Martial Arts World Assassin

Chapter 23 Huashan
Spring passes and autumn comes.

In the blink of an eye, it was early September.

At this time, half a year had passed since Huang Sixi assassinated Huang Taiji.

After a long journey, Huang Sixi finally left Liaodong and set foot on the border of the Ming Dynasty.

It was noon that day.

Huang Sixi, accompanied by Tie Luohan, traveled through the vast Luliang Mountains.

The two men walked side by side, leading the foal.

Tie Luohan turned his head and glanced at Huang Sixi's forehead, and started chatting: "Husband, have you noticed that you have grown taller?"

"Have it?"

Huang Sixi answered leisurely.

This time when he returned to the Central Plains, he saw the rivers and mountains of the Ming Dynasty for the first time and was in an extremely happy mood.

Since entering the Ming Realm, he has been traveling and sightseeing along the way.

"really have!"

Although Tie Luohan behaves carelessly, he actually does not neglect details when doing things. "When we first met in Liaodong, your forehead was level with my shoulder. Now..."

He compared his hands: "You are three fingers taller than my shoulders. You are only seventeen. Maybe you will continue to grow next year!"

"That may be because I ate too much meat on the grassland!"

Huang Sixi joked.

"Ha, that's what I thought too!"

Tie Luohan nodded vigorously: "In the past six months, we have been grazing cattle on the grassland, eating meat and drinking mare's milk every day. Not only has my husband become stronger, but I have also become rosy-cheeked!"

Tie Luohan touched his face and felt that he had gained weight.

Ever since that day when I left Luo Liru without saying goodbye in the barren mountains of Liaodong.

Huang Sixi and Tie Luohan rode their horses westward.

They decided to follow the route that the Iron Arhat took to enter the Great Wall and return to the Ming Dynasty via Xinjiang.

Who would have known that after they entered the grassland, they found that the cavalry of various grassland tribes all obeyed the orders of the Qing emperor and cast a wide net to track down Huang Sixi's whereabouts, making the journey to the west full of dangers.

Huang Sixi immediately decided to hide where he was.

He found a local house, which happened to be home to a father and son.

The old herdsman is over 70 years old. His son is about the same size as Tie Luohan. A few years ago, he followed the Eight Banners Army to plunder. His legs were disabled by the Red Cannon and he no longer needs to go out to fight.

Huang Sixi disguised himself as an old herdsman, and asked Tie Luohan to disguise himself as his disabled son, and they both hid in the grassland for nearly half a year.

Last month, all the grassland cavalry that were tracking down Huang Sixi withdrew to their headquarters, presumably because the Qing court had relaxed its pursuit.

Huang Sixi felt that the limelight had passed, so he and Tie Luohan quietly returned to the Central Plains.

They crossed the Yin Mountains and entered the Great Wall, directly into Shanxi.

It took less than a month, and during that time we did not encounter a single Tartar soldier. It was a smooth journey back to the Central Plains.

After this safe journey, Tie Luohan was full of admiration for Huang Sixi.

But thinking back, Tie Luohan also felt it was too bland.

When he followed Huang Sixi, Tie Luohan was ready to fight for thousands of miles. However, he didn't fight a single battle. Instead, he enjoyed good food and wine for half a year.

However, Tie Luohan did not gain nothing.

During the months he was hiding in the grassland, Tie Luohan often competed with Huang Sixi in martial arts. Although he was beaten black and blue every time by Huang Sixi, he benefited a lot from it. Tie Luohan's ability to withstand beatings improved dramatically.

But don't underestimate getting beaten. The more moves Iron Arhat has to block in front of Huang Sixi, the more likely he will be able to dodge with ease when he meets a top master in the future.

"Husband, after crossing this mountain, we can cross the Luliang Mountains and enter Shaanxi!"

Tie Luohan was from Shanxi Province. He practiced Buddhism in a temple in Mount Wutai since he was young and was very familiar with the terrain of Mount Luliang.

After pointing out the route, he asked Huang Sixi, "Are you going to Shaanxi to visit friends or do you have other business?"

Huang Sixi has a clear goal: "I want to go to Mount Huashan."

