Apprenticeship at Qingcheng Mountain, Senior Brother Yu Canghai

Chapter 220 Let me kill you, as you wish!
After Ah Zi's hesitant and half-hearted narration, Chu Yuan roughly understood the whole story through analysis.

It turned out that after they parted that day, the Child-Fairy of Tianshan took A Zi back to the Lingjiu Palace of Tianshan.

As soon as he returned to Tianshan Lingjiu Palace, he encountered a rebellion by the thirty-six cave masters and seventy-two island masters of Tianshan Lingjiu Palace.

Unfortunately, the Child-Fairy of Tianshan went to the Central Plains and hid beside Chu Yuan. She had already passed the weak period of practicing "The Only One in the Eight Desolations and Six Directions". After returning to the Lingjiu Palace of Tianshan, she easily recaptured the thirty-six cave masters and seventy-two island masters just by using the life and death talisman.

But the Child-Father of Tianshan was a person who could not sit still. She thought that it would be soon time for Li Qiushui to find a husband for her granddaughter, Princess Yinchuan.

He took his apprentice A Zi and went to the capital of Western Xia again.

When enemies meet, it goes without saying.

After a fierce battle, both of them were injured.

Fortunately, A Zi is a woman, otherwise the Tianshan Tonglao would really match A Zi with Li Qiushui's granddaughter, Princess Yinchuan Li Qinglu, in order to humiliate Li Qiushui in revenge.

"What happened next? Who was the one who won the Xixia princess's hand in marriage through the martial arts competition?"

After listening to A Zi's story, Chu Yuan asked A Zi.

"My brother-in-law has my sister, and you, Brother Chu, who is the most powerful martial artist in the world but single, didn't go, and neither did my brother. So this Xixia martial arts competition was very quiet and had no momentum in the martial arts world. In the end, the winner of the martial arts competition was an ugly little monk who was expelled from Shaolin Temple."

Ah Zi responded.

Duan Yu, who was standing next to him, heard Ah Zi calling him brother and thought he was her brother. He looked a little strange but did not open his mouth to correct her.

Chu Yuan suddenly asked, "Is that monk Xu Zhu, the son of the former Shaolin Temple abbot?"

When Ah Zi mentioned the ugly little monk who was expelled from Shaolin Temple, he immediately thought of Xu Zhu.

His mother was Ye Erniang, a man who committed all kinds of evil in the underworld, stealing and killing countless babies.

Although his father is the Shaolin abbot Xuanci, because he is the leader and condones Ye Erniang's evil deeds, the reputation of Shaolin Temple in the world has been affected.

If Xu Zhu's identity had not been exposed before, he would have been just an ordinary monk in Shaolin Temple.

On that day on Mount Shaoshi, his identity was exposed. In order to atone his sins, his father, Abbot Xuanci, accepted the punishment according to the Shaolin rules and regulations in front of heroes all over the world, and then cut his heart and died.

His mother also died in his own hands. In order to maintain the good reputation of Shaolin Temple in the martial arts world, the group of people in Shaolin Temple who used to have a grudge against Xuan Ci will definitely advocate expelling him from Shaolin Temple.

There are conflicts within every sect, and Shaolin Temple is no exception.

Although Shaolin Temple is a pure place of Buddhism, there are also factional disputes, and not everyone is convinced by the previous abbot Xuanci.

Xu Zhu was able to leave alive but was expelled from Shaolin Temple. This was probably the result of a group of people in Shaolin Temple trying their best to protect him.

But no one would have thought that Xu Zhu, without being accepted as a disciple by the Tianshan Tonglao, actually married Li Qinglu, the Yinchuan Princess of Western Xia, and became the prince consort of Western Xia, just like in the original plot.

It seems that the world still has inertia.

Ah Zi responded: "Yes, it is the young monk Xu Zhu from Shaolin Temple."

Hearing Ah Zi's response, Chu Yuan thought to himself, "It is indeed so."

