Martial Arts World Assassin

Chapter 236 Lightning Marten and Shennong Gang

Huang Sixi left as soon as he said he would.

Soon we came out of the mural cave.

The Child-Fairy of Tianshan escorted him all the way out of the courtyard garden, still considering whether to teach him the secret of "Eternal Youth".

If Huang Sixi is willing to stay in Lingjiu Palace, then it would be no problem for her to stay by Huang Sixi's side and teach him the secret method. After all, she can monitor Huang Sixi's progress in deducing the secret method at any time.

But Huang Sixi was determined to leave and insisted on going to Dali. If she taught him the secret method first, and Huang Sixi disappeared without a trace, where should she go to find Huang Sixi?

She had great confidence in Huang Sixi's abilities and believed that Huang Sixi could make up for the shortcomings of "The Art of Eternal Youth".

First of all, Huang Sixi’s martial arts skills were more profound than hers. Secondly, Huang Sixi cured her sixty-year-long illness. She didn’t think Huang Sixi was bragging.

But Huang Sixi was not sure about the deduction. He could cure Tong Lao's meridian damage, but he might not be able to perfect her mental method.

However, if he hadn't seen the content of the "Eternal Youth Kung Fu" with his own eyes, he himself didn't know how difficult it was to deduce.

Seeing Huang Sixi was about to leave the garden, Tong Lao suddenly spoke up and discussed with Huang Sixi: "You are going to Dali to do some work, and you can't do it without help. Why don't you let me accompany you? We can travel far away and teach you skills at the same time, without delaying either. What do you think?"

Huang Sixi shook his head and refused: "That's not necessary. You need to deduce the mental method, but I don't. For me, it doesn't matter whether I deduce it or not!"

Tong Lao was stunned. It was indeed the case.

Huang Sixi had no need to study her "Eternal Youth Kung Fu" because the magic skill had too many flaws. When she regained youth, all her power would be lost, and she would completely lose her resistance. Practicing it would be a painful thing.

Even if the magic skill has no flaws, after Huang Sixi practices it, it may not be more powerful than Huang Sixi's current skills.

Therefore, the deduction of "The Art of Eternal Youth" was entirely because Tong Lao asked Huang Sixi for a favor.

However, Tong Lao still has a superior light skill called "Lingbo Weibu" in her hand. Just now, when she was fighting with Huang Sixi, she avoided being captured by Huang Sixi because of her slightly better light skill.

She believed that Huang Sixi must also want to make up for his shortcomings in lightness skills.

She lowered her attitude and said, "What exactly do you need, little friend? You can tell me, let's make a deal. You help me deduce the mind method, and I'll do things for you!"

Without waiting for Huang Sixi to speak.

Tong Lao continued, "Don't you hate the barbarians who invaded Song the most? Grandma's martial arts are not as good as yours, but killing the barbarians should be easy! In addition, grandma's "Lingbo Weibu", when you can deduce the attack method, even if you can only deduce half of it, grandma is willing to teach you everything she knows!"

Huang Sixi stopped objecting when he heard this: "If Tong Lao is willing to help, that's fine, but I have to say it out loud. The deduction of the immortality technique is extremely time-consuming and may not produce any results for several years. Don't expect any results in the short term!"

Tong Lao is very reasonable: "Grandma will never rush you!"

After saying this, she looked at the palace maids of the Nine Heavens and Nine Departments at one end of the garden and gave an order with a cold face: "Prepare fast horses immediately, the kind that can travel a thousand miles a day. Grandma wants to accompany Hero Huang to Dali!"

The palace maids present were greatly surprised. Tong Lao had not left Piao Miao Peak for decades, but this time she made an exception for Huang Sixi. Looking at the conversation between Tong Lao and Huang Sixi, they seemed to be close friends, not hostile to each other. The inner story was really hard to figure out.

They turned around to do their errands.

Suddenly, Tong Lao called her back and pointed at Huang Sixi, saying, "All of you must remember the appearance of Huang Da Xia. He is the most distinguished guest of Lingjiu Palace. When you see him in the future, you must show him the same respect as when you see me, your grandmother. Do you hear me?"

They all bowed and responded: "The master has given the order, and the servants will keep it in mind!"

Then she bowed to Huang Sixi and said, "Your servant greets the great hero Huang!"

Tong Lao then waved her hand and said, "Go!"

Half an hour later, the horses were ready.

Huang Sixi and Tong Lao rode away from Piao Miao Peak together.

Before leaving, Huang Sixi asked Tong Lao: "Xixia Yipintang has recruited many martial arts masters. Tong Lao is accompanying me to the Central Plains alone. Aren't you worried that the Xixia Queen Mother will lead people to besiege you?"

