Chapter 114

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In which f-f-fight scenes…

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Ye You naturally couldn’t draw everyone’s ire for too long.

When he finished speaking those words, he once again looked at Wei Haide and commented, “It looks like you brought the whole family here.”

Everyone in the righteous faction unconsciously looked over and discovered that, while Wei Haide hadn’t brought over as many people as they did, there were still many familiar faces. Other than that monster, there was Madam Chen, the Three Demons of Evil Island, and so on — all who had once brought disaster to the peace of the martial arts circle.

Ye You also looked at them and said, “Do all of you still not know that Wei Haide saved all of you originally in order to test drugs on you?”

Wei Haide’s heart skipped a beat. “Stop trying to sow discord.”

“I’m trying to sow discord? Before he died, Ding Yicheng already admitted that you two did all this in order to turn that monster into a drugged man, and he even said that, when matters were over, you’d destroy that power,” Ye You said, “If none of you believe me, there’s no harm in asking Shaolin’s Abbot Ciyuan. As a monk, he certainly wouldn’t lie to you. If it was me…”

Wei Haide said, “Stop talking nonsense! Hand over Jiangyue!”

During this period of time, Wenren Heng and Wei Jiangyue had gotten out of the carriage.

Having heard this, Wei Jiangyue looked at the other and, upon seeing that missing arm, felt pain prick his heart. In a hoarse voice, he said, “Dad, you should stop.”

Wei Haide said, “I’ll slowly explain matters to you later. First, come over here.”

Wei Jiangyue said in a low voice, “I won’t go over. If they want to kill me, then they can come kill me; I won’t move against them. Dad, you’ve done something wrong. I beg you to stop.”

Wei Haide said, “You…”

“It’s useless no matter how much you try to interrupt me.” At this time, Ye You once again spoke, still looking at those people on the other side. “All of you aren’t fools. In your hearts, you’re aware of the current situation. Truth be told, the people of the Demonic Sect and Wuwang Temple are all nearby, so what do you think are Wei Haide’s chances of success today?”

The people over there immediately turned hesitant.

Wei Haide felt his teeth ache with hatred.

The people planted in Wuyun City had already written on the letter, in clear and precise detail, the words that Ding Yicheng said before his death. Old Ding had mentioned only that they wanted to go against the monster while skipping over their precise methods entirely. Over these past few days, he had considered the possibility of the other party attempting to sow discord, and as such, before setting out, he had sent Cong Yun to explain to the monster, pushing all these matters onto Old Ding.

As for the rest of them, when all was said and done, they weren’t fools, so he naturally wouldn’t say too much.

He had originally believed that if he sent people to launch a surprise attack on Ah-Xiao and Wenren Heng today, then the two sides would definitely start fighting at once, so there also wouldn’t be time for a verbal exchange. But who knew that Ah-Xiao was actually Sect Master Ye, and with this sudden reveal, the flow of the scene had entirely fallen into this person’s hands.

What’s more, he hadn’t imagined that, from the start, this scoundrel wouldn’t even look for the monster and would instead try to incite disharmony directly among Madam Chen and the others, even dragging in Abbot Ciyuan to speak. Like this, Madam Chen and the others would definitely start feeling apprehensive in their hearts.

Ye You continued with, “I won’t say things like ‘if you stop taking the side of this evildoer, we’ll let all of you go’. That’s too obviously a lie. But I will say that since the righteous faction’s anger is directed entirely at Wei Haide and that monster right now, why don’t all of you take this opportunity to run…”

Wei Haide suppressed his anger and interrupted with a sneer, “Let them run? I think that you just don’t want people to know that you practice Pursued Until Scattered, right? That’s right, if more people learned of it, your situation would take a turn for the worse.”

The moment these words were said, the scene erupted into an uproar, even causing more astonishment than the reveal that Sir Yang was Sect Master Ye.

Ye You was very calm. “This lord has already spoken of what martial arts this lord practices back at Yushan Stage. If you don’t believe this lord, then you can go to my Demonic Sect’s main hall to investigate; all the people there know. Or do you mean to say that when I fled the Yang family residence as a five-year-old child that year, I hid a book in my clothes as I walked over a thousand miles to reach Heji Mountain, and not a single person discovered this on the way? Including even the Master who saved me?”

