"So one must understand measuring one's own strength, otherwise one will definitely not last long in the world of Kangouw," said Cian-bin-hud as if giving a speech to the four tigers from the Peng family. Suddenly his body flashed and leaped backwards.
Kiu-bwe-hu moved backwards and was no less fast than Cianbin-hud. The faces of the four tigers of the Peng family grew even paler. They turned around in unison and intended to take a thousand steps. Who would have thought that just when their feet moved a little, two shadowy figures flashed by. Hekpai-noon-mo floated down in front of the four tigers of the Peng family and blocked their way out.
Peng Ti-houw immediately made a decision. Desperately he took the lead, swinging his machete and crashing at Hek-mo-cian who was blocking in front of him. His body slid sideways. Even though his movements were fast enough, how could it be compared to Hekmo-cian who had shocked the Kangouw world for decades. The movement of the person's body was so light as if just shifting slowly. But the results were surprising. When his body flashed for the first time, the saber in Peng Ti-houw's hand immediately slipped out.
Then his body moved. He hit the machete until it bounced away. Meanwhile, with the last flash of his body, the black demon's two palms directly struck Peng Ti-houw's chest.
Actually, judging from Peng Ti-houw's martial arts skills, he shouldn't be so incompetent. But because his heart was already shaking and thinking how he could escape, he only had six remaining strength and intelligence left.
As soon as Hek-mo-cian's palm managed to hit his chest, Peng Ti-houw's body didn't bounce far away, instead it froze in place. His whole body immediately shook violently.
Beads of sweat flowed profusely from the gaps of his pores then froze into ice. After a while Peng Ti-houw's body fell into an upright position exactly like a corpse that had been frozen for days.
Hek-mo-cian's other hand immediately gripped Peng-cia-go-houw's other head. With a single movement, the person immediately fell to the ground. Meanwhile, on the other hand, Pek-mo-cian has managed to deliver the remaining two souls of Peng-cia-go-houw to the afterlife. The way of their death is no different from the two brothers who preceded it.
Zhao Bouw, who had witnessed their actions earlier, was secretly happy. His eyes shone brightly. This was the first time he witnessed this style of gentleness as mastered by Hek-paisiang-mo. If he wants to master the Lok-jit-kiam-hoat technique well, then he must first practice internal energy with this gentleness. Now he could confirm that this gentle inner power like that possessed by Hek-pai- noon-mo was his goal.
But how do you gain the trust of the two demons so that they are willing to pass on that one knowledge? Zhao Bouw continued to rack his brains.
Hek-pai-noon-mo simultaneously killed the four brothers of the Peng family. Their attitude was still the same as before, as if nothing had happened since earlier.
Yi Pei-sa barely had the chance to see the way his two Masters intervened in such a vicious manner. But he didn't dare to say anything.
Hek-pai-noon-mo immediately walked towards the mouth of the cave. Yi Peisa quickly pushed Zhao Bouw's body to follow him. Zhao Bouw came to his senses and immediately stepped on his feet. But after taking only a few steps, Hek-mo-cian had already turned his head and looked at Zhao Bouw with cold eyes. "What did you come here for?" he asked sarcastically.
Zhao Bouw was stunned for a moment.
“ToaSifu, he wants to go to Tibet. I promised to take him there,” Yi Pei-sa said quickly.
“We are not returning to Tibet now. Quickly get him out of here!” said Hek-mo-cian impatiently.
It turned out that Yi Pei-sa was also quite a stubborn girl.
"I already accepted it. How can you just ignore it?" Hek-mo-cian glared at Yi Pei-sa. Before he could get angry, Pek-mo-cian who was beside him said, "Lotoa, just let the boy come with us." Then he blinked his eyes in a gesture. Of course Hek-mo-cian understood.
He snorted coldly then continued walking. Only Yi Pei-sa could heave a sigh of relief. Developing a sweet smile she glanced at Zhao Bouw. The young man laughed along, but the laugh he showed was actually a bitter laugh. Since working in the world of Kangouw, where has he ever looked down on other people. Now he is actually humiliated in such a way.
