Martial Arts World Assassin

Chapter 316 Tianxin Lotus Ring
Huang Sixi could already see that the girl in hemp clothes had rich inner energy and restrained essence, and she obviously possessed superior internal skills. She could definitely travel on her own, and it would be much easier for her without any burden.

But she chose to stay and walk with these people, probably to help the weak and the needy.

Huang Sixi praised her behavior and asked her, "When do you plan to go to Jiangdu to take a boat?"

The girl in sackcloth fell into a brief silence.

She looked around at the people present and said softly, "These villagers left home in a hurry and did not have time to bring enough clothes and dry food. We must find a place for them to shelter from the cold and prepare some food to fill their stomachs."

Huang Sixi had already understood that she planned to settle the people before leaving.

Huang Sixi pointed to the nearby mountains and said, "Let's find some caves on those mountains. We should be able to find shelter there."

The girl in hemp clothes had the same thought just now, but she had another worry: "Those mountains are relatively small, and I'm afraid we won't be able to find any big caves."

Huang Sixi pointed at his thick-backed long sword and said, "This sword is a magical weapon. It has the power to split mountains and break rocks. It won't be difficult to dig a cave for the villagers to live in."

The sackcloth-clothed girl relaxed her brows and nodded slightly: "My dear, you have a precious sword in your hand, so the problem can be easily solved!"

She thought the problem had been solved successfully.

The people present had a different opinion. The old man who had persuaded her to leave walked up to her and Huang Sixi and said with a sigh, "There is chaos and turmoil now, and there are many thieves. Even if you and your wife help us find a place to stay, we will have no way to survive if our livelihood is cut off in the future!"

Huang Sixi comforted the old man: "Don't worry, old man, I will go and clean up the defeated soldiers right away. I will kill them all, and then you can return home and live your lives!"

The old man looked at the blade beside Huang Sixi and couldn't help but tremble. He had no doubt that Huang Sixi had the ability to kill the fleeing soldiers, but what would it matter if he killed all the fleeing soldiers?
"My dear, you don't know that the village where we lived for generations has been burned down by the defeated soldiers. We have no home left!"

The old man looked distressed. "Even if we rebuild the villages and towns, the soldiers were defeated this time and turned into bandits. The next time the soldiers come back, the rebels may be defeated again and they will just scatter and plunder. We can't escape and will be harassed again in the future!"

After he finished speaking, he shed tears, and the villagers nearby also felt sad.

The middle-aged man said indignantly: "Sir, the government soldiers and the volunteer soldiers are of the same character. No matter whether they win or lose, as long as the common people live in the territory they are fighting over, they will suffer in the end!"

Why did every major war result in a thousand miles of barren land? As the old man said, wherever government soldiers and righteous soldiers fought each other, villages and towns would often be burned, civilians would be killed, and grain fields would be destroyed.

Huang Sixi knew that what the old man and the middle-aged man said was true, so he asked: "You don't want to return home, and you don't want to take refuge in the deserted mountains, so what are your plans?"

The old man and the middle-aged man looked at each other.

The old man said first: "Now the rebels have entered Jiangbei in large numbers. We don't know how long we will have to fight with the government soldiers in the future. We don't want to continue living in a war-torn place. We plan to cross the river to Jiangnan. Now only Jiangnan has not experienced a civil uprising. I have a daughter who is married in Yuhang, and I am ready to go there to seek refuge!"

The middle-aged man continued: "I have relatives in Xuancheng County, and I also want to go to Jiangnan to make a living!"

"My uncle does business in Gusu!"

"My ancestors migrated here from Longchuan County. I want to go back to my hometown to worship them!"

Longchuan County is located in Nanyue, with its capital in Huizhou. If these folks can safely escape to the South China Sea, they should be able to avoid the war in the next few years.

Huang Sixi looked at them and said, "The Yangtze River is not far from here. You can set out to cross the river now. It's better to hurry up sooner rather than later. Why stay in the war zone?"

The old man and the middle-aged man looked frustrated and raised their heads to the sky: "Sir, the weather is very cold nowadays. We are old and young and can't walk at all. Alas!"

