Martial Arts World Assassin

Chapter 206: Shock in the Palace
The palace hall.

Huang Sixi was hiding on the wall window, concentrating on listening to the movements outside the hall.

With his current internal strength, he could clearly distinguish the number of people outside the hall and the distance between them and him by the sound of their footsteps.

As long as these people enter his ambush range, he will immediately appear and take action.

After a while, Temujin led his entourage back to the hall and walked slowly towards his throne.

He originally planned to massacre hundreds of thousands of people in Samarkand, but Guo Jing pleaded with him to spare the lives of the people based on his military achievements. He did not ignore Guo Jing's contributions, so he stopped the massacre and withdrew his troops back to the palace.

But he was extremely angry. Since he became the Khan, no one dared to disobey his orders. Guo Jing was the only exception. He was so angry that he wanted to severely punish Guo Jing.

When his daughter Hua Zheng heard about this, she was worried that Guo Jing would be punished, so she brought a VIP from the Mongolian army with her to come over and try to persuade him to calm down.

This distinguished guest is Qiu Chuji, the Changchunzi of the Quanzhen Sect.

Before Temujin's expedition to the west last year, he felt that he was old and weak, and was eager to seek a way to immortality. He heard that there was a legend in the Central Plains about a Taoist who was immortal and had ascended to heaven, so he went to Guo Jing to inquire about the situation.

It is not known whether what Guo Jing said about ascending to heaven and becoming an immortal is true or not, but it is true that practicing Qigong can prolong life.

Temujin was overjoyed when he heard this, and asked Guo Jing to find a Taoist priest who could prolong his life. Guo Jing praised Quanzhen Sect as the authentic Taoist sect in the world, so he recommended Qiu Chuji.

Temujin immediately issued an imperial decree, summoning Qiu Chuji to the Mongolian army tent for an audience.

At that time, Qiu Chuji was already in his sixties or seventies and was unwilling to travel long distances. However, the area outside Mount Zhongnan where he lived was about to be captured by the Mongolian Tartars. He had a premonition that the Central Plains would fall into the hands of the Mongolian Tartars in the future. If he did not obey Temujin's edict, it might bring disaster to the Quanzhen Sect in the future.

In addition, Qiu Chuji heard that the Mongolian Tartars were accustomed to massacres, so he also hoped to meet Temujin and persuade the Mongolian army to stop killing after entering the Central Plains.

With all these considerations in mind, Qiu Chuji led his eighteen Quanzhen disciples and traveled thousands of miles to the battlefield in the Western Regions.

Qiu Chuji received the imperial edict last year. He set out late and traveled slowly, and it took him several months to travel west. He only recently arrived in Samarkand. However, he experienced a series of massacres upon entering the city, which made him extremely depressed.

Walking beside Temujin at this moment, Qiu Chuji did not feel that Temujin was a living person, but rather a cold-blooded beast that seemed ready to tear him to pieces at any time.

He had seen many ups and downs in the Central Plains and was known for his hatred of evil, but when he followed Temujin into the palace, he behaved gently and politely, and his hot temper was completely restrained.

After entering the palace, Temujin could not wait to sit on the throne and asked: "Master, you have come from the west and have seen the might of our Mongolian army. Do you have any poems to praise us?"

Qiu Chuji said: "I saw the Khan's mighty attack on cities and plundering lands along the way, and I was moved and wrote two poems!"

His poems contain a sense of compassion for the world and are intended to persuade Temujin to kill fewer innocent people.

Temujin could not understand the poetry from the Central Plains, so he asked the accompanying civil servant Yelu Chucai to translate it for him. Yelu Chucai and Qiu Chuji shared the same idea of stopping killing, so he translated it literally.

But after hearing this, Temujin felt even more unhappy. Killing was a deterrent to the enemy and also a reward to his soldiers. Being too kind and soft-hearted would not keep his throne secure, nor would he be able to conquer Khwarezm.

