Martial Arts World Assassin

Chapter 320: Internal Conflict in Wagang
After leaving the valley, Huang Sixi headed straight for the river and headed south.

He now has no idea about the original volume of "The Heavenly Demon Strategy".

Although it is known that the original volume of "Cihang Sword Canon" is kept in the main altar of Cihang Jingzhai, the location of the main altar is unclear.

He planned to cross the river and rush to the Qianligang Mountains in western Zhejiang to look for the "Atlas of the God of War" first.

He used all his strength to display his Qinggong skills and was faster than a horse. Half an hour later, he could already hear the sound of the rushing river.

After passing through a forest, the vast river comes into view.

However, the river channel he arrived at was relatively remote, with no dock nearby, and there was only one river boat drifting within a radius of about a mile.

He calculated the width of the river, which was about four or five hundred feet. He used the Jingji Knife to cut off a branch as thick as his arm, preparing to use the branch to force his way across the river.

Unexpectedly, just as he reached the river surface carrying the branch, the boat in the middle of the river slowly docked at the shore.

He turned his head and saw that the deck and the cabin were crowded with war horses, being led down to the river bank by a group of strong-clad warriors with long braids.

These warriors carried quivers on their backs, looked rough, and had weird hairstyles and accents. They didn't look like Middle-earth people at all.

After more than 20 war horses had all disembarked, a sturdy middle-aged man walked out of the cabin. He held two pistols in one hand and grabbed a short and fat boy with dark skin in the other.

The short and fat boy had his hands tightly tied with ropes, his eyes were angry but he couldn't speak, and it was obvious that he was a prisoner who had his acupoints pressed.

The middle-aged man stood on the deck, breathed a sigh of relief, then turned around and shouted into the cabin door: "Tiexiong, don't waste any more time, get off the boat quickly and go to Pushan Public Transport!"

A sinister laugh was heard from inside the cabin.

There was another "bang!" sound, and the hatch was knocked open by a huge force. A naked woman was seen lying on the deck, bleeding. A blood-red palm print appeared on her back. It was obvious that someone had hit her hard on the back, which broke the hatch. She was motionless on the spot and died suddenly.

A moment later, Tiexiong stepped out of the door. He was a giant in soft armor. He walked to the female corpse and shook his head: "The women here are really attractive. It's a pity that we are carrying out the Khan's secret order and can't take them with us on the road."

The middle-aged man glared at Tiexiong and said, "Our Khan has millions of men. When the rebel army captures Jiangdu and the world is in chaos, the Khan will definitely lead his troops south. By then, there will be too many women to rob. What's the point of you lingering?"

Tiexiong smiled and said, "Yes, the prosperous Southern Dynasty will sooner or later belong to us Turks, haha!"

Just as he was feeling happy, he suddenly caught a glimpse of Huang Sixi staring coldly at him on the shore more than ten feet away.

His tone changed to teasing, and he shouted at Huang Sixi: "What are you looking at? Did I take your mother away from you?"

Huang Sixi was originally evaluating the tactics needed to annihilate more than twenty arrow-carrying warriors and war horses.

Hearing Tiexiong's shout, Huang Sixi immediately turned his attention to Tiexiong, poured his true energy into the branch in his hand, threw it forward fiercely, and shot it out like a javelin.

Tiexiong immediately raised his arms and pushed forward, his true energy rushed out and gathered between his fists.

He was nicknamed "the fierce lion" by the Turks, referring to his bravery and fearlessness in battle, as well as his natural supernatural powers. He always relied on his pair of iron fists to fight the enemy.

When he saw the branches flying towards him, he did not dodge but punched them head-on. His fists could smash human bones into pieces, so he thought it should be easy to smash the branches.

As a result, the fist just hit the front of the branch, and the whole arm broke with a "bang!" sound. However, the branch still had the strength to penetrate Tiexiong's chest, and then dragged Tiexiong's body backwards for several steps until it pierced the wooden wall of the cabin and nailed Tiexiong to the wall.

