Chapter 104

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In which everyone deals with the aftermath of the battle.

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Upon seeing Ye You spit blood, the black-clothed men all had the same thought flash through their head — to take the chance to get rid of the other party. But, immediately following, they saw this person carelessly wipe the corner of his mouth with a thumb, staring at Manor Lord Wei with narrowed eyes, before then continuing to rush forward again. The person’s entire imposing atmosphere hadn’t lessened, and had in fact even rose, both incisive and malevolent.

That entire body brimmed with killing intent, appearing practically mad, almost as if he wanted to slaughter them all.

They were immediately terrified.

After having his arm cut off, Manor Lord Wei was supported away by his subordinates, and at this time, he was already beginning to feel the pain. His entire face was pale, and upon seeing this person once again rushing over, his expression warped for an instant. In a stern voice, he said, “Stop him!”

The black-clothed men didn’t dare to disobey and hastily pulled out a portion of people to intercept him.

Ye You rapidly flashed past their blockade, the sword in his hand slashing out accordingly. Those people turned faintly rigid and then, immediately following, blood began spraying out from their bodies simultaneously; none of them had been able to see his movements at all clearly. The Sect Master was following behind Wenren Heng who was giving chase, and upon seeing the other’s entire body immersed in that blood spray which blotted out the sky, he practically felt shaken to the core.

Those black-clothed men had thoughts that were even darker than the Sect Master’s, feeling that this person’s ability was indeed terrifying, and they quickly became unable to sustain their will to fight. It was precisely at this time that they discovered that there was a group of black shadows rushing over from up ahead, and their spirits immediately shook. The reinforcements had arrived!

Ye You paused, holding his sword and coldly looking at them.

Wenren Heng had caught up and held him back with a hand on the shoulder, saying in a low voice, “Ah-You, let’s go.”

Ye You didn’t resist and leapt backwards more than thirty meters[1] before then steadying his footing.

At this moment, the reinforcements had already reunited with Manor Lord Wei and them. Manor Lord Wei’s heart was full of hatred, and he originally wanted to murder back in a spurt of energy, but then he heard the elderly man say a word of retreat, and after a moment of hesitation, he could only retreat from Shuiyun Mountain’s territory for now. He covered his injured arm and was just about to ask why they had retreated when he saw the elderly man let go of Wei Jiangrou, figure swaying before holding onto a tree and spitting out a mouthful of blood.

His heart trembled. “You…”

The elderly man stood straight and, in a hoarse voice, said, “Who was that person?”

Manor Lord Wei said, “I don’t know.”

Wei Jiangrou couldn’t help but say, “Isn’t he Ah-Xiao?”

“Ah-Xiao’s martial skill was destroyed. Did you forget?” Manor Lord Wei said, “At that time, the Abbot and them all felt his pulse. He truly didn’t have any internal energy left. Unless…”

The elderly man said, “Unless what?”

Manor Lord Wei said, “Unless a type of medicine was able to conceal that internal energy. Or else they had hidden a person who had exactly the same figure and voice as Ah-Xiao.”

He had lost quite a bit of blood and so had to take a few, slow breaths before he could continue speaking. He simply explained the matter of Ah-Xiao always wearing bandages and said, “His injuries should have healed already, and those bandages must’ve been for the sake of not exposing his true identity. Today, this person was wearing a disguise and also didn’t expose his face, but I think that this one was the true Ah-Xiao.”

The elderly man said, “Why?”

“Because of the killing intent.” As Manor Lord Wei spoke, he thought back to the emotion in the other party’s eyes just now and internally thought that those eyes filled with hatred didn’t seem to be an act at all. He looked at the elderly man. “How are you?”

The elderly man said, “I’m not his opponent.”

Manor Lord Wei said, “It’s because you were injured.”

“No,” the elderly man said, “Even if I wasn’t injured, if we fought long enough, I’d still be the one to lose in the end.”

Manor Lord Wei’s expression thoroughly changed this time, and he practically didn’t dare to believe his own ears.

In his memories, the elderly man’s martial skill was first under the heavens, with no one a match for it, and now the other was saying that Ah-Xiao would come out the victor. Was this a joke? He forced himself to be calm and did his best to think positively. He said, “He received your strike, so he should’ve been poisoned by the Lantern-Extinguishing Poison.”

The elderly man said, “But he was able to use his internal energy to suppress it.”