Tong Lao laughed and said, "I took the risk alone to help you. If that bitch really came to hunt you down, would you just stand by and watch?"

This time she went down to Piaomiao Peak in person and provided great assistance to Huang Sixi, perhaps with the intention of winning over Huang Sixi. If she could win Huang Sixi over as a strong ally, even if the two Li Qiushui led all the masters of Yipintang to join the siege, she would be sure to kill them all.

She even felt that she and Huang Sixi were invincible when they joined forces.

Of course, she dared to bet on Huang Sixi because of Huang Sixi's words that he "hated barbarians". Li Qiushui was the Queen Mother of Western Xia, so she was naturally disliked by Huang Sixi.

Tong Lao had already made up her mind. After arriving in Dali, she would pay close attention to Huang Sixi's behavior. If Huang Sixi was two-faced and said he loved and hated something clearly but actually acted inconsistently with his words, then she would never think of forming an alliance with Huang Sixi again.

However, if Huang Sixi is sincere in what he says and is truly determined to help the people of the Central Plains, then she would even consider asking Huang Sixi to help protect her when she regains her youth in two years.

In this way, with many thoughts in her mind, Tong Lao accompanied Huang Sixi on horseback to the south of Tiannan.

It is a full four thousand miles from Piaomiao Peak to Dali in the south of the world.

Now it is winter again, and the weather within hundreds of miles of Piaomiao Peak is freezing cold. Even if you ride a fast horse, the road is extremely difficult to travel on.

The two of them traveled for six days before finally arriving at the foot of Wuliang Mountain in the Dali Kingdom.

Dali is located in the south of the sky, and the weather is like spring all year round. Even in the first month of the lunar calendar, it does not feel cold at all.

Tong Lao enjoyed the pleasant warm breeze and sighed to herself: "The living environment in Tiannan is quite good. It is warm in winter too. It is so comfortable!"

She turned her head to look at Huang Sixi and asked, "Little Ah Si, do you have a close friend living in Tiannan, and you rushed here to meet her?"

Huang Sixi rode on a horse, holding a secret book in one hand and studying it, while replying: "I don't have a confidante. This time I came to Tiannan to find a martial arts cave!"

"Another martial arts cave?"

Tong Lao thought about it for a moment and asked, "You specifically asked to come to Wuliang Mountain. Could it be that you came for the Wuliang Jade Disk?"

"Oh?"

Huang Sixi put down the secret book and looked at Tong Lao: "Grandma, do you also know about the Wuliang Jade Disk?"

Tong Lao smiled: "Last month, the maidservant of Lingjiu Palace reported that there was a 'Wulian Jade Disk' in Wuliang Mountain, and there was an immortal dancing with a sword on the wall, which was suspected to be a relic of Xiaoyao Sect. So they planned to occupy Wuliang Mountain and take the 'Wulian Jade Disk' to present to me. After they asked for instructions, I agreed to their filial piety and asked Fu Minyi, the maidservant of Yangtian Department, to come and conquer Wuliang Mountain. At this moment, Wuliang Sword Sect should have been under the jurisdiction of Lingjiu Palace!"

In the original novel of Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, there was indeed a holy envoy named Fu who ordered the Shennong Gang in Dali to attack the Jianhu Palace of the Wuliang Sect in order to investigate the truth about the "Wuliang Jade Disk".

The judgment of the Lingjiu Palace Maid was not wrong. The 'Wulian Jade Disk' was indeed an old item left behind by Wuyazi and Li Qiushui of the Xiaoyao Sect decades ago.

When Huang Sixi learned that there were Lingjiu palace maids working in Wuliang Mountain, he planned to ask Tong Lao to gather these palace maids in order to find the base of Shennong Gang.

Before Huang Sixi could speak, he suddenly heard a beast roar coming from nearby.

Tong Lao immediately snapped her fingers and shot a stream of energy into the air, which landed two feet away. With a "pop!" sound, the energy hit a small beast.

The little animal was running in the bushes, but after being pointed at by Tong Lao, it immediately fell to the ground.

Tong Lao got off the horse, pushed aside the grass, and found the figure of a gray-white little mink.

Seeing the cute white mink, Tong Lao reached out to catch it, but the white mink ran as fast as lightning, and with a "whoosh!", it slipped away from Tong Lao's hand. Tong Lao did not chase after it. She pinched her orchid finger, ready to use her finger force again to knock the white mink down. This time she would not show mercy, and with one finger, she guaranteed that the white mink would not be able to get up for a long time.

