uld he agree to look after this bastard?

Yue Lingshan slowly said, “Big martial brother, Brother Ping… Brother Ping, he didn’t really want to kill me… he’s afraid of my father… he wanted to gain Zuo Lengchan’s trust, so… so he stabbed me first…”

Linghu Chong angrily said, “That selfish, ungrateful bastard. You… you still care for him?”

“He… he didn’t deliberately try to kill me, it’s just that.. it’s just that his hand slipped. Big martial brother… I beg you, beg you to look after him…”

As the moonlight reflected off her face, Linghu Chong can see her eyes were unfocused and her pupils were dull, entirely unlike her normally clear bright eyes. A few drops of blood were splashed on her cheeks, and her earnest face was begging him. Linghu Chong thought of the past ten years he had together with his little martial sister while they were at Huashan, holding hands and traveling everywhere. Sometimes when she wanted him to do something, she would show this earnest looking expression to him. No matter how difficult that thing was, even if it violated what his heart wished for, he had never refused her even once. This time, her earnest request was full of grief. She knew clearly she only had a short time left and that she didn’t have another opportunity to ask Linghu Chong for anything else. This was the last and most pressing earnest request from her. All of a sudden, Linghu Chong felt his chest feeling hot and he knew if he promised her this, then not only would there be endless trouble in the future, he would even be forced to do many things that he wouldn’t be willing to do. But looking at Yue Lingshan’s earnest and sorrowful look, he nodded his head. “Fine, I promise you, you can put your heart at ease.”

Yingying heard him and couldn’t help interrupt him. “You… how can you promise that?”

Yue Lingshan tightly gripped Linghu Chong’s hand. “Big martial brother, many… many… thanks… I’m… I’m at ease… at ease.” Her eyes suddenly shone and the edge of her mouth smiled, looking like she was very satisfied. Linghu Chong saw her expression and thought, “Just being able to see her happy, it doesn’t matter how much trouble and pain I have to go through, it’s all worth it.”

All of a sudden, Yue Lingshan softly sang a song. Linghu Chong felt as if his chest had just received a thump as he heard her singing a Fujian folksong. She was singing the tune, “Sisters, going up the mountain to pluck tea.” This was the Fujian folksong that Lin Pingzhi had taught her. That day on the Cliff of Contemplation, his heart hurt like it was twisted because he heard her singing this folksong. Now as she sang this song again, she was thinking of the sweet days Lin Pingzhi and she had shared while they were at Huashan. The sound of her song was becoming fainter and her grip on Linghu Chong’s hand gradually loosened. She at last release her hold and slowly closed her eyes. She had stopped singing, and her breathing had also stopped. Linghu Chong’s heart sank. It felt as if the whole world had also died. He wanted to cry but he couldn’t. He extended both of his hands and carried Yue Lingshan’s body. He softly said, “Little martial sister, little martial sister, don’t be afraid! I’m going to carry you to your mom. No one will bully you anymore.”

Yingying saw a red patch at the back of his body. His wound had burst open again and blood was oozing out of it. The patch of blood on his gown was getting larger and larger, but looking at the situation, she didn’t know how to advise him. Linghu Chong absent-mindedly carried Yue Lingshan’s body for more than ten steps while he kept on mumbling, “Little martial sister, don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid! I’ll carry you to Master-Wife.” Suddenly, both of his knees lost strength and he fell down onto the ground and lost consciousness.

When he became half aware, he heard a crisp and clear sound of a zither. The zither sound repeated itself playing a tune that sounded familiar to him and he was enjoying it immensely. His whole body felt weak and he didn’t even feel like opening his eyelids. He only hoped that he could listen to the sound of the zither forever. The zither sound really didn’t stop and continued playing. After listening to it for a while, Linghu Chong fell asleep again.

The second time he became conscious, the quiet and beautiful zither sound was still playing and he could also smell a fragrant scent. He slowly opened his eyes and saw all sorts of flowers in front of his eyes. Red flowers, white flowers, yellow flowers, purple flowers; they were all piled in front of him. He wondered, “What’s this place?” Hearing the zither sound repeating, he realised it was the tune Yingying often played called the ‘Song of Peace and Serenity’. He turned his head around and saw the back of Yingying’s body. She was sitting on the ground gently playing the zither. Gradually, he realised they were inside a cave. The sunshine entered from the mouth of the cave as he lay on a bed of soft grass. Linghu Chong wanted to sit up and as he tried, the grass underneath him made a rustling sound. The zither sound stopped abruptly and Yingying turned her head around looking very happy. She slowly walked up to Linghu Chong and sat beside him. Her eyes stayed on him for the whole time, and her face was overflowing with tender affection.