Manor Lord Wei said, “How long can he suppress it?”

“It’s unclear.” With these words, the elderly man finished this topic of conversation and looked towards Wei Jiangrou. Without much emotion in his voice, he asked, “Why did you push Xiao-Zhong?”

The “Xiao-Zhong” he spoke of was naturally the Alliance Leader. Manor Lord Wei had not yet pulled his thoughts back from wondering whether Ah-Xiao was able to die or not and so was caught off guard from hearing these words, and his heart suddenly skipped a beat.

Wei Jiangrou hastily shook her head. “I didn’t do it on purpose.”

The elderly man asked, “You pushed him out, and you’re still saying it wasn’t on purpose?”

Both of Wei Jiangrou’s eyes turned red. “I really didn’t do it on purpose!”

Manor Lord Wei tried to help explain, “She’s never encountered this kind of thing her whole life, so she was probably scared. You really can’t blame her…”

As he spoke, he was no longer able to endure it, and his body slid sideways as he fell.

Wei Jiangrou’s expression paled. Choking with sobs, she called out a ‘dad’ and hastily threw herself over to support him. Looking at his severed arm, she felt her tears stream down, so scared that her whole body began trembling, looking extremely dismal and pitiful.

The elderly man looked at her for a while before turning his gaze away towards the people nearby to say, “First find a place to stop for a time.”

The black-clothed men said, “Understood.”

 

At this time, Wenren Heng had already pulled his Junior Brother back to the sect and taken off the other’s disguise, grabbing the other’s chin in examination.

The Sect Master curiously stole a look and was immediately astonished. He internally thought, no wonder Sect Master Ye normally wore a mask; so it turned out that his looks were this calamitous.

Because of what just happened, right now, from beginning to end, he didn’t dare to act too impudent in front of Sect Master Ye’s face and said, “Then what… I’ll go find my subordinates and tell them that they can come back.”

Wenren Heng said, “Don’t come back for now.”

The Sect Master didn’t understand. “What?”

Ye You interrupted by asking, “If you were Wei Haide and have now learned of my true strength, and also know that I’ve been poisoned by the Lantern-Extinguishing Poison, what would you do?”

The Sect Master thought for a moment. “I would curse you in the hopes that the poison would spread quickly.”

“That’s your way of thinking, but it’s not Wei Haide’s,” Ye You said, “He would feel that this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and would definitely send people to kill me while I’m trying to cure the poison.”

The Sect Master was very shocked. “So they’d still come back? No, no, no, wait, you were poisoned by the Lantern-Extinguishing Poison?!”

Ye You saw that his Senior Brother’s expression wasn’t good and grabbed hold of the other’s hand, saying, “It’s only a little. I can suppress it.”

The Sect Master let out a breath of relief. “Then do we still try and blow them up one more time?”

Wenren Heng held his Junior Brother’s hand back and endured the impulse to pull this person into a ferocious embrace before saying, “They won’t fall for the same trick twice. Me and Ah-You are leaving.”

The Sect Master said, “Ah?”

“Their people are hurrying over here in groups. The more we delay, the more disadvantageous it becomes for us.” Wenren Heng stood up. “Many thanks for the help this time. You should take your people to circle around the back and hide for four to five days before coming back.”

The Sect Master said, “I can’t do that. When my brother is in trouble, how could I simply watch from the sidelines? I want to follow you two.”

Wenren Heng said, “Me and Ah-You are going to Wuyun City. Wei Haide’s been injured to this degree and so probably needs a few days before he can come out again. After you settle your people down, you can come to Wuyun City to find us. You’re the Sect Master, so you need to take responsibility for your sect.”

The Sect Master was persuaded by this reasoning and patted his chest, saying that he’d definitely go.

The group thereupon first walked a distance into the back of the mountains and successfully managed to reconvene with Wenren Heng’s subordinates and Suiyun Sect’s Deputy Sect Master. Following that, Wenren Heng said a word of farewell to them before then leaving with his Junior Brother and subordinates.

The Sect Master watched them go until they were far away. After a while, he suddenly reacted by slapping his thigh and saying, “Ah, we should’ve let them follow us to circle around and leave from this side, or else they might be chased down! Quick, call those people back!”

The Deputy Sect Master said, “They’re using a carriage, so they’re probably already faraway.”

The Sect Master said, “Then what should we do?”

