his internal energy was deep which allowed him to jump back for twenty feet with one leap. He then jumped back again for another twenty feet. These two old men saw that he had been heavily injured but he was still able to jump really fast and far. They were alarmed but they still rushed forward. Linghu Chong quickly turned around and ran away.

Initially, his injured shoulder and arm didn’t hurt that much. But now, the pain was so severe that he felt like fainting. He thought, “These two people have stolen the Buddhist robe with the Evil Resisting Sword Manual written on it. I need it to right this injustice I’m being blamed for. I must take it back and return it to martial brother Lin.” He endured the pain on his arm and shoulder as he extended his hand to grip his sword handle. As he pulled the long sword out, it stopped halfway. Unexpectedly, his injured right hand was unable to pull the sword out any further. His right hand had no more energy. He then heard the sound of the wind at the back of his head as the enemies’ sabres were chopping down on his head. Linghu Chong gathered his qi and quickly leaped forward while his left hand forcibly pulled on his belt tearing it. He then gripped his sword with his left hand and shook it free from the scabbard. When he felt the cold air rushing towards him again, he turned around and saw the two sabres chopping down.

He leaped back another step. The sky would get brighter soon, but at the moment it was the darkest time just before dawn. Besides the flashes of the sabres, he could see nothing else. When he learned the Dugu Nine Swords, he needed to look at the weakness of the enemy’s moves and attack that point. But right now, he wasn’t able to see the enemies’ movements so he couldn’t use his sword art at all. Just then, he felt his left arm also hurt as an enemy’s sabre scratched it. He rushed towards a long street with his left hand gripping the sword and pressing down on the injury on his right shoulder to stem the blood from flowing down to the ground.

As the two people chased him, they saw that his steps were really quick that they wouldn’t be able to chase him down. Thinking that it was good already that they had grabbed the sword manual, they didn’t want to linger anymore so they stopped chasing. They turned around and went away. Linghu Chong shouted, “Hey, bold thieves, you wanna run after stealing?” and turned around to chase. This angered the two people that they also turned around and wielded their sabres to chop him. Linghu Chong didn’t want to cross swords with them so he quickly turned around and ran away again. He secretly prayed, “Someone please pass by carrying a lamp.” After running for several steps, he thought of an idea. He quickly jumped onto a roof and looked around. He spotted a house at his left with the light from the window lighting up the area around it. He quickly went to that lighted area. But those two old men had again stopped chasing.

Linghu Chong stooped down, grabbed two roof tiles, and threw it towards them. He shouted, “You’ve robbed Lin family’s Evil Resisting Sword Manual! One bald, one white-haired, you want to escape to the end of the world but Wulin’s heroes will capture both of you and cut your corpses into pieces.” Those two roof tiles broke as they hit the slab stones on the street.

When the two old men heard him mention the “Evil Resisting Sword Manual”, they quickly jumped onto the roof to give chase. Linghu Chong felt his legs becoming weaker and losing his strength. Fiercely, he drew a breath and ran to the lighted area at top speed. Suddenly, he staggered and fell on the ground below. However, he quickly somersaulted using the “Carp’s Leap” move and landed on his feet. Then he leaned back against the wall.

The two old men lightly jumped down and approached him separately from his left and right. The bald old man smiling fiercely said, “I’ve given you one life but you didn’t wanna go.” Linghu Chong saw his baldhead was shining like a crystal. His heart shivered, “So it’s dawn already.” He laughed, “Which house or school are you from? Why do you want to kill me?”

The white-haired old man lifted his sabre and slashed it down to split his head in two. Linghu Chong threw his sword into his right hand and lightly pierced his throat. That bald old man was startled and quickly brandished his sabre as he rushed forward. Linghu Chong slashed his sword towards the hand carrying the sabre and cut his wrist off. Then he pointed the sword at his throat and said, “Tell me who you two really are and I’ll let you live.” The bald old man laughed. Looking mournful, he said, “We brothers have rarely met a match when running amuck in Jianghu. Today, I’ll die under your honor’s sword. Really admirable. But I don’t know your honor’s name. I’ll die… die with regrets.”

Linghu Chong saw that although he had lost a hand, he was still unafraid. He respected him deeply for this so he said, “I was forced to defend myself, actually I’m not acquainted with you two at all. Handless man, I’m sorry. Sir, please give me the Buddhist robe. Then we don’t have to keep going.”

That bald old man said, “How can Bald Eagle surrender?” and with a flash of his left hand, he pierced his own heart with a dagger.

