Martial Arts World Assassin

Chapter 162 Prisoners in the Temple
When I returned to the mountain, the entire Qingliang Temple was silent and there was no one in sight.

Jiunan and Fei Hongjin were not sure where the Qing nobles that Huang Sixi mentioned were hiding.

They followed Huang Sixi to the roof of the Main Hall again and found that the area around the temple was pitch black and there was no candlelight, making the search extremely difficult.

Jiunan looked around for a while, but could not figure it out, so she asked Huang Sixi, "Where are the Tartar nobles?"

Huang Sixi pointed in the direction of the back door of Qingliang Temple and said, "There is a small hill nearby with a small temple on it. The Tartars should be in that temple."

Jiunan couldn't help but feel confused. It was pitch dark in the present environment. How did Huang Sixi see it?
Fei Hongjin stretched out her hand and stroked Huang Sixi's face, and asked curiously: "Brother Huang, can you see at night?"

She herself did not have such a skill, and she had never seen anyone who could see at night before. She thought to herself, could it be that Brother Huang had practiced some special internal skills that allowed him to see things clearly at night?

Huang Sixi didn't explain and suddenly jumped off the roof of the hall.

Jiunan and Fei Hongjin followed closely behind.

After the three of them landed, Huang Sixi signaled, "There is a martial monk in front of the temple. Let's use our Qinggong skills to rush over and try not to make any noise!"

Huang Sixi's eyes have the magical power of night vision, which is a special skill he inherited from the night-shining pearl given to him by Ji Wushi in "Swordsman".

He was standing on the top of the mountain looking out. There was actually no difference between night and day. He could see everything happening outside the mountain from afar.

Just now, he was standing on the roof of the temple and looking around, and found that there was a small old temple on the hillside about a mile away from the back door of Qingliang Temple. In front of the temple stood a group of tall martial monks.

These monks were holding staffs and iron pestles, and were in a posture of being on high alert, as if they were protecting some important person.

Huang Sixi immediately determined that the small temple should be Shunzhi's secluded place.

He led Jiunan and Fei Hongjin and rushed over.

The martial monks stationed outside the temple at this moment did not have the extraordinary talents of Huang Sixi, and they could not see the situation in Qingliang Temple. However, the Qing soldiers who had climbed the mountain with torches earlier aroused their vigilance, so they stationed at the temple gate to prevent assassins from coming.

While climbing the mountain, Huang Sixi looked at their number from a distance and found that there were only about ten people in total.

Huang Sixi could easily handle this situation, so he directly attacked the temple gate.

For fear of exposing their target, the monks did not dare to light the torches. They only noticed when Huang Sixi got close to them, but it was too late.

Huang Sixi fired two rounds of jade bee needles with his left and right hands, and the area in front of the temple gate was completely destroyed. Even if there were still monks who were lucky enough not to be hit by the needles, they could not stop the joint killing of Huang Sixi, Jiunan and Fei Hongjin.

In almost an instant, the temple gate was captured.

However, although the battle was short, the sound of fighting alarmed the Tartar nobles in the temple.

Suddenly, a small door opened behind the temple, and four monks rushed out of the door and ran quickly down the mountain.

Two of the monks faced the direction of Huang Sixi, fleeing while on guard, like bodyguards, while the other two monks were in a panic and just ran for their lives.

Huang Sixi noticed the movement at the back door, and he stood up from the ground, stepped on the roof of the temple with his toes, and immediately flipped to the mountain path at the back door.

Seeing this, Jiunan exerted force with both feet, used her supernatural powers to follow Huang Sixi closely. She also reminded Fei Hongjin: "Miss, you guard the temple gate. There may be some fish that have escaped the net in the temple. Don't let them rush out!"

Fei Hongjin was originally going to follow Huan Huang Sixi, but when she heard this, she stopped where she was, swung the whip in her hand, and blew open the temple door.

She wanted to rush in and search, but it was pitch dark inside and she couldn't see anything.

If there was an ambush inside, there would be a risk of being captured. She herself was not afraid of death, but if she was captured alive by the Tartars and used to threaten Huang Sixi, the outcome would be extremely embarrassing.

Taking this into consideration, she stood guard at the door and did not move rashly.

Looking at the back door, Huang Sixi went to chase the four fleeing monks.

As soon as he passed the back door, the two bodyguard monks jumped into the air and attacked him from the left and right.

The monk on the left used the Prajna Palm, and the monk on the right quickly pointed the One Finger Zen. Strong winds blew violently, showing that both of them had good internal strength.

Huang Sixi didn't care and said coldly: "Get out!"

He sent out both palms at the same time, one hitting the Prajna Palm, and the other hitting the One Finger Zen. With a "crack!" sound, the palms and fingers of the two men were instantly broken.

But Huang Sixi did not intend to kill, because he was not sure which of these monks was the real Shunzhi.