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After walking a long way ahead and Zhao Bouw and Yi Pei-sa about ten fathoms behind, Hek-mo-cian couldn't contain his curiosity anymore. "Loji, why are you giving face to that slave?"
Pek-mo-cian laughed heartily. “This slave seems to be using our power to take on Bu-ti-bun. He can be smart, we're not stupid either.
"But you let him come too..."
"We haven't been to China for quite a while. Many roads have changed. There is him accompanying us, there are also many benefits, "said Pek-mocian.
Hek-mo-cian didn't say anything, but his brow immediately furrowed deeper.
“After all, our martial arts skills are much higher than his. If he shows any suspicious behavior, we'll just kill him, all right?” Pek-mo-cian said next.
Hek-mo-cian nodded his head repeatedly. At the corner of his lips began to emerge seulas smile. Meanwhile, Cian-bin-hud and Kiu-bwe-hu, who had already left the place earlier, could only heave a sigh of relief when they found out that Hek-pai-siang mo was not chasing them. Even so they did not dare to linger in that place.
The two of them proceeded as fast as they could to return to the headquarters. Watching them return empty-handed, Tok-ku Bu-ti immediately suspected that something unexpected had happened.
Hearing that Hek-pai- noon-mo was already in the Chinese area, he was secretly shocked.
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Although he couldn't be sure how high his knowledge of Hek-pai-noon-mo was, he knew that the two of them were first-rate figures in Tibet. In the past, they once shocked the Chinese area.
Now they suddenly reappeared. If it was said that their appearance was only for the sake of retrieving Sa-moce-sing and making calculations with the five brothers from the Peng family, it would be hard to accept common sense.
And Tok-ku Bu-ti couldn't believe it even more. They must have some plan. He immediately summoned Tok Ku Bwee to mobilize his men and investigate Hek-pai-noon-mo's intentions until it became clear.
Tok Ku Bwee immediately agreed. He returned to the vestibule and passed down orders to his subordinates. In addition, he also sent one of his confidants to find traces of Song Ngo Lin. If it is found, that person must immediately report to him.
It seems that until now Tok Ku Bwee still cannot forget Song Ngo Lin.
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At that time, Song Ngo Lin could already move his limbs and walk quite smoothly. Only his inner strength has been dispersed and his martial arts have disappeared.
Even though he still remembered all the moves well, he didn't have the energy to play them anymore.
Song Ngo Lin was still trying to gather his pure air, but every time he tried, the pain in his chest was almost unbearable. His chest was tight and he could barely breathe. If that were the case, sometimes a feeling of despair would creep into Song Ngo Lin's heart.
Of course Lu Wang did not know the matter. The old man only often recommended that he rest in peace and not think too much. Towards this kind old man, Song Ngo Lin felt deeply moved. Had it not been for Lu Wang, he probably wouldn't have died, but his body wouldn't have recovered so quickly either. He only hoped that the old man would receive blessings from Thian so that he would live long and live in peace. He had absolutely no idea that disaster was at hand.
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Cold and drizzly morning. Song Ngo Lin walked up and down in the flower garden for a while. Not feeling his back has been wet with splashes of rain. He stepped into the room as usual to say good morning to Lu Wang.
When he stepped into the room, Lu Wang was greeting a middle-aged man with a ghostly face and a long beard hanging down below his chin. Judging from his clothes, that person must be a government official.
From the light in his eyes, Song Ngo Lin immediately knew that this person's iwekang was very tall. But what attracted the most attention was precisely the weapon he was carrying. The weapon is in the form of a series of bracelets, one of which is large and the remaining nine are small. The light was sparkling. The large ones are about the thickness of a thumb and are probably the same size as the waist size of an adult human. While the small ones are the size of the palm of the hand.
The middle-aged man paid no attention to Song Ngo Lin. He did glance at the young man. But because Song Ngo Lin's footsteps were so stiff, his eyes didn't shine and his face was pale, he didn't think of Song Ngo Lin as someone who understood martial arts.
