
“Click, click, click, click.”
There were fracturing sounds as Xie Huanran’s back bones shattered once more and his internal organs felt like they had been crushed.
The intense pain made his eyes black and dizzy.
“Ah…!!!” Xie Huanran let out a heartbreaking scream, “Feng Xiu, you killed me, who are you to make me kneel in front of her? What kind of a thing is she?!”
If not for Feng Xiu’s sudden appearance, he would have killed both Ying Zigui and Fu Yunshen!
Feng Xiu lifted his clothes, and in the midst of Xie Huanran’s gradually frozen gaze, he also slowly knelt down to the girl: “I, Feng Xiu, am bringing Xie Huanran, a sinner of the Ancient Martial World, to pay respects to my master.”
Chapter 678
After saying this, he kowtowed again, “Please also forgive me, Master, my disciple came too late and caused Master to suffer such a heavy injury.”
Under the dual effects of Feng Xiu’s treatment and Fu Yunshen’s blood, Ying Ziji also lay for seven whole days before he finally recovered.
It was evident how badly he had been injured in the battle against Xie Huanran.
When the Grand Elder and the others found out about it, they went away feeling nothing but disbelief.
After all, after Xie Huanran had been promoted to the peak of ancient martial arts, the only person in the ancient martial world with an ancient martial arts cultivation level above him was Feng Xiu.
But together with Fu Yunshen, Ying Zigui had even fought against Xie Huanran for as long as four hours.
“I don’t blame you, it’s my own problem.” Ying Ziyi returned to her senses and was silent for a moment, sighing softly, “Actually, I never thought I would come back either.”
Feng Xiu frowned, “What kind of danger did Master encounter? How come all the cultivation has disappeared?”
In the past, not to mention Xie Huanran, even if it was him, Ying Ziji would only need one finger to defeat him.
“It’s a long story.” Ying Ziji was slightly stunned and smiled lightly, “Ancient martial cultivation is originally outside the body, it’s good that the person I’m protecting is still alive.”
Anything else, could be shed.
“Master’s state of mind is unmatched by us.” Feng Xiu stood in awe, “Back then, Master left in a hurry, and I have never seen Master’s true appearance, now ……”
The corners of his mouth twitched.
If it wasn’t for that move through the Cloud Transformation Divine Palm, he wouldn’t have been able to believe that his master was a very young young girl.
Hundreds of years ago, Ying Ziji had taught him the secret techniques of ancient martial arts and had always worn black robes, so that he couldn’t even identify a man or a woman.
“Well, this is my real appearance and gender.” Ying Ziji nodded slightly, “You have another senior sister, you can be introduced to her later.”
The exchange between master and disciple was very plain, but in Xie Huanran’s ears, it was like one thunderstorm after another.
One after another, they exploded, causing his mind to go blank and buzz.
What did he hear?
Master?
Feng Xiu actually called Ying Zidian Master?
“Ah…!!!” Xie Huanran’s eyes were wide and wide, his eyes were wide with anger as he suddenly broke down and roared heartily, “I don’t believe it! I don’t believe it!”
Ying Ziji was clearly not even twenty years old this year, and his bone age was also twenty, so how had he become Feng Xiu’s master?!
Practicing ancient martial arts, one’s face could become younger, but it was absolutely impossible to reverse the age of one’s bones.
Feng Xiu was faint: “Noisy.”
He lifted his hand and slapped Xie Huanran on the face.
Xie Huanran spun like a gyroscope, spitting out several more mouthfuls of blood and screaming in agony.
“Feng Xiu, you madman!” Xie Huanran’s teeth chattered, “You killed me, you have the ability to kill me now!”
For the first time, he hated the fact that he was a peak ancient martial artist.
A Peak Ancient Martial Artist, his internal energy was already able to repair his wounds automatically.
Xie Huanran’s wounds broke and healed over and over again, causing his spirit to break.
“It’s too cheap to kill you.” Feng Xiu’s eyes were stern, “What you have on your hands is tainted with at least ten thousand human lives!”
Before he went to cultivate in the Snowy Mountains, the Ancient Martial World was peaceful under the maintenance of the Hall of Justice, although there were occasional battles.
I didn’t expect that after he left, the humble and insignificant Xie Huanran would cause so many sins.
Ying coughed a few times and stood up holding the bed: “I’ll do it.”
Feng Xiu immediately retreated to the side, “Yes, Master.”
“Ying Zigui!” Xie Huanran’s eyes were already bleeding as he looked deadly at the girl, “I hate it, I should have killed you when you came to the Ancient Martial World!”