They did not ask Huang Sixi for an escort, because even if Huang Sixi escorted them, they still could not travel long distances in the cold winter.

Huang Sixi reached for his waist and took out a fiery red pearl. Then he waved to the young man and said, "Little brother, come here!"

The middle-aged man hurriedly embraced the young man, pushed him in front of Huang Sixi, and introduced him with a smile: "My dear, he is the fourth child in the family, his name is Du Silang, he has been smart since he was a child, you can use him as you like!"

Huang Sixi smiled and said, "What a coincidence! I am also the fourth child in my family!"

When the young man stood beside him, Huang Sixi did not explain anything specific, but held the fire bead in his palm and showed it to the people present.

He pointed at the fire bead and said, "This fire bead has the power to keep away the cold. As long as you carry it with you, it can generate heat by itself. You can take turns holding the bead to keep warm and travel easily! But there are many of you, and it will take too long to take turns holding the bead, so this bead is only for children, old men, and the sick and injured!"

Although Huang Sixi designated the user of the fire bead, this bead was made from the fire blood of the Qilin collected by Huang Sixi.

As long as the beads are exposed, heat will slowly spread.

The girl in hemp clothes, the old man, and the middle-aged man were all standing next to Huang Sixi. They were instantly enveloped by fire and the coldness disappeared.

They couldn't help but marvel in amazement, thinking that even if they didn't take turns holding the beads, they would not be afraid of the cold as long as they stood within a few feet of the fire beads.

Huang Sixi asked the boy to stretch out his hand, put the fire bead in his hand, and said: "I will give the fire bead to Silang for safekeeping, and let Silang be responsible for passing the bead! In addition, when you rest in caves, dilapidated temples or other indoors at night, as long as you guard the fire bead, you can survive even without bedding!"

Then he signaled the young man to go around the crowd. Hundreds of people quickly recovered their strength and were all overjoyed. Now with the protection of the fire beads, they could travel safely.

"Thank you for the pearl, sir!"

Hundreds of people bowed in unison to express their gratitude to Huang Sixi.

Huang Sixi said, "I never said I would give you the beads. I just borrowed them temporarily! When you bring the beads to Jiangnan, I will find you and take them back!"

The weather in the south of the Yangtze River is generally warm. After they cross the river, the further south they go, the lower the temperature will be, and the less useful the Fire Beads will be. However, the Fire Beads may be seized by people with bad intentions. In order to prevent anyone among the hundreds of people from fighting for the Fire Beads, Huang Sixi only borrowed them and did not give them away.

He told everyone clearly that whoever dared to snatch the fire bead would pay the price in the future.

Originally, Huang Sixi asked the young man to keep the fire bead. The middle-aged man was extremely happy, thinking that the bead would eventually become his family treasure. However, Huang Sixi wanted to take it back, and the bead became a hot potato.

The middle-aged man complained, "My dear, you asked Silang to keep the pearl. This is too much of a responsibility. I'm afraid he can't bear it! There are many dangers on the way south. If the pearl is stolen by someone, he won't be able to explain it to you, my dear!"

He hoped that the young man would return the pearl and let Huang Sixi choose someone else to keep it.

Huang Sixi reassured him: "No matter who comes to snatch the Fire Pearl, you don't need to protect it. Just hand it over. My original intention of lending you the Fire Pearl is to allow you to reach Jiangnan safely, not to bring you trouble!
Even if you encounter difficulties from local bullies when you go south, you can take the initiative to offer the Fire Pearl to the local bullies in exchange for your safe passage. In short, safety is your top priority!"

After hearing this, the elderly people present understood Huang Sixi's true intentions. They all knelt on the ground and solemnly stated: "Your Excellency is so kind, we cannot repay you! We will definitely use the pearls well and live up to your good intentions!"

Huang Sixi turned around and asked the girl in hemp clothes: "Do you have anything to add?"

The sackcloth-clothed girl reached into her bosom and pulled out two medicine bottles, which she also stuffed into the boy's hands: "This is the secret medicine I prepared. One bottle treats external injuries, and the other treats colds. If you need it on your way south, let's discuss how to use it."

