Martial Arts World Assassin

Chapter 322 Breaking into the Tiger’s Den Alone
After Huang Sixi learned about the murderer, he set fire to the corpses.

He also temporarily interrupted his journey southward and turned eastward to look for the Iron Cavalry's lair located between Tao Lake and Shazi Lake.

If those hundred-plus children were really abducted by the Iron Cavalry, the Kirin Fire Pearl given by Huang Sixi should have also been snatched away by the Iron Cavalry.

This Kirin fire bead also emits a strange aura, which can be sensed by the Feng Shui compass.

Huang Sixi kept holding a compass while he was on the road.

Unexpectedly, after he walked east for several miles, as the smell of the rotting corpse gradually weakened, the compass needle suddenly pointed to "fire".

He stopped right where he was and asked Zhai Jiao beside him, "How far is this place from the Iron Cavalry's lair?"

Zhai Jiao gave an estimated answer: "We just crossed a few hills, and it is estimated that we still need to walk another thirty to fifty miles to get there."

Huang Sixi thought that if the Kirin Fire Pearl was currently stored in the Iron Cavalry Society's lair, which was dozens of miles away, the compass would definitely not be able to sense the heat source of the fire pearl.

After all, the fire bead is just a ball of fire and blood, not the Fire Kirin itself. The heat source of the fire bead can only spread to about a mile at most, and the sensing range of the compass is only that far.

But now the compass needle points to 'fire', which means that the fire bead may have been lost nearby.

Huang Sixi immediately turned the dial of the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches and quickly calculated that the source of the fire was within a few miles, so he decided to check the source of the fire first.

As the two were traveling through barren mountains, it was inconvenient to ride horses, so they could only lead the horses.

Zhai Jiao knew that Huang Sixi was anxious to settle accounts with the Iron Cavalry Society, so she added, "Once we get out of this mountainous area, there will be a plain to the east. We can ride horses and reach the Iron Cavalry Society's lair in an hour at most."

Huang Sixi signaled Zhai Jiao to walk sideways.

Zhai Jiao didn't understand Huang Sixi's intention, and she didn't dare to ask any more questions. She just quickly led the two horses.

Seeing the mysterious compass in Huang Sixi's hand, she couldn't help but ask, "Brother Haohan, is this a compass for fortune-telling? Can you tell fortunes?"

"Well, fortune-telling, physiognomy, marriage and offspring, divination, good and bad luck, I am proficient in everything!"

"Then can you calculate it for me?"

"What do you want to count?"

"I want to calculate my father's fortune. Can he kill Li Mi?"

"He is no match for Li Mi!"

"Then can I follow in my father's footsteps and kill Li Mi?"

"You can! If you return to Wagangzhai now, Li Mi will eventually become the ghost of your men!"

After hearing this, Zhai Jiao began to doubt herself: "Don't I know how much I am capable of? Li Mi is full of schemes and tricks, and any one of them can turn me into a ghost! Are you going to chase me away by saying this, brother Haohan?"

Huang Sixi replied calmly: "My divination is never wrong, you can believe it or not!"

Zhai Jiao secretly thought: "I am just ugly, not stupid. Brother Haohan is invincible in martial arts. No one can kill me if I stay with him. If I separate from him, I will be in danger every day and be caught by the Turkic dogs. I will not go back to Wagangzhai."

After a while, Huang Sixi found a stream.

On the opposite bank stands a lush green mountain, and halfway up the mountain there is a natural cave, from which the fire comes.

Huang Sixi jumped over the stream and climbed up the mountainside. He took a quick glance inside the cave and immediately rushed in.

Zhai Jiao tied up the horse at the foot of the mountain and went into the cave to find out what was going on. She found a skinny young man lying in the cave. His right leg was fractured and swollen, which looked shocking. His left arm was cut off by a sharp blade. Although the wound was smeared with medicine, the wound was too large and showed signs of decay.

The young man was seriously injured, with a high fever all over his body, blurred consciousness and dying. No matter how Huang Sixi called him, he did not respond.

Zhai Jiao walked quickly to the young man and sighed, "This brother is really lucky. He has been injured so badly, but he is still alive!"

She looked around the cave again. The temperature outside was very low and still chilly.

But when she entered the cave, she was surrounded by heat waves, as if she had entered a warm furnace, and she couldn't help but become suspicious. Is there something strange about this cave?

She looked around and found nothing unusual in the cave, but she found a gleaming pearl in the boy's clenched right hand.

Without taking a closer look, she quickly took out a bottle of ointment and handed it to Huang Sixi: "Brother Haohan, this is a magical medicine prepared by our Wagangzhai, which is specially used to treat trauma and external injuries. It can cure this brother's broken leg and arm."

Huang Sixi had already checked the boy's injuries and said to her, "I have another elixir to save him. Keep the ointment for yourself."

This young man was none other than Du Silang, who was entrusted by Huang Sixi to manage the Kirin Fire Pearl.

Huang Sixi thought that Du Silang ended up in such a miserable state because he wanted to protect the fire bead from being stolen.

