Martial Arts World Assassin

Chapter 225: Sun and Moon in the Sky
The attic was crowded with people.

Huang Sixi lifted the tiles and looked for a while, but did not find a familiar face. Yin Ruiji was not among them.

He had already taken the dragon vein and needed to inform Yin Ruiji about it, so he planned to go to other rooms to look for it.

Unexpectedly, before he jumped off the roof, he suddenly saw a lantern appear next to the pond downstairs.

He looked carefully and found that the lantern was in Yin Ruiji's hand, and he jumped over immediately.

Yin Ruiji was wandering by the pond, looking around.

Huang Sixi fell to the ground silently and she didn't notice.

Huang Sixi called her, "Miss Ruiji."

"what!"

Yin Ruiji quickly picked up the lantern and shone it on Huang Sixi's face: "It's really you, Mr. Huang!"

She was quite surprised, but also relieved: "After you left that day, Nunu opened the window every day and stared at the pond from the second floor where I lived. He only closed the window when he went to sleep at night, for fear that someone would come and steal your stone!"

Huang Sixi led her to a secluded corner and looked around. There were four attics standing outside the pond. Most of them had candles lit, but the windows were tightly closed. Even if the people in the building had not yet rested, they could not see what was happening in the pond.

Only the window on the second floor of the attic on the left side of the pond was open, but there was no light on.

Because the window was dark and the distance was far, Huang Sixi did not notice it when he was sizing up the terrain just now. He thought there was no one in the window. In fact, Yin Ruiji was staying by the window, looking at the pond as she did every day.

Huang Sixi immediately pointed over there and said, "Is that your room?"

"Well! Nunu was afraid of being seen, so he didn't dare to light a candle in the room!"

Yin Ruiji was still looking around, and asked cautiously, "Mr. Huang, I just saw a shadow several feet tall walking around in the pond. What on earth was that?"

She only saw a vague outline, which looked like a huge monster, and she was frightened. However, she promised Huang Sixi to guard the dragon vein for him. Even though she was frightened, she still plucked up the courage and rushed to the pond to check the situation.

Huang Sixi saw that her arm holding the lantern was trembling slightly. She was obviously terribly scared, but she still took responsibility for her promise. He smiled and said, "There is a giant ape in Sanzang Temple. Have you heard of it?"

Huang Sixi has been using the white ape as his means of transportation these days. On his way between Sanzang Temple and Shendu City, he has seen many believers and pilgrims. Everyone is not afraid of the white ape and obviously knows the origin of the white ape. They all know that there is a spiritual beast that protects the Sanzang Temple.

When Yin Ruiji drew a map of Sanzang Temple for Huang Sixi, she also said that Yin Ruiji often went to Sanzang Temple to burn incense and fulfill vows, so she should have heard of the white ape.

as predicted.

She asked curiously, "Could that several-zhang-tall shadow just now be the great white ape in the Sanzang Temple? When Nunu and Auntie went to the Sanzang Temple to burn incense, we saw a great white ape jumping in the mountains, but it was too far away, so Nunu could only see that it had white fur. Auntie boasted that it was ten zhang tall, but Nunu never believed it!"

Suddenly she was no longer afraid, and asked Huang Sixi with a smile, "Mr. Huang, did you call the great white ape from Sanzang Temple here to take away your big stone?"

Huang Sixi nodded: "That's right! The white ape has already left the city with the big stone!"

Since Huang Sixi has taken the stone away, Yin Ruiji's promise has been fulfilled. In the past month, she has been thinking about the stone every day to the point of being unable to sleep or eat. She is most afraid that the stone will be lost before Huang Sixi comes again, and she will not be able to explain to Huang Sixi.

But now it’s all right, Yin Ruiji thought, now that Mr. Huang has taken his gem, I can be free and concentrate on playing my instrument!

She relaxed physically and mentally, and became cheerful. She praised Huang Sixi, "Master Sanzang must be very kind to you, Mr. Huang, otherwise he wouldn't have sent the white ape to you!"

Huang Sixi sighed slightly: "Master was indeed good to me, but he has passed away and we will never see each other again!"

Yin Ruiji also showed sadness: "Last month, I heard the news that Master Sanzang passed away. I begged you to go to Sanzang Temple to burn incense, but you just refused. There was nothing I could do!"

That day she met Huang Sixi for the first time and was given a jade flute. Her aunt was afraid that she would be abducted, so she began to strictly restrict her freedom and no longer allowed her to leave Yanzi Tower.