This bloody scene stunned the middle-aged man next to him and more than 20 warriors on the shore.

Tiexiong was a fierce and ferocious warrior, unstoppable in charging into battle, but how could he be easily stabbed to death by a branch?

The middle-aged man was the leader of this group of Turkic warriors. He was the first to react and immediately gave an angry order: "Enemy attack! Draw your bows and form a battle array..."

Before he finished speaking, Huang Sixi's Jade Bee Needle had already flew out.

He attacked without mercy, shooting needles at vital points, and flipped his palm four or five times. More than 20 warriors and horses on the shore were all killed on the spot, and no one survived.

At this time, Huang Sixi had also rushed to the vicinity of the river boat, less than two meters away. He only needed to jump once to reach the deck.

The middle-aged man was frightened by Huang Sixi's killing method and did not dare to fight Huang Sixi in a duel. He also knew that he could not break through, so he immediately turned around and stood behind the short and fat boy.

He held a pistol horizontally, pointed the tip of the gun at the throat of the short and fat boy, and shouted in panic: "Don't get on board, or I will kill this little bitch!"

Huang Sixi ignored him, leaped into the air, and flew above the deck, holding up the Jingji Knife and chopped down.

The sword energy fell first, and with a "clang!", it cut off the short gun and at the same time cut off half of the middle-aged man's palm. The aftermath of the sword energy continued to rush back, passing by the short and fat boy's cheek, and with a "puff!", it cut off his right ear.

The short and fat boy's mute point was restrained and he felt excruciating pain, but he couldn't make a sound. Tears burst out instantly.

Seeing that Huang Sixi didn't care about the life or death of the hostages, the middle-aged man immediately ran to the side of the boat and prepared to jump into the river to escape.

He carried two pistols in total. His right pistol was cut off by the sword energy, but he still had the left pistol available for use. However, facing Huang Sixi's aggressive attack, he did not dare to raise his gun to fight.

When Huang Sixi landed on the deck, the middle-aged man had already jumped off the boat, trying to dive into the center of the river and escape with the help of the river water.

In order to prevent Huang Sixi from using his sword energy to chop the air from behind, the middle-aged man jumped with his back facing the river and facing Huang Sixi. He always held the pistol across his chest for defense.

As a result, when his back was about to fall into the river, Huang Sixi, standing by the boat, swung his sword fiercely. The sword energy actually rolled up the river water and condensed into a water blade about ten feet long, floating like a guillotine.

The water blade cut across his lower back and he was cut in half on the river.

Although the knife cut his body in two, he did not die. He let out a loud scream that was extremely miserable.

Huang Sixi watched him bleed into the riverbed, feeling the pain so unbearable that he tried to sink to the bottom of the river and drown himself. Suddenly, he used the Jingji sword move "Kunchoucheng", and the sword energy entered the water and wrapped around his upper body. With a "wow!" sound, he was thrown to the river bank, leaving him to die in pain.

Huang Sixi then put away his knife, turned around and left the boat.

At this moment on the deck, the short and fat boy was still standing there silently, silently enduring the pain of a broken flower.

Huang Sixi walked up to the short and fat boy, cut the rope on the boy's wrist with a snap of his fingers, and untied his acupoints at the same time.

The short and fat boy immediately took out a handkerchief and covered the wound on his broken ear. He looked at Huang Sixi in half shock and half fear. He bit his lips until they bled, but he didn't dare to cry out loud.

Huang Sixi found a wooden bench on the deck, sat down and asked, "Where are these Turks from?"

The short and fat boy witnessed Huang Sixi's murderous methods, and he told everything he knew: "Last year, the news of the Heshi Bi's disappearance spread in the martial arts world. After the Turkic Khan heard about it, he sent his subordinates to the Central Plains to snatch the Heshi Bi..."

