Chapter 115

King Chu coldly said, “Do you know that usually, people who are too clever don’t live long?”

“Is that so?” Murong Yunshu smiled and raised her left eyebrow while saying, “I couldn’t see that though, since Your Highness was an extremely clever person here.”

King Chu was furious. “How dare you curse this Wang with a short life!”

Murong Yunshu smilingly said, “What are you saying, Your Highness? I was praising you for your cleverness. As for you, having a short life or not, that is your own words.”

“You……” Her words suffocated King Chu so much. His index finger that was pointing at Murong Yunshu trembled. A while later, he waved his hand in exasperation and said in a loud voice, “Archers, listen to this order. Shoot your arrows at these rebels. The reward is one hundred taels of silver!”

At these words, there was a sudden commotion at the scene as the archers became eager to try with their eyes shone bright with greed.

Murong Yunshu tilted her head towards Chu Changge and said with a smile, “One hundred taels for an arrow, truly profitable. How about I shoot you with a few arrows after you settle them down?”

“……” Chu Changge returned a helpless gaze: Madam, a gentleman who loves money, will take it in the right way. It’s unkind of Madam for being like this.

Murong Yunshu added, “Don’t worry. Although I don’t know martial arts, I have read a lot of various ancient medical texts. So I know which places to stab and where I should not. I know what I’m doing. I will definitely avoid the vital parts.”

“……your husband’s body is all covered with vital parts. So you cannot stab it.” Chu Changge was determined not to be an arrow target.

Murong Yunshu said, “But it’s a hundred taels for an arrow! It’s too bad if no one earns it.”

Chu Changge became speechless with their current issue. “Madam, talking about money will only hurt our feelings. Let’s discuss how to put down the person in front of us first.”

“It’s your business to put them down. I’m a merchant, I only know how to make money, and I don’t know how to kill people.” Murong Yunshu paused. Then she murmured undauntedly, “One hundred taels for an arrow……”

Chu Changge held his forehead and helplessly said, “How much money do you need to make you forget about this? I’ll pay. I’ll pay as much as you want.” Although he was not as rich as her, he was not so bad to the extent where he had to ‘sell his body’ for money.

“I’m not short of money.” Murong Yunshu was not interested in his money.

“Then why do you always think about that one hundred taels?”

“I just……enjoy making money.”

It was actually for the pleasure of stabbing him with an arrow, wasn’t it? Chu Changge couldn’t help but laugh. She did enjoy making fun of him, regardless of the occasion or the audience.

Forget it. Just forget it. Having such a maverick wife, I should just think of it as if I had owed her a debt in my past life. So in this life, she can just cut me up just like fish and meat.

All the people present were shocked by Murong Yunshu’s words. Words like the love of money, thin-skinned and ungrateful kept popping up from everyone’s minds. Some even thought that she had gone out of her mind.

Fang Hongfei, on the other hand, was laughing wildly, “Hahahaha, Chu Changge, it turns out that in Yunshu’s mind, you are nothing more than an arrow target for making money.”

Chu Changge, however, looked like a dead set infatuated man with no regrets, as he said leisurely, “It’s a blessing to be her target for arrows.”

Hearing his words, the corners of Murong Yunshu’s mouth twitched vaguely for a few times. Why did she feel like she had suddenly turned into a shrew? And he was the aggrieved inverted son-in-law who was being used as a shield by her……

Chu Changge’s words also surprised all the people present. Was this person truly the imposingly arrogant Sect Leader of the Mojiao Sect?

Fang Hongfei snorted coldly and said, “It’s just a pity that your blessing has come to an end!” After he finished speaking, he winked at King Chu.

King Chu immediately understood and gave an order, “Release the arrows!”

In an instant, all arrows rained down with a desperation for the death of the beauty.

Chu Changge wrapped his left arm around Murong Yunshu. He struck down the cold arrows whizzing towards his face with his right palm, then spun around and flew up. At that moment, the arrows coming at them from all directions suddenly changed direction and hit the archer who sent them, with none of them missing their targets.

