Martial Arts World Assassin

Chapter 188 Return to Sword Tomb
Between the barren mountains.

Huang Sixi stood alone in the moonlight, with only a dragon head statue as his companion.

He looked around and saw nothing but lush primeval forests. There were no signs of human presence or lights, and all he could hear were the roars of animals and the chirping of birds.

He had apparently landed in a deep forest and was temporarily unable to identify the terrain or figure out where he was.

At this time, half a year had passed since he returned to Swordsman.

During the past six months, he has been staying in Jianglong Villa to reunite with Lan Fenghuang.

During his absence, everything in The Smiling Proud Wanderer remained the same and nothing unexpected happened. He did not stay in Jianglong Villa for too long and decided to open the door to break the wall after half a year.

This broken-wall door is hidden on the Jiugong stone carvings on Junshan Island in Dongting Lake.

If Huang Sixi went alone, it would be very convenient, but he needed to bring a stone sculpture of a dragon head. This was the dragon vein he dug out from Luding Mountain in Liaodong. It contained the power to block the passage of time. No matter where he went in the future, he had to take it with him.

However, the dragon vein weighs more than a thousand pounds, and he cannot carry it long distances by himself. He needs to gather people to escort it, which delays a lot of time along the way.

Fortunately, everything went well and the dragon vein was finally safely delivered to Junshan and placed next to the Jiugong Stone Carving. After Huang Sixi activated the wall-breaking door on the stone carving, the dragon vein entered the door with him.

The moment he appeared, he broke through the wall and landed in this barren mountain.

Coincidentally, his dragon vein is about ten feet wide and long, and the door after breaking the wall is formed is of similar size, which can barely accommodate the passage. If the door is smaller, or the dragon vein is larger, it will be impossible to carry it.

But he had no way of carrying such a heavy and large stone object with him on the road, so he looked around, intending to find a hidden place nearby to temporarily bury the dragon vein.

The broken door of the Jiugong stone carving leads directly to "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".

He must be somewhere in the wilderness in The Legend of the Condor Heroes. When he has finished his adventures here, he will come back to dig out the dragon vein and take it away with him.

Thinking of this, he explored the terrain in all directions with the dragon vein as the center. If there was a pit or cave nearby that was suitable for accommodating the dragon vein, he could directly place the dragon vein there and then transport gravel and soil to fill it.

Although it was late at night, Huang Sixi was able to see at night and there were no obstacles in his exploration.

He looked to the left first.

Unexpectedly, when he had only walked a few dozen feet forward, he suddenly discovered a faint golden halo flashing in the grass.

The golden light showed no signs of shaking, so he guessed that it was some kind of strange stone or rare metal.

He immediately took another step forward, ready to take a closer look.

As a result, after walking only ten steps, the golden light suddenly jumped up, as long and narrow as lightning, and struck Huang Sixi in the face.

Huang Sixi quickly drew out the Dragon Subduing Sword and swung it lightly. The golden light broke into two pieces, which fell to the ground with a "pa". After twisting and shaking for a moment, it became stiff and motionless.

Huang Sixi lowered his head and took a closer look, and discovered that the golden light was actually a big snake as thick as a baby's arm, with a faint golden light all over its body. It was a very extraordinary species.

Huang Sixi had never seen this kind of snake before, but he knew that Ouyang Feng, the Western Poison in The Legend of the Condor Heroes, was good at controlling snakes, so he thought, "Could it be that I have come to White Camel Mountain?"

Then he reached to his waist and took out a piccolo about a foot long as a backup.

This flute is made of animal bones and was originally a relic of the first founder of the Five Poisons Sect.

Back then, Huang Sixi stripped Lan Fenghuang of the Three Corpses' Brain Pill. Out of gratitude, Lan Fenghuang took the Five Poison Sect's ancestral property and joined Huang Sixi, which included the bone flute.

Huang Sixi inherited a "Snake Driving Method" on the flute, which can help him control the snakes.

Unfortunately, he searched the nearby plains but could not find any other snakes, nor did he find the terrain he was looking for.

Beyond the plains were barren mountains. If he wanted to continue his exploration, he would have to climb over the mountains, which was a long journey. So he planned to return to the dragon vein to rest for a night and then continue his exploration after daybreak.

Thinking of this, he began to return the same way.

When we were halfway there, we suddenly heard a burst of exciting and desolate eagle cries coming from behind the mountain.

The eagle's cry was so majestic and loud that it could be clearly heard by Huang Sixi even across the mountains.

He was puzzled again: "Why are there eagles calling here? Could it be that I am not on White Camel Mountain, but on Peach Blossom Island?"

Guo Jing is the hero of The Legend of the Condor Heroes, and he owns a pair of white eagles with very human nature.

Huang Sixi thought again: "When Guo Jing accompanied Huang Rong to Taohua Valley to live in seclusion, the second Huashan Sword Contest had already ended, and the legendary story of The Legend of the Condor Heroes had also ended. I can't travel back to after the second sword contest!"

Not likely.

With this doubt in mind, he followed the eagle's cry.