In a brief moment, Linghu Chong’s heart swelled with happiness. He knew he had lost consciousness after he had seen Yue Lingshan die miserably, and Yingying had helped him into this cave. He suddenly felt a wave of sadness in his heart, but gradually, he felt unbounded warmth and tenderness coming from Yingying’s eyes. The two of them affectionately sat opposite each other for a long time without saying anything.

Linghu Chong extended his left hand and lightly caressed the back of Yingying’s hand. Suddenly, in the midst of the fragrance from the flowers, he smelled roasted meat in the air. Yingying took a branch full of stringed up frogs and laughingly said, “They’re burnt again!”

Linghu Chong burst into laughter. The two of them were brought back to the day besides the creek when they caught some frogs and burnt them. From the first time they had eaten frogs together to this second frog feast, many things had happened in between; but the two of them were still together at the end. After having a few laughs, Linghu Chong’s heartache returned and he started shedding some tears again. Yingying helped him to sit up; pointing to the mountain outside, she softly said, “Miss Yue is buried there.”

Holding back his tears, Linghu Chong said, “Many… many thanks.”

Yingying slowly shook her head. “There’s no need to thank me. Every person has his own fate, and every person also has his own action and reward.”

Linghu Chong felt apologetic. “Yingying, I can never forget the feelings I have for my little martial sister, please don’t blame me.”

“Of course I don’t blame you. If you were just a man who likes to play around and look for girls all the time, then I wouldn’t have cared about you.” She then whispered, “The reason I started… I started adoring you is because you told me how much you love your little martial sister at the Bamboo Lane in Luoyang. Miss Yue was a good lady, but she wasn’t… she wasn’t destined to be with you. If you didn’t grow up with her, and she had seen you later, she would most probably have liked you.”

Linghu Chong pondered for a long time, then he shook his head. “She wouldn’t. Little martial sister looked up to my master, so the man she liked must be similar to her father, a man of few words who carry himself in a stately manner. I’m only her playmate; she had never… never respected me.”

Yingying said, “Maybe what you said is right. It just happened that Lin Pingzhi is similar to your master, very proper but with a belly full of secret plots.”

Linghu Chong sighed. “Just before little martial sister died, she still didn’t believe Lin Pingzhi truly meant to kill her and she still loved him completely. That’s… that’s also very good. She wasn’t grieved at all before she died. I want to see her grave.”

Yingying held his arm as they walked out of the cave. Linghu Chong saw the grave was made up of a pile of rocks. Even though the rocks were of uneven size, they were organised neatly. In front and at the back of the grave were fresh flowers. Seeing they were done by Yingying, he felt appreciative towards her. A cut tree trunk was erected in front of the grave, and words were written on it with a sword-point: “Tomb of Heroine Yue Lingshan from Huashan”. Linghu Chong was startled and shed more tears. He said, “Perhaps little martial sister would’ve liked to be called Madam Lin.”

“Lin Pingzhi is such a ruthless and unrighteous person. In the netherworld, Miss Yue would have understood his wicked heart, and she wouldn’t want to be called Madam Lin.” While she thought in her heart, “You don’t know Lin Pingzhi and she were husband and wife in name only; they’re not real husband and wife.”

“You’re probably right,” Linghu Chong agreeing with her. He then saw mountain peaks surrounding them on every side, and realized that they were inside a valley. The forests were the colour of deep green and mountain flowers grew everywhere. Birds were calling out continuously from the top of the trees. It was a very secluded and quiet place they were in.

“We’ll stay here for some time to look after your injury and the grave,” Yingying suggested.

Linghu Chong replied, “That’s very good. Little martial sister is alone in this wilderness, even if she had become a ghost, she’ll still be timid.” When Yingying heard him said such a sentimental word, she couldn’t help sighing.

The two of them lived in the valley comfortably, eating frogs and picking fruits. Linghu Chong only had an external injury so with Heng-Shan School’s medicine applied externally and taken orally, along with his abundant internal energy, he was mostly recovered from his injury after staying there for more than twenty days. While he was recuperating, Yingying taught him how to play the zither every day. Linghu Chong was very intelligent and he concentrated fully on his practise, so he advanced very quickly. One day, he woke up early in the morning and saw several small shoots had already grown out from Yue Lingshan’s grave. Linghu Chong thought, “There are shoots already at little martial sister’s grave now. How is she inside the grave?”