Linghu Chong thought, “This person rather die than surrender. What a unique character!”

He then stooped down to take out that Buddhist robe but he felt dizzy and knew that he had lost a lot of blood. He ripped his gown and carelessly struggled to tie his injured shoulder and arm with the cloth. Only then did he take out the Buddhist robe from the bosom of that bald old man. He then felt dizzy again and immediately took a few deep breaths. The sky was brighter now and he was able to recognise the road. He then walked back towards Lin Pingzhi’s old house on Xiang Yang Lane.

After walking for a couple hundred feet, he felt he couldn’t support himself anymore. He thought, “If I fall down now, I won’t be able to protect my name but after I am dead, everyone will think that I did steal the Evil Resisting Sword Manual. With that thing on my body, if I die now my name will be like dirt.” So he gathered his energy to continue walking and finally arrived at Xiang Yang Lane. But the Lin family house’s main door was closed. Lin Pingzhi and Yue Lingshan had been knocked out by those people so there was no one to open the door. He wanted to jump over the wall but he had no more energy left. He knocked on the door a few times before kicking the door.

But his kick wasn’t able to open the big door. Strained to the utmost at this point, he staggered and passed out. When he woke up, he felt that he was lying on a bed. He opened his eyes and saw the Yue Buqun couple in front of the bed. Linghu Chong was overjoyed and called out, “Master, Master-Wife… I…. I….” He was really excited and tears started to drop. He struggled to sit up. Yue Buqun didn’t answer but asked, “What matter do you have here?” Linghu Chong said, “Little martial sister? Is… Is she ok?” Madam Yue answered, “She’s fine! How… how come you’re in Fuzhou?” Her voice was full of concern and her eyes were red already.

“Martial brother Lin’s Evil Resisting Sword Manual was stolen by two old men. I killed those two people and brought it back. Those two… those two people are likely good fighters from the Devil Sect,” Linghu Chong explained and reached inside his bosom but that Buddhist robe was gone.

He quickly asked, “Where… where’s that Buddhist robe?”

“What’s that?” Madam Yue asked.

“There were words written on that Buddhist robe. It was most likely the Lin family’s Evil Resisting Sword Manual.”

“If that’s Pingzhi’s then he should be the one taking care of it,” Madam Yue said.

“Yes. Master-Wife, are you and Master well? Martial brothers and sisters are all well?”

Madam Yue used her sleeve to wipe her teary eyes before saying, “Everyone’s fine.”

“How did I end up here? Did Master and Master-Wife rescue me?” Linghu Chong queried.

“When I arrived at Pingzhi’s old house this morning, I saw you passed out on the ground,” Madam Yue explained.

Linghu Chong groaned, “Lucky that Master-Wife found me. Otherwise, if the Devil Sect’s people found me first, I’d have been dead.”

He knew that Master-Wife came to Xiang Yang Lane to look for her daughter when she didn’t see her early in the morning. It was just that it was awkward to mention it right now.

“You said you killed two evil people from the Devil Sect. How did you know they’re from the Devil Sect?” Yue Buqun wondered.

Linghu Chong answered, “When disciple was going south, I’ve run across many Devil Sect’s people on the road. I’ve also fought with them a few times already. These two people’s martial arts were weird. They’re definitely not from our orthodox schools.” Secretly he was feeling happy, “I’ve returned martial brother Lin’s Evil Resisting Sword Manual. Master, Master-Wife, and little martial sister wouldn’t suspect me anymore. Also, since I’ve killed those two Devil Sect’s evils, Master wouldn’t blame me for colluding with the Devil Sect anymore.”

Who would have thought that Yue Buqun’s complexion would turn pale on hearing Linghu Chong’s reply. He snorted and scolded, “You’re still talking nonsense! Do you think I can be deceived that easily?”

Linghu Chong was alarmed and quickly said, “Disciple doesn’t dare to fool Master.”

Yue Buqun’s voice quaked, “Who’s your master? I’ve already disowned you as my disciple.”

Linghu Chong quickly got up from the bed and kneeled down on the ground. He kowtowed, “Disciple has done many wrong things, I’m willing to receive punishments from Master. But… but my expulsion from the school, I request Master to take me back.”

Yue Buqun moved aside not receiving his kowtow. He then coldly said, “The daughter of Devil Sect’s Chief Ren already favors you and you’ve also been cooperating with them for a long time already. Why do you still need me as your master?”

Linghu Chong was confused, “Daughter of Devil Sect’s Chief Ren? Master, I don’t know what you’re saying? Although I’ve heard of that Ren… Ren Woxing’s daughter, I’ve never met her before.”

