Martial Arts World Assassin

Chapter 155 Blood-based alliance
When Huang Sixi heard Zen Master Tianmeng mention the Dragon Subduing Palm, he couldn't help but think of an event from the past.

When Huang Sixi left Bixuejianghu, he entrusted Tie Luohan and Hu Guinan to look after the treasure of Tianning Temple in Jingzhou City.

In order to prevent the treasure from being lost, Huang Sixi taught Tie Luohan the three moves of the Dragon Subduing Palm, one of which is the Dragon's Tail Swing.

If Zen Master Tianmeng did not make a mistake in his palm technique, then the dragon-slaying monk he mentioned might be the Iron Arhat.

Huang Sixi wanted to know this, so he asked Zen Master Tianmeng: "Is the Dragon Slayer Monk still in Tibet?"

Zen Master Tianmeng said, "The Tibetan border is just like here, and they are also resisting the invasion of the Qing court. The Dragon Slayer Monk assassinated the Qing emperor and shocked the world. He was deeply appreciated by the dignitaries in Tibet. He is highly respected there, so naturally he doesn't need to leave."

Huang Sixi took a look at the lama attire of Zen Master Tianmeng and suddenly asked, "You are a Tibetan monk, but you are colluding with the Qing court officials. I guess you are not valued in Tibet, right?"

There are very few martial arts masters in Tibet.

Although Zen Master Tianmeng's martial arts skills are not as good as those of the Dragon Slaying Monk, he is still considered a top-notch fighter. He actually has a great reputation and status in Tibet.

However, the Qing government tried to recruit him many times and offered him more benefits. Moreover, the Tibetan border forces were relatively weak and would most likely be swept away by the Qing government in the future. For the sake of future considerations, he secretly surrendered to the Qing government.

Of course, he did not intend to die for the Qing court, he just wanted to be a fence-sitter. This time he came to visit Nalan Hideyoshi, he was just pretending, and had no intention of risking his life for Nalan Hideyoshi.

It was just his bad luck that he met Huang Sixi and was beaten to death in one move.

He had just had his internal organs and heart meridians shattered by Huang Sixi's palm strike, and he was holding on by a single breath. When he heard Huang Sixi's sarcastic question, his strength suddenly drained away, and he died on the spot.

Seeing him dead, Fei Hongjin introduced his background to Huang Sixi: "There is a Tianlong Sect in Tibet. The head of the sect, Zen Master Tianlong, is an outstanding martial artist. He created 126 styles of Tianlong Palm Technique and is well-known as a master. He has many disciples in Tibet. This Zen Master Tianmeng is the junior brother of Zen Master Tianlong."

"Since he is a great master of a sect, his martial arts should be at the pinnacle. How big is the gap between Zen Master Tianlong and Master Huiming of the Tianshan Sect?" Huang Sixi asked.

"Tianlong is still far from being Master Huiming!" Fei Hongjin showed a mocking look:

"Back then, Tianlong admired Master Huiming's martial arts and swordsmanship, and wanted to challenge Master Huiming. However, Master Huiming did not show up, but instead sent his eldest disciple Yang Yuncong to the Tibetan border to compete with him!"

"How is the result?"

"Yang Yuncong regarded Tianlong as his senior. When he became a disciple, he specifically asked for a duel with Tianlong's senior disciple. In the end, he defeated Tianlong's senior disciple with one move. Tianlong thought that his martial arts skills were not as good as Yang Yuncong's, so he didn't dare to compete with Yang Yuncong at all. Instead, he lowered his status and treated Yang Yuncong as an equal."

Fei Hongjin looked down on Zen Master Tianlong during her conversation. She felt that Zen Master Tianlong was the same as Qi Zhenjun of the Changbai Sect. Although he was a master of a sect, his martial arts skills were not in line with those of a master.

Fei Hongjin continued, "The best fighter in Tibet is the Dragon Slayer Monk. It is said that when the Dragon Slayer Monk went to Tibet to seek refuge, he once fought with the Heavenly Dragon and defeated the Heavenly Dragon with his Dragon Slayer Palm Technique! Mr. Huang, are you really the Dragon Slayer Monk's descendant?"

Huang Sixi shook his head: "I told you when we were outside the city that I learned all my martial arts by myself."