Huang Sixi decided to treat Du Silang immediately and cure him.

He didn't even use the Rama Qi, but directly took out a blood bodhi and gave it to Du Silang.

Spent one night in the cave.

The next morning, Du Silang's high fever subsided and his body temperature returned to normal. The dead tissue on his left shoulder wound was removed and new flesh grew. A scab formed on the wound, which would fall off after a few days, revealing a rosy complexion.

The broken bones in Du Silang's right leg were reconnected, the swelling disappeared, and his whole body seemed to be reborn. Even though he had not eaten for many days, Du Silang still felt full of strength.

He stood up immediately after waking up and felt full of energy.

He found that all his injuries had disappeared, and his face was full of disbelief. He turned his head and saw Zhai Jiao sleeping soundly against a big rock. He went forward and pushed Zhai Jiao, and asked excitedly: "Big brother, did you save me?"

Seeing him jumping around like a completely different person, Zhai Jiao thought she was seeing things, so she rubbed her eye sockets again and again until she was sure that he had fully recovered. Then she jumped up and screamed, "My mother, did you take the elixir?"

Du Silang said gratefully: "That was also the elixir you fed me, big brother!"

Zhai Jiao shook her head repeatedly: "I didn't feed you. Yesterday, Brother Haohan gave you a fiery red fruit to eat. The color of the fruit is almost the same as the pearl in your hand. After you ate it, you were cured for one night and your body was miraculously healed!"

Du Silang was still holding the fire bead tightly, which was a habit he had developed in the past month.

After listening to Zhai Jiao's explanation, he spread out his palms and said to himself: "The elixir is similar to the pearl? Could it be that the genius doctor has come? That's right, except for the genius doctor, who else can make me die and come back to life!"

He asked urgently: "Where is the good guy?"

Zhai Jiao scratched her head. She was in a daze in her sleep and had no idea how Brother Haohan got out of the hole.

Just when she was feeling depressed, she looked up and saw Huang Sixi outside the cave, using his lightness skills to leap outside the cave entrance with a water bag in his hand.

She immediately pointed back and said, "Look, the good man is back from fetching water from the stream!"

Du Silang turned around and saw that it was indeed the miracle doctor. He immediately rushed out of the cave, knelt down in front of Huang Sixi, and sobbed bitterly.

Zhai Jiao showed dissatisfaction, thinking that as a man, there is no reason for him to cry. Brother Haohan spared no expense to feed the elixir to this kid, but this kid turned out to be a crying wimp, which was a bit of a waste of Brother Haohan's elixir.

Huang Sixi and Du Silang talked about the past and went into the cave together. Zhai Jiao waited for Huang Sixi to sit down and said with a smile: "Brother Haohan, you are a master of swordsmanship, proficient in fortune-telling, and a divine doctor. You can do anything. I think you should go find the Heshi Bi."

Huang Sixi asked: "Why should I go looking for the Heshi Bi?"

"It's destiny!"

Zhai Jiao said seriously, "My father said that the Heshi Bi was made into a national seal, with eight bird-and-worm-shaped characters written on it: 'Received the Mandate from Heaven, Long Live and Prosper'. It has been passed down from the Qin Dynasty to the present day, and is a symbol of gaining or losing a country. Whoever can obtain the Heshi Bi will be the master of destiny. Good man, you even have the elixir, so finding the Heshi Bi should be a piece of cake for you."

Huang Sixi did not comment.

He knew that the Heshi Bi was in the hands of Cihang Jingzhai. Whenever there was chaos in the world, Cihang Jingzhai, as one of the most sacred places in the martial arts world, would spontaneously assume the responsibility of restoring order. They would send disciples to all parts of the world to search for the true emperor, and the bond between them and the true emperor was the Heshi Bi.

At present, the Heshi Bi should be hidden in the Jingnian Zen Temple in the southern suburbs outside Luoyang City.

In the original Tang Dynasty martial arts world, Kou Zhong, Xu Ziling and Ba Fenghan teamed up to break into the Jingnian Temple and snatch the He's Jade. As the He's Jade contained unparalleled spiritual power, the three of them could not figure out the details of the power and just absorbed it recklessly, resulting in the He's Jade being broken and the power being divided among the three.

After Huang Sixi finds the "God of War Atlas", the next step is to look for the "Cihang Sword Canon". He must first find the disciples of Cihang Jingzhai before he can find out the location of the Cihang Jingzhai headquarters.

The next generation heir of Cihang Jingzhai, Shi Feixuan, was in Luoyang City at this moment. It was Shi Feixuan who sent the Heshi Bi to Jingnian Zen Temple.

Because the He Shi Bi contains spiritual power, it will change with the weather. It is sometimes cold and sometimes warm, sometimes bright and sometimes dark, making it extremely difficult to control. When holding the Bi, if you are not careful, you will have hallucinations and there is a danger of going crazy.

Any martial arts master who has cultivated innate true energy in the world, once he gets close to the He's Bi, will be disturbed by the He's Bi's spirit and fall into an illusion and meet an unexpected disaster.

After Cihang Jingzhai found the