Unfortunately, at that time he thought that Ying Ziji was an ancient doctor and would not pose any threat to Xie Nian.
One wrong step, one wrong step.
If he had known that Ying Zidian knew ancient martial arts, even if it was only ten years of ancient martial arts cultivation, he would have killed Ying Zidian without hesitation.
How deep he hid!
Xie Huanran laughed coldly through clenched teeth: “You come? Can you kill me? Your cultivation is gone, hahahahaha, you can’t kill me!”
Ying Zidian had no expression, and poured a potion bottle in his hand at Xie Huanran.
“Ah! Ah…!!!” Xie Huanran let out another miserable scream, “What are you doing? What have you done to me?!”
“Feeding you some poison, don’t worry, I’ll keep your brain.” Ying Ziji lowered his eyes and smiled faintly, “Even if you are left with white bones below your brain, you will still be tormented by the pain.”
“Until this pain makes your consciousness completely collapse.”
This was even more ruthless than death by a thousand cuts.
Xie Huanran was already in so much pain that he couldn’t even make a sound, and he didn’t have the strength to roll around.
By this time the poison had corroded his feet, leaving only the bones of his feet.
But the consciousness of his brain forced Xie Huanran to remain awake, feeling the bone-chilling pain.
Little by little, towards death.
Even Feng Xiu felt a chill run through his body when he saw this scene: “Master ……”
“He is right, it is true that my cultivation level cannot kill him yet.” Ying Zigui stood up faintly, “You broke his internal energy protection before this poison can get in.”
Feng Xiu understood, “Master, you go on to rest, I’ll take him down and hang him at the entrance of the Hall of Justice.”
Ying nodded and went back to bed.
She closed her eyes to recuperate, when her fingers suddenly trembled.
Ying Ziyi pressed her head, changed direction and fell into a deep sleep.
**
The other side.
The City of Worlds.
The Leingold family.
These days, Lady Su Wen’s personal doctors and nurses had their hands full.
But to their amazement, apart from the day when Su Wen shed tears and mumbled the word “child”, there was no other reaction.
Today, in particular, Mrs. Soo’s heartbeat had calmed down, no different from before.
Even though the doctors had brought in the Institute’s most advanced psychiatric equipment, they could not get any more reaction out of Su Wen.
Everything was as calm as if the day was just an illusion.
The Third Lady breathed a secret sigh of relief: “So there’s still no chance of her waking up anytime soon?”
Saying that, she frowned again, “Then how did the First Lady shed tears and speak?”
“The brain is originally the most sophisticated thing in this world, even with our advanced medical technology, it is impossible to grasp the patient’s emotions and consciousness.” The doctor thought for a moment, “The only possibility is that Madam Su Wen sensed something.”
He hesitated for a moment, “They say that mother and daughter are connected, could Madam Su Wen have sensed that Missy was in danger and her body reacted accordingly?”
Other than that, he could think of no other explanation.
“There is no Missy!” The Third Madam’s voice suddenly rose, “I told you, the one born to my sister-in-law was a dead baby! A dead baby!”
“The tombstone is still standing in the family cemetery, would you like to take you to see it? Ah?!”
The doctor was startled and snapped to his knees, “I’m sorry, Third Mistress, I’ve lost my tongue.”
The Third Mistress took a deep breath, took one last look at Su Wen lying in the ice coffin and walked out of the medical room.
Outside, there was a middle-aged man waiting there.
He was smoking a cigarette and was obviously very agitated.
Upon seeing the Third Lady come out, the middle-aged man immediately asked, “How is it?”
Su Man’s medical room was not allowed for men to enter.
Especially since Su Man had quite a few chips attached to her body, even if she lost a hair, the chips could immediately transmit the data to the instruments.
These instruments were distributed down by the Sage House.
They had no way to touch Su Man, also because they didn’t dare to mess with the Sage House.
“The doctor said that the cause is unknown, but she definitely won’t wake up in a few years.” The Third Lady pressed on with impatience, “You said she might as well be dead in this state.”
“That kind of talk is fine if you and I talk about it in private.” The middle-aged man frowned, “If others hear you, you will be punished for great disrespect.”
“Okay, okay, okay, got it.” The Third Lady waved her hand, her expression suddenly solemn, “Mo Qian, let me ask you, on what day did Su Wen give birth to the dead baby?”
The middle-aged man, was none other than the Third Lady’s husband.