But before Tong Lao could say anything, Huang Sixi got off the horse and grabbed the white mink in his palm.

When Tong Lao saw Huang Sixi catch the white marten, she retracted her finger strength and reminded him, "Little Ah Si, this little beast has red eyes. It must be a poisonous marten that was fed by someone. It already has an owner. I'm afraid you won't be able to tame it in the short term!"

"That's not necessarily the case!"

Huang Sixi reversed the flow of Rama's true Qi and sent it into the white mink's body. The white mink, which had been struggling fiercely, suddenly sensed the true Qi entering its body and instantly stopped moving. Instead, it showed a look of great enjoyment.

After Huang Sixi finished his energy training, he threw the white mink to the ground and no longer restricted its freedom.

Tong Lao thought the white mink would run away, but she saw the white mink actually stretched out its tongue and licked the upper of Huang Sixi's shoes continuously, and even knelt down at Huang Sixi's feet willingly.

Back in the days in The Legend of the Condor Heroes, Huang Sixi used Rama's Qi to make the Nine-tailed Fox loyal to him.

The white sable is as intelligent as the nine-tailed fox, so it naturally cannot escape Huang Sixi's domestication.

Huang Sixi looked down at the white marten and thought, "This marten should be the lightning marten of Zhong Ling of Wanjie Valley. It has always stayed in Zhong Ling's pocket and never left! Now that it is lost outside and separated from Zhong Ling, it means that Zhong Ling has been held hostage by the Shennong Gang!"

Huang Sixi immediately gestured to the lightning marten: "You lead the way, let's go find your original owner!"

The lightning marten turned around instantly, and with a flash of lightning, it ran towards the east.

When Tong Lao saw that the electric marten obeyed Huang Sixi's words, she could not help but marvel at it. She wondered how Huang Sixi had tamed the electric marten so well.
At this time, Huang Sixi had already used his Qinggong skills to chase the Lightning Marten. Tong Lao had no time to ask any more questions and just followed him.

The lightning marten ran for several miles in the mountains and suddenly stopped outside a valley.

I saw more than 20 people sitting in a circle among a pile of rocks, all with medicine bags hanging from their shoulders, dressed like members of the Shennong gang.

Among this group of Shennong gang members, there was a girl in green.

Huang Sixi first recalled the lightning marten, placed it on his shoulder, and then went straight into the valley.

The members of the Shennong Gang in the valley noticed that outsiders had broken in, and they all drew their weapons as if they were facing a powerful enemy.

A skinny old man walked out of the crowd and shouted to Huang Sixi, "I am Sikong Xuan, the leader of the Shennong Clan. I am holding a Clan affairs meeting here. I'm sorry that we cannot receive outsiders. May I ask who you are?"

Huang Sixi pointed at the girl in green and said, "I came here for this girl. Is her name Zhong Ling?"

Without waiting for Sikong Xuan to reply, the girl in green shouted anxiously, "Yes, yes, I am Zhong Ling! Big brother, are you the reinforcements invited by Master Duan?"

Huang Sixi did not answer her question, but asked: "You are Zhong Ling, very good, I am looking for you! How long have you and Duan Yu been separated?"

The girl in green replied bitterly, "It's been six days since we last met. Six days ago, I went to see the leader of Shennong Gang with Master Duan, hoping to resolve the feud between him and Wuliang Sword Sect! But the leader of Shennong Gang didn't appreciate it, and instead gave me and Master Duan the Seven Days Heartbreak Powder. If Master Duan doesn't come back tomorrow, I'll have a stomachache!"

Huang Sixi listened to her explanation and sighed, "Six days have passed. Duan Yu must have been to the Wuliang Yubi Cave and taken away the scroll containing the Northern Divine Art and Lingbo Weibu!"

Six days ago, Huang Sixi arrived in Tianlongjianghu.

The major events of Tianlong Jianghu also started at the same time.

While Huang Sixi was fighting with the Child-Father of Tianshan at the foot of Piaomiao Peak, Duan Yu also traveled to the Jianhu Palace in Wuliang Mountain, where he met Zhong Ling, the young master of Wanjie Valley.

At this time, the Wuliang Sword Sect and the Shennong Gang were fighting each other. Duan Yu overestimated his own capabilities and led Zhong Ling to find the Shennong Gang’s base, trying to use his eloquence to resolve the feud between the Wuliang Sword Sect and the Shennong Gang.

But the leader of Shennong Gang, Sikong Xuan, didn't buy Duan Yu's account at all, and killed Duan Yu and Zhong Ling on the spot. In order to protect himself, Zhong Ling released a lightning marten, which bit Sikong Xuan and more than 20 gang members.