"So do you know the Dragon Slayer Monk?"

"What is his Buddhist name?"

"This... I have never been to the Central Plains or the Tibetan border, so I don't know much about the Dragon Slayer Monk's life story."

"If he doesn't have a Dharma name, then I have to meet him in person to know if he is an old friend of mine."

After saying this, Huang Sixi walked to the desk and began to interrogate Nalan Xiuji.

Fei Hongjin followed him, still talking about the Dragon Slayer Monk tirelessly: "I heard Master mention before that the Dragon Slayer Monk went to assassinate the Qing emperor in order to avenge a great hero in the Central Plains who almost destroyed the Qing Dynasty single-handedly."

Huang Sixi said nonchalantly: "Is it so exaggerated that one person destroyed the Qing Dynasty?"

Fei Hongjin laughed dumbly: "At first I also thought it was a bit exaggerated. I thought it was a legend made up by the people of the Central Plains in order to find a place to rely on. Even the great hero might not really exist. However..."

"But what?"

"Later, my master confirmed with his own mouth that the great hero really existed, and I believed it! The Three Dragon Slaying Palms used by the Dragon Slaying Monk were actually taught by the great hero. People in the Central Plains call that great hero the Dragon Subduing Hero, and that's why the Three Dragon Slaying Palms is called the Dragon Subduing Palm."

"Oh, the Dragon Subduing Palm that Tian Meng has been talking about just now, turns out this is its origin!"

"That's right! The Dragon-Subduing Hero is the most famous hero in the Central Plains. His prestige is much greater than that of the Golden Snake Hero. It is so great that the Qing government issued a ban that anyone who dared to mention the word "Dragon-Subduing" in a book would have his property confiscated and his head beheaded immediately. They were afraid that someone in the Central Plains would use the name of the Dragon-Subduing Hero to start a rebellion!"

"Since the Qing government has such strict control, the Dragon Slayer will be forgotten in a few years!"

"How could it be so easy to forget! The Qing court did not allow the story of the Dragon Subduing Hero to be spread, so the people of the Central Plains used 'Huang Si Xianggong' to refer to the Dragon Subduing Hero. It is said that the Dragon Subduing Hero's real name is Huang! Hey, Hero Huang, it seems that your surname is Huang too!"

Fei Hongjin couldn't help but become suspicious.

Just now, Zen Master Tianmeng spoke eloquently. The palm technique used by Huang Sixi was the Dragon Subduing Palm, and the Dragon Subduing Palm was passed down from the Dragon Subduing Hero. In this world, only the Dragon Slayer Monk has inherited it.

If Huang Sixi is not the descendant of the Dragon Slaying Monk, then isn't he the descendant of the Dragon Subduing Hero?
Because Huang Sixi looked too young, Fei Hongjin did not associate Huang Sixi with the Dragon Subduing Hero himself. After all, the Dragon Subduing Hero's deeds had happened twenty or thirty years ago. Even if the Dragon Subduing Hero was still alive, he would be in his forties or fifties.

So Fei Hongjin subconsciously thought that Huang Sixi might have inherited the mantle of the Dragon Subduing Hero.

She was about to ask for clarification.

Huang Sixi has already used the soul-transferring technique and started to torture Nalan Hideyoshi.

She was more concerned about the hostages from the southern Xinjiang tribes, so she just stood aside in silence and did not disturb Huang Sixi from casting the spell.

After a while, Huang Sixi finished the interrogation and learned the detailed situation of the hostages.

He then took out the yellow mud for disguise and began to change his appearance to resemble that of Nalan Xiuji.

Wait until Huang Sixi completes his disguise and puts on Nalan Hideyoshi's official uniform.

Fei Hongjin felt that Nalan Xiuji was of no use anymore, so he drew the scimitar from his waist and was ready to kill Nalan Xiuji.

Huang Sixi grabbed his wrist and said, "You can't kill him now."

"Can't I kill you? Why?"

"You just said that the Nalan family were all high-ranking officials in the Qing court."

"It's because there are too many high-ranking officials that the harm they cause is greater, so they should be killed as soon as possible!"

"But you can't do it!"

"Who will kill him then?"

