"Where is this? Where is Senior Brother?"
Six Monkeys was puzzled. He had just felt dizzy and woke up in a cave.
His pants were taken off, and a quilt was placed underneath him, so his face was pressed against the ground.
Furthermore, his upper body was immobilized due to pressure point manipulation.
"Squeak squeak squeak".
He looked up and followed the sound; the little monkey he called his senior brother was gesturing to him.
Unable to move his upper body, he managed to turn his neck with difficulty.
"Huff, huff—!"
Along with the heavy breathing came Linghu Chong's flushed face.
The moment eye contact.
"Junior Sister! You're here."
"What are you doing, Senior Brother?"
"Squeak!"
"Junior Sister, you're mine!"
"Senior Brother—!"
"Squeak squeak squeak!"
"Small--"
"No--!"
"Squeak--!"
Outside the cave.
On the palanquin, Dongfang Bubai covered his mouth and laughed, "Great, another pair of lovers have been brought together."
Yang Lianting frowned, "Who told you to stop? Forget it! I'm not coming!"
"Brother Lian, I just..." Dongfang Bubai sighed, looking towards the cave, "I don't know why, but I feel a special connection to him."
In a certain timeline, Lin Pingzhi was undergoing surgery in this nameless cave, sneezed, causing the wound medicine to be applied incorrectly.
Having shaken off the Monk Bujie, the Mute Granny was among the crowd returning to Mount Hua when Yue Buqun suddenly looked up, "Chong'er?"
"Father, did you see Senior Brother?" Yue Lingshan asked.
"No," Yue Buqun shook his head, "I just had a sudden whim. They are just the two of them, lightly armed and with excellent Lightness Skill. They must have already arrived at Mount Hua."
"I just hope that my junior sister won't follow Chong'er's nonsense."
"Shan'er, although you and Immortal Li are in love, you are not yet married. You should still keep your feelings within the bounds of propriety."
"Don't let your junior sister Yi Lin throw you off balance."
Based on his understanding of Monk Bujie and Mute Granny, Yue Buqun believed that Yi Lin might get pregnant first and then pay the bill later, and he hoped that Lingshan would be more reserved.
"Yi Lin is not that kind of person. She is not like her father and mother," Yue Lingshan retorted.
"That's even better." Yue Buqun didn't dwell on such trivial matters. "Songshan will certainly not miss the opportunity to curry favor with Immortal Li. Perhaps when we return..."
Although the remaining two were not mentioned aloud, Yue Lingshan already knew that they were from the 'Sword Sect'.
A flicker of curiosity crossed her mind.
Just how incredibly skilled must the swordsmanship of the Sword Sect be to be on par with the Qi?
Songshan Martial Arts Hall.
Whoosh—!
An old man with a sallow complexion and a fierce aura danced with a sword, and a gust of wind whistled along with the sword.
The sword strikes grew faster and faster with each strike, and the wind they generated grew stronger and stronger.
In the end, it seemed as if its entire body was enveloped by a raging wind.
The dust on the carpet was stirred up, and where he stood, an irregular circle about four or five zhang in size was formed.
The sinister-looking man at the head of the table slammed his hand on the table.
A teacup flew into the Stormfront.
Crack!
The teacup shattered in mid-air before it even touched the old man's charred body or his sword.
"Good, very good [Fierce Wind Fast Sword]!" The sinister man clapped his hands.
"Alliance Leader Zuo, you flatter me," the sallow-faced old man said neither humbly nor arrogantly. "I wonder if there's anything I've overlooked?"
He was Feng Buping.
He and Yue Buqun belonged to the same generation with the character "Bu" in their names, and he was in his fifties or
But he is already showing signs of aging.
However, though one may grow old, one's heart remains young.
As the top swordsman of the previous generation, with both swordsmanship and Internal Energy at their best, he created a unique set of "108 Styles of Fierce Wind Fast Sword" after living in seclusion in Zhongtiao Mountain. He already had the intention of first using the power of Songshan Mountain to seize the position of Huashan Sect Leader, and then becoming the leader of the Five Mountains Alliance.