Huang Sixi heard her always mentioning her aunt, so he asked her, "Is your aunt the owner of Yanzilou?"

Yin Ruiji said, "Not really! Yanzilou belongs to the government's music house, which is different from the private brothels. The musicians you manage are not bought and sold from the private sector. Most of them are criminals who have violated the law and were sent to you by the government. You still have to listen to the government!"

Huang Sixi didn't want to know too much about her identity, so he just asked her: "Do you want to leave Yanzilou? Go outside the building and live the life you want?"

Yin Ruiji suddenly became excited. Who in this world doesn't want to be free?

But she fell into misery again in the blink of an eye: "I am a prostitute. Without the permission of the government, I cannot leave the register. I will always be a lowly person. If I run away without permission, the government will send people to arrest me. I will never be able to show my face again in my life and live in fear all day long. It is better for me to stay here!"

Huang Sixi asked her again: "If I want to remove you from citizenship, who should I go to?"

She was stunned for a moment: "It's definitely not possible to ask the aunt, she can't make the decision. The musicians are removed from the register, and it seems that they are under the jurisdiction of the Taichang Temple of the government!"

When she heard Huang Sixi asking this, she thought that he seemed to be willing to help her leave Yanzilou and redeem her, but she knew how difficult it was for a prostitute to get out of the household.

If she were not a royal relative or a high-ranking official, they would definitely not be able to help her. But then again, why would they care about a lowly person like her? Even if they thought she was pretty, they would only inform the aunt and ask her to serve them, treating her as a temporary plaything.

"Taichang Temple?" Huang Sixi said to her, "I will ask someone to go to Taichang Temple to get you out of the music industry and restore your civilian status. Please wait patiently for a few days."

Yin Ruiji didn't know whether Huang Sixi was really helping her, but since Huang Sixi had spoken, she held a glimmer of hope in her heart.

She hurriedly said to Huang Sixi: "Mr. Huang, there will be a courtesan convention in the capital in three days. I am determined to let you attend, and I cannot refuse. I was young before, so I was not allowed to serve others. But after the courtesan convention, if any master takes a fancy to me and asks me to serve him, even I cannot refuse!"

She is innocent now, but after the Oiran Conference is over, it will be hard to say.

Huang Sixi gestured to her to rest assured: "I actually have a way to make you look completely different. I will make you feel free tonight, and there will be no future troubles! But you have bright eyes and white teeth, and your appearance is flawless. If I operate on your face, it will be difficult to make you look more beautiful, so I still want you to keep your current appearance!"

Yin Ruiji couldn't help but stroke her face: "Mr. Huang, do you think Nunu is beautiful? The nobles in the capital love plump women the most. Nunu has a thin figure and can't be considered beautiful!"

Huang Sixi thought, how did you get the title of Oiran? She is good at various musical instruments, and is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. The selection of Oiran in the Oiran Conference may be based on both appearance and talent.

But none of this matters. No matter how the competition in the Oiran Contest in Shendu goes, and whether Yin Ruiji can win the first place, Huang Sixi will not let Yin Ruiji continue to stay in Yanzi Tower.

He said to Yin Ruiji: "Just wait for a few days. Don't be afraid of your place of origin, and don't worry about the Oiran Contest. I will definitely help you get rid of your place of origin safely, and live freely like ordinary people in the future!"

Yin Ruiji smiled immediately and said, "Then I will wait for Mr. Huang's good news!"

She no longer needed to ask any more questions. Huang Sixi had made a promise to her, and she would wait patiently for news from Huang Sixi.

Before leaving, Huang Sixi gave her a leather bag containing more than ten round glass beads.

This is a unique hidden weapon refined by Huang Sixi. When he was in Shaolin Temple in the Western Regions of The Legend of the Condor Heroes, Huang Sixi commissioned a holy monk from India to refine the poison bead.

This poison bead contains the "Ten Fragrance Softening Muscle Powder" and a variety of strange poisons. Once the poison bead explodes, it will produce thick poisonous smoke. As long as the poisonous smoke is inhaled into the body, it will kill the person in a moment.

At first Yin Ruiji didn't understand what it meant.

Huang Sixi introduced it to her: "This is a poison bead. If anyone is trying to harm you in the next few days, just throw the bead on the ground and any danger will be solved! If you are afraid of being retaliated against, come to Xiushanfang in the west of Nanshi to find me. I opened a Sixi Medicine Hall in Xiushanfang!"