The short and fat boy pointed at the middle-aged man who was still screaming on the shore and said, "That man is Yan Lihui, nicknamed 'Double Gun General'. He and 'Fierce Lion' Tiexiong are both subordinates of the Turkic Khan. They were ordered to sneak into the Central Plains to find out the situation of the Heshi Bi!"

Huang Sixi heard the sharp voice of the short and fat boy, and then looked at his appearance and dress. Although his face was dark and rough, and there were soft beards around his lips, he looked like a man, but he also had feminine characteristics.

Huang Sixi frowned and asked, "Are you a man or a woman?"

The short and fat boy blushed slightly: "Brother, I am actually a woman!"

"What if a woman looks like you? Your beard is longer than that of a boy!" "There's nothing I can do about it. I was born ugly like this. I might as well put on men's clothes and learn to be a man!"

"The Turks are looking for the Heshi Bi. Why did they arrest you, a tomboy? Do you know the whereabouts of the Heshi Bi?"

"Brother, I really don't know where the Heshi Bi is! My name is Zhai Jiao, and my father is Zhai Rang, the leader of Wagang Village. These Turkic dogs captured me to plot against my father!"

"Zhai Rang?"

Huang Sixi was quite surprised. He remembered the 'Duke of Pushan' mentioned by the Turks just now. Li Mi, the 'Duke of Pushan', was very famous in the late Sui Dynasty. He was originally a descendant of a noble family. Because he participated in the rebellion of Yang Xuangan in the ninth year of Daye, he had to become a bandit until he joined Wagangzhai and became one of the leaders of the righteous army in the world.

Up to now, Li Mi and Zhai Rang are both leaders of Wagangzhai.

Huang Sixi asked Zhai Jiao: "Did your Wagangzhai submit to the Turks?"

"No, no, absolutely not!"

Zhai Jiao tried to defend herself, but the Turks were clearly connected to Li Mi, Duke of Pushan, and her tone soon became less firm: "My father definitely has no connection with the Turks! But now my father has no soldiers and no power. Li Mi is the general manager of the army of Wagangzhai. If Li Mi wants to surrender to the Turks, my father can't control him!"

"Why can't I control it?"

Huang Sixi sneered: "Wagang Village was founded by your father Zhai Rang. Everyone in the martial arts world knows that Zhai Rang is the leader of Wagang. How could he not be able to control his subordinates?"

"My father used to be a man of his word! But brother, things are different now!"

Zhai Jiao began to reveal the inside story of Wagangzhai: "Li Mi's ancestor was a general of the state. He was born in a famous family and his status is much higher than my father's. He is also good at fighting. At the end of last year, he made plans and killed the court general Zhang Xutuo. Hey, brother, do you know how fierce Zhang Xutuo is?"

Huang Sixi nodded: "I know Zhang Xutuo is a Sui general, but no matter how powerful he was, he still died at the hands of your Wagang Army."

Zhai Jiao saw that Huang Sixi's face looked gentle, no longer the cold and murderous look he had just had.

Her mood gradually calmed down, and she narrated vividly: "Zhang Xutuo actually died at the hands of Li Mi! Brother, you don't know that before Li Mi came to our Wagang Village, Zhang Xutuo beat us Wagang brothers to a pulp, and we almost broke up!"

Huang Sixi found that this tomboy had a honest and straightforward temper, and couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.

Zhai Jiao was still talking nonstop: "Li Mi killed Zhang Xutuo in the first battle after entering the camp. My god, he is more powerful than Zhang Xutuo! The brothers in the camp are definitely willing to follow him to fight. He has a great reputation and keeps taking away my father's military power. My father is worried that he will try to seize the position of the leader, so he asked me to leave Wagang Village temporarily to avoid being killed by him!"

Huang Sixi thought that this was another conspiracy to stab the leader in the back.

Fu Gongju's attempt to backstab Du Fuwei failed, but Li Mi's attempt to backstab Zhai Rang, the leader of Wagang, was a real historical event.

Even in The Twin Dragons of the Tang Dynasty, Li Mi turned against Zhai Rang and stabbed him to death, taking sole control of Wagangzhai.