He was unwilling to reveal this secret skill rashly. Once he did, he would be exposed. In subsequent battles against top-tier masters, the opponent would be prepared, making it difficult to achieve a surprising victory.
However, after learning of the existence of his own Uncle Feng, he gave up the idea of becoming the leader of the alliance.
Therefore, he no longer regarded this sword technique as his trump card.
Rather, it was merely used as a means of dealing with the enemy.
After changing his mindset, he hoped that Zuo Lengchan could find some loopholes so that he could further improve upon them.
"Left: Chize, Blood Sea; Right: Lieque, Chengshan."
Zuo Lengchan did not disappoint Feng Buping and quickly pointed out the shortcomings.
These four acupoints are located on the four limbs of the human body.
"Junior Brother Feng, your sword technique is too closed off and too focused on Mount Hua Swordplay. Your intention to block the opponent's sword path is too obvious, which has led to some flaws."
"If I were to respond with the majestic and righteous swordsmanship of our school, what would you do?"
"Don't blindly pursue a sword that is faster than the next, nor should you hold back every move. A strong wind can help speed up the sword, but it can also restrict the sword. A gentle breeze is not necessarily weaker than a strong wind."
"A gentle breeze isn't necessarily weaker than a gale?" Feng Buping's eyes lit up, as if he had heard some kind of revelation.
Having repeatedly fought Feng Buping disadvantage, Cheng Buyou, who could be considered half the creator of this sword technique, was completely dumbfounded.
Is this Zuo Lengchan?
It is said that he gathered all the remaining elders of the sect and recorded all the sword moves they remembered, regardless of their quality, and compiled them into a sword manual. Over the decades, he has refined and modified it, making the sect's seventeen sword moves perfect. However, this is an exaggeration.
But now.
Therefore, everything is true.
Fortunately, Uncle Feng is still alive, and that scoundrel Yue Buqun has a wonderful daughter.
The two exchanged a glance, both revealing a look of relief.
Ding Mian and Lu Bai, who were watching from the sidelines, did not show any confusion about their sect leader's senior brother aiding the enemy (in their view, these Sword Sect disciples would return to Mount Hua).
They knew that their sect leader was ambitious and had lofty aspirations.
Since the merger of the Five Sacred Mountains into one sect by the immortals is no longer advisable.
Let us then take the destruction of the Sun Moon Holy Cult as our new ambition.
Moreover, Feng Qingyang is nearly a hundred years old and doesn't have much time left.
Even if Feng Buping returns to Mount Hua, there is no guarantee that the battle of sword energy will not be repeated.
This is an open strategy.
Feng Buping will not abandon his old grudges with the Qi Sect because of Zuo Lengchan's scheme.
Zuo Lengchan would not abandon his investment in Feng Buping or the possibility of escalating the internal strife within the Huashan sect simply because Feng Buping might get out of control.
However, an internal power struggle just ended.
What's wrong with me?
"My head hurts so much, and I haven't been drinking!"
"My back is so sore."
Linghu Chong finally woke up, feeling completely drained.
What came into view was a monkey, its rear end sticking out, and knowing the nature of monkeys, it knew that this was an expression of submission.
"Six Monkeys' senior brother, why are you tied up?"
For some reason, he subconsciously avoided looking at where Six Monkeys was until a faint sobbing sound was heard.
Linghu Chong was struck dumb.
Memories flooded back, and he was no longer pure.
Ah! My eyes are no longer clean!
Li Lin roared inwardly.
With martial arts skills reaching his level, his spiritual perception has reached a divine and enlightened state.
A sudden surge of curiosity led him to open the Akashic Records of this world.
Even though he limited the content to just text, Li Lin still felt like his brain had been raped.
The reason lies entirely with Linghu Chong. Six Monkeys spoke ill of Li Lin, the God of Heaven, which caused his own fortune to decline. Furthermore, Li Lin's fondness for Six Monkeys as a reader led to this outcome.