"Ngo Lin, what a coincidence," Lu Wang suddenly reached out his hand towards Song Ngo Lin. "Let's introduce Lohu. This is Lu Ci, Lu-tayjin who is in command of the northern army.”
Song Ngo Lin smiled and stared deeply.
“Lu-tayjin has done a lot of services for the current government. In the past, relying on his Cibu-kim-hoan weapon, he once vibrated the two major rivers north and south. His martial arts knowledge is already the number one figure in the world of Kangouw," said Lu Wang further.
"Lu-heng is the best at joking," Lu Ci said with a dry smile. “This Kongcu is...”
“He is the outer grandson of a good friend of mine,” explained Lu Wang.
“Oh...” it seemed that Lu Ci was not very interested in Song Ngo Lin's history.
Song Ngo Lin was also not in the mood to talk much. After saying good morning to Lu Wang, he immediately withdrew. Lu Wang waited for a while for Song Ngo Lin to leave the place then changed the subject.
"Lu-heng's arrival this time must have a very important task," he said.
"If not so, we are two old friends who don't know when we will meet."
"It's just that Lu-heng was forced to gain himself again."
"For the sake of a bite of rice and the duty of the state, like it or not, we have to do it too. Sometimes I want to study like Lu-heng who chose to retire and live in peace."
“It takes determination to choose a path like mine,” Lu Wang smiled as he stroked his beard.
"According to what I see, Lu-heng is still enjoying life as it unfolds before our eyes."
Lu Ci laughed out loud. He didn't answer.
“Lu-heng's goal this time...” Lu Wang asked again.
"Frankly speaking, my arrival is due to an assignment from the King of Nepal as well as to investigate a complex case," said Lu Ci.
"If Lu-heng were to intervene, the task given by the King of Nepal would be very important. But what business to do in China?”
“Actually the King of Nepal asked me to take soatlian (snow lotus) flowers. According to the story, the soat-lian grows in the cold area of Ping-san. It's under the surface of a river that has frozen into ice and has been submerged there for thousands of years. Since several generations ago no one has ever managed to find it.
Just to pick this soat-lian, I don't know how many hundreds of lives have been sacrificed."
"What exactly are the benefits of soat-lian contained in this iceberg?"
“According to rumors, people who eat this soat-lian will live long and be far from disease. Meanwhile, those who practice martial arts can increase their inner strength several times. Like someone who has practiced iwekang for decades. Therefore, two groups of white and black sects from all over the world have gathered in the Chinese region to get this soatlian.”
“Why did they have to wait until now when they heard the story long ago?” asked Lu Wang curiously.
“First, because they are still not sure this story is true.
Second, because the soat-lian really has to wait for a thousand years before it can be fully efficacious.”
"If that's the case, it's no wonder Lu-heng has to intervene himself," said Lu Wang with concern.
"Please be careful Lu-heng on the way."
Lu Ci laughed out loud. "How should I behave, Lu-heng still doesn't understand?"
“So far, Lu-heng has always been careful and calculating. It's rare that secrets are leaked. But those people of the Kangouw world, whatever tricks they dare to use to achieve their goals...”
"Siaute will definitely remember what Lu-heng said," said Lu Ci.
Lu Wang pondered for a moment. "Regarding the case that Lu-heng said was complicated?"
Lu Ci laughed out loud. “Lu-heng is an intelligent person after all.
Of course you can already guess what case Siaute is referring to.”
"Just as I thought." Lu Wang took a deep breath.
"There really has been an incident at Cen Lik's place." "If you don't want anyone to know, don't do it."
"Lu-heng and Cen Lik's relationship is quite deep, this case fell into Lu-heng's hands," Lu Wang took another breath.
"How could a king's job be refused," Lu Ci said, taking a deep breath.
"According to the news, Cen Lik's martial arts skills are also quite high."
"Who is this person, Siaute believes must be clearer than Luheng," Lu Ci said in a slightly bitter tone.
Lu Wang immediately fell silent.
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Cen Lik and Lu Ci were almost the same age. His face was even more dignified than Lu Ci's. As to the purpose of Lu Ci's arrival, he had no idea at all. Nor did they take any precautions.