Huang Sixi said, "Since your father had a premonition of unrest and arranged for you to take refuge in Jiangnan, why didn't he send a group of experts to protect you?"

Zhai Jiao sighed: "I grew up with my uncles in Wagangzhai. Who would harm me? Even if they followed Li Mi to betray my father, they would not come to Jiangnan to arrest me! Who knew that Li Mi was so evil that he actually colluded with the Turks to deal with me!"

The generals of Wagangzhai would never do such a thing. After all, Li Mi and Zhai Rang have not yet fallen out.

But there is no problem in finding outsiders to do it.

Li Mi knew that the 'Double-Gun General' Yan Lihui and the 'Fierce Lion' Tiexiong were the confidants of the Turkic Khan, so he sent someone to contact them. The two sides must have agreed on some terms of transaction, which is why Yan Lihui and Tiexiong went south to capture Zhai Jiao.

Originally, Li Mi wanted to use Zhai Jiao as a trap to directly kill Zhai Rang and then put the blame on the Turks, but he was rescued by Huang Sixi halfway.

Huang Sixi did not have a good impression of the leaders of Wagangzhai. No matter who killed whom between Li Mi and Zhai Rang, it would not be a pity.

Huang Sixi naturally would not continue to interfere in this matter. After listening to Zhai Jiao's explanation of the whole story, he pointed at the female corpse on the deck and asked, "What is the identity of this girl?"

Zhai Jiao looked sad: "She was a ferryman on the river. Her whole family was killed by the Turkic dogs. She was also abducted and taken to the boat. If I wasn't ugly, I'm afraid I wouldn't be innocent."

After hearing this, Huang Sixi took off his cloak and covered the female corpse with it.

Huang Sixi then picked up Zhai Jiao's broken ear and used the Rama Qi to reconnect it for her.

Seeing this, she was confused and asked, "Brother Haohan, can a broken ear be reattached?"

Huang Sixi did not answer.

She couldn't help but say, "Brother Haohan, you are a real hero! You must be well-known in the martial arts world. What is your name? Can you tell me? Let me know it!"

Huang Sixi thought she was a chatterbox, so he used his true Qi to heal the skin on her ear. Then he stopped practicing, threw her a bottle of Black Jade Ointment, and told her to go home and heal her injuries.

"Get off the boat!"

"Ai!"

Zhai Jiao acted decisively and jumped back onto the shore.

After waiting for a while, Huang Sixi did not come ashore, but the river boat started moving instead.

Zhai Jiao was immediately very anxious, she jumped up and shouted: "Brother Haohan, why are you sailing away?"

Seeing the boat going further and further away, she suddenly dived into the river with a "plop!" and began to swim after it: "Brother, wait for me, let me get on the boat too!"

Huang Sixi looked back at her, but did not stop the boat to wait for her, and continued to ferry to the other side.

She was very stubborn and kept chasing after the man. When she swam to the middle of the river, her broken ear was washed away by the waves. She had no time to pick it up, and it fell to the bottom of the river, and no trace of it could be found anymore.

She did not feel any regrets and kept chasing Huang Sixi's river boat until she reached the other side.

She was so exhausted that she collapsed on the shore, gasping for air.

At this time, Huang Sixi had already got off the boat. Without even looking at her, he turned and walked to the other side.

Zhai Jiao knew that Huang Sixi was unwilling to let her follow him, but she had already swam across the river and could not swim back.

She shouted at Huang Sixi's back: "Brother Hero, I don't have to rely on you. When I repay you for saving my life, it won't be too late for you to chase me away then!"

She was worried that Huang Sixi would go far away, so she quickly got up.

Unexpectedly, when she looked forward, she found Huang Sixi picking up several bodies on the shore and bringing them back to the deck.

These bodies were all boatmen who had been killed on the shore by the Turks.

After Huang Sixi dragged them into the boat, he set it on fire and buried the family in water.

(End of this chapter)