The calamity that threatened the Six Monkeys has passed.
A tragic love affair was born between him and his senior brother, whom he cherished and could not let go of even in death.
Damn it, I dug my own grave.
"Dongfang Bubai preparing to go up the mountain?" Li Lin quickly regained his composure and returned to the right path. He looked to the future and said, "He will fight Feng Qingyang, Ning Zhongze be injured. No, this future needs to be changed."
"Let's stop here," Dongfang Bubai suddenly said. "Lotus Peak, known for its beauty and perilous terrain, might be a better place for my brother Lian and me to stay."
"I don't want to go up against that old geezer Feng Qingyang. It would be terrible if he interfered with my important task of carrying on the family line for Brother Lian."
Perhaps for political metaphor, the highest peak of Mount Hua in Jin Yong's world is not the South Peak (Luoyan Peak), but the East and West Peaks.
Lotus Peak is the West Peak.
The East Peak is the Sunrise Peak.
The leader of the Sun Moon Holy Cult often compares himself to the sun.
Logically, it should have settled down at Chaoyang Peak.
But in Dongfang Bubai's eyes right now, the lotus (referring to Yang Lianting) is far more important than the rising sun.
Yang Lianting also understood the implied meaning in his words.
A hint of guilt flashed in his eyes.
"Although I also have Long Yang tendencies, I love women even more, and I love power even more, do you know that?"
Upon hearing this, Dongfang Bubai still smiled Yingying.
She replied, "So what? Power plus me, isn't that more important to you than women? Besides, I'll soon be able to produce an heir for Brother Lian."
On the North Peak of Mount Hua, at Cloud Terrace Peak.
Ning Zhongze welcomed the two people.
"Chong'er, Monkey, what's wrong with you?"
Linghu Chong's legs trembled and his face turned ashen.
Lu Dayou lay on a stretcher, carried by two disciples, while his monkey companion followed beside Linghu Chong, walking backwards and occasionally sticking its butt out.
"We've messed up. We let Tian Boguang infiltrate the handwashing ceremony, but luckily Immortal Li caught him, preventing a major disaster," Lu Dayou quickly replied.
For reasons unknown, he did not say what had been agreed upon beforehand.
Linghu Chong wanted to retort, but when he saw Lu Dayou's pitiful face, he subconsciously said nothing.
Linghu Chong is a very emotional person, which leads to his Schrödinger-like unstable character.
When Six Monkeys died, he thought of jumping off a cliff to commit suicide, but after being stopped, he thought of serving his parents until their old age.
Then it seems like I forgot about it all.
After his anger Kamui during the battle at the ruined temple, he unleashed his divine power and killed the fifteen people who had ganged up on him, ambushed the Mount Hua Sect, tore apart his junior brother Liang Fa, and nearly humiliated his master's wife. His saintly heart broke down, and he felt pity for them.
But in fact, he hadn't forgotten.
Upon seeing Lao De Nuo's miserable state, trapped between two monkeys and rendered powerless to resist, he did not draw his sword to end Lao De Nuo's unbearable suffering. Instead, he suppressed his compassionate heart and pretended not to see it.
While everyone from Mount Hua, including Yue Lingshan, had forgotten Liang Fa's death and were happily heading to Luoyang, he was still deeply grieving over his passing and secretly heartbroken.
In general, he is a person whose emotions come and go quickly, but he remembers them.
He didn't say it, but it was churning inside him.
Once they've vented their emotions, they show less outward expression of their feelings.
Even though he considered Ren Yingying, his junior sister, to be very important to him, he still did so in his heart.
But he wasn't self-centered either.
Because he was blinded by emotion, he didn't care about his own life.
If it weren't for the protagonist's halo, he would have died long ago.
At this moment, his thoughts and feelings were: Long Yang is considered a refined affair among literati. Our master made us study from a young age, so we can be considered half scholars. My junior sister already has someone she likes, and I don't think she will fall in love with anyone else. Six Monkeys is always thinking about me. Being with him and listening to him in everything, what does it matter?