Suddenly, the sound of a bamboo flute came from behind his back. He turned his head around and saw Yingying was sitting on a piece of rock playing the ‘Song of Peace and Serenity’ with a bamboo flute. He walked over to her and saw it was a new flute Yingying had made from a bamboo branch by using her sword and perforating holes through it. He took the zither, put it across his knee, and started playing, following the tune she was playing. As he gradually put his mind into playing the tune, there was no other thought in his mind. When the song was completed, he felt his vigour greatly roused. They smiled at each other.

Yingying said, “You’re already familiar with this ‘Song of Peace and Serenity’. Today, let’s practise the ‘Smiling Proud Wanderer’. What do you think?”

“That song is difficult to play, I don’t know when I’ll be able to play it together with you.”

Yingying smiled. “This music is very profound, I also still don’t understand many parts of it. There’s something different with this song, it’s hard to explain, but it seems if two people were to play it together, they’d be able to enlighten each other. Compared to one person fumbling around, we’ll definitely advance much faster.”

Linghu Chong clapped and said, “You’re right! On that day, when I heard Hengshan School’s martial uncle Liu and Devil… and Sun Moon Sect’s Elder Qu playing this song together, the zither and the bamboo flute were in harmony, and their sound was really moving. Martial uncle Liu said that this song was originally for a zither and a bamboo flute to play together.”

“You play the zither, I play the flute. We’ll slowly practise it part by part.”

Linghu Chong smiled. “But it’s a pity it’s a flute and not a se. Zither and se are very harmonious together and it would’ve been wonderful.”

(Translator’s note: Se is similar to zither. Se has 25 strings while zither has 7 strings.)

Yingying’s face turned red and she replied, “These last few days, I haven’t heard you speaking any satirical remarks and I thought you’ve changed. But you’re still the same.”

Linghu Chong made a face at her. He knew Yingying was very shy. Even though they were in a secluded valley and there were only the two of them there, she never allowed him to speak indecently. He was afraid if he jested a bit more, she would ignore him for the rest of the day so he quickly went near her to look at the music score. After listening to her explanations, he started to play his part. Playing the zither wasn’t an easy matter; added to that, the song ‘Smiling Proud Wanderer’ was very profound with a lot of complicated changes, so this made the playing even more difficult. But Linghu Chong was bright, and he was also being directed by a master. Additionally, he had also improved a lot in his zither playing from the time he started studying it at Bamboo Lane in Luoyang since he had been practising it every chance he got. Even though it was hard for them to be harmonious in the beginning, slowly, they finally managed to play well together. Even though their playing couldn’t be as wonderful as that of Liu and Qu, there was a hint of a rhythm in their playing. Within the next ten days, the two of them became very close to playing the zither and flute together harmoniously. This calm surrounding of this green valley separated them from the world, and gradually they came to forget everything about the fierce fighting in Jianghu. Both of them felt if they could spend the rest of their lives in that green valley, and not be drawn into the killings in Wulin, then they would be very happy.

One afternoon, after Linghu Chong and Yingying had been playing together for more than an hour, Linghu Chong’s internal energy was suddenly disturbed and his mind not tranquil. He made a few mistakes and his heart became more worried which made his fingering method became even more chaotic. Yingying asked, “Are you tired? Rest for a while before continuing.”

“I’m tired but not tired. I don’t know what’s wrong. I feel a bit agitated. I’m going to go pick some peaches. We’ll practise again at night.”

“Alright, don’t go too far.”

Linghu Chong knew there were a lot of wild peach trees southeast of the valley, which would have ripened by now. He passed through the bushes and went for around eight to nine li before arriving at the grove of wild peach trees. He leapt up and picked two peaches. The second time he leapt, he picked three peaches. He saw the peaches were quite ripe and there were already a lot of peaches on the ground which had fallen from the trees. In the next few days, all the peaches might have fallen down and become rotten on the ground. He quickly picked dozens more, and he thought, “After we eat these peaches, we’ll spread the seeds all over the valley. Then in a few years time, there’ll be peach trees everywhere. Wouldn’t that be wonderful?”