King Chu was appalled and hurriedly said, “Keep shooting!”

The second group of archers went up and drew the strings of their bows.

Chu Changge floated to the ground with Murong Yunshu in his arms, and his eyes flashed with a touch of coldness. However, his face was incomparably calm as he said, “I advise you to save your lives for the battlefield. Even if you are wrapped in a horse’s hide after death in the end, you will still be worthy of your armour.”

The archers’ hands slackened slightly at what Chu Changge had said. Their hearts began to hesitate. The opponent was a highly skilled Sect Leader of Mojiao Sect, and it would be impossible to take his life with just their ordinary bows and arrows. They were afraid that before they could hurt him, their lives were already on their way to the Yellow Spring, just like their comrades who were lying at their feet. [+]

Seeing that the situation was not looking good, King Chu immediately shouted, “Don’t listen to his slanderous words! Shoot for this Wang. One arrow hit will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver!”

When the reward bonus was raised, Murong Yunshu was the first person to react. “A thousand taels for an arrow. This deal is getting better and better.” Murong Yunshu lamented, ignoring the fact that the handsome face of the stunningly beautiful man beside her had turned into charcoal, as she continued, “Can you let me pierce you with a few arrows? You are highly skilled in martial arts anyway. You won’t die even if you are pierced with just a few of them.”

Chu Changge looked up to heaven. Did he practice good martial arts just for her to have fun with him in exchange for silver?

The archers were stunned by Murong Yunshu’s words and forgot to react to the King’s increase in the reward for a moment. They all froze in place with bewildered faces.

Chu Changge immediately leapt and flew to the roof with Murong Yunshu in his arms upon seeing this scene.

“Want to run? Not that easy!” Fang Hongfei followed closely behind and chased after him.

Chu Changge had no intention of escaping. He went up to the roof only to find a safe place for Murong Yunshu. The Wang Residences were different from ordinary people’s houses. The roof of their main buildings was decorated with two flying dragons, each at one end of the roof, to show that the Emperor would bless the descendants of the royal family for generations to come. Like King Liang, King Chu was the younger brother from the same parents of the late Emperor. Thus, the dragons on the roof were enormous, with the dragon’s head standing eight to nine metres vertically and with its mouth opened wide, which was big enough to accommodate a person.

After putting Murong Yunshu into the dragon’s mouth, Chu Changge flew down to meet Fang Hongfei.

A duel of life and death, which was doomed from the start, slow in the coming.

Meanwhile, Murong Yunshu sat sideways on top of the dragon’s lip, with one of her hands going up to hold the dragon’s horn, while the other went downwards to grasp the dragon’s whiskers. Her legs hung in the air as she stared intently at the two fought. She was seemingly at ease, but her palms were seeping with cold sweat.

King Chu, on the other hand, was struggling with his heart. He wanted to shoot Murong Yunshu, but he was afraid of missing the target. Hence, he did not dare to make a rash move. The flying dragon was the lifeblood of the royal family. Destroying it was tantamount to destroying the future of their family. If the archers weren’t being cautious and shot the dragons, the consequences would be unthinkable. But to spare Murong Yunshu, his heart was genuinely unwilling!

Just as King Chu was fighting between heaven and man, Hua Ziyue, his Eldest Crown Prince, suddenly whispered in his ear, “Father, let this son go up and take her head!”

With this one word, it had woken up the dreamer! That was right. If they couldn’t shoot from a distance, they could get up close and take her life! King Chu was ecstatic as he instructed, “Alright. If this person is not removed, your Father will not be able to quench his hatred. You will take my place in removing this great danger from my heart. But there is one thing you must be careful of: you must not let the blood drip on the dragon, and you must not break it.”

“Father, please don’t worry. This son will be careful.” Hua Ziyue took his father’s order and flew up to the roof, landing behind Murong Yunshu. Although his martial arts skills were not high, he was still more than capable of killing a woman who lacked the strength even to truss a chicken.