“I just don’t know whether Xu Zhu was able to become the consort of Xixia because of his great martial arts skills, or because he had been taught martial arts by Wuyazi on Leigu Mountain, or because of his relationship with Wuyazi…”

This thought flashed through Chu Yuan’s mind.

"Among those who went to Xixia to participate in the martial arts competition to find a bride, who are the more famous ones?"

Chu Yuan asked A Zi again.

"There are very few famous people. The two most famous ones are this little monk and Murong Fu!"

Ah Zi responded.

"Murong Fu... It seems that Murong Fu still wants to be the consort of Xixia and rely on Xixia's power to restore the country, but now he is no match for even that little monk?"

Chu Yuan said in surprise.

"Murong Fu is just seeking fame and reputation, but his reputation is not worthy of his status." Ah Zi sneered, and then her eyes became serious: "But that little monk is not simple either. His martial arts has improved by leaps and bounds, and he can be considered a master."

Chu Yuan was not surprised, because Xu Zhu had cracked the Zhenlong chess game. Although Wuyazi did not accept him as a disciple, he taught him the "Northern Divine Art".

Strictly speaking, the current Xu Zhu is a weakened version of Duan Yu.

"I've said so much, but you haven't told me why you didn't stay with your master, but came to Jingzhao Prefecture and mixed with these Xingxiu disciples, and became their new leader?"

Chu Yuan changed the subject and looked at A Zi again.

Ah Zi felt a little guilty when being looked at by Chu Yuan, but she also knew that she couldn't fool Chu Yuan.

She didn't dare to look directly at Chu Yuan, and said with a stiff face: "It's nothing, actually. After Master was injured, I sent Master back to Tianshan, and then I sneaked out. Tianshan is too boring, and it's not as free and easy as being in the martial arts world."

Chu Yuan's eyes fell on the Xingxiu Sect disciple next to him: "After you came down the mountain, you met them and proclaimed yourself the new leader of the Xingxiu Sect?"

Ah Zi nodded slightly.

Chu Yuan suddenly said, "No, Lingjiu Palace is different from Xingxiu Sect. Tong Lao can't be bad to you. You must have another reason for sneaking down the mountain."

Seeing that Chu Yuan had discovered her, Ah Zi could only close her eyes: "It's mainly because Master is moody. I've been with her for so long, but she didn't teach me her most powerful 'Eight Wastelands and Six Directions, I Am the Only One'. I felt it was meaningless to follow her, so I sneaked down the mountain by myself. The people I killed were sent down the mountain by Master to capture my thirty-six cave masters and seventy-two island masters!"

Chu Yuan was stunned when he heard this. He looked at Ah Zi and asked, "How long have you been with Tong Lao?"

A Zi was speechless!
If you calculate carefully, it's been less than half a year in total, and she wants others to teach her unique "I Am the Only One in the Eight Desolations and Six Directions". Ah Zi is really dreaming.

The key is that she has poison skills and even has the Xingxiu Sect's most precious treasure, the Divine Wood King Cauldron. If he were in her place, he would not be willing to teach A Zi martial arts. He would have to observe A Zi first.

And A Zi was really born with a rebellious nature. She even killed the masters of the thirty-six caves and seventy-two islands, as well as the people from the Lingjiu Palace on Tianshan Mountain, who were sent by Tong Lao to capture her.

The masters of the thirty-six caves and the seventy-two islands, although they were both good and evil, were also a group of poor people controlled by Tong Lao with the "Life and Death Talisman", but they were killed by A Zi just like that.

Thinking of this, Chu Yuan's eyes turned cold.

He stretched out his hand towards Ah Zi, exerting his strength, and used the "Heavenly Gang and Earthly Evil Palm" to suck Ah Zi towards him.

Realizing that Chu Yuan was about to attack her, Ah Zi begged for mercy before she flew uncontrollably towards Chu Yuan: "Brother Chu, I know I was wrong. Please forgive me this time. I won't dare to do it again next time."

Chu Yuan said coldly: "Will there be a next time?"

Seeing Chu Yuan's cold eyes, Ah Zi hesitated for a moment, then her eyes hardened, she stretched out her right hand and swung towards Chu Yuan.