Then he suddenly thought of the Peach Valley Six Fairies, “With peach trees growing everywhere in this valley, wouldn’t this be called a Peach Valley? Then will Yingying and I become the Peach Valley Two Fairies? Later on, we’ll have six children, wouldn’t they become Little Peach Valley Six Fairies? If those Little Peach Valley Six Fairies talk like the old Peach Valley Six Fairies, wouldn’t that be troublesome?”

He was just about to laugh thinking about this when he suddenly heard a sound from somewhere far amongst the trees. Linghu Chong immediately hid himself in the tall grass. He thought, “My mouth’s getting tired of eating frogs and fruits. That sound must be some kind of a beast. Yingying will be very happy if I can catch an antelope or a deer.” He had not finished thinking when he heard the sound of footsteps. It was the sound of two people walking. Linghu Chong started. “How can there be people in this valley? They must’ve come here because of Yingying and me.”

Then he heard the voice of an elder saying, “You’re not wrong? Yue Buqun will definitely come here?”

Linghu Chong was even more confounded. He thought, “They’re chasing my master? Who are these people?”

Another person with a low and deep voice said, “Fragrant Master Shi has already asked around. Yue Buqun’s daughter and son-in-law suddenly went missing, and we couldn’t find a single trace of them in any market, town, pier, or river. They must’ve hidden themselves in a nearby valley to look after their injuries. Sooner or later, Yue Buqun will come here to look for them.”

Linghu Chong’s heart ached as he thought, “So they know little martial sister was injured, but they don’t know she’s already dead. A lot of people must be looking for her whereabouts, especially Master and Master-Wife. If not for this valley being completely secluded, they would’ve searched this place a long time ago.”

That elder then said, “If you didn’t guess wrong, then Yue Buqun would come here sooner or later. Let’s setup an ambush at the entrance of this valley.”

The person with the low and deep voice said, “If Yue Buqun doesn’t come, then we can lead him here after we setup the ambush.”

That elder clapped twice and said, “This plan is wonderful. Brother Xue, I never thought you have so many ideas.”

That person surnamed Xue replied, “Elder Ge said it well. Subordinate hopes that you’ll be able to promote me. If Elder has anything for me to do, I’ll do it with all my heart and power to repay Elder’s kindness.”

Linghu Chong felt disappointed as he thought, “So they’re Yingying’s subordinates from the Sun Moon Sect. It’s best if they go far away from here and don’t disturb Yingying and me.” He also thought, “At this time, Master’s martial art has advanced greatly. Even though there are many of them, they’re still not Master’s match. No one in Wulin is capable of matching Master’s skill and intelligence. With only their intelligence, how can they even hope to ambush Master? This is called ‘playing with axe in front of Lu Ban’.”

Suddenly, three clapping sound was heard from somewhere far. That person surnamed Xue said, “Elder Du has also arrived.”

Elder Ge also clapped for three times. The sound of footsteps was heard as four people hurried to come to them. Two of these people had very heavy footsteps and as they got nearer, Linghu Chong thought they were carrying something.

Elder Ge happily said, “Elder Du, did you capture the Yue family’s little girl? You’ve done a great achievement.”

A person laughed loudly and said, “It’s from the Yue family, but it’s the big girl, not the little one.”

Elder Ge gasped in surprise, sounding like he was surprised and happy at the same time. “How… How… You captured Yue Buqun’s wife?”

Linghu Chong was greatly surprised and he immediately wished to go out to help, but he recalled that he wasn’t carrying a sword with him. With no sword in his hand, his martial art was just ordinary. This made him really worried. He then heard Elder Du said, “You’re not convinced?”

Elder Ge replied, “Madam Yue’s swordplay is good. How did Brother Du manage to capture her? Ah, you must’ve used the confusion poison.”

Elder Du laughed, “This lady arrived in a restaurant absent-mindedly and just drank her bowl of tea without thinking. Other people said Yue Buqun’s wife, Ning Zhongze, is great, but actually she’s nothing.”

Linghu Chong got angry and secretly thought, “My Master-Wife heard her beloved daughter was injured and missing, but she couldn’t find her after dozens of days of searching. Of course her mind would be in chaos. This is her cherished daughter we’re talking about! How can you call her nothing? I’m going to kill each one of you with my sword for insulting my Master-Wife.” He then thought, “How can I snatch a sword? If no sword, then a sabre will do.” Then he heard Elder Ge said, “Since we have already captured Yue Buqun’s wife, things are going well. Brother Du, the plan right now is how do we lead Yue Buqun here?”

“What do we do after we lead him here?” Elder Du questioned.