Madam Yue rebuked him lightly, “Chong’er, even now, why are you still telling lies?” She sighed and continued, “That lady Ren gathered those evil people of Jianghu at the top of Five-Tyrant Ridge to give you medications. That day, didn’t we go…”

Linghu Chong was greatly astonished. His voice was trembling as he said, “That lady on the Five-Tyrant Ridge, she’s… she’s… Yingying… she’s Chief Ren’s daughter?”

“Get up before speaking,” Madam Yue requested.

Linghu Chong slowly stood up. His heart was at a loss and he kept on mumbling, “She’s… she’s Chief Ren’s daughter? How… how can this be?”

Madam Yue was angry and she wasn’t pleased at all, “Why are you still telling lies to Master and Master-Wife?”

Yue Buqun indignantly said, “Who’s his master or Master-Wife?” He extended his hand and hit the table repeatedly. With each hit, a piece of the table broke away.

Linghu Chong was frightened, “Disciple doesn’t dare lie to Master and Master-Wife… ”

Yue Buqun fiercely said, “I have eyes but I couldn’t see and had accepted such a shameless child as a disciple. I’m very ashamed to face the heroes of the realm. You want to dirty my name, don’t you? If you ever call us “Master, Master-Wife” again, then I’ll kill you right now.” He was extremely angry and his face was turning purple readying his qi.

Linghu Chong answered, “Yes!” as he put his hand on the edge of the bed to support himself. His face was pale and his body was shaking violently. “They did give me some treatments on that ridge. But… but they never told me that she… she was Chief Ren’s daughter.”

Madam Yue said, “You’re bright and clever, you’re also very alert, how could you not have figured it out? She’s only a very young lady, but with only one word from her, she could control all those evil people. Every one of them struggled to be on that ridge only to give some kind of treatment for you. Besides the daughter of Devil Sect’s Chief Ren, who else has such a big reputation?”

“Disc… I… I thought she was only an old granny at that time,” Linghu Chong explained.

“She was disguising herself?” Madam Yue asked.

“She didn’t. It’s just… it’s just that I’ve never seen her face before,” Linghu Chong said.

Yue Buqun uttered a laugh but there was no sign of laughter on his face. Madam Yue sighed, “Chong’er, you’re already grown up. Your character has also changed. You’re not taking the words that I just said into your heart.”

Linghu Chong said, “Master… Master… the words that you said, I… I… ” What he wanted to say was: “The words that you said, I wouldn’t dare to violate.” Master and Master-Wife had repeatedly told him not to make friends with people from Devil Sect. But with the connection he had with Yingying, Xiang Wentian, and Ren Woxing, how can they just merely be called “friends”?

Madam Yue continued, “That daughter of Chief Ren was so nice to you so she gathered so many people to treat your illness. Because of that you were able to live. So maybe this is excusable…”

Yue Buqun indignantly said, “What do you mean excusable? Are you allowed to stop at nothing just to live?” He usually treated Madam Yue very courteously as if she was an honored guest. But today, he had repeatedly spoken to her in a fierce manner and had also cut her off in the middle of her sentence. It was obvious that he was in an uncontrollable rage. Madam Yue understood her husband’s mood so she didn’t consult with him before continuing, “But why were you together with one of the Devil Sect elders, Xiang Wentian, and killed many of our orthodox school’s people? Both of your hands are stained with their blood, you… you quickly get out of here!”

Linghu Chong’s back was drenched with cold sweat as he remembered that day on Liang Pavillion. He was welcoming the enemies together with Xiang Wentian and many people from the orthodox schools died under his hand. But at that time the fight was very dangerous so if he didn’t kill them, he would have been the one to get killed. There was really nothing he could do differently at all. But these blood debts would forever be on his hands.

Madam Yue said, “Below the Five-Tyrant Ridge, you joined hands with that Devil Sect’s young Lady Ren again to kill a few Shaolin and Kunlun Schools’ disciples. Chong’er, I’ve long regarded you as my own son but these things that have happened so far, your… your Master-Wife is powerless to protect you anymore.” As she said this, two teardrops fell on her cheeks.

Linghu Chong bleakly said, “Son has really done some unpardonable wrongs. But I’m responsible for what I did; I cannot let Huashan School’s reputation to be covered in dirt. I request you, two honourable, to open a court of law and invite every house and every school to come and witness my execution according to Huashan School’s rules.”