Murong Yunshu knew how important the dragons were to the royal family. Since she had this dragon importance to depend on, she had no fear. She wasn’t worried that someone would take advantage of Chu Changge being busy attending something else to attack her. In addition, at this time, all her heart hung on Chu Changge, so she didn’t notice that someone was behind her.

Meanwhile, Chu Changge was equally confident that King Chu would not hit Murong Yunshu, sitting at the dragon’s mouth. So he was so intent on duelling with Fang Hongfei that he did not pay attention to the situation at his back.

Hua Ziyue’s face was fierce as he looked coldly at Murong Yunshu for a few seconds before flashing his longsword and sending it flying towards Murong Yunshu to stab her. Suddenly, a scream rang out…

“Big Brother, don’t!”

Murong Yunshu looked sideways at the sound, only to see Hua Ziqing, who was on the ground, looking behind her with a frightened expression. When Murong Yunshu turned her head around, she saw a blinding flash of light that made her squint subconsciously. Then did she notice that it was a longsword, flying towards her in an unstoppable manner.

Without hesitation, Murong Yunshu let go of her hands and jumped down.

As Hua Ziyue’s sword thrust fell short, and before he even had the time to return to the ground, he felt a pain in his throat, and his true qi was instantly drained away. He fell heavily on the roof while facing up, with a dragon’s sword sticking out of his throat.

It was Qinglong! Murong Yunshu recognised the sword at a glance and immediately turned back to look at Chu Changge, only to see that he was still busy fighting with Fang Hongfei as if he was unaware of what was happening over here.

“Big Brother!” Hua Ziqing shouted and immediately flew to the roof to embrace Hua Ziyue’s body. “Big Brother, Big Brother…”

“Fourth……Fourth……” Hua Ziyue used all his strength to say something, but in the end, he could only repeat the word ‘fourth’ before his eyes rolled over and breathed for the last time.

“Big Brother――” Hua Ziqing held Hua Ziyue’s body and cried out in pain. Those once clear eyes instantly turned red, and they could no longer be pure. Hua Ziqing shouted ‘big brother’ a few more times in despair and disbelief, then glared at King Chu below with a look so ferocious and full of resentment.

This resentful gaze from his son was like a sharp sword thrust into the heart of King Chu. His third son had been poisoned, his eldest son had lost his life, and his youngest son was filled with hatred towards him……

Suddenly, King Chu felt pathetic and ridiculous. The throne. For the sake of the throne, his wife left, and his sons were scattered. He was even opposed by the masses and deserted by his relatives. [+]

“Hahahaha……hahahaha……” King Chu threw back his head and laughed. His laughter sounded old and mournful, which appeared no different from saying that he was crying.

Murong Yunshu looked over at the sound of laughter. She sighed softly and said, “He has broken down. No matter how much you hate him, he won’t feel anything anymore.” These words were said to Hua Ziqing.

When Hua Ziqing heard Murong Yunshu’s words, his eyes became so wet that he could not help but cry bitterly. “Father……”

King Chu had gone mad. Therefore, the archers all put away their bows and arrows as they looked at each other, not knowing what to do.

Without random arrows coming out from time to time, Chu Changge soon gained the upper hand.

With Chu Changge’s screaming out, “Qinglong return”, the Qinglong Divine Sword flew back to him as if it had instantly come to life.

The sword and its master once more united and became invincible.

Fang Hongfei did not expect that the unification of the sword and its master would double Chu Changge’s killing power, so he was unable to dodge and took a sword hit to his shoulder, which caused it to bleed profusely. Fang Hongfei retreated a few metres back and immediately sealed the acupuncture points around the wound. When he looked up again, what he saw was the sharp tip of the sword.

“It seems that this Chu Changge will have to add another ‘killing of the Great Leader of the Martial Arts’ to his glorious deeds.” As soon as these words left his mouth, Chu Changge pushed Qinglong with his strength as it went straight to Fang Hongfei’s throat.

Suddenly, a dark figure knocked Fang Hongfei aside and blocked Chu Changge’s sword.