He also knew that this kind of talk would not make sense to a Taoist monk, so he immediately changed the subject: "I heard that there is a method of immortality in the Central Plains. I hope the Taoist priest can teach me!"

Just as Qiu Chuji was about to express his views, he had already stepped into Huang Sixi's ambush range. He saw Huang Sixi suddenly push open the curtain and leap out.

Qiu Chuji stopped immediately, shook his whisk, and placed a silk shield beside Temujin, shouting, "There's an assassin!"

But before he could shout, Huang Sixi's attack had already begun, and no one around him had reacted yet.

Huang Sixi filled his hands with jade bee needles and threw them towards the densely packed crowd in the hall.

The first three needles were all aimed at Temujin.

One of the needles was blocked by Qiu Chuji's silk shield. After the needle penetrated the silk shield, it was intercepted by Qiu Chuji using Quanzhen swordsmanship.

With a "ding!" sound, the jade bee needle hit Qiu Chuji's whisk.

Qiu Chuji thought the crisis had been resolved, but the needle had its own invisible energy, and it continued to rush forward along the whisk, and shot into Qiu Chuji's right arm with a "poof!"

Qiu Chuji was hit by the Qi force and immediately felt a piercing pain in his arm. Then his entire arm began to feel cold and became stiff and unable to move.

Qiu Chuji was secretly shocked: "What kind of martial arts is this? It's so vicious!"

The key point is that the opponent launched an offensive on a large scale, relying on his own strength to fight against hundreds of people in the hall. Qiu Chuji was just an accidental target of the opponent's needles. If all the flying needles hit Qiu Chuji, he dared not imagine what the consequences would be. He might have died on the spot.

Qiu Chuji believed that he was quite skilled in martial arts. In the Central Plains martial arts world, except for the Five Great Masters, he was not afraid of any master. But who was this assassin today?
When he was in doubt, the other two jade bee needles had already passed over his head and shot towards Temujin from high above.

When the two needles were still several feet away from Temujin, a bare-headed guard wearing armor leaped up from behind Temujin, stretched out his arms, exposed one finger each, and with two "bangs!", he flicked the two needles away with his fingertips.

But the two needles still had some power left and continued to spread downwards.

The bald guard was very surprised. It was too late for him to stop it, so he simply stretched out his palm and steadily intercepted the energy of the two needles, allowing the energy to hit his palm, thus destroying the two needles' killing moves.

"Bone-piercing needle! It turns out to be a Persian assassin!"

As soon as the energy entered his body, the bald guard knew the origin of the killing move.

The "Bone-penetrating Needle" is a Western martial art, which Qiu Chuji could not recognize, but he recognized the finger technique used by the bald guard and thought, "This man is using the Shaolin Temple's Vajra Finger, and he has no hair. Could it be that a Shaolin disciple has left the Central Plains to serve the Mongolian army?"

He didn't have time to think about it because the assassin was still in action.

He had already seen the assassin's true appearance at this moment. Huang Sixi was jumping in the air and scattering flying needles. He could see clearly that Huang Sixi had a thick beard, an eagle nose and blue eyes, which were indeed the characteristics of a person from the Western Regions.

In fact, he was afraid that the assassin was from the Central Plains. The Mongolian Tartars had committed many bloody crimes in the Central Plains. If a righteous man from the Central Plains came to assassinate the Tartar leader, it would be to eliminate harm for the people of the Central Plains. If he tried to stop the assassin, he would be ashamed of the people of the Central Plains.

But when he saw that Huang Sixi had the appearance of a person from the Western Regions, he no longer felt guilty.

If he could help the Mongolian army capture the assassin, it would be easier for him to offer Temujin the idea of stopping the killing.

Huang Sixi certainly knew the name of Qiu Chuji, but he didn't meet many people after he made his debut in the martial arts world, so he didn't know who Qiu Chuji was.

Now that he had launched the assassination attempt, he would show absolutely no mercy, and he would remove without hesitation any obstacle that tried to stop him from killing Temujin.