Everyone thanked them profusely and said goodbye reluctantly. Huang Sixi and Maiden watched them cross the river and migrate southward.

When she could no longer see the figure, the girl in hemp clothes turned her eyes and said, "My dear, Yuntian is a noble man. I admire him very much. But if you agree to let them take the pearl to offer as a gift, then there is a 70% chance that you will not be able to get it back in the future!"

Huang Sixi shook his head: "That may not be the case. I will go to whoever they give the pearl to in the future to get it. There is no place in the world that I cannot enter. Even if the pearl is hidden in the palace, I can still get it back!"

The girl in sackcloth looked at him quietly without questioning his words.

But Huang Sixi was not without worries: "I am afraid that they will encounter robbers on their way, and they will not be satisfied with robbing the pearls, but will kill them to silence them."

The maiden in hemp clothes immediately tried to comfort him: "If the bandits are really so vicious, they will be killed regardless of whether they have the pearl or not! Their homes have been destroyed and they have lost their livelihoods. If they stay here, they will die. My dear, if you lend them the pearl, it will only help them and will not cause any harm."

Huang Sixi heard her speak slowly and gently, but her words were sincere. He couldn't help but praise her, "I didn't expect that the genius doctor not only knows how to treat illnesses, but also knows how to heal people's hearts. You are very considerate."

The lady in hemp clothes still spoke calmly, but her eyes were full of smiles: "I am really not a doctor, please don't call me the miracle doctor anymore, my dear. Your medical skills are amazing, you are the real miracle doctor."

Huang Sixi was about to reply when his ears suddenly moved. He turned his head and looked behind the woods: "There are the sounds of horse hooves over there. I'll go see if there are any defeated soldiers nearby!"

He stepped forward, grasped the hilt of the thick-backed long knife, raised the knife, and walked out of the woods.

The girl in sackcloth clothes turned around and followed, listening carefully along the way, but she heard nothing until they were outside the forest, when she heard the neighing of horses.

I saw a group of cavalrymen appearing on the official road a few miles away, galloping on their horses. In front of the team was a large flag with the word "Fu" embroidered on it.

Without waiting for Huang Sixi to ask about the identities of these cavalrymen.

The maiden in hemp clothes was already introducing them: "They are all Jianghuai righteous soldiers, they should be Fu Gongju's subordinates!"

Huang Sixi had some impression of this name: "Is Fu Gongju a general under Du Fuwei?"

The girl in hemp clothes said, "He is not an ordinary general. He is a sworn brother of Du Fuwei and the second-in-command of the Jianghuai Army. He is also..."

Before the girl in sackcloth clothes could finish her words, the cavalry suddenly deviated from the official road and rushed into the forest on one side.

Huang Sixi leaped forward, his figure rising and falling in the air dozens of times, and he had already crossed the official road and tracked the cavalry. Only then did a voice echo in the ears of the girl in hemp clothes:

"These cavalrymen are probably trying to catch someone. They are fighting with the officers and soldiers right now. They are probably searching for the leader of the officers and soldiers. I'll go over to find out what's going on! You wait here for a while. Once I find out the deployment of both sides' forces, you can go to Jiangdu and take a boat!"

The girl in hemp clothes understood that Huang Sixi went to inquire about the military strength in order to help her find a safe route to Jiangdu. She did not want Huang Sixi to take the risk alone, so she followed Huang Sixi.

After a while, the girl in hemp clothes chased to a hillside. Huang Sixi was standing under a pine tree on the top of the hill, using the tree canopy and weeds as cover, overlooking the valley below.

At this moment, a great battle was breaking out in the valley. Hundreds of Jianghuai volunteers blocked the valley and surrounded a group of Sui soldiers in the valley.

The Sui soldiers also held up a battle flag with the word "Chen" embroidered on it.

The girl in hemp clothes walked up to Huang Sixi, first glanced at the battlefield, and was surprised and said, "Fu Gongju is here! The target that Fu Gongju personally took action to capture must be Chen Leng, the Sui general who led the officers and soldiers!"