Therefore, Linghu Chong remained silent.
He believed that everything was a scheme by Six Monkeys to get him.
It was Six Monkeys who secretly put the drug in.
"What's your injury?" Ning Zhongze, looking at Six Monkeys.
"We escaped back here. We were afraid of being punished by our master, so we traveled all night and accidentally slipped and fell." Lu Dayou, rubbing his buttocks.
"You're bleeding, have you applied any medicine?" Ning Zhongze asked with great concern.
"My senior brother has already applied the medicine for me." Lu Dayou buried his head in his arm.
"You guys, even if you've learned your lesson," Ning Zhongze sighed, "I will plead with your master, but you'll probably still be in confinement."
"Yes, Master's wife," the two replied simultaneously, then their bodies trembled.
Tongguan Prefecture.
Ren Yingying looked towards the location of Huazhou, her delicate eyebrows slightly furrowed.
What's the reaction from Blackwood Cliff?
The time for distributing the antidote is fast approaching, and if Blackwood Cliff issues an order, the members of the cult should be extremely enthusiastic.
However, Tongguan Prefecture, which is close to Huazhou and Mount Hua, is peaceful and serene.
The Three Corpses Brain God Pill, once ingested, causes the corpse worms to infiltrate the body, waiting for the right moment to act.
If there is no antidote.
Once the effects of the medicine wear off, the corpse worms will awaken and burrow into the brain to devour it.
Once it enters the mind, the person's actions become like those of a demon or ghost, and can no longer be judged by common sense. Once rationality is lost, they will even bite and eat their parents and wife.
She was the Saint Aunt in the cult who was responsible for distributing the antidote.
But now, she has not noticed anything.
"No response." Lan Fenghuang replied, "The leader said everything is normal and there's no need to pay attention."
"How could this be?" Ren Yingying almost gritted her teeth.
Suddenly, a group of people appeared in their field of vision.
Their gazes immediately fell on the young man surrounded by two exceptionally beautiful young women.
"Is he Young Master Li?"
"My lover."
They both spoke at the same time.
"Sounds of hacking and slashing?" Li Lin's ears twitched.
"What? Someone actually dared to commit violence in my Huashan territory!" Yue Lingshan was furious. Damn it, she had embarrassed herself in front of Young Master Li.
Yue Buqun's face was also ashen.
Using their Lightness Skill, the group quickly arrived at a dilapidated temple.
"People from the Sun Moon Demonic Cult." Yue Buqun's face darkened.
The group of people surrounded the dilapidated temple.
There were two people in the dilapidated temple.
One of them had her face covered by a black veil, but it couldn't hide her translucent, snow-white skin, which seemed to have a faint blush. Her voice was clear and delicate.
The other person was dressed in a blue cloth shirt and trousers with white floral prints, and a brightly colored, embroidered apron from chest to knee. He also had a pair of extremely large gold earrings, each the size of a wine glass, and was dressed in the typical Miao attire.
Although her face was hidden by the temple gate, her bare, spotless, jade-white feet and her delicate, melodious voice were already alluring enough.
"It's strange, they don't seem to be surrounded, but rather they seem to be surrounding these people." Yue Lingshan narrowed her eyes.
She suspected it was yet another so-called chance encounter arranged to seduce her lover.
These two women look like vixens.
And indeed, Lingshan's words proved true.
As they got closer, not only the sounds of hacking and slashing could be heard, but also the sounds of voices became clearer.
"Saint Aunt, you should come back to Blackwood Cliff with us." The leader trembled. "Even if we are no match for you and the Southern Cult Leader, if we force the Eastern Cult Leader to come personally, not only our lives, but yours will also be in danger—"
"I don't want to stay in the Demonic Sect anymore. Tell Uncle Dongfang that I will retire from the martial world," said the girl whose face was veiled in black. "This is the territory of Mount Hua, where Immortal Li resides. I hope he takes good care of himself."