Soon he walked into a valley and sneaked near Diao Ming.

He pushed aside the bushes and looked forward, with a look of slight surprise, and a look of enlightenment gradually appeared on his face.

Seeing Diao Ming's appearance with his own eyes, he already knew where he was.

The big eagle in front of him had a very majestic figure, even taller than Huang Sixi.

The eagle looked extremely ugly, with sparse feathers all over its body, as if most of them had been plucked out. The remaining feathers were yellow and black in color, and they had not been cleaned for many years, so they were covered in mud.

Look at the head of this ugly eagle again. It has a hooked and curved beak and a blood-red tumor on the forehead. It is really a majestic bird of prey.

It spread its wings and paced vigorously, with a majestic aura, but its body was too heavy, and no matter how it flapped its wings, it could not fly off the ground.

Huang Sixi nodded secretly when he saw this: "This bird should be the eagle guarding Dugu Qiubai's tomb and sword tomb outside Xiangyang City!"

During the period of The Legend of the Condor Heroes, the eagle never appeared until the Return of the Condor Heroes, when Yang Guo mistakenly entered the sword tomb, and then the eagle showed up.

When Yang Guo found Dugu Qiubai's tomb, he speculated that many famous masters and predecessors in the martial arts world at that time had never mentioned Dugu Qiubai, which proved that Dugu Qiubai was a martial arts figure at least sixty or seventy years ago.

At that time, Yang Guo was only about twenty years old.

If Huang Sixi appeared at the beginning of The Legend of the Condor Heroes, then it should have been forty or fifty years since Dugu Qiubai fell in the sword tomb.

The eagle once followed Dugu Qiubai around when he was alive, and it must have lived in the sword tomb for at least forty or fifty years.

As the saying goes, age makes wisdom, no wonder it understands human nature so well.

At this moment, eight huge golden snakes were swimming under the eagle's feet. The snakes looked exactly the same as the golden snake that Huang Sixi had just killed.

These golden snakes moved as fast as the wind. Huang Sixi thought that the eagle would need a lot of effort to repel the enemy if they surrounded it. However, the eagle was more agile. It first stepped on the snakes with its claws, then suddenly lowered its head and pecked at them eight times in a row at an incredibly fast speed. The eight snakes instantly collapsed to the ground and died.

Huang Sixi couldn't help but show admiration on his face, this eagle looked bulky, but it was able to suppress the snakes that were known for their swimming speed, which was rare.

However, Huang Sixi changed his mind and thought: "When the eagle followed Dugu Qiubai, he often saw Dugu Qiubai practicing martial arts, so he followed him and learned, and gradually acquired the skills of a martial arts master. His martial arts are incomparable!" After the eagle killed the eight snakes, it pecked open the snake's belly with its beak and bit out a purple snake gall. It was a gifted species with teeth in its mouth, so it did not swallow the food whole, but chewed it in big mouthfuls, eating with relish.

When Huang Sixi saw the snake gallbladders, he immediately thought of Yang Guo’s broken arm. The eagle collected snake gallbladders for Yang Guo to take every day. This kind of snake gallbladder can not only heal injuries, but also enhance internal strength.

But before the eagle could peck out the gallbladders of all eight snakes, Huang Sixi suddenly smelled a strong fishy stench spreading nearby, accompanied by a rustling sound of crawling things.

Huang Sixi knew that another big snake was approaching.

The eagle also sensed something, turned around suddenly, and croaked urgently.

I saw a giant python hanging upside down on the branch of the willow tree behind me.

The body of the python was as thick as a bowl, and its head was triangular, lowering to the same level as the eagle's head. The snake's mouth suddenly opened and spit out a pink poisonous mist.

The eagle did not dodge or evade. Instead, it opened its mouth and sucked all the poisonous mist into its belly. The giant python sprayed the poisonous mist three times, which was all sucked up by the eagle.

Seeing this, the giant python quickly retracted its head, as if it realized that the eagle was not easy to deal with and wanted to escape.

The eagle's cry became louder, and it was obvious that it was not going to give in. It thrust its head forward and pecked the python's left eye, causing blood to gushed out immediately, leaving a bloody hole.

The giant python was blinded and became extremely ferocious. It jumped up with its head and bit the eagle's special tumor. The next moment, the several-meter-long snake body had broken away from the willow tree and was completely wrapped around the eagle.

The snake's body suddenly tightened, and the eagle fell on its back with a "bang!"

Under the tremendous restraint, the eagle's cry gradually became weaker and it was on the verge of death.

Huang Sixi was very surprised to see this. He thought that the eagle was very powerful and could kill snakes easily. Could it be that it could not defeat the giant python?

He came out and took a closer look, and found that the eagle's eyes were slightly rolled up, showing signs of fainting.

If the giant python were to entangle the eagle for a while longer, the eagle would probably lose its life.

Huang Sixi immediately drew out the Dragon Subduing Sword, aimed it at the python's neck, and chopped it down with all his strength.