The two people sat on chairs in the main hall. Their faces were full of smiles. After being friendly for a while, Lu Ci still showed no intention of coming. Cen Lik himself naturally did not suspect anything. He only thought that Lu Ci had an outside assignment because his goal was to pass through the area, so he stopped by as a friend. He resigned from duty nine ago.
But when he brought up his bravery during his service life, his voice still sounded proud. Toward Lu Ci, he too was in awe and deeply respected. Besides tucked also a little envy in his heart.
“According to the news, during this half year Lu-heng has made great merit by winning three times in a row. It is truly a joyous thing and deserves to be congratulated,” Cen Lik's words were only sweet on the lips, even though his heart was shrinking because he was filled with envy.
"If it weren't for Cen-heng's resignation, Siaute wouldn't have been able to do anything about it," Lu Ci's reply was still humble.
Cen Lik was somewhat impressed by his words. He took a deep breath.
“Lu-heng's words are too heavy. Even though Siaute still misses the times when we often got together, joked and sang happily.”
“Oh?” Lu Ci just chuckled.
“It's so hard to get the chance of Lu-heng's visit like it is now. Why don't we take this opportunity and drink our fill?”
Lu Ci smiled faintly.
"Good. But let Siaute do his job first.”
Chen Li was stunned. Lu Ci's face turned serious.
"The Emperor sent down a secret letter that I had to read in front of Cen-heng," he finished, his body immediately straightened up. His hand waved causing a strong wind. "Cen Lik, accept the word!" he said in an authoritative tone.
Cen Lik hesitated for a moment. But he immediately stood up and knelt down. “Servant Cen Lik received the word. Emperor long live!”
Four officers clad in tweed rushed to the front. Two of them presented a square box to Lu Ci. The Emperor's Word that was mentioned earlier was not stored in the box, but under Lu Ci's clothes.
Lu Ci took out the words and opened them wide.
“—Thanks to the protection of the Almighty Thian, the Emperor has now succeeded in thwarting the rebellion planned by Cen Lik's former accomplice which incited Bu Cun and company to overthrow the Emperor. Everything has been investigated with solid evidence.—
Given the services that the accused had made, his wife, concubine and all their descendants were not sentenced to death.
Cen Lik must kill himself before sunset. So many Words from the Emperor!”
Lu Ci read it in a firm and clear voice.
While listening, Cen Lik's face changed even more.
His whole body shivered non-stop. Lu Ci's demeanor was serious and haunted. After he finished reading, he tapped the square box vacated by the two bodyguards earlier and entered the words and handed them to Cen Lik.
Cen Lik's face turned even paler. He immediately stood up and took half a step back. "Not so easy!" he said in a loud voice.
“Blood traitor, dare to disobey the emperor's word!” snapped the two tweed-clad graduates who lunged forward in unison. They reached out and detained Cen Lik.
Cen Lik's feet took another step back. His arms were waved, the grip of the two wiwi's hands was released in an instant. Four attacks were deployed successively.
The two graduates were pushed back. Right at that moment, Lu Ci's body shot forward. A pair of fists as fast as lightning hit Cen Lik's chest.
Cen Lik shot back quickly. His back had hit a tree.
His body movements became chaotic. A pair of hands deploying various moves frantically. It turned out that Lu Ci had carefully calculated all the moves Cen Lik would make.
Suddenly a pair of fists opened. The palm of one hand struck and the other grabbed Cen Lik's left arm. Cen Lik's chest shook from the impact of that palm. Before he could stand up straight, his other arm was grabbed too. Her body
shiver. Then came the cracking sound of bones being crushed. The pain is almost unbearable. Cen Lik's pair of arms had been crushed by Lu Ci.
Cen Lik's face was deathly pale. His mouth kept moaning. Lu Ci's palms were like poisonous snakes drooping down. Lu Ci's feet kicked the man's crotch. Unable to hold on any longer, Cen Lik fell to his knees on the ground.
“Lu Ci, you are really vicious!” After those few swear words finished, Lu Ci was already pressing his cheeks together. A graduate immediately came over and handed a red pill to Lu Ci.