Only then did Yin Ruiji know that Huang Sixi was a doctor.

She really wanted to know more about Huang Sixi's pharmacy, but she saw Huang Sixi leap into the air, jump onto the beam, and run away.

Just like last time, after Huang Sixi walked away, a voice entered her ears: "Even if you are not in danger, you can still visit Sixi Pharmacy. Miss Yinrui, your aunt is looking for you again. I'll go first." Yin Ruiji turned her head and saw that the aunt also came to the pond with a lantern.

The old lady rushed to her side, grabbed her arm, and said in a strange voice: "My dear Rui'er, what are you doing in the pond so late at night? If you run into a thief who steals flowers, it will be terrible. Go back to the house quickly!"

Yin Ruiji followed her instructions and returned to the room with her, asking, "Madam, has Mr. Pu left?"

The old lady was furious and said, "Why are you leaving? He is a high-ranking official in the Dali Temple. He specifically asked you, Sister Xian'er, to sleep with him. I was afraid of offending him, so I let you, Sister Xian'er, suffer the consequences!"

Yin Ruiji's face suddenly turned bitter, and she thought that if a high-ranking official asked Nunu to serve her in the future, her aunt would probably let Nunu suffer in order not to offend anyone.

Seeing that she was silent, the old lady turned around to look at her. Suddenly, she saw that she was holding a beautiful leather bag in her hand. She snatched it away and asked, "What is this?"

The old lady reached into her bag and took out a round glass bead. After examining it, she frowned and said, "I thought it was some rare gem, but it turns out to be just ordinary glass. Ugh!"

After saying that, he swung his arms and dropped the glass beads at his feet.

With a "pop!" sound, the ball exploded on the ground, and a cloud of poisonous smoke rose up instantly.

Yin Ruiji remembered what Huang Sixi had told her before he left. The round bead was extremely toxic and she had to swallow an antidote every time she released the bead. So she took out the antidote pills given by Huang Sixi and put one into her mouth first.

After she finished taking the antidote, she turned around to look at the old lady and found her collapsed to the ground, unconscious.

She couldn't help but think: "Mr. Huang is right. This poison bead is really powerful. I must be careful when using it next time!"

She quickly squatted down, took out another antidote and put it into the old lady's mouth.

After a while, the old lady woke up slowly, but her mind was still a little unclear. She asked Yin Ruiji: "My dear Ruier, what happened? Why did I end up here in the pond?"

Yin Ruiji smiled and said, "Nunu is not sure either, anyway, Madam is by the pond, and Nunu is also by the pond, let's go back to the room and rest!"

When she returned to her room with her aunt, Huang Sixi had already arrived outside the city of Shendu and met up with the white ape.

The dragon vein had been soaked in the pond for more than a month and was covered in water stains.

Huang Sixi first wiped the dragon vein dry, and then took off the "Qiankun Yiqi Bag" from his waist.

He opened the bag, aimed at the dragon vein, and then activated the "Sanzang Buddha Finger" taught by Master Sanzang. He aimed it at the dragon vein, and the dragon vein was stimulated by the finger force, and its size shrank instantly, rolled into the bag, and disappeared without a trace.

Speaking of which, this 'Tripitaka Buddha Finger' is truly magical.

No matter what object Huang Sixi points at with his fingers, it can be put into the 'Qiankun Yiqi Bag'.

But the 'Qiankun Yiqi Bag' is not without its drawbacks. It is very easy for Huang Sixi to put items into the bag, but it is very troublesome to take the items out.

Since Huang Sixi couldn't see what was inside the bag, he could only use the 'Tripitaka Buddha Finger' to point at the surface of the bag if he wanted to take items out. Whichever item in the bag touched by his fingertips would jump out of the bag.

Once there are too many items in the 'Qiankun Yiqi Bag', it will be difficult for Huang Sixi to point out the items he wants from the bag.

For this reason, Huang Sixi did not put the 'Jade Bee Needle' and 'Glass Poison Bead' into the bag, but hung them separately around his waist.

Huang Sixi would hang up separately all items needed in actual combat, to avoid being in a hurry and unable to take items from the "Qiankun Yiqi Bag" when a battle broke out.

The dragon vein was huge, and Huang Sixi didn't need it on a daily basis, so it naturally didn't need to be exposed, so Huang Sixi kept it in the 'Qiankun Yiqi Bag'.

Afterwards, Huang Sixi and the white ape returned to the Monkey Forest of Sanzang Temple to rest.