This time, Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty sent troops to wipe out the rebel forces led by Li Zitong and Du Fuwei. The general he chose was Chen Leng. Unfortunately, Chen Leng had no ability to lead his troops and was defeated by the rebels. He himself was also in a trapped situation and was in imminent danger.

But the trapped beast still fights.

Chen Leng looks like a weak scholar, but he has profound qigong skills and is a top-notch martial arts master in the world. If there is no opponent of the same level to intercept him, the hundreds of rebels in the valley will definitely not be able to trap him.

This is also the reason why Fu Gongju, the leader of the Jianghuai rebel army, came to the scene in person. Only by his personal presence could he hope to completely strangle Chen Ling.

The girl in hemp clothes had just recognized the identities of Fu Gongju and Chen Leng, and the two had already started fighting.

Huang Sixi looked carefully and found that Fu Gongju clasped his hands into a lotus position, and exhaled true energy from his palms. The force exploded into the air and made a loud sound, shaking the whole valley.

The weather is extremely cold at the moment, but Fu Gongju's true energy is as hot as fire. As soon as it leaves his body, it emits a thick white mist that floats around Chen Leng.

From afar, the white mist looked like a blooming invisible lotus, imprisoning Chen Leng in the heart of the lotus.

However, although Fu Gongju's true energy was extremely sharp, it could not last long. The white mist lotus bloomed for only a moment before the lotus power disappeared and gradually dissipated.

Huang Sixi was very surprised when he saw Fu Gongju taking action. This man was not well-known in the martial arts world of The Twin Dragons of the Tang Dynasty, but he did not expect that his martial arts skills were extraordinary.

Huang Sixi had just arrived and was not familiar with the masters of the Tang Dynasty's Twin Dragons.

He went to ask the girl in hemp clothes: "What kind of martial arts does Fu Gongju use?"

The sackcloth-clothed girl opened her red lips and said, "That is the magic sect's profound skill 'Heavenly Heart Lotus Ring'. Fu Gongju's lotus true energy is intermittent, and he has not yet cultivated it to perfection! I just wanted to tell you that Fu Gongju is not only the second leader of the Jianghuai Volunteer Army, but he is also a disciple of the magic sect's 'Heavenly Lotus Sect'!"

Huang Sixi pondered: "'Heavenly Heart Lotus Ring'?"

His first task in breaking into the world of The Two Dragons of the Tang Dynasty was to find the four great books to fill the gap in his spiritual power training.

Among these four strange books, "Illustrated Book of the God of War" is the most mysterious. It has never appeared in the world, and Huang Sixi doesn't know where to find it.

The original volume of "Cihang Sword Canon" is kept in the righteous leader's "Cihang Jingzhai", but Huang Sixi does not know where the headquarters of "Cihang Jingzhai" is for the time being, and he needs time to look for it.

The Secret of Immortality was an ownerless item and was first hidden in the hands of Shi Long, the 'mountain pusher' in Yangzhou. As the news leaked out, Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty learned about it and sent Yu Wenhuaji to snatch it away. Shi Long would rather die than hand over the treasured book and fought a bloody battle with Yu Wenhuaji, in which he was seriously injured and on the verge of death.

Shi Long finally escaped from Yu Wenzhi, and before his death he gave the original volume of "The Secret of Immortality" to his good friend Tian Wen for safekeeping.

When Tian Wen was about to leave Yangzhou with the book, he encountered Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling stealing. The two stole the "Essence of Immortality" directly, which triggered a massive hunt by Yu Wenzhi, and the two had to flee Yangzhou.

Huang Sixi also needs to find out where Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling have fled to.

The last part, "The Heavenly Demon Strategy", does not have an original volume. This supreme magic book has long been split into several magical skills and inherited by several branches of the magic sect.

One of the demon sects, the 'Tianlian Sect', inherited the 'Tianxin Lotus Ring' from the 'Tianmo Strategy'.

If Huang Sixi wanted to obtain the complete "Heavenly Demon Strategy", he could only put the divided magic skills back together.

(End of this chapter)