Yue Buqun sighed, “Master Linghu, if you were still my Huashan School’s disciple today, then this might work. Your death would have protected Huashan School’s reputation as you would have still been my disciple. But I’ve already announced to the whole realm about your expulsion from the school. Hereafter, what do your actions have to do with my Huashan School? Also, what position do I have to put you in your place? Hey, hey, the just and evil cannot coexist together. Next time when you’re doing evil things, if I bump into you at that time, then I would definitely kill you. I can’t just let you do whatever you want.”

When he spoke until here, someone called out from the outside, “Master, Master-Wife.” It was Lao Denuo.

Yue Buqun asked, “What is it?”

“There are people outside paying a visit to Master and Master-Wife. He said he’s Songshan School’s Zhong Zhen. His two martial brothers are also here,” Lao Denuo answered.

Yue Buqun said, “Nine Bent Sword Zhong Zhen, he’s also in Fujian? I’ll come out straight away,” and he made his way outside.

Madam Yue looked at Linghu Chong, her eyes were brimming with tears and it looked like she was asking him to wait here. She turned her head again looking like she had something to say before going out of the room.

Linghu Chong had long regarded Master-Wife as his own mother. He felt extremely remorseful seeing her tender affection towards him. He considered, “I can blame my unrestrained behaviour for a lot of things that have happened. I didn’t distinguish “right and wrong” and “good and evil” clearly. Brother Xiang is evidently not a noble person. Why didn’t I find out clearly before helping him fight? If I die now, it’s no big deal. But not only it would make Master and Master-Wife lose face in front of Wulin’s heroes, all the other martial brothers and martial sisters would also lose their faces because people would say Huashan School has produced such an unworthy disciple.” He thought more, “So Yingying is Chief Ren’s daughter. No wonder Old Man and Zu Qianqiu were so respectful towards her. She thoughtlessly said a word and all those Jianghu heroes were banished to the East China Sea’s Huang Island and wouldn’t be able to come back to the central plains ever again. Ai, I should have realised it earlier. In Wulin, besides a leader of the Devil Sect, who else has such power? But when she was with me, she was coy and bashful, she was even more so compared to little martial sister. Who would have expected that she would be a head of the Devil Sect? But Chief Ren was imprisoned by Dongfang Bubai at the bottom of the West Lake. How did his daughter get so much power?”

His mind was like a tide, going up and down indeterminately. Suddenly he heard footsteps approaching and a person entered the room quickly. It was the person he had been thinking of day and night. The person whom he had borne in his mind all the time; it was his little martial sister. Linghu Chong called out, “Little martial sister! You… ” He was at a loss for words.

Yue Lingshan said, “Big martial brother, quickly… quickly get out of here. Songshan School’s people are looking for you.” She was very anxious as she was telling him this. But when Linghu Chong saw her, all the matters that were in his mind were all forgotten. What Songshan School? He didn’t even hear what she said. All sorts of emotions were bubbling inside of him as he was looking at her. Sweet, sour, bitter, hot, and all sort of other tastes were rushing forth in his mind.

Yue Lingshan saw him staring at her. Her face turned red as she said, “It’s someone surnamed Zhong, he brought two of his martial brothers here. He said that you killed some Songshan School’s people and he had chased you till here.”

Linghu Chong was dumbfounded and was at a loss, “I killed some people from the Songshan School? I didn’t…”

Suddenly, the door to the room banged open and Yue Buqun walked in. He was angry and said fiercely, “Linghu Chong, you’ve done very well! You’ve killed Songshan School’s seniors but you tried to deceive me by saying that they were Devil Sect’s villains.”

“Disc… I… I killed Songshan School’s seniors? I… I didn’t…” Linghu Chong stammered.

” ‘White Hair Immortal’ Bu Chen, ‘Bald Eagle’ Sha Tianjiang, didn’t you kill these two people?” Yue Buqun asked indignantly.

When Linghu Chong heard the nicknames of these two people, he recalled what that bald old man, who committed suicide, said before he died: “How can Bald Eagle surrender?” Then the other person must be ‘White Hair Immortal’ Bu Chen. “One white-haired old man and one bald old man, I killed those two people. But… but I didn’t know they were from Songshan School. Since they were using sabres, it’s definitely not Songshan School’s martial art.”

“So you killed these two people?” Yue Buqun looked stern as he asked this question again.

“Yes,” Linghu Chong answered.

“Dad, those white-haired old man and bald old man… ” Yue Lingshan pleaded.

Yue Buqun cut her off, “Get out! Who asked you to come in? Do I want you to interfere while I’m talking here?”