Wei Haide said, “What if your master knows?”

Ye You said, “If my master knew, why didn’t my Senior Brother also practice it? And when you brought people to commit murder on Heji Mountain that year, why did my master still fight alongside you?”

His expression darkened. “Wei Haide, look well upon these elders and adventurers. Do you think that everyone under the heavens is just like you, willing to massacre three families in such a deranged way for the sake of one book?”

These words were truly pleasant to hear, especially since the words were spoken by Sect Master Ye — it truly was rare for him to say a good word about them.

All the adventurers couldn’t help but straighten their backs to look down upon Wei Haide, feeling that what Sect Master Ye said was reasonable and that Wei Haide was definitely trying to smear Sect Master Ye.

Ye You said, “Going back to what you said before, even if I really practiced Pursued Until Scattered, they still wouldn’t move against me because even the heavens couldn’t tolerate what you’ve done!”

Everyone shouted, “That’s right, accept your death, surnamed Wei!”

Wei Haide was finally able to understand the feelings of those righteous faction members who had been choked by Sect Master Ye over the years; this person was even able to convince people that black was actually white with just a few words. He was angry enough to kill as he looked towards the monster. “Brother, not making a move?”

From start to finish, the elderly man didn’t have much of an expression on his face.

He was not the least bit concerned about the truth, and he was even less interested in whether or not Wei Haide was lying to him, or whether Ye You actually practiced Pursued Until Scattered, because right now, his entire head was filled with the desire to fight with Ye You.

He moved forward a step and looked at Ye You. “Brat, come out.”

Ye You shot him a glance, but before he could even open his mouth, he saw that a few more people had arrived on that side.

The ill young sir who was at the head said, “First wait a moment.”

Wei Haide turned around and discovered that it was Cong Yun.

This person’s body had still yet to recover, and since Wei Jiangrou’s martial skill was too terrible and she had offended the monster, the two had thus remained behind in Huayang City. He never imagined that Cong Yu would actually follow them. He asked, “Why did you come?”

Cong Yun walked over and said, sighing, “After all of you left, I discovered that the drug I gave you before has some…”

When he had spoken up to here, the people following behind him suddenly threw out three concealed weapons.

Immediately following, only the sounds of thuds loudly echoing through the air were heard before thick smoke began spreading with a rumble.

This moment truly went beyond everyone’s expectations.

Wei Haide hastily flashed out of the smoke before raising his head in disbelief.

Over at the righteous faction side, everyone was also flabbergasted one after the other. There were some who believed that the other party perhaps wanted to flee and so made a fuss about not letting the monster go. But before they could give chase, Ye You called them to a stop, and only when they heard him explain Cong Yun’s identity did they give up on those ideas.

Wenren Heng let go of Wei Jiangyue and went to his Junior Brother’s side. He said, “There’s something strange.”

Ye You made a sound in agreement, watching with narrowed eyes.

Other than Wei Haide and a few black-clothed men, he still had yet to find the figures of the monster and Madam Chen. He didn’t know if they had retreated or if they hadn’t come out from the start.

The smoke didn’t persist for long and dissipated very quickly.

Everyone saw then that the monster, Madam Chen, and the others were still standing in the same places, their heads lowered, unmoving, with Cong Yun actually standing in the middle of them. At this moment, he snapped his fingers, prompting those people to raise their heads with sudden swiftness, their eyes completely lifeless and their expressions vacant.

Everyone collectively sucked in a breath. “This is…”

Ye You pupils darkened slightly. “He turned them into drugged troops.”

Everyone said, “How did he do it?”

Ye You said, “Their bodies definitely contained the drug, so they needed only a trigger.

Everyone then understood.

It was clear that Cong Yun had set off that trigger during that smoke just now.

At this time, Wei Haide had also understood. So it turned out that the drug that Cong Yun had given him previously was able to control the monster. How did this person manage to make such a thing in the end?

He suppressed his bad premonition and said, as calmly as possible, “This is?”

Cong Yun looked at him and laughed, saying, “Only people who are drugged would listen obediently forever, isn’t that right?”

Wei Haide said, “Not bad.”

Cong Yun then turned back his line of sight.