The next morning, Huang Sixi asked the white ape to take him to the outskirts of Shendu City and to Sixi Pharmacy to open for business.

He had been sitting in the pharmacy for a whole morning when he suddenly saw the Dali Temple Minister Yuchi Zhenjin and his subordinates rushing into the pharmacy.

He thought that Yuchi Zhenjin had bought all kinds of medicinal materials for the "Black Jade Paste" and "Heavenly Fragrance Paste" and came specially to deliver the goods.

Unexpectedly, after meeting him, Yuchi Zhenjin grabbed Huang Sixi's wrist and urged him urgently: "Dr. Huang, Madam Rongguo is seriously ill, and the doctors in the Imperial Medical Bureau are helpless. Please ask Dr. Huang to go to the Jiaoyi Square and treat Madam Rongguo!"

As he spoke, he pulled Huang Sixi out of the hall.

Huang Sixi immediately used his inner strength to push him away: "Who is Mrs. Rongguo? Please explain clearly!"

Yuchi Zhenjin was an extremely skilled martial artist. In the past, no one captured by him could escape. But today, Huang Sixi pushed him away easily. He was shocked and thought that Huang Sixi was not only an expert in medicine, but also a master of internal martial arts.

He did not continue to force it, and explained: "Madam Rongguo is the biological mother of the current emperor. She is over 80 years old this year. A few days ago, she suddenly fell ill with a strange disease and had a high fever. The Queen Mother sent doctors from the Imperial Medical Bureau to treat her, but they were all at a loss! I took the initiative to recommend Doctor Huang to the Queen Mother. When the Queen Mother heard that Doctor Huang was a disciple of Master Sanzang, she asked me to invite Doctor Huang to come!"

He emphasized again: "Dr. Huang, as long as you can cure Mrs. Rongguo, even if you open Sixi Pharmacy all over Datang, it will be easy!"

Huang Sixi finally understood what he had heard. Yuchi Zhenjin wanted to compete for credit in front of the Queen Mother, so he placed the bet on Huang Sixi.

As for who the Queen of Heaven is, Huang Sixi already knew on the first day of his journey through Di Renjie's world that it was Wu Zetian, the first female emperor of the Central Plains. This woman was extremely ambitious and in order to become the emperor, she even created the character "曌" for the sun and the moon in the sky.

Huang Sixi waved his hand towards Yuchi Zhenjin and said, "Since the Queen Mother has summoned me, please lead the way. I will go and see the doctor myself!"

Yuchi Zhenjin was overjoyed: "Please come in, Doctor Huang!"

If Huang Sixi can cure Mrs. Rongguo's illness, his career will be very successful.

He personally led Huang Sixi and rode on horseback to the Jiaoyifang.

This Jiaoyifang is the old residence of Wu Zetian's mother, Yang, who lived here all year round.

However, due to the arrival of Wu Zetian, the Doctrine Square had been tightly sealed off by the imperial guards.

Fortunately, Yuchi Zhenjin was in a high position and had great power, so he had a smooth journey and soon arrived at the bedroom of Wu Zetian's mother, Yang.

Huang Sixi looked around and saw dozens of medical officers from the Imperial Medical Bureau standing outside the palace gate. They all had sad faces, as they were afraid that Yang would die of illness and that Wu Zetian would be angry with her.

Yuchi Zhenjin led Huang Sixi through the crowd of medical officers and stood in front of the palace door.

Yuchi Zhenjin bowed and said to the inside of the door: "Your Majesty, I have invited Dr. Huang to come!"

A middle-aged woman's urgent voice sounded immediately from inside the door, sounding quite majestic: "What are you waiting for? Come in quickly and treat the old lady!"

Yuchi Zhenjin immediately gave Huang Sixi a wink and led Huang Sixi into the palace gate.

Before Huang Sixi could take a look at the palace environment, the middle-aged woman's urgent voice sounded again: "Quick, go and treat the old lady!"

Huang Sixi glanced at the bed in the palace and saw a white-haired old woman lying on the bed.

He took a few steps forward, came to the bedside, and pressed two fingers on the old woman's pulse.

After sensing the pulse for a while, Huang Sixi said to himself, "The old lady's pulse is weak, but it is not time for her to die. I will use my medical skills to massage her, and her high fever will subside and she will wake up!"

When the middle-aged woman heard this, she hurried to the bedside and asked, "Can you really save the old lady?"

(End of this chapter)