Yue Lingshan could only drop her head and slowly walked out of the room.

Linghu Chong felt miserable and happy at the same time, “Although martial sister and martial brother Lin are on good terms, she still considered me as a friend. She bravely rebuked her father. And before, she alerted me to quickly run away to avoid disaster.”

Yue Buqun laughed coldly, “Do you know all the martial arts of the Five Mountains Sword Schools? These two people, Bu and Sha, came from Songshan School. Since you absolutely have no rules or regulations whatsoever; I don’t know what kind of despicable method you used to kill them. But Songshan School tracked the traces of blood all the way back to Pingzhi’s old house at Xiang Yang Lane. They then investigated further and traced the clues to here. Now, martial brother Zhong from Songshan School is outside as my guest. Do you have anything else to say?”

Madam Yue walked into the room and said, “They never saw Chong’er killing the two people. They were only relying on the trail of blood. How can they be sure that it was done by someone inside the escort house? Why don’t we just tell them that we don’t know anything?”

Yue Buqun indignantly retorted, “Martial sister, even until now, you still want to protect this “stop at no evil” good-for-nothing kid? I’m the leader of Huashan School. How can I tell lies just because of this animal? You… You… how can we do that? We mustn’t bring ruin and shame upon ourselves.”

For the past several years, Linghu Chong had always known that Master and Master-Wife went from martial brother and sister to husband and wife. If he could be like that for one day with little martial sister, then he’ll be satisfied and would have no other wish in this life. But when he saw Master talking so fiercely to Master-Wife, he suddenly thought, “If little martial sister were my wife, I’ll do whatever she wants me to do. I’ll do it if it was a good thing. I’ll still do it if it was a bad thing. I’d never brush away her idea in the slightest bit. Even if she wanted me to do ten really evil things, I’d do it in a heartbeat.” Yue Buqun suddenly saw Linghu Chong’s expression becoming tender and soft with a hint of a smile. Linghu Chong’s eyes shone passionately as he thought of that girl standing outside the room. Yue Buqun lashed out “Little animal, what kind of evil plan are you cooking up now?”

Yue Buqun’s loud shout woke Linghu Chong up abruptly from his flights of fancy. When he looked up, he saw that his master’s face had turned purple and he had his hand raised ready to strike his head. Suddenly, the feeling of joy washed over him as he felt ready to give up all the bitter things that had happened to him. Today, under his Master’s hand, he would die happily and be freed. His heart yearned for death especially with little martial sister besides him to see him get killed by her own father.

Gazing at Yue Lingshan, he smiled slightly and waited for his Master’s palm to strike down. He heard the wind whistle as Yue Buqun’s palm descended. But suddenly, Madam Yue cried out, “No! You can’t!” as her finger stabbed towards her husband’s “Yu Zhen” acupoint at the back of his head. The two of them had been practising their martial arts together since they were small and were both very familiar with each other’s skills. This acupoint that Madam Yue was attacking was a fatal point so Yue Buqun automatically turned around to block the strike while Madam Yue quickly put herself in front of Linghu Chong.

Yue Buqun’s faced turned pale and indignantly asked, “What… what are you doing?”

“Chong’er, quickly go! Go!” Madam Yue hurriedly urged.

Linghu Chong shook his head, “I’m not going. If Master wants to kill me then he can kill me. I deserve this punishment for my sins.”

Madam Yue stamped her foot and insisted further, “Now that I’m here, he can’t kill you. Quickly go, go really far and never come back.”

Yue Buqun snorted, “Hng, if he goes then what do we tell those three people from Songshan School waiting outside?”

Linghu Chong thought, “So Master is worried that he might not be able to deal with Zhong Zhen and his brothers. I should go and meet them in his place.” Deciding this, he declared, “Alright, I’ll go meet them.” and went out of the room in big strides.

Madam Yue pleaded after him, “You cannot go. They’ll kill you.”

But Linghu Chong kept on walking very fast and in no time at all, he arrived at the main hall.

Sure enough, he saw Nine Bent Sword Zhong Zhen, Divine Whip Deng Bagong, and Bright-Haired Lion Gao Kexin sitting on the guest seats. Linghu Chong went and took a seat opposite to them. He coldly questioned, “You three, what are you doing here?”

At this moment, wearing the clothes of a servant and having no fake beards attached to his face, Linghu Chong looked completely different from the General they had met that night. When Zhong Zhen and his brothers saw this wretched looking and blood-stained young servant being rude to them as soon as he had entered the room, they all became angry.