His purpose of this trip was to capture Shunzhi and then impersonate him, but if he could not confirm Shunzhi's identity, his impersonation plan would not be able to be implemented.

When he interrupted the Prajna Palm and One Finger Zen of the two men, his palm power suddenly changed, and he used the "Finger Magic" again. "Bang! " Two sounds, hitting the "Juque Point" on the chest of the two men.

The two men fell from the air with a muffled sound, and fell to the ground, unable to move.

At this time, Jiunan had already leaped forward more than ten feet away. Her lightness skills were very swift, and in a moment she had caught up with the other two monks who were just fleeing.

Huang Sixi immediately shouted from behind: "Don't kill anyone, leave some alive!"

After saying that, he chased after him.

When Jiunan heard Huang Sixi's signal, she naturally showed mercy. She pinched out two copper coins with her fingertips and threw them out with all her strength.

Because it was nighttime, Jiunan had no night vision. Even though she was only a few feet away from the two monks, she could only see two figures and could not identify the acupuncture points on their bodies.

She was worried that the coin would hit the two monks' vital parts, so she did not hit their upper bodies, but instead shot the hidden weapons at their legs.

The two monks' martial arts skills were not very high, and they were shocked by the copper coins and fell to the ground immediately.

Jiunan jumped and landed beside one of the monks, trying to capture him, but the monk was very cunning. While Jiunan was lowering his head, he threw a bag of lime, splashing dust all over the sky.

Jiunan has been practicing the art of moving in various forms for twenty to thirty years, and her lightness skills have reached perfection. Her reactions are extremely sharp, and even if she is attacked at night, she can take precautions instantly as long as she hears an unusual noise.

She quickly raised her left arm and placed it across her face to block the lime from entering her eyes.

With his other hand, he held several copper coins and used the Iron Sword Sect's unique move, 'Flower Rain All Over the Sky', to hit the monk with all of them.

But then a mournful cry was heard, and the monk soon became silent.

Jiunan lowered her arms and took a look, and was stunned.

After spreading the lime, the monk turned around and planned to continue to run for his life. As a result, the copper coins came and he failed to dodge in time, and was hit by one of the copper coins on the "Yuzhen point" on the back of his head. This is the fatal point of the human body, and it killed him in one blow.

Jiunan stared at the monk's body in a daze, not knowing how to explain to Huang Sixi.

Huang Sixi quickly flew to the nearby area, captured another monk with one hand, came to Jiunan, and began to check the injuries of the collapsed monk.

Jiunan acted inappropriately, her face flushed, and her voice sounded very awkward: "This monk threw poison powder at me, I thought he was a hidden weapon expert, so I threw a few more copper coins at him to stop him from using hidden weapons! Who knew that his martial arts were so poor that he couldn't even defend against his own fatal points!"

Huang Sixi did not blame her. When fighting at night, anything could happen.

Moreover, the deceased monk had delicate skin and tender flesh, and looked like a teenager of only ten years old. He was too young to be Shunzhi, so his death did not matter.

"Take the body and go back to the temple first!"

After a while, Huang Sixi and Jiunan carried the three monks and the corpse to the small temple.

Fei Hongjin was worried that there might be an ambush in the temple and did not dare to risk entering.

Huang Sixi, however, had no such concerns.

In the dark night, if there were really Tartars hiding in the temple, they would definitely not be able to see him, but he could see all the hidden ambushes.

Besides, there are only three rooms in the whole small temple. The left side is the Zen room for meditation and chanting, the middle is the reception hall, and the right side is the rest bedroom. There are no conditions for setting traps.

Huang Sixi placed the three monks and a corpse in the living room.

Then he led Jiunan and Fei Hongjin to the left and right rooms to check the situation.

There was no one in the Zen room, but there were two figures in the bedroom. However, these two people were not only tied up with ropes, but also had several vital points pressed on them, just like two prisoners.

Jiunan and Fei Hongjin could only hear the two people's breathing and could not see their faces.

Huang Sixi could see it clearly.

I saw an old man in his sixties or seventies lying on the ground. He had a white beard and was wearing a Confucian cap and robes. He had the bearing of a martial arts master. However, his eyes were stained with lime, so he closed his eyes tightly, as if he was in great pain.

On the bed on the other side, there was a handsome young man lying. Huang Sixi walked closer to take a look and found that the young man had a strong chest and must be a girl dressed as a man.

The girl also knew that she had become a prisoner, and tears kept rolling down her cheeks.

Huang Sixi raised his hand and pressed the girl's mute point, and asked her, "Who are you, and why are you imprisoned here?"

She seemed timid and spoke stutteringly: "I...I...Master, please save my master first! His eyes have been damaged by that little villain. If you don't save him, he will go blind!"

Huang Sixi said: "If you don't tell me your identity, I won't save you!"

The girl whimpered twice before she said, "My name is Mao Huanlian, and my master is Wuji Sect's Fu Qingzhu!"