That red pill was a ferocious poison that was prepared for Cen Lik to take his own life. Lu Ci's hand moved swiftly. Suddenly Cen Lik's hand grabbed the back of Cen Lik's head, and at the same time he slid the red pill into Cen Lik's mouth.
Cen Lik tried to spit it out, but Lu Ci just pinched his nose. The other hand that had pulled the hair of the head immediately moved to his throat. Without being able to do anything else, Cen Lik immediately swallowed the red pill.
Lu Ci released a pair of hands. He stepped back to where he was and sat down with a smiling face. Cen Lik was still trying to get up. Her face was already starting to darken. Her eyes slid towards Lu Ci. Just as he was about to spit out some swear words, the area around his mouth was already thick and stiff. Not even a word could be said anymore. His body rolled on the ground. Her cheeks swelled up, her eyes turned purple.
In the twinkling of an eye Cen Lik died with blood flowing from his seven sensory orifices.
The two gardeners who worked in the Cen family's building stood stunned with pale faces. Their bodies shivered with fear. Lu Ci instead sat quietly as if nothing had happened. Even though his relationship with Cen Lik has been quite close. This proved that this person's heart was truly carefree and vicious.
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The journey of Ci-bu-kim-hoan Lu Ci and his four bodyguards had been under the supervision of Buti-bun for quite a long time. It turned out that the news that Lu Ci got was indeed the truth. Soatlian who was wanted by the King of Nepal has indeed become the target of both black and white groups.
The King of Nepal is good friends with the current Emperor Cao. Because of this good relationship, the King of Nepal asked for help from the emperor to send one of his trusted officers to pick up the soat-lian at the promised place, while the task of picking the soat-lian was handled by his own men.
By relying on news that can be easily investigated by its members, of course Tok-ku Bu-ti would have known from the start. They also succeeded in investigating that it was Lu Ci who was in charge of taking the soat-lian and escorting him to the country of Nepal. They find out when and where the soatlian will be handed over by the Nepali soldiers tasked with picking the soatlian. Of course Bu-ti-bun's side did not dare openly confront the Nepalese royal army. Their behavior is very alert and careful. The one who gets the task of collecting news is Tok Ku Bwee, his own daughter.
Just as Lu Ci left the Cen family building, a report had arrived at the local Bu-ti-bun branch office.
“The purpose of Lu Ci coming to Cen Lik's house was not to ask his comrades for help protecting soat-lian. He instead received an assignment from the emperor to kill that person with poison. Previously, it was Cen Lik himself who had to commit suicide by drinking the poison. Apparently the person refused, Lu Ci had to intervene and force-feed him,” said the report provided by the investigating officer from Bu-tibun.
“Killed Cen Lik with poison?” Tok Ku Bwee widened his eyes with a confused face. The Bu-ti-bun member nodded her head.
“Now the situation in the Cen family building is chaotic. Many servants and bodyguards have fled in disarray.”
“Absolutely stupid. If Lu Ci received an order to kill the entire Cen family, how could they possibly escape again,” Tok Ku Bwee snorted coldly. Then he asked, “How is Lu Wang doing? Why did Lu Ci go look for her?”
“According to reliable sources, when Lu Ci and Lu Wang were talking inside the old man's private room, only one person had ever gone inside.
That person was the external grandson of an old friend of Lu Wang. A young she Song.”
"What's his name?" asked Tok Ku Bwee subconsciously. "This ... slave is unclear."
"Does he understand martial arts?" urged Tok Ku Bwee to return.
"He was a gentle student."
Tok Ku Bwee took a deep breath. “You hurry up and grab him and bring him here. I will ask until it becomes clear!”
Hearing that the young man was also She Song, he immediately thought of Song Ngo Lin, but when he was asked, he didn't think so.
From the materials they were able to investigate about Song Ngo Lin's history, no connection was found between the young man and Lu Wang. The two people were from different circles.
It seemed impossible to know each other or be related.