"There is an old Muren Qingmu living in Huashan. Would you like to visit him, sir?"

"Are you friends with Mu Renqing?"

"I met him once when I first started to make my debut more than a decade ago, but I had no reputation at the time, so he certainly wouldn't remember me. When my husband goes to Mount Hua, I might need to submit a name card to him."

"Actually, I'm not here to meet Mu Renqing, but to go to Huashan to get a relic."

Huang Sixi did not hide his intention. He went to Huashan just for the Golden Snake Sword and Golden Snake Cone.

The Golden Snake Sword is a magical weapon that can cut through iron like mud. The Golden Snake Cone is a hidden weapon tempered with a deadly poison. There are twenty-four of them in total. If used together, they are very suitable for dealing with the siege of large groups of enemies.

In addition, Huang Sixi's lightness skill also needs to be improved. It is true that his Dragon Subduing Palm is extremely powerful, but when he meets an expert in lightness skill, it is difficult for him to hit the opponent with his Dragon Subduing Palm.

The martial arts inheritance in the Golden Snake Sword can effectively make up for Huang Sixi's shortcomings.

"Legacy?" Tie Luohan was puzzled: "My husband left something at Mount Huashan?"

"It's not mine." Huang Sixi asked with a smile, "Have you heard of Xia Xueyi, the Golden Snake Prince?"

"That's well-known." Tie Luohan said, "He was a famous figure fifteen years ago."

"How do you remember it so clearly?"

"Because fifteen years ago he assassinated the fifth ancestor of the Chess Fairy Sect in Quzhou, western Zhejiang, causing a bloody storm in the martial arts world. His deeds were spread everywhere. I had just started traveling around the world that year and liked to listen to such strange stories, so I was particularly impressed."

"You should know how Xia Xueyi and the Chess Fairy Sect became enemies, right?"

"The Chess Fairy Sect is a bunch of thugs who specialize in rape and robbery. There is a flower thief named Wen Fanglu in the sect who insulted Xia Xueyi's sister and killed Xia Xueyi's family of five. After Xia Xueyi learned the Golden Snake Sword Technique, she began to seek revenge and threatened to kill fifty people from the Chess Fairy Sect and insult ten women from the sect."

"Did he do it?"

"He killed a total of 38 people from the Chess Fairy Sect, and disappeared from the martial arts world since then. It is said that he fell into the Chess Fairy Sect's honey trap, was drugged and crippled, and then was killed by the Chess Fairy Sect. No one knows where he was killed in the wild mountains and ridges, and it is estimated that his body has been destroyed long ago!"

When Tie Luohan said this, he suddenly realized, "My husband, you went to Huashan to look for relics. Could it be related to Xia Xueyi?"

Huang Sixi nodded: "More than ten years ago, Xia Xueyi was indeed drugged and beaten to a pulp. He fled to Huashan and eventually died in a deserted cave on Huashan. I'm going to get his Golden Snake Sword."

Iron Arhat suddenly frowned, "It's not easy, sir. Huashan disciples are notoriously arrogant and rude. The relics are in Huashan, they will definitely treat them as private property and will not be willing to give them to you."

"That's not up to them."

Huang Sixi smiled and said, "The Golden Snake Sword is ownerless. They said it is private property, but I won't admit it."

"If my husband doesn't admit it, then I, Luohan, will not admit it either."

Tie Luohan thought that if the Golden Snake Sword was taken by the Huashan disciples, it would only make them more arrogant and conceited. It would be the best use of it if it was used in the hands of her husband. He would help her husband get the sword no matter what. May the Buddha bless him and make the retrieval smooth.

Huang Sixi felt that there would be no setbacks.

He knew very well that the Golden Snake Sword was stuck in a deserted cave on Mount Hua, and no Huashan disciple would touch the sword. After he arrived at Mount Hua, he first went to the deserted cave to get the sword and inherit Xia Xueyi's martial arts heritage.

If the Huashan disciples do not ask about the incident afterwards, everything will be fine.

He would not take action unless someone tried to stop him from taking the Golden Snake Sword away.

(End of this chapter)