"Huh? Is that Senior Fu?"

Jiunan obviously knew Fu Qingzhu. She squatted down, took out a fire starter, and shone it on the old man's face. Then she exclaimed in surprise, "It's really Senior Fu!"

She immediately wanted to untie the acupoints for Fu Qingzhu.

But Huang Sixi stopped her and said to her, "Who is this Fu Qingzhu? His presence in this temple is unusual. It's not too late to find out his origins before releasing him!"

Jiunan said quickly, "On our way to Mount Wutai, I mentioned the story of the Central Plains knights who joined forces to assassinate Shunzhi. Wuji Sword God Shan Sinan participated in the assassination. Senior Shan was born in the Wuji Sword Sect. He only has one fellow disciple, and that is Senior Fu Qingzhu!"

Fu Qingzhu was not only an expert in swordsmanship but also good at medicine. He was also a famous painter and calligrapher. He was keen on associating with talented people. He once met the famous scholar Mao Pijiang in Jiangnan and became his close friend.

Mao Pijiang was quite talented and was favored by the famous prostitute Dong Xiaowan from Jiangnan. Dong Xiaowan admired his talent and voluntarily became his concubine.

As a result, after the Ming Dynasty was destroyed and the Qing Dynasty took control of the Central Plains, Qing officials heard of Dong Xiaowan's fame and abducted her into the palace and gave her to Emperor Shunzhi.

At that time, Dong Xiaowan and Mao Pijiang had already married and had a child. Their daughter was Mao Huanlian. Not long after Dong Xiaowan was abducted, Mao Pijiang also died of depression.

Since Dong Xiaowan came from a brothel, Mao Pijiang was worried that his daughter Mao Huanlian would be bullied by her clansmen, so he entrusted Mao Huanlian to her close friend Fu Qingzhu for upbringing.

Mao Huanlian therefore joined the Wuji Sword Sect and followed Fu Qingzhu for more than ten years, learning both medical skills and martial arts. He is considered an outstanding rising star in the martial arts world today.

During Jiunan's wanderings in the martial arts world, she met master and apprentice Fu Qingzhu and Mao Huanlian many times. She knew that the Wuji Sword Sect had an excellent reputation. In the past, the Wuji Sword God Shan Sinan, the Golden Snake Hero Yuan Chengzhi, and the Wudang Hero Zhuo Yihang were known as the three great swordsmen of the Central Plains, and their martial arts skills were comparable.

After Shan Sinan passed away, Fu Qingzhu began to take charge of the Wuji Sword Sect, and the sect's reputation did not decline much. Jiunan was very clear that Fu Qingzhu's swordsmanship attainments were better than hers, and were not inferior to his brother Shan Sinan.

How could a swordsmanship master like Senior Fu be imprisoned in a dilapidated temple? Jiunan really couldn't understand.

After Huang Sixi listened to Jiunan's story about the origins of Fu Qingzhu and Mao Huanlian, he learned that both the master and the disciple were righteous men who fought against the Qing Dynasty and restored the Ming Dynasty. He asked Jiunan to untie the master and the disciple and untie their acupoints.

Fu Qingzhu was an expert in medicine, but lime was splashed in his eyes and he did not receive timely medical treatment. His eyeballs were severely burned and he was in danger of blindness.

Fu Qingzhu himself was powerless.

Huang Sixi took his pulse and sent him a stream of Rama Qi, and his eye injury was immediately suppressed.

This shocked him: "May I ask your name? You have the power to bring people back to health, and your medical skills are far superior to mine!"

Fei Hongjin raised the corner of her mouth slightly. She had long known that Huang Sixi was an excellent medical skill.

Jiunan was not aware that Huang Sixi was also a medical genius.

Huang Sixi did not respond to Fu Qingzhu's question. He only asked, "How did you get your eye injury? And why did you end up in this small temple?"

Fu Qingzhu has been wandering around the martial arts world for most of his life, and he has never suffered such a big loss as today. He couldn't help but sigh: "I have fallen into a trap and was defeated by a young monk who doesn't know martial arts. I am really ashamed. It's better not to mention the twists and turns!"

He was a master of swordsmanship, but was ambushed and became a prisoner. If the news spread to the martial arts world, it would definitely damage the reputation of the Wuji sect, so he was unwilling to mention it.

But Huang Sixi was his savior, and he couldn't avoid talking about everything.

Although he did not recount how he was captured, he did explain why he came to the small temple.

He just said, "My dear friend, Brother Maoxian's wife was abducted by the Tartars, and Brother Maoxian died with hatred in his heart. I wanted to find his relatives for my dear friend, and I have been investigating for more than ten years, but unfortunately I have never found anything. Until recently, I heard that Prince E Dogduo left Beijing and came to Mount Wutai for work, so I followed him."

(End of this chapter)