The moment he appeared, he used the Jade Bee Needle to clear a path.

The sound of "whoosh!" was heard all the time.

At this time, there were several hundred people in the hall, most of whom were Temujin's personal soldiers. All of them were brave warriors who had experienced hundreds of battles, brave and fierce, and ready to die.

When they heard Qiu Chuji's shout, they split into two groups. One group swarmed around Temujin, holding up their shields and forming an iron barrel shield formation. The other group stood in front of the shields, holding bows and arrows, aiming at Huang Sixi. However, Huang Sixi's attack was too fast, and the killing range of the Jade Bee Needle was wide. In an instant, the archers in the front row were hit by the needles and fell down, and dozens of them lay dead in the hall.

Huang Sixi always had a clear goal and kept his eyes firmly on Temujin.

He saw hundreds of shield bearers surrounding Temujin and moving towards the palace gate. Suddenly he kicked up and grabbed a shield scattered on the ground, held the shield horizontally, and threw it into the shield formation.

"Boom!" a sound.

The crowd of people holding shields was instantly dispersed, and Huang Sixi took the opportunity to rush into the chaotic crowd.

As the shield array was filled with densely packed weapons, Huang Sixi moved his left hand and shook the sleeve of his right hand, and with a "swish!" the Ziwei soft sword popped out.

This sword was found by Huang Sixi from a poisonous python when he first came to The Condor Heroes and encountered the Divine Condor in the Sword Tomb. In fact, it is also a relic of Dugu Qiubai. At that time, Dugu Qiubai accidentally injured a righteous man while using the Ziwei Soft Sword and abandoned it in a deep valley, and was later swallowed by the poisonous python.

It was not until Huang Sixi killed the python that the Ziwei Soft Sword reappeared.

Huang Sixi already had the Dragon Subduing Sword, and the Ziwei Soft Sword was wrapped around his wrist. He had never used it before, but this time, when assassinating Temujin, it was most appropriate to use the Ziwei Soft Sword.

Because the Ziwei Soft Sword had been sealed in the poisonous python's body for decades, the entire sword was filled with poison. As long as the sword blade pierced the skin and flesh, it would be fatal.

Huang Sixi can achieve the greatest killing effect when stabbing with the Ziwei soft sword.

He was extremely agile, and after swinging the sword for a moment, he had already rushed to within ten feet of Temujin.

The bald guard and Qiu Chuji jumped up together and attacked Huang Sixi from both sides.

In order to prevent Temujin from escaping, Huang Sixi did not get entangled with the two men. He first used two moves of "Dragon Fighting in the Wild" to intercept the two men with the air-splitting palm.

Just as the two were resisting the palm force, Huang Sixi rushed forward, activating the 'Yuewang Divine Arrow' on his feet, and rushed in front of Temujin.

He swung his sword and was about to stab, but the generals and confidants beside Temujin rushed towards Huang Sixi like crazy.

Huang Sixi poured his inner strength into the sword, holding back no effort in every slash. These generals and their confidants were not martial arts masters, and anyone who was hit by the Ziwei soft sword was turned into mutilated corpses.

When Huang Sixi swung his sword, he frequently heard Temujin shouting: "Jochi! Jebe! Borchu! You..."

The names that Temujin called out were all his trusted generals who used their bodies to block sword attacks for him. They were all killed by Huang Sixi's sword, and their blood splashed on Temujin like a rainstorm.

Unfortunately, no matter how many confidants he had, they could not stop Huang Sixi.

In the blink of an eye, Huang Sixi was only one sword away from Temujin.

From the moment Huang Sixi appeared, Temujin held Hua Zheng tightly in his arms and moved out of the hall with Hua Zheng.

At this moment, Huang Sixi thrust his sword forward, and when the tip of the sword was about to pierce Temujin's chest, he subconsciously stretched out his arm and actually held Hua Zheng in front of him.

There was a sound of 'Puff!'