Although he didn't see anything, Chu Yuan felt a sharp chill coming towards him.

"You still dare to attack me?"

Chu Yuan became even angrier and his eyes became colder.

He dodged to the side and simultaneously slapped out with both hands, knocking Duan Yu and A-Bi out of the tea stall at the same time.

After Chu Yuan finished doing all this, a wooden beam as thick as a small bowl behind where he had just stood was directly split into two by the sharp coldness and fell to the ground.

"Let go!"

Chu Yuan shouted softly and struck out again. This time his target was very clear, which was the invisible but extremely sharp object in Ah Zi's hand.

Ah Zi had no power to resist at all. The object in her hand had changed hands. She looked down at the palm of her right hand and saw a bloody wound on it.

That was the scratch caused by the sharp object being forcibly taken away by Chu Yuan.

Chu Yuan took a look at the thing in his hand and sneered, "I thought it was something else, but it turned out to be the Xingxiu old monster's unique weapon, the "Soft Silk Rope". I didn't expect that you would get it too."

On that day on Leigushan Mountain, the old monster Ding Chunqiu from the Star Constellation also used this thing to deal with Wuyazi.

This object and the "Shenmu Wangding" are the three treasures of the stars.

It is made of silk from snow silkworms beside the Xingxiu Sea. Snow silk is extremely tough and a single thread is not easy to break. However, since snow silkworms cannot make cocoons and the amount of silk they produce is limited, this material is extremely rare.

The soft silk rope is so thin and transparent that it is almost impossible to detect with the naked eye. When fighting against an enemy, it is easy to use it to launch a sneak attack on others. If it is thrown out during a fight, its sharpness is comparable to that of a sword.

However, Wuyazi seemed to know his disciple very well and was familiar with all of Ding Chunqiu's methods, so he easily cracked Ding Chunqiu's "Soft Silk Rope".

The feather fan in Ding Chunqiu's hand is just a cover, this "soft silk rope" is Ding Chunqiu's real weapon.

Who knew that after Ding Chunqiu's death, this weapon somehow fell into A Zi's hands.

"Let's go, we are no match for Brother Chu."

Seeing that her two Xingxiu Sect treasures were taken away by Chu Yuan, A Zi knew that she was no match for Chu Yuan, so she called the Xingxiu Sect disciples and wanted to escape together.

"If you want to leave, just stay."

Now that they have met, Chu Yuan will not let A Zi leave and continue to cause trouble in the world.

Talking time!
His whole body was surging, and his internal energy like a vast ocean suddenly surged out and rushed towards the surroundings.

boom!
The entire tea stall suddenly exploded.

Chu Yuan jumped out of the tea stall carrying A Zi and landed in front of Duan Yu and A Bi.

As for the Xingxiu Sect disciples in the tea stall, they were only slightly injured. The tea stall was built with simple materials, bamboo mats, thatch, and a few simple supporting beams, so no one was killed.

"You also practiced the old monster's Qi-transforming technique. It seems that you have inherited all of Ding Chunqiu's heritage."

Chu Yuan looked at Ah Zi who was held in his hand and said. The moment he caught her, Ah Zi threw out several kinds of poisons and used the Xingxiu Sect's Qi-dissolving method to deal with him.

Unfortunately, needless to say, the poison was dissipated by Chu Yuan's powerful force the moment it was released.

A Zi's "Energy Transformation Technique" may have been practiced not long ago, and her skills have not yet been perfected. Even if Chu Yuan does not dodge or evade, she cannot shake Chu Yuan's internal strength at all, and is no match for Chu Yuan at all.

"Brother Chu, I know I was wrong. Please forgive me for the sake of my sister and brother-in-law. The reason I sneaked down the mountain was to see you!"

Seeing that she was no match for Chu Yuan, A Zi's eyes were filled with mist, and she looked pitiful as she begged Chu Yuan for mercy again.

"You killed people, gathered the Xingxiu Sect disciples together, and continued to be the leader of the Xingxiu Sect. Was it also for me?"

Chu Yuan asked A Zi in return.