Elder Ge hesitated before saying, “We’ll use this lady as hostage and force him to abandon his sword. I expect the Yue Buqun husband and wife would have deep feelings toward each other, so he wouldn’t dare to defy us.”

“What Brother Ge said was very reasonable. But I’m afraid if Yue Buqun’s heart is very violent, and the feelings between him and his wife aren’t deep, then things might get a little thorny for us,” Elder Du reasoned.

“This… This… En, Brother Xue, what do you think?” Elder Ge said.

That person surnamed Xue said, “In front of two elders, it’s not subordinate’s place to speak out….”

He only said till here when there was another three clapping sound coming from the west. Elder Du said, “Elder Bao has arrived.” In a short time, two people flew in from the west and their footsteps were really quick.

Elder Ge said, “Elder Mo has also arrived.”

Linghu Chong quietly called out in misery, “Hearing their footsteps, it seems that these two people’s martial arts are even higher than Du and Ge. How can I save Master-Wife with only my bare hand?” He then heard Elder Du and Ge called out together, “Brother Mo and Bao have arrived, this is really good.”

Elder Ge also said, “Brother Du has done a great service by capturing Yue Buqun’s wife.”

An elder happily said, “Wonderful, wonderful! The two of you have worked hard.”

Elder Ge said, “That’s Elder Du’s accomplishment.”

That elder replied, “We all received Chief’s order to handle this thing. No matter who did it, we’ll all get a share of Chief’s good fortune.”

This elder’s voice sounded quite familiar to Linghu Chong’s ears. He thought, “Could it be that I’ve seen him on Dark Wood Cliff before?” He then exerted his qi to listen to their conversation, but he didn’t dare stick his head out to have a look. All of the elders from the Devil Sect had high martial art, so if he moved even slightly, then he might immediately be discovered by them.

Elder Ge said, “Brother Bao and Mo, Brother Du and I were just discussing how we were going to entice Yue Buqun to come here, so that we can capture him and take him to Dark Wood Cliff.”

The other elder said, “What plan did you come up with?”

Elder Ge answered, “We haven’t thought of a good plan yet. Brother Bao and Mo must be able to come up with a good plan.”

The first elder said, “When the five mountains sword schools were fighting at the place of worship place over the leadership, Yue Buqun blinded both of Zuo Lengchan’s eyes and his power shook the entire Mount Songshan. After that, no one else from the five mountains sword schools dared to challenge him. I heard this person has obtained the real Evil Resisting Sword Art from the Lin family and he’s now completely different from before. We must think of all possibilities and we mustn’t look down on him.”

Elder Du said, “That’s right. Even if the four of us cooperate, it’s still not certain if we’ll be able to win against him.”

Elder Mo said, “Brother Bao, you’ve already decided on a plan, please share it with us.”

That Elder Bao said, “Even though I’ve thought of a plan, it’s nothing wonderful. I’m afraid the three of you will laugh at it.”

Elder Mo, Ge, and Du said together, “Brother Bao is our sect’s brain trust. The plan you thought of must be really good.”

Elder Bao said, “Actually, it’s only a silly plan. We’ll dig a deep pit, and cover it with grass and branches on top. Then we’ll seal this lady’s acupoints, put her at the edge of the pit and lead Yue Buqun to it. When he sees his wife on the ground, he’ll definitely go over to help her. Then ‘Boom’… he’ll fall… Aiyo, not good…” He was hitting his hands together at the same time he was speaking. The other three elders and the remaining four people laughed out loud.

Elder Mo laughingly said, “Brother Bao’s plan is wonderful. We’ll all naturally hide ourselves on the side to wait for Yue Buqun to drop into the pit. Once he drops in, we’ll cover the top of the pit with blades and don’t let him leap out. Otherwise, with such strong martial art, I’m afraid he might not drop in but instead jump out of the hole.”

Elder Bao hesitated and said, “But there’s still some difficulty with this.”

Elder Mo said, “What difficulty? Ah, that’s right, Brother Bao is afraid of Yue Buqun’s strange sword art. Once he fell into the hole, will we be able to stop him?”

Elder Bao said, “Brother Mo’s guess is right. This time, Chief sent us to handle this thing and our enemy is the best master from the five mountains sword schools alliance. Even if we die for Chief, we’ll still be highly honoured, and we wouldn’t be harming the reputation of both the Divine sect and Chief’s. As the saying goes: Those who thought of trivial things are not gentlemen, those who are not violent are not men. Since we’re dealing with a gentleman, we must use treacherous method. I think we must add something inside the trap.”