Mo Qian Laingal.
After the disappearance of the Grand Master, Mo Qian was in charge of all the big and small matters of the family.
“It was the 24th of March 2002.” Mo Qian looked at the Third Lady, “I remember it well because before that date, the news of the elder brother’s unknown life and death had just come back to the clan and the subordinates had accidentally spilled the beans in front of the elder sister-in-law.”
“So sister-in-law moved her foetus and went into premature labour in the early hours of that morning.”
He had seen the dead baby.
It was a girl.
Her face was blue and purple when she was born, apparently suffocated from lack of oxygen.
It was rather pathetic.
Everyone grew up late in marriage, and the dead baby was not the first child of the family’s generation.
The Leingold family didn’t take it that seriously.
The Third Lady was still uneasy: “Then why is your fifth sister so insistent on finding her niece? Does she have other information that we don’t know about? Could she have dropped the ball?”
Mo Qian was quite unconcerned: “Let her look for it, she’s been looking for ten years, did she find anything?”
He lit the ashes of his cigarette and smiled quite contemptuously, “The House of Sages itself judged it to be a dead baby, who could have switched the package under the eyes of the Sages?”
The Third Lady breathed a sigh of relief at this.
Good, no one could hide it from the Sage.
“However, let me tell you one more piece of news.” Mo Qian looked around cautiously and lowered his voice, “Even if the one born to sister-in-law is not a dead baby, this first lady of our own family will not live for long.”
The third madam’s heart jumped, “How so?”
“She has a special blood type.” Mo Qian said, “It’s golden blood, can the Sage Queen make her grow up?”
The Third Lady looked horrified and exclaimed, “Golden blood?!”
“Keep your voice down!” Mo Qian was startled, “You don’t say anything out loud, no one knows about this except me and the few doctors who died back then.”
“A baby born in the City of Worlds and with golden blood, you know what that means, right?”
“I know know.” The Third Lady covered her mouth, still shocked, “Oh my God, it could be golden blood ……”
Luckily, it was a dead baby.
“But I have to say, it’s a miracle that sister-in-law lasted twenty years.” Mo Qian tsked, “Unfortunately, ah, she won’t be able to wake up completely.”
The Third Lady narrowed her eyes and took out her phone to contact the Institute’s Genetic Engineering Institute.
**
Xie Huanran was hung on the door of the Hall of Justice as hundreds of thousands of people from the ancient martial arts community gathered around to watch Xie Huanran’s death.
After Xie Huanran’s death, peace returned to the Ancient Martial World.
A lake outside the Hall of Justice.
Feng Xiu was sitting by the lake, holding a fishing rod and was fishing.
On the side, Cheng Yuan was curious: “Master, where exactly have you been all these years?”
“To the snowy mountains to exercise my mind.” With a flip of his rod, Feng Xiu caught a large carp, indifferently, “When your cultivation improves again in the future, you can also go up there and take a look.”
“Even if Xie Huanran breaks through, with his state of mind, there’s no way he’ll be able to live for long.”
Xie Huanran took power and status too seriously and had distractions in his mind, sooner or later he would die under his own greed.
Feng Xiu could live for so long also because he was indifferent in nature and did not care about fame and fortune.
“Me? I’d better forget it.” Cheng Yuan let out a bitter laugh, “Master, my life expectancy is up to four hundred years, peak ancient martial artists are not that good at breaking through.”
Feng Xiu fell silent and didn’t say anything more, putting his fishing rod into the water again.
These words were true.
Ancient martial arts was not originally something from Earth, it was something that Ying Zigui had brought over from the Spirit Cultivation World.
To be able to develop the limits of the human body to this extent was already beyond the imagination of ordinary people.
Cheng Yuan asked again, “Master, will you still leave when you return this time?”
“No, I’m not leaving.” Feng Xiu shook his head, “I will watch over the Ancient Martial World before I die.”
Cheng Yuan nodded his head.
There was the sound of footsteps and he turned his head.
“Hey, senior sister, you can get down to the ground.” Cheng Yuan was happy, “Master is right here, ask him to catch some fish for you, make a stew later to nourish your body.”
Cheng Yuan was also celebrating, luckily his senior sister was fine, otherwise his master would have chopped him up for sure.
Feng Xiu’s eyebrows twitched.
Although his back was turned, he knew it was Ying Zigui who had come.
Feng Xiu slowly reeled in his rod, lifted the fish basket and walked forward, “Master.”
He turned his head again and looked at Cheng Yuan, “Call Master.”