His Dragon Subduing Sword is the most powerful weapon in the world. Even if it encounters a sharp black iron weapon, it can still cut a hole in it. No matter how strong the giant python's skin is, it is unlikely to withstand his attack.

As a result, he struck with his sword, and with a "clang" sound, except for a blood mark on the python's skin, the python's neck was actually intact.

Huang Sixi was very confused and thought to himself, could it be that this python had cultivated into a demon? Why was its skin so thick and tough?

But if it really had some magic power, it would be impossible for it to let the eagle peck out one of its eyes.

There must be something strange about its python body.

Huang Sixi held the sword and swung it a second time. The effect was the same as the first one, but Huang Sixi could clearly hear that every time the Dragon Subduing Sword hit the python's skin, there would always be a sound of metal clashing. This meant that there might be some foreign metal hidden in the snake's belly, blocking the Dragon Subduing Sword's attack for the giant python.

At this time, the giant python had already sensed the threat from Huang Sixi. The python suddenly released its mouth from the tumor on the eagle's forehead and instead stared at Huang Sixi, gurgling and spitting out poisonous mist.

Huang Sixi immediately raised his arm, aimed at the snake's mouth, and stabbed it with his sword.

This time, the giant python could no longer resist and was pierced through the snake's palate by the Dragon Subduing Sword. The sword then twisted and directly cut off half of the snake's head.

The giant python died on the spot, but its body did not loosen up because of its death.

In order to save the eagle, Huang Sixi could only continue to chop the python's body with his sword.

As the python's neck was as hard as iron and could not be cut off immediately, Huang Sixi started from the python's tail. This time the effect was very good, and the python's tail was cut into two pieces with one sword.

Huang Sixi chopped from the snake's tail to the python's belly. He saw the python's body break into several pieces, but he never encountered anything unusual.

Only the three-foot area under the python's neck can block the Dragon Subduing Sword.

Huang Sixi was thoughtful. He took out a black iron dagger and peeled off the python's skin. He was shocked to find a soft sword with a shining purple light hidden inside the python's body.

Huang Sixi took the purple sword, took a look at it, and couldn't help but think of the words left by Dugu Qiubai in the sword tomb.

Dugu Qiubai had a purple violet soft sword, which he used before he was thirty years old. Because it was unlucky to accidentally injure a righteous man, he threw it into a deep valley.

Huang Sixi thought that this purple sword must be the Ziwei Sword. After Dugu Qiubai lost the sword into the deep valley, it was swallowed by a giant python. It hid in the python's belly for decades and only reappeared today.

"I already have the Dragon Sword, so the Purple Myrtle Sword is dispensable!"

Huang Sixi did not value the sword itself. Instead, he hoped that sword patterns would appear on the sword, revealing Dugu Qiubai's martial arts legacy. Unfortunately, there was nothing on the sword for the time being.

However, the Ziwei Sword has been soaked in the giant python's body for many years, and the sword body has long been covered with snake venom. If Huang Sixi encounters a large group of criminals in the future and does not intend to hold back, it would be most appropriate to use the Ziwei Sword to kill them.

This poisonous sword can kill people with just a scratch on the skin or flesh.

The sword is as soft as silk and can even be bent several times and wrapped around the wrist, making it very convenient to carry.

When he put away the Ziwei Sword, the eagle slowly woke up. It first glanced at the broken body of the python beside it, then stood up staggeringly, staring with its eagle eyes, and looked at Huang Sixi curiously.

After watching for a while, it regained its energy and started to bark at Huang Sixi.

Huang Sixi knew that it understood human nature, so he smiled and said, "Are you thanking me for saving your life?"

The eagle immediately raised its head, revealing a proud look.

It took a few steps forward, stepped on the python's neck, and used its eagle claws to tear open the python's flesh. It saw a dark brown color in the flesh, which was a sign of poisoning.

Then it lowered its head towards Huang Sixi and showed him the tumor on its forehead.

Huang Sixi hesitated for a moment and tried to ask, "The tumor on your head is also poisonous? Even if I don't save you, can you poison the python to death?"

When the eagle saw that Huang Sixi understood its meaning, it began to dance with its wings and its subsequent calls were clearly filled with joy.

Its tumor is not only highly toxic, but also anti-toxic, making it immune to all poisons. Just now, it opened its mouth and sucked away the poisonous mist spewed by the giant python, relying on the tumor to detoxify.

It is not afraid of the giant python biting its tumor, but it is a way to defeat the enemy.

However, it takes time for it to neutralize the poison. If Huang Sixi had not acted in time, it might have been strangled to death by the giant python before it could poison the python.

But it was still grateful to Huang Sixi for rescuing it. It suddenly turned sideways, flapped its wings towards Huang Sixi, and shook its head towards the sword tomb.

The meaning is very clear, it wants to invite Huang Sixi to visit its home.

They were already good friends, so it planned to give Huang Sixi some gifts.

But Huang Sixi knew what the gift was, so he was not in a hurry to go to the sword tomb. Instead, he asked, "I have something that needs to be kept in a safe place, but it's too heavy. Brother Eagle, can you help me carry it?"

(End of this chapter)