The Ziwei soft sword pointed directly at Hua Zheng and pierced through her chest.

Huang Sixi saw Hua Zheng and Temujin standing close to each other and wanted to move closer with his sword. If the tip of the sword touched Temujin, the man would die on the spot.

As a result, before Huang Sixi could exert any strength, Temujin seemed to sense the approaching murderous intent, and leaned back, instantly breaking away from Hua Zheng.

Just as he was about to fall backwards, a powerful palm force supported his back. He turned his head quickly and saw the face of a simple and honest young man. He immediately calmed down: "Good boy, you are here, hurry up and save Hua Zheng!"

Huang Sixi's Ziwei soft sword was still on Hua Zheng's body. The poison from the sword had already entered her body. She closed her eyes and was no longer able to breathe.

Huang Sixi did not put away his sword, but continued to move forward with it held high.

At this time, Qiu Chuji and the bald guard had already chased after Huang Sixi.

"Bang! Bang!" Two palms hit Huang Sixi's back hard.

Huang Sixi tilted his head slightly, his face suddenly flashing green and red, and he swung his left palm downwards, using the "Great Shift of the Universe" to forcibly remove the palm power of the two people.

Even if he had to withstand these two palms, Huang Sixi still wanted to chase Temujin.

The bald guard saw his face change color and shouted, "The Great Shift of Heaven and Earth! Are you the old man from the Persian Ming Cult? Last year, I killed a leader of the Ming Cult. How dare you come and assassinate the Khan?"

Huang Sixi ignored the bald man, but in his heart he already knew at whose hands Shi Xinrou's father had died.

He thought again: "This bald man is using the Diamond Palm, could he be the traitor monk from Shaolin Temple?"

He knew that there was a vicious monk in the Shaolin Temple. More than 30 years ago, he caused chaos in Shaolin for secretly learning martial arts and killed the head of the Dharma Academy, Master Kuzhi. Having no place to stay in the Central Plains, he fled to the Western Regions and established a Vajra Sect.

In The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, a Vajra disciple once used the "Vajra Prajna Palm" to sneak attack and injure Zhang Sanfeng. At that time, Zhang Sanfeng was already over a hundred years old and had mastered his profound skills, but he was still beaten to the point of vomiting blood by the Vajra Palm. This shows the power of this Buddha's palm.

Even though Huang Sixi has the "Great Shift of the Universe" to protect him, he can block a Vajra Palm and a Quanzhen Palm without any harm, but he cannot withstand a sneak attack from another master of the same level.

The honest young man who had previously supported Temujin suddenly emitted a powerful palm force from in front of Huang Sixi.

The palm force originated from beside Temujin, passed over Hua Zheng's body, and hit Huang Sixi in the face, forcing Huang Sixi to meet the palm strike and unable to continue swinging the sword.

Huang Sixi saw that the man who struck the palm was a young man in his twenties with thick eyebrows and big eyes. He knew the identity of the man and it must be Guo Jing without a doubt.

After Guo Jing learned the "Eighteen Palms of the Dragon Subduing" from Hong Qigong, he also learned the "Nine Yin Scriptures" from Zhou Botong, and his palm power was no longer what it used to be.

Even though Huang Sixi did not take his palm power seriously, he could not allow him to hit his face.

He immediately raised his left palm to meet the move "Kang Long You Hui" that he offered.

'Wave!'

Guo Jing was knocked back by the palm strike, his body swayed, and his internal organs felt like they were in turmoil.

However, he was not afraid of death. He turned his head to look at Hua Zheng, tears welling up in his eyes.

He just shouted angrily, stretched out both arms, and used the "Shock a Hundred Miles Away" move, hitting Huang Sixi's chest again.

The bald guard and Qiu Chuji both breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Guo Jing coming to help. They knew Guo Jing's martial arts level well, and as long as Guo Jing could hold Huang Sixi back, the Khan's life could be saved today.

(End of this chapter)