Is it true that the person who is she Song under heaven is only Song Ngo Lin. Unknowingly Tok Ku Bwee laughed bitterly. She didn't even think that sometimes things in this world were so coincidental. And the gentle student She Song was indeed the Song Ngo Lin he thought of all the time.
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Even though Song Ngo Lin almost never left the house, if the Bu-ti-bun members wanted to sneak into the Lu family building, it was as easy as turning the palm of their hand. If they wanted to apprehend a student as weak as Song Ngo Lin, it would be just as easy.
Song Ngo Lin didn't have the strength to fight back at all. The Bu-ti-bun members who were sent to arrest him did not know Song Ngo Lin at all. And they also changed their make-up and disguised themselves as ordinary people. Of course Song Ngo Lin didn't recognize them either.
It wasn't until they took him to the Bu-tibun branch office that he realized who these people were.
He thought that Tok-ku Bu-ti had disobeyed his own words and had been looking for him to be killed. They finally caught up with him and sneaked straight into Lu Wang's house. Just as he was about to open his mouth and curse, his body was pushed so that it fell crashing onto the floor.
Tok Ku Bwee sat on the steps of the ground where a large chair was available. Seeing Song Ngo Lin rolling on the ground, he immediately felt familiar.
"What do you want?" he asked, trying to crawl up.
Hearing that sound, Tok Ku Bwee's body immediately shook. “Sau Yang!” he called involuntarily.
Song Ngo Lin froze for a moment. Two pairs of eyes met. Tok Ku Bwee immediately looked away. Song Ngo Lin also immediately let out a cold snort.
“Apparently my Tok Siocia!” he hunched over for a moment, then laughed coldly, “I knew from the start that you guys wouldn't just let me go. Want to kill, please intervene!”
"Song Ngo Lin, you really are not afraid of death!" After only a few words said by Tok Ku Bwee, the Bu-ti-bun members who were present in the room were immediately stunned. They had no idea that the weak student they had arrested was actually Song Ngo Lin, an apostate Wudang-pay student who had once smuggled into Bu-ti-bun's headquarters and ended up being seriously injured by Tok-ku's Mit-kip-sin-kang attack. Bu-ti.
"If I complain even a little, pretend that I'm not a real man!" said Song Ngo Lin as he puffed out his chest.
Tok Ku Bwee frowned. He stood up from the chair and walked down slowly. Then he waved his hand. "All of you get out!"
None of the Bu-ti-bun members dared to object.
They immediately withdrew. Tok Ku Bwee walked around Song Ngo Lin once. He laughed coldly, “You are a gentleman….!”
Song Ngo Lin raised his head and stared at the girl intently.
"You look down on the Bu-tibun people, don't you?" asked Tok Ku Bwee once again.
Song Ngo Lin just chuckled. Tok Ku Bwee stopped in front of him. His eyes slanted at the young man.
"Don't forget, you were also a member of Bu-ti-bun!" he hesitated for a moment, then continued in a sharp voice, “If you are a real man, you certainly won't use all sorts of cunning tricks and manipulate me so that you can become a member of the Bu-ti-bun. Even though we're not good people, but there's nothing so sneaky as you use other people's feelings to further your own goals!”
Hearing this curse, Song Ngo Lin was speechless.
"Answer! Why don't you answer?” snapped Tok Ku Bwee back.
“I...” Song Ngo Lin felt confused, but he
hardened his heart, “I never harmed you anyway.”
"Does it have to be until my body is destroyed and my life is lost you just feel guilty?"
Song Ngo Lin shook his head.
"Not wrong. I did lie to you. But twice I saved your life, I really did it sincerely. Absolutely not ...."
"Don't talk too much! Now I want to ask you. What is your true purpose in sneaking into Bu-ti-bun members?” asked Tok Ku Bwee in a loud voice.
“I just want to find someone,” said Song Ngo Lin.
"Who?" snapped Tok Ku Bwee back.
"Right now I still can't say."
"Who exactly is that person?"
"If I could tell you, that very day I would have said it in front of your father!"
"You're lying!" Tok-ku Bwee's face turned red.
His hand gripped the hilt of the machete.