Wuxia 10

They arrived a step too late. The battle at Bright Peak had already ended.

Zhang Wuji had stolen the show and become the Ming Cult's benefactor.

When Song Qinghua heard the news, he gritted his teeth and let out a cold snort.

Liu Zhong poked him with a finger. "It's a good thing Wuji survived and proved so capable. You're no worse than him now. There's no need to be jealous."

Song Qinghua gave a quiet hum and pushed down his negative emotions, though he still felt a little uncomfortable.

Liu Zhong said, "The four uncles have already left the mountain. Let's go catch up with them."

Song Qinghua hurriedly replied, "Let's go."

His sense of foreboding grew stronger and stronger.

They asked passersby which way the Wudang party had gone, then set off in pursuit.

Fortunately—and unfortunately—when they caught up with the Wudang party, they were being captured by Yuan soldiers.

The two immediately attacked and killed the soldiers, rescuing the Wudang party.

The Wudang party had already been poisoned with Ten Fragrance Soft Tendon Powder. They couldn't use their inner strength and had no means of defending themselves.

Yu Lianzhou and the others recognized the brothers at once.

It was mainly because they had seen Zhang Wuji first. His appearance had changed between childhood and adulthood. Now they were seeing the two brothers, who had likewise changed since childhood, but whose basic features had remained the same. The men recognized them without difficulty.

The four Wudang heroes were thrilled and delighted.

"Wonderful, wonderful! You've finally come back. Senior Brother will be overjoyed." Mo Shenggu clapped them both on the shoulders, laughing.

Yu Daiyan stepped forward and thanked them solemnly.

"I'll remember what you two have done for me, your Third Uncle."

Liu Zhong smiled. "Seeing you able to run and jump, Third Uncle, makes both Qinghua and me very happy."

After the greetings, they faced a problem.

How were they going to cure the Wudang party's poisoning?

Although Liu Zhong could make poisons, he didn't know how to cure them.

In fact, if he had a microscope and a sample of Ten Fragrance Soft Tendon Powder, he could analyze its ingredients and, given enough time, make an antidote.

But the problem was that he had neither a microscope nor any of the powder to study. How could he make an antidote?

But they couldn't leave the Wudang party poisoned indefinitely.

Who knew what effect the poison might have on their bodies?

So the two came up with the clumsiest, but still effective, solution: using their inner strength to force out the poison.

In the original story, Zhang Wuji had used this method to drive the poison of Ten Fragrance Soft Tendon Powder out of Xie Xun and Zhou Zhiruo.

Liu Zhong figured that his and Song Qinghua's inner strength was at least as powerful as Zhang Wuji's. Even though they hadn't learned the Nine Yang Divine Art, their Eternal Spring Skill and Xiao Wuxiang Art were no inferior in rank to the Nine Yang Divine Art.

If the Nine Yang Divine Art could do it, the two other divine arts could as well.

Liu Zhong and Song Qinghua followed the Wudang party to a relatively safe spot in the wilderness. Song Qinghua kept watch while Liu Zhong first forced the poison out of Yu Lianzhou.

They didn't dare enter a city.

The Yuan soldiers were openly arresting people. Who knew if they had set traps at the inns, waiting for them to walk right into them?

The Eternal Spring Skill was incredibly domineering, more so than any poison.

As Liu Zhong's inner strength entered Yu Lianzhou's body, it immediately forced the poison to scatter, driving it toward the tips of his fingers.

Liu Zhong joined the index and middle fingers of his right hand in a sword gesture and made a cut across Yu Lianzhou's left palm. Black blood flowed out.

Once the blood turned back to its normal red color, the poison of Ten Fragrance Soft Tendon Powder had been completely driven out of Yu Lianzhou's body.

Yu Lianzhou recovered his inner strength and rose to guard the others.

Song Qinghua joined in forcing out the poison.

He and Liu Zhong then treated Yu Daiyan and Zhang Songxi.

After Yu Daiyan and Zhang Songxi recovered their strength, they wanted to help the sect disciples expel the poison.

But the moment they tried, they realized how difficult it was.

With their current level of inner strength, they couldn't drive the poison out of their disciples' bodies at all.

The two exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with shock.

Their two nephews' inner strength was actually deeper than that of men who had cultivated for decades.

Then they thought of Zhang Wuji, who had challenged the experts of the six major sects on his own, and the four Wudang heroes fell silent.

They couldn't help but marvel: the waves of the Yangtze River pushed the waves before them onward!

Those three were undoubtedly geniuses of their generation.

And all three were descendants of the Wudang Sect.

This was a blessing for Wudang!

The Wudang disciples' inner strength was weaker, so treating them took much less time than treating the four Wudang heroes.

It took Liu Zhong and Song Qinghua five whole days to drive the poison out of the Wudang party.

While keeping watch over Liu Zhong and Song Qinghua, Zhang Songxi and the others had already discussed the matter.

The court had clearly made its move. After the Wudang and Ming Cult forces had both suffered heavy losses, the court had swooped in like a mantis stalking a cicada, with an oriole waiting behind it.

The Wudang Sect was fortunate that Liu Zhong and Song Qinghua had arrived in time to save them.

The other five sects were probably not so lucky. They had likely all fallen into the court's hands.

The four Wudang heroes discussed going to rescue the other five sects, but they had no idea where to look.

Liu Zhong said, "Since the court is behind this, the other five sects have probably been taken to the Yuan capital."

Song Qinghua nodded in agreement beside him.

Hearing this, Zhang Songxi agreed with the guess. "In that case, we'll go to Dadu."

Liu Zhong said, "Since the court has made its move, they wouldn't target only those traveling outside their sects. They may have taken advantage of the five sects' empty bases to attack them as well."

The four Wudang heroes were shocked. Zhang Songxi said, "We must return to Wudang at once."

He selected several disciples and sent them to deliver messages to Kunlun, Kongtong, Emei, the Shaolin Sect, and Huashan.

Zhang Songxi said, "If you encounter Yuan soldiers or anyone suspicious, hide first. Above all, make sure you stay safe."

The disciples accepted their orders and set off for the five sects.

Zhang Songxi and the others immediately headed back to Wudang.

Liu Zhong said, "Let's split up. Uncles, return to Wudang. Qinghua and I will go straight to Dadu and investigate the five sects' whereabouts."

Yu Lianzhou replied, "All right. Be careful."

Zhang Sanfeng was at the Wudang Sect, along with his fellow disciples. The experts sent by the Yuan soldiers would be no match for them.

There was no need for Liu Zhong and Song Qinghua to join the fight. It was better to let them investigate the situation in Dadu first.

They didn't know that Liu Zhong had chosen not to return to Wudang because Zhang Wuji would go to Wudang Mountain and help fend off Zhao Min.

Song Qinghua still hadn't fully sorted out his feelings, so it was best not to let him meet Zhang Wuji yet.

Liu Zhong brought Song Qinghua to Dadu, but Zhao Min had yet to return there.

The Xuanming Elders were at Zhao Min's side, so Liu Zhong and Song Qinghua naturally couldn't get the antidote to Ten Fragrance Soft Tendon Powder from Lu Zhangke's weapon.

The two did manage to sneak into Wan'an Temple and enter the tower, where they saw the people from the five sects and secretly made contact with the leaders of several of them.

The two revealed that they were the sons of Song Yuanqiao of the Wudang Sect, and the people from the five sects immediately accepted them and put their trust in them.

Although quite a few people didn't accept the reputation of the Six Wudang Heroes, they still had faith in their character.