He didn't buy it at all.

Because her sister Azhu is still alive and with her brother-in-law Qiao Feng, A Zi did not fall in love with Qiao Feng as in the original plot, and perhaps he has more or less a fondness for her.

But his vicious, cruel and undisciplined character is the root of his problem.

A Zi was speechless for a moment!
Chu Yuan didn't say much, and directly struck A Zi's Dantian Qi Sea with a palm. The palm force broke her Dantian Qi Sea. The original internal force in her Dantian Qi Sea was like a deflated air bag, and the internal force continued to dissipate.

It won't be long before the internal energy she has cultivated with great difficulty will disappear completely.

Chu Yuan took action and crippled A Zi’s martial arts.

"Brother Chu, you actually destroyed my martial arts, how could you be so cruel?"

Seeing that the internal energy she had cultivated with great difficulty was destroyed, Ah Zi said in panic and grief.

"I'm teaching you a lesson by destroying your martial arts skills. Our friendship is over from now on. If I see you killing someone for no reason again next time, don't blame me for getting rid of this evil for the martial arts world."

Chu Yuan said coldly.

He has decided to take A Zi back and hand her over to Qiao Feng and A Zhu for discipline.

Chu Yuan's words seemed to be a bigger blow than Chu Yuan's attack that destroyed her martial arts. Ah Zi looked at Chu Yuan with disbelief, and then fell silent.

"As for you all...all go away on your own. If you get mixed up with her again next time, you won't have to leave."

Chu Yuan's gaze finally fell on the hands of a group of Xingxiu sect disciples, led by Tianlangzi, who had just escaped from the tea stall in a panic, covered in dust and dirt.

"Don't worry, Young Master Chu. We will definitely stay away from Junior Sister A Zi in the future. The main reason is that after we met Junior Sister A Zi before, it was Junior Sister A Zi who forced us to acknowledge her and support her as the new leader of the Xingxiu Sect."

Tianlangzi nodded continuously and bowed to Chu Yuan.

After Chu Yuan said this, he actually felt relieved, because he knew that they had finally saved their lives.

He and the disciples of the Xingxiu Sect had seen Chu Yuan take action twice, and Chu Yuan left a deep impression on them.

They felt that Chu Yuan was one of the most powerful martial artists in the world, and that even the Beggars' Sect leader, Qiao Feng, might not be as good as Chu Yuan.

Naturally, they did not dare to go against Chu Yuan's wishes.

But they also felt aggrieved in their hearts.

Because it was A Zi who got the treasure of Xingxiu Sect from somewhere and also practiced the "Hua Gong Dafa" as her junior sister, and she forced them to regard her as the leader of Xingxiu Sect.

Several Xingxiu Sect disciples who disagreed have died at the hands of A Zi.

Those who agreed were often forced by A Zi to feed poisonous creatures and practice poison skills.

"You're not leaving yet?"

Chu Yuan frowned.

"Young Master Chu is busy, we will take our leave first."

Tianlangzi immediately left with a group of Xingxiu Sect disciples, crawling and tumbling and disappearing at the end of the road.

Seeing that A Zi's martial arts were destroyed, Duan Yu and A Bi did not say anything.

Because what Ah Zi did this time was indeed wrong, and Chu Yuan caught her red-handed.

Chu Yuan put Ah Zi down and walked over to the tea stall owner and waiter who had finally managed to escape from the tea stall, wanting to cry but not being able to. Chu Yuan took out a purse containing two strings of copper coins from his bosom and handed it to them: "This money is my compensation for destroying your tea stall. If it's not enough, you can go to the Beggars' Gang branch in Jingzhao Prefecture to get it and say that the 'Blue Lotus Envoy' asked you to go."

The tea stall owner and the waiter didn't say anything. They just looked at themselves with fear and kept waving their hands.

Just when Chu Yuan was feeling puzzled, the tea stall owner and the waiter fell to their knees on the ground and kowtowed to him continuously.

They pointed at their mouths and made humming and aahing gestures, then looked at A Zi with fear in their eyes.