After researching so arduously in Bodhi Prison for so many years, he actually had long already created a drug that could handle experts; it was only that he had never had the opportunity to test it before. Because he wasn’t interested in anything other than manufacturing drugs, along with the worry that Wei Haide and them would silence him once matters were finished, he had always dragged out the process and, in the meantime, researched a whole bunch of other messy things.

He had originally thought that things would carry on like that forever, unchanging, but who could have predicted the blessings of the heavens, and that he would actually meet a person who looked like Ah-Cheng. As such, he was no longer interested in continuing to play around with Wei Haide.

These past few days at the Yang family residence, he had used the excuse of “raising internal energy” to give the drug to Madam Chen and the others, and then later Wei Jiangrou had succeeded in convincing the monster to take the drug, so now everything was ready, and only the finishing touches were left.

He looked at that familiar figure with a burning-hot gaze — even if this person was wearing a mask, he still knew that this was the person he had met at Shaolin. He said to the monster, “Go, capture that person for me, alive. Remember not to injure his face.”

The elderly man lifelessly went accordingly, towards where he was pointing, at once leaping off the ground. Upon meeting people standing in his way, with one palm strike, he sent those same people flying with a bang before continuing to rush forward, extremely ferocious.

At practically the same time the monster was looking over, Wenren Heng grabbed his Junior Brother by the waist and rushed into the nearby forest. Cong Yun saw their departure and ordered the remaining drugged people to protect him, deciding to follow along to watch.

Upon seeing that the drugged people didn’t even need a flute to command them this time, Wei Haide felt the bad premonition in his heart growing even stronger and so didn’t move forward for now.

Before leaving, Cong Yun gave him a look and said, “That’s right, before I left, I gave your darling daughter some ointment. Remind her to apply it on time.”

Wei Haide could hear that the other’s tone contained a certain degree of malice, and his expression changed slightly. “Don’t tell me…”

Cong Yun said, “Who told her to provoke me.”

Wei Haide felt both anxious and angry, and he had half-a-mind to grab the other in order to force out an antidote, but he knew that right now truly wasn’t a good time.

Madam Chen and the others were already incredible originally, so now with their internal energies having sharply risen and Cong Yun the only one they listened to, it would be far too difficult for him to even think about approaching. And since Cong Yun had done this, his own strength had immediately become the weakest of the three parties, so it also wasn’t advisable for him to stay for long.

He inwardly hoped that the monster could kill Ye You and Wenren Heng before saying, “Retreat.”

“Want to leave? No way!”

Under the Abbot and the others’ directions, the righteous faction had quickly split into three groups. The first two went on to chase the monster and Cong Yun, while the remainder had rushed over to face Wei Haide.

From the beginning, Wei Haide had planned to retreat upon capturing Wenren Heng and Ye You and thus never had any intentions of fighting to the death. Turning around, he and his subordinates then rushed into the forest on the other side of the official road, going in the completely opposite direction from the monster.

And it was at this time that he saw two bright sword lights abruptly flashing downwards, forcing him to step back hastily in order to dodge. Upon looking, he then saw Qin Yuemian and Wei Jin midair, jumping down to block his path of retreat.

Qin Yuemian said, “We still haven’t accounted for what happened to my father, so don’t be in such a rush to leave.”

Wei Jin said, “There’s no point wasting words with him! Come!”

The moment those words were said, a number of figures suddenly flashed out from the forest; from their clothes, it was clear that they were all people from the Demonic Sect and Wuwang Temple. At the same time, murderous cries were resounding from the righteous faction adventurers behind, voices loud enough to shake the heavens.

And so, with one in front and the other behind, the demonic faction and the righteous faction had come together to trap him in the middle.

Wei Haide’s heart immediately sank.

At this time, Ye You had already been brought into the forest by his Senior Brother.

The monster was currently in close pursuit, unwilling to let up. Because of the drug, this person’s internal energy had increased exponentially, and his lightness skill was even better than before, so the distance between them began to close little by little.

Wenren Heng continued jumping forward for a time before he suddenly stopped and said, “Now!”

The moment this word was said, countless concealed weapons smashed down from every possible direction. Smoke whistled out, bubbling forth and covering up the entire area in the blink of an eye. Right afterwards, sounds of clanging began messily resounding from the surroundings, mixing in with the sounds of countless concealed weapons still being dropped to the ground, immediately causing people to lose their way.