This electric marten has been fed by Zhong Ling with poisonous snakes all year round. The marten fangs are full of poison. Once bitten by a marten fang, if the antidote is not swallowed in time, the person will die suddenly after seven days.

In order to detoxify, Sikong Xuan captured Duan Yu and Zhong Ling and forced them to tell him the antidote. However, he found out that the antidote was in the hands of Zhong Wanchou, the master of Wanjie Valley, and Zhong Ling did not have it with her.

As a last resort, Sikong Xuan could only release Duan Yu and go to Wanjie Valley to get the antidote. In order to prevent Duan Yu from never returning, Sikong Xuan detained Zhong Ling and forced Duan Yu to take the "Seven Days Heartbreak Powder"!
It was on his way to the Wanjie Valley that Duan Yu discovered the 'Wulian Yubi' cave, found the statue of his fairy sister, and the scrolls of 'Beiming Divine Art' and 'Lingbo Weibu'.

This is the whole cause and effect of the incident.

Zhong Ling also had the 'Seven Days Heartbreak Powder' in her body. Now that six days had passed, she complained to Huang Sixi, 'If Master Duan doesn't come back by tomorrow, my intestines will be ruptured!'

Huang Sixi listened to her and looked at Sikong Xuan: "This girl is of some use to me. I want to take her away. I will cure the mink poison you have been infected with. What do you think?"

Sikong Xuan immediately expressed his opinion: "If you can cure my mink poison, I will not only release Miss Zhong Ling, but also give her a double dose of the antidote for 'Seven Days Heartbreak Powder'!"

"Well!"

Huang Sixi stepped forward to detoxify Sikong Xuan.

Tong Lao took a step forward and stopped Huang Sixi: "The Shennong Gang is full of beasts, why bother about their lives, just kill them and be done with it!"

When Sikong Xuan heard Tong Lao cursing, his eyes widened with anger: "You little girl, your heart is too vicious..."

Before he could finish his words, Tong Lao swept her sleeves and slapped out a palm strike, hitting Sikong Xuan right on the vital point in the chest and pinning him to the spot.

More than 20 gang members nearby saw their leader being controlled and were about to rescue him, but Tong Lao's figure flashed and she shuttled through the crowd, and the more than 20 gang members were all frozen in place.

Tong Lao came back, stood in front of Sikong Xuan, and shouted coldly: "If you dare to look at me again, I will dig out your eyes!"

Sikong Xuan immediately closed his eyes, his mouth trembling: "I dare not look, I really dare not look!"

Tong Lao pinned him down with one move. He knew very well that there was a huge gap between his martial arts and Tong Lao's, so he did not dare to resist.

The twenty or so gang members followed suit.

Tong Lao clapped her hands, turned to Huang Sixi, and said with a smile: "Little Ah Si, you can take the girl away now!"

Huang Sixi was stunned for a moment and asked Tong Lao: "How did the Shennong Gang offend you?"

He remembered that the Shennong Gang was one of the thirty-six caves and seventy-two islands under the Lingjiu Palace, and its leader Sikong Xuan was imprisoned by Tong Lao with a life and death talisman.

Tong Lao said, "Don't think I'm hurting people randomly. Sikong Xuan, the beast, relied on his superb poison skills to knock out the weak girl and took her as his wife or concubine. I'm already giving him a good deal by not chopping off his hands and feet! He restrained the girl surnamed Zhong today with ulterior motives!"

"no no!"

Sikong Xuan quickly defended himself: "I am temporarily detaining Miss Zhong in order to cure her of the marten poison. As long as Master Duan brings the antidote, I will definitely release Miss Zhong and will never dare to infringe on her in the slightest!"

Huang Sixi asked Sikong Xuan: "Have you ever used poison to knock out a woman before?"

Sikong Xuan stammered, "Ever since I joined the Lingjiu Palace eight years ago, I have never used poison to knock out any women. My former wives and concubines are all well taken care of in the gang, and they...respect each other like guests."

The thirty-six cave masters and seventy-two island masters under the Lingjiu Palace committed murder, arson, poisoning and looting as if it were their daily routine. They were all vicious and tyrannical, and they had done a lot of bad things in their lives.

Some of these gangsters live in secluded mountains, while others dominate islands. They are free and do whatever they want, and have long developed stubborn tempers. They will only bully others and will never allow others to bully them.

Until they encountered the surrender of Lingjiu Palace, it was as if they were put under a tight hoop and began to submit to Lingjiu Palace.

(End of this chapter)