A-Bi was puzzled and asked, "Brother Chu, they can't speak, are they all mute?"

Chu Yuan looked at them and seemed to understand something all of a sudden. He looked at Ah Zi standing beside him and sneered, "They are not dumb, they were poisoned and made dumb."

Ah Zi's martial arts skills were crippled at this time, and she had a broken jar attitude. She laughed madly: "Yes, I poisoned them and made them mute. What's wrong with that? Who made them chatter non-stop as soon as I came in?"

Chu Yuan remembered that in the original plot, there was a scene where A Zi used poison to force the waiter to cut off his own tongue.

He really didn't expect that such a thing would actually happen.

He originally thought that his appearance had changed the fate of many people and their personalities had changed to some extent, but now it seems that A Zi's nature is hard to change.

"If it weren't for your sister and your brother-in-law, I would really want to kill you with one slap."

Chu Yuan looked at A Zi with cold eyes.

Unlike the people who died before, who were all martial artists, the two people in front of him were just ordinary people.

Ah Zi is really acting recklessly, which is no different from taking human life lightly.

"Then kill me!"

Ah Zi said angrily.

"Can the poison in their bodies be cured?"

Chu Yuan asked A Zi.

If it can be solved, it would be best to restore these two people to normal.

"It can be solved."

Ah Zi was no longer willful this time. After a moment's silence, she replied.

"Give them the antidote."

Chu Yuan said to A Zi.

Ah Zi walked towards the tea stall owner and the waiter, took out a packet of medicine powder from her arms, and handed it to the two of them: "Each of you take half, and you'll be fine after taking it."

The shopkeeper and the waiter hesitated for a moment. Although they were afraid, they still did as Ah Zi said and swallowed half of the powder each.

“Thank…thank you…!”

"Young Master Chu... great favor!"

Not long after, the tea stall owner and the waiter gradually recovered. When they realized that they could speak, they were filled with joy and knelt on the ground, kowtowed to Chu Yuan continuously.

"Why didn't you accept the money I gave you just now?"

Seeing that the two of them were gradually able to speak, and their speech was becoming more and more fluent, Chu Yuan asked them.

The two of them glanced at Ah Zi who was not far away. The fear in their eyes had not disappeared. It was the tea stall owner who said carefully: "This Miss Ah Zi said before that the famous Chu Shaoxia is her elder brother, and the leader of the Beggars' Sect, Qiao Feng, is her brother-in-law. Naturally, we dare not accept this money, let alone go to the Beggars' Sect to ask for money."

Chu Yuan's eyes fell on A Zi beside him!
My goodness, the other party not only did evil, but also used his and Qiao Feng's names to bully others in the martial arts world.

If he allowed Ah Zi to do whatever she wanted outside, people in the martial arts world would probably think that he, Qiao Feng, and even the entire Beggars' Sect were evil people who took human lives lightly and bullied others by taking advantage of their power.

Chu Yuan walked up to Ah Zi and said to her, "You just asked me to kill you. I will do as you wish."

Under the incredulous gazes of A Zi and everyone else, Chu Yuan slapped A Zi on the top of her head.

Ah Zi immediately spat out a mouthful of blood, died, and fell to the ground.

Chu Yuan turned around and looked at the tea stall owner and the waiter: "Are you satisfied with my way of handling this matter?"

The tea stall owner and the waiter were frightened by Chu Yuan's ruthlessness.

The tea stall owner and the waiter looked pale and kept nodding: "Satisfied, satisfied!"

Given the current situation, how dare they be dissatisfied?
Chu Yuan said: "If you are satisfied, take the money. If two strings of cash are not enough, take my identity token and go to the Beggars' Sect to ask for it."

He only has two strings of cash on him!

As soon as he finished speaking, two strings of coins and a palm-sized identity token with the word "Qinglian" written on the front and a blue lotus pattern on the back fell into the hands of the tea stall owner and the waiter respectively.

This time, the tea stall owner and the waiter didn't dare to refuse. They took the money and the token with bitter faces and stiff bodies.

(End of this chapter)