Gao Kexin shouted, “What kind of thing* are you?”

Linghu Chong laughed, “You three people, what kind of north south* are you?”

(*Translator’s note: Gao Kexin said “Dong Xi” which literally means “east west”. But these two words together means “object”.)

Gao Kexin was startled and wondered, “How can it be called “north south”?” But he decided that it was just badly spoken. Indignantly he demanded, “Go and get Mr. Yue out here! Do you think you are good enough to talk to us?”

In the mean time, Yue Buqun, Madam Yue, Yue Lingshan, and the multitudes of Huashan School’s disciples had arrived by the screen door outside the hall. They all heard how Linghu Chong answered Gao Kexin’s question. When Yue Lingshan heard Linghu Chong asking “You three people, what kind of north south are you?”, she thought it was very funny even though her big martial brother was being rude. But she knew that because big martial brother had killed people from Songshan School, these three masters and big martial brother would definitely have to fight later and the fight would unavoidably be fierce. Father and mother would be unable to help big martial brother and she didn’t know what to do herself. Her heart was so filled with anxiety that she didn’t laugh at the joke.

Linghu Chong taunted, “Who’s Mr. Yue? Ah, you mean the Huashan School’s leader. I came here looking for him. Songshan School has two unworthy disciples, one is called White-Haired Monster Bu Chen, and the other one is Bald Owl Sha Tianjiang. I killed both of them already. But I heard Songshan School has three more chaps hiding in the Fortune Prestige Escort House. I came to ask Mr. Yue to hand over these people to me but he didn’t consent. This irritates me, really irritates me!”

He continued by shouting loudly, “Mr. Yue, there are three idiots here from Songshan School. There’s one called Soft Sword Zhong Zhen, another one called Little Ghost Deng Bagong, and the other one called Scabies Skin Cat Gao Kexin. Please quickly bring them out here. I have debts to collect from them. You want to protect them? That won’t do! You Five Mountains Sword Schools have the same root but different branches. How can I settle this debt?”

When Yue Buqun and the rest of the people heard his taunts, they weren’t shocked at all. They all knew that he was saying all this to let everyone know that Huashan School had nothing to do with him. These three people from the Songshan School had been famous for a long time already, especially the Nine Bent Sword Zhong Zhen. It was obvious to the people outside that Linghu Chong knew the backgrounds of the Songshan School’s people already. It was no small matter when Linghu Chong defeated Feng Buping from the sword sect and blinded the eyes of fifteen swordsmen. But at the moment, he was heavily injured and he might not even be able to stand up. They were perplexed as to why was he so daring as to rashly challenge three master-hands?

Gao Kexin was so angry that he jumped up and drew the sword out of his scabbard. As he was about to stab his sword towards Linghu Chong, Zhong Zhen held up his hand to stop him. He then asked Linghu Chong, “What’s your honour’s name?”

Linghu Chong laughed, “Haha, I recognise you but you don’t recognise me. Your Songshan School wants to combine the Five Mountains Sword Schools into one by taking over the other four schools. You three “north south” came to Fujian to steal the Lin family’s Evil Resisting Sword Manual and to kill important people from the Huashan and Heng-Shan School. All these plots of yours; I already know all about them. Haha, very funny, very funny!”

When Yue Buqun and Madam Yue saw what was happening, they both thought, “Why is he unnecessarily saying all these nonsensical talk?”

Zhong Zhen was surprised, “Which school is your honour from?”

Linghu Chong answered, “Big temple didn’t want to accept me, small temple also didn’t want to accept me. I’m a masterless lonely soul wandering alone on wild mountains and plains. I won’t bother with your Songshan School’s business. You don’t need to worry. Haha, haha.” His laughter sounded miserable.

Zhong Zhen said, “Your honour is not from Huashan School so we cannot disturb Mr. Yue anymore. Why don’t we go outside to talk?” These words were said softly but his eyes were fierce and were full of murderous intent. At this point, Zhong Zhen had already decided to kill Linghu Chong. But he was slightly afraid of Yue Buqun so he didn’t dare to draw his sword to kill him inside the Fortune Prestige Escort House. Hence, he wanted to lead Linghu Chong out of the escort house first before making his move.

This was just what Linghu Chong wanted. Before he went out, he shouted, “Mr. Yue, from now on you must protect yourself better. Devil Sect’s Chief Ren Woxing has reappeared. This person can absorb other people’s internal energy by using his Art of Essence Absorbing. He said that he wanted to give some trouble to the Huasha