Fei Hongjin couldn't understand. It was just killing a Qing general. It wouldn't matter who he killed.
Huang Sixi saw that she was too slow to react and had no long-term plans, so she was not a good general. No wonder she led the troops of the grasslands but could never defeat the Qing army. But she was a bold and straightforward person with a pure mind and a sense of justice, so she could be trusted.

Huang Sixi explained to her: "This time the Qing soldiers plotted against the chiefs of the twenty-four tribes, but captured them instead of killing them. Their purpose was to persuade them to surrender. The Qing court is so powerful right now that it's hard to guarantee that they won't be frightened and think of surrendering. After we rescue them, we need to think of a way to completely stop them from surrendering!"

Fei Hongjin suddenly understood: "Master Huang means to let the twenty-four clan leaders kill Nalan Xiuji? Then they will offend the important officials and princes of the Qing court and will not dare to surrender anymore?"

Nalan Mingzhu, the Minister of Punishments of the Qing Dynasty, was the nephew of Nalan Hideyoshi, and Dogduo, the Prince of E of the Qing Dynasty, was the son-in-law of Nalan Hideyoshi.

As long as the 24 clan leaders killed Nalan Xiuji, they would surely be retaliated by the Qing court, and then they would have only one way left to go, which was to resist to the death.

Huang Sixi said: "After rescuing the chiefs and elders of the twenty-four tribes, we will hold a public memorial ceremony and let them kill Nalan Xiuji together!"

Fei Hongjin felt that Huang Sixi's consideration was very prudent, and secretly wondered why he could not come up with such a good idea?
She also thought that Huang Sixi's martial arts skills were unfathomable and his handling of matters was flawless. This time when he sneaked into Yizhou City, Huang Sixi had already planned all the details of the operation to rescue the hostages. She didn't have to worry about anything and just had to follow his orders.

She said, "Mr. Huang, what do we need to do next?"

Huang Sixi glanced outside the study, and the sky gradually darkened: "It's almost dark, it's not suitable to release the hostages tonight, send Nalan Xiuji and Nalan Rongruo out of the city first!"

After saying that, Huang Sixi took out the corpse powder and dealt with the body of Zen Master Tianmeng.

Then he asked Fei Hongjin to stay in the study to guard Nalan Xiuji and Nalan Rongruo.

He went out and made the arrangements himself.

First, a carriage was parked outside the study door, and at the same time an order was given to the Nalan Mansion that Zen Master Tianmeng was to leave the city by carriage. The old Zen master liked quietness and would not allow anyone to stop him.

The entire Nalan Mansion was guarded by Nalan Hideyoshi alone. No one dared to disobey any of his orders, let alone question them.

After Huang Sixi left the carriage and led the guards to evacuate, Fei Hongjin went out and saw that there was no one around, so she put Nalan Xiuji and Nalan Rongruo into the carriage.

When she drove the carriage out of the mansion, Huang Sixi was waiting for her at the gate and watched her drive away from Yizhou City.

In this way, Fei Hongjin left the city first.

She drove to Langya Ridge, dozens of miles away, and stopped. This was the meeting place she and Huang Sixi had agreed to meet.

She waited on the mountain all night.

The next afternoon, a fierce sound of horse hooves was heard.

She immediately became alert, stood on the top of the mountain and looked out, and found a group of black cavalry rushing towards this side.

When they reached the foot of the mountain, the group of riders slowed down noticeably.

Soon after, the shouts of Kuka, the chief of the Lobu tribe, and several elders rang out at the foot of the mountain: "Hamaya, Hamaya, are you here? Come out quickly!"

Fei Hongjin immediately ran down the mountain.

There were more than one hundred riders in the group, they were the leaders of the twenty-four tribes in southern Xinjiang who were captured in Yizhou City. Most of them were middle-aged and elderly people in their thirties or fifties. They had all seen Fei Hongjin before, and even though they had just survived a calamity, it did not affect their cheerful mood.

After seeing Fei Hongjin, they all dismounted and laughed: "Our famous grassland heroine is back. You haven't forgotten us old friends after all!"

At this time, Huang Sixi was still sitting on the horse. There was a big man standing on his left, who did not fall off the horse.

The big man looked to be in his forties, with a thick beard. He was Menglu, the chief of the Kadar tribe. His hands were tied with ropes, and he looked listless and terrified.