The Deputy Sect Master said, “Sect Master Wenren and Sect Master Ye are both intelligent people, and they’re also that incredible. I think they have their own plans.”

The Sect Master thought of what just happened and said in praise, “That’s true.”

The Deputy Sect Master didn’t reveal the truth, internally thinking that Wenren Heng was still at least somewhat proper.

After all, once they left, the black-clothed men outside would definitely chase after them and so wouldn’t have the time to be concerned about Suiyun Sect. And if Wenren Heng and them had left through the back mountains, then although it was safe, Suiyun Sect would no longer be able to remain, as those black-clothed men would most likely burn the place down in retaliation for failing in their mission.

He looked his Sect Master up and down and, upon discovering that the other didn’t have any serious injuries, wanted to ask about how everything went. But, at this time, he saw the sect’s elders rush over with a group of sect members, quickly encircling the two of them.

The Sect Master said, “Ah, so all of you woke up?”

Looking at his expression, those elders practically wanted to destroy him, but they endured the impulse to beat him up and hastily asked how things were.

The Sect Master said in excitement, “It went extremely smoothly! I killed the Alliance Leader with one slash!”

The elders, “…”

The Deputy Sect Master, “…”

After a short period of deathly stillness, the group said, “…Huh?”

The Sect Master than spoke in an unceasing torrent about the entire sequence of events, such as how the Alliance Leader died, how Manor Lord Wei had his arm chopped off, how that monster fell for the contraptions and even suffered an injury, cutting an extremely sorry figure when filthy from head to toe from the explosion, and so on and so forth.

He said, “And then afterwards they were so scared that they ran away. That’s right, we don’t need to fix that building, and we also shouldn’t move any of the things inside. Send people to fence it in. This was the first big thing I’d done since I became Sect Master, so you need to let me keep it! And let all the future generations of Suigu Sect see it so as to let them know how incredible this elder is! Hahahahaha!”

The elders looked at him with a distant gaze before their eyes rolled back, and they fainted.

The Sect Master startled. “So it turned out that they haven’t completely recovered from the drug yet. Since they haven’t recovered, why did you bring them out? Quick, lift them up, and let’s go. We need to hurry and retreat outside.”

The Deputy Sect Master, “…”

All the sect members, “…”

What haven’t completely recovered from the drug yet! This is all because they were provoked by you, all right!

 

With the evening already passed, the sky gradually darkened and the temperature also followed suit, dropping by no small amount.

Wenren Heng and the others returned to the small county town that they had stopped by before and bought a few simple things, though they didn’t stop for long and continued hurrying along the way.

Manor Lord Wei was also sent to the small county town and, at this time, was already coming back to consciousness.

With his arm lost, Manor Lord Wei’s entire face was covered with dark clouds, and along with the excessive blood loss, he looked just like an evil spirit.

The head of the black-clothed men cautiously gave him a look and relayed to him the information that they had collected.

Naturally, it wasn’t the elderly man who sent the order for people to watch Suiyun Sect, since that person had always operated alone. Previously, the fact that he was able to tell them to find a place to stay for a while was already extremely unprecedented.

Manor Lord Wei said, “Where is he?”

The subordinate said, “He bought a coffin and buried the Alliance Leader, and then he locked himself in a room and hasn’t come out.”

Manor Lord Wei inwardly drew in a breath, not able to parse what the elderly man had decided, and so could only put the other aside for now. Changing the topic, he asked, “You’re certain it was Wenren Heng and Ah-Xiao?”

The subordinate said, “Certain. They stepped out of the carriage together.”

Manor Lord Wei said, “How did Ah-Xiao look?”

The subordinate said, “He wore a disguise, so there was no way to tell his complexion, but from his bearing, it appears as if he’s completely fine.”

Manor Lord Wei narrowed his eyes and muttered to himself for a while before saying, “That’s not right, there’s definitely something wrong with him, or else why would he leave this urgently, not even stopping to rest a bit.”

The subordinate took a moment to react. “Then, that is to say, he purposely left the carriage for us to see?”

Manor Lord Wei said, “Yes, it was only buying some things, so they could’ve sent someone to do it.”

The subordinate thought that that made sense and asked, “Master’s meaning is?”

Manor Lord Wei said, “Go and give chase!”

The subordinate said a word of ‘understood’, rapidly relaying the order and leaving.

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[1] 10丈 = 33.3333 meters.

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Next chapter is pretty good, so look forward to it~\n

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