During this time, Ye You had been taken by his Senior Brother to another location.

He lifted his head and saw that there were countless rows of Shuangji Sect members in front of them, each one of them holding a crossbow in hand, with one row currently prepared to fire at the smoke. He blinked before quickly understanding his Senior Brother’s plan and silently giving his Senior Brother a look.

Holding his hand, Wenren Heng walked with him over there. “Ah-You.”

The moment he finished speaking, he raised a hand and waved it lightly.

As one, the Shuangji Sect members pulled the trigger, and in an instant, the arrows flew through the air, falling like rain upon that smoke. And since Wenren Heng had spoken, the monster had finally been able to identify where they were and was currently rushing forward rapidly — he was practically about to run right into the arrow rain, his high speed actually making it so that he wouldn’t have any way to react in time; even if he used his internal energy to protect his body, he still wouldn’t be able to avoid all of the damage.

Ye You almost immediately heard the ssfftt sounds of arrows hitting human flesh, and by the time the monster had rushed out of the smoke, his body was already riddled with countless arrows.

“Retreat,” Wenren Heng said as he drew his Junior Brother towards himself and rushed forward.

The monster let out a roar and once again gave chase.

Having been grabbed by his Senior Brother, Ye You couldn’t help but give the other another look.

Wenren Heng felt his gaze and held him tighter. “I said that I wouldn’t let you make a move, so that’s what I’m doing.”

As he spoke, he moved more than three meters forward before once again stopping.

Upon seeing this, the Shuangji Sect members in hiding once again threw down concealed weapons, and the smoke once again bubbled forth.

Ye You discovered that, this time, there were no Shuangji Sect members standing with his Senior Brother but, rather, there were two rows of people with crossbows on either side. He then understood that, if the monster hadn’t been turned into a drugged man, after the earlier volley, the monster would’ve definitely bolstered his internal energy and used it to hit aside the arrow rain in front, which was why the arrows were now arranged to shoot from the two sides. But it was a pity that the monster had already become a drugged man and didn’t have any rationality, so with the Shuangji Sect members standing this way, the destructive power was actually not as high.

Wenren Heng clearly understood this point and so waved them over, indicating for his subordinates to move carefully and line up in the front before then opening his mouth. In the next moment, the monster rushed over with not the least bit of hesitation and thereby once again ran into the arrow rain.

Ye You said, “You couldn’t have already guessed that we’d meet Wei Haide here, right?”

Wenren Heng said, “Mn, it’s the same no matter where it is. None of the standing positions and the arrangements would have changed.”

Ye You made a sound in acknowledgment before assessing the monster’s miserable condition. He then noticed that the other party was also currently looking at them.

Perhaps it was the excessive blood loss that also led to the drug losing a portion of its effects, perhaps it was that Cong Yun’s drug still hadn’t been quite completed, or perhaps it was the unrelenting injuries that brought back his sense of pain, but the monster’s eyes actually gradually cleared.

Both his arms and legs were pierced with arrows, and his injuries were extremely serious. At this time, he forcefully pulled the arrows out, gasping out some rough breaths as he stared fixedly at Ye You, his eyes extremely red. “Come out, fight with me.”

Ye You raised a brow. “Can you still beat me in this state?”

The elderly man said, “Fight with me.”

Wenren Heng said, “You better not think of even touching him with me here.”

The elderly man didn’t even give the other the time of day, continuing to stare stubbornly at Ye You. His body was surrounded by extremely dense killing intent, most likely because of his injuries, and his eyes even revealed a sliver of the madness of one who was near death.

Wenren Heng asked, “Are you simply asking for a fight, no matter if you live or die?”

The elderly man was finally willing to give him a look. “Yes.”

Wenren Heng laughed very handsomely. “Then you should stop dreaming. Die with this regret.”

The elderly man’s killing intent rose, and he rushed towards Ye You at once.

Wenren Heng held his Junior Brother and once again pulled a distance away. Although the monster continued his pursuit, his speed had dropped considerably, so Wenren Heng was able to avoid him with ease while saying, neither too slowly nor too quickly, “Don’t you believe that, in this world, other than you or other experts, anyone else can’t even be considered a person and so you can just kill them however you please?”