Elder Du said, “What Brother Bao said fits well with us. We’re carrying a lot of ‘Hundred Flowers Soul Consuming Powder’. We can spread them around the tree branches and grass covering the hole. When Yue Buqun falls into the hole, he’ll suck in a breath of this powder…” He said till here, when they all burst into laughter.

Elder Bao said, “We can’t be late, we must begin now. Where’s the best place to lay this trap?”

Elder Ge replied, “Three li west from here, there’s a towering cliff on one side with a deep abyss on the other side. There’s only a small road you can walk through there. If Yue Buqun doesn’t come then we’ll just forget it, on the other hand, if he comes then he’ll definitely have to go through this small road.”

Elder Bao said, “Very good, let’s go there and take a look.” After he said this, he started walking while the rest followed behind him.

Linghu Chong thought, “They wouldn’t be able to dig this trap in just an hour. I’ll go quickly tell Yingying about this and get myself a long sword, then I’ll go and rescue Master-Wife.” He waited until all the Devil Sect’s people had gone before quietly going back.

After walking for a few li, he suddenly heard the sound of people digging. He thought, “How come they’re digging here?” Linghu Chong quickly hid himself behind a tree. When he poked his head out to take a look, he saw four Devil Sect’s people digging with their bodies bent over while a few elders were standing by the side. He was quite near to them this time and was able to see the profile of one of the elders. He secretly shivered in fear. “This person is actually the one called Bao Dachu who I saw in Hangzhou’s Mount Gu at the Plum Manor. So Elder Bao is actually Bao Dachu. Back then when Ren Woxing escaped from the West Lake, the first Devil Sect’s elder he took back was this Bao Dachu.”

Linghu Chong had seen him deal with Mr. Huang Zhong before so he knew Bao Dachu’s martial art was high. In his heart, he was thinking that Master had just taken up the headmaster position of the Five Mountains School, so he must have made some trouble for the Devil Sect. The Devil Sect wouldn’t just stay quietly and let this happen, so Ren Woxing sent some people out to retaliate. So Linghu Chong was thinking there would be more than just these four elders who had been sent. He saw that the four people were using a pair of halberds and hatchets to loosen the ground and dig out the dirt. Linghu Chong thought, “They did say they wanted to dig the hole by that cliff, but how come they’re digging here?” Then he realized, “It’s rocky beside the cliff, so how can it be easy to dig a hole there? This Elder Ge is a stupid person, speaking blindly without thinking first.” With the Devil Sect people digging a hole here, his way back was blocked and he was prevented from getting a sword. He thought it was very inappropriate to dig a hole with weapons and reasoned they were unlikely to finish digging the hole any time soon. But he didn’t want to go around them to get a sword because he didn’t dare to be too far away from his Master-Wife.

Suddenly, Elder Ge laughed and said, “Yue Buqun is already old, but his wife is still so young and pretty.”

Elder Du laughingly said, “She looks good, but she’s not that young. She looks to be in her early forties. If Brother Ge is interested, wait until we capture Yue Buqun and report back to Chief. Then you can ask for this lady, what do you think?”

Elder Ge laughed. “I wouldn’t dare to ask for her. But there’s no harm in playing with her.”

Linghu Chong was furious. “Shameless bastard, you got some nerve to insult my Master-Wife. Wait until I give every single one of you a horrible death.” Linghu Chong couldn’t endure Elder Ge’s licentious laughing so he stuck his head out to take a look. He saw Elder Ge was giving Madam Yue’s cheek a pinch. Madam Yue’s acupoint was sealed so she couldn’t fight back nor even utter a sound. The Devil Sect people all laughed merrily over this.

Elder Du laughingly said, “Brother Ge is so wary, you don’t dare to play with this lady here?”

Linghu Chong was livid. If this Elder Ge really became rude toward his Master-Wife, then he would come out and stake his life with these Devil Sect people despite having no sword in his hand. But he heard Elder Ge laughing lewdly and said, “It’s not that I don’t dare to play with her, but I’m afraid I might spoil Chief’s mission, and then even if I have a hundred heads, they might not be enough to be beheaded.”

“That’s the best,” Elder Bao coldly said. “Brother Ge, Brother Du, both of you have good qinggong. Lead Yue Buqun to come here. I predict in two hours, everything will be in place here.” Elder Ge and Du acknowledged together, “Yes!” Then they went toward the north.

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