Meng Lu knew that his end was near, and he anxiously pleaded with Huang Sixi: "Hero from the Central Plains, I am willing to give you half of the Kadar tribe pasture, and let my most beautiful daughter Manlis kneel at your feet and let her serve you for life. I only ask you to say a word and forgive my betrayal!"

Seeing that Huang Sixi turned a deaf ear and remained silent, Meng Lu looked even more frightened: "I can give you all the pastures and be your horse servant! Heroes of the Central Plains, please open your eyes of wisdom. Although you saved the leaders of these tribes, the wealth they gave you is not more than that of the Kadar tribe!"

Huang Sixi turned his head and glanced at him: "I didn't save people for wealth, I just wanted to deal with the Qing soldiers."

"I can also deal with the Qing soldiers! I hate the Qing soldiers to the core, really!"

Meng Lu spitted everywhere and began to swear: "I am willing to be the sharpest scimitar in your hand and the most loyal hound under your command. I will only live to kill the Qing soldiers. Please give me a chance to live!"

Huang Sixi is from the Central Plains. He has no herdsmen under his command. What’s the use of asking for the ranch?

Even if he forgives Meng Lu today, Meng Lu will rebel against him in the future.

So he planned to leave the decision of how to deal with Meng Lu to the twenty-four tribes.

His mission this time was only to rescue the hostages of these tribes and not to control them. As long as these tribes continued to fight against the Qing troops in the future, he could return to the Central Plains with peace of mind, and it would be easier to destroy the Qing court then.

At this time, Fei Hongjin had already met with the leaders of the 24 tribes, and they surrounded her and came to Huang Sixi.

She drew out her scimitar with a swish, pointed it at Huang Sixi, and shouted, "Without Hero Huang going deep into the tiger's den, there would be no future for us tribes on the grassland. Today, we swear an oath of blood with Hero Huang and become friends for life and death. From now on, we tribes on the grassland must do our best to work together with Hero Huang to fight against the Qing army!"

When she saw that Huang Sixi had rescued all the hostages from the 24 tribes without hurting a single person, she concluded that Huang Sixi was a man of great talent and had the ability to serve as the leader of the tribes on the southern Xinjiang grasslands.

But Huang Sixi is a Han Chinese from the Central Plains and has no roots in the grassland. No matter how talented Huang Sixi is, he will not be accepted by the grassland tribes for the time being.

Precisely because of her identity, Fei Hongjin's wording was quite cautious. She only said that they were in the same boat to fight against the Qing army, and did not ask the troops to obey Huang Sixi's orders.

The twenty-four tribal leaders present were saved by Huang Sixi, but this was a personal favor. If they were asked to pledge allegiance to Huang Sixi with their entire tribe, they would rather stay in the prison in Yizhou City and continue to bargain with the Qing court.

After hearing Fei Hongjin's covenant, they immediately responded positively: "We swear an oath of blood to fight against the Qing army together!"

The shouting is over.

More than ten tribe leaders present pointed their fingers at Meng Lu and said, "The Kadar tribe betrayed our brothers on the grassland and almost killed us. We should unite and wipe out the Kadar tribe, and then give the pasture and cattle and sheep to Hero Huang as a reward for his rescue!"

The other tribe leaders looked at each other, feeling a little timid: "We must repay Mr. Huang's kindness, but the Kadar tribe has a large number of soldiers. Even if our twenty-four tribes join forces, we may not be able to win!"

The dozen or so clan leaders turned around and walked towards Fei Hongjin's carriage, captured Nalan Xiuji and Nalan Rongruo, and threw them under the carriage.

These clan leaders were all hardliners who fought against the Qing army. Fei Hongjin's proposal to swear an oath of blood and hold a public sacrifice for Nalan Xiuji was immediately approved by them.

They proposed: "Let Meng Lu also participate in the killing of the two Qing nobles, and then pretend to be a Kadar knight to send Nalan Xiuji's head back to Yizhou City, deliberately provoking the Qing soldiers. The Qing soldiers will definitely retaliate against the Kadar territory first. Then the Kadar people will either wait for destruction or surrender to our twenty-four tribes. We will force the Kadar people to have no way out and voluntarily hand over the ranch wealth!"

(End of this chapter)