The elderly man, “If I do, what about it?”

“Do you understand Jianghu? I’ll let you know today about how stupid and how worthless you are when all is said and done,” Wenren Heng said, “You are fated to die under the hands of those people you’ve looked down upon.”

During the time these two people were exchanging words, Ye You had keenly discovered that his Senior Brother was currently circling back.

Sure enough, before long, he saw the righteous faction members who had managed to catch up — since the monster was far too incredible, those who had caught up were all the elites of the righteous faction, including Abbot Ciyuan and Sect Leader Xuanyang.

Wenren Heng stopped and said, “He’s already near the end of his life.”

Everyone also saw the monster’s current condition, and their spirits shook. Although they didn’t know how this pair of disciple-brothers had done this, there was no point in bothering about these things at a time like this, and they all immediately moved to kill.

Wenren Heng carried his Junior Brother as he leapt onto a large, nearby tree, and only then did he let the other go.

Ye You lowered his eyes to watch and saw that the righteous faction had tightly surrounded the monster, jumping in to fight the person without a word. The draw of the “Demon Slaughter” was truly too great, and even if the monster still had some strength remaining, the monster was still unable to block the adventurers’ hot-blooded rush forward.

The monster who should’ve originally been killed twenty years ago was, in the end, still going to die under the banner of “Demon Slaughter”.

Two fists couldn’t defeat four hands, and no matter how incredible the monster was, he wasn’t a god. Along with his excessive blood loss, he quickly exposed a face of defeat, and one cut after another landed on his body, with bloodied flesh sent flying.

Upon seeing the monster bolster a breath of energy to send the people in the surroundings flying in order to rush towards his Junior Brother, Wenren Heng then took the opportunity to shoot out some pieces of broken silver, directly hitting the person’s chest acupoints. The monster quickly raised his head, meeting Wenren Heng’s line of sight at once; this person’s gaze was still as gentle as ever, but perhaps due to the position of looking down from on high, a sliver of contempt laid clearly exposed.

As the blade next to him slashed down, a sentence flashed through his head in an instant — you are fated to die under the hands of those people you’ve looked down upon.

No, I can’t die like this!

In the next moment, that blade fell down with a rumble, and immediately following, there was a crack as it was broken in two. Everyone felt only a frenzied internal energy rolling over them and hastily retreated, looking at the person in inexplicable alarm.

Ye You’s gaze tensed, and he said, “Move aside, he’s qi deviating!”

Ye You and Wenren Heng turned around and left, while the monster let out a roar, breaking into a run to give chase. Wenren Heng glanced back and asked, “How long can he sustain like this?”

“Not too long,” Ye You said, “After all, he’s already lost this much blood. Dragging it out a bit should be fine.”

Wenren Heng then began circling back together with his Junior Brother. After a while, he heard the echoing sound of intermittent footsteps, and when he raised his head to look, he found that it was actually Cong Yun.

Cong Yun had ordered the drugged men to capture two Junior Sect Masters and, at this moment, was currently holding them by the neck and calmly facing the righteous faction. At this time, upon seeing Ye You, his expression heated up. “If you come over on your own, I’ll immediately let them go. How about it?”

Ye You took off his mask and smiled at him extremely lovably. “All right.”

The moment he finished speaking, he and his Senior Brother quickly flashed over. Afraid of tricks, Cong Yun then hastily ordered the drugged men to stop them, but immediately afterwards, he saw a bloodied person rushing over diagonally, a palm crashing into a drugged man that was about to approach these two people, smashing the person away with a bang.

Cong Yun, “…”

All the righteous faction members, “…”

What the fuck is this?

Ye You said to Cong Yun, “Hurry and think of something. He’s qi deviated and wants to kill me.”

Cong Yun suddenly regained his senses and said in a harsh voice, “Stop him!”

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Next chapter is the final chapter of the formal text, and it’s a tad longer than usual (7.6k words), so I might also take a bit longer than usual to translate it. Just a heads up!

Also, I originally translated the first sentence of this chapter as “Ye You naturally couldn’t draw aggro for too long,” and you won’t believe how tempted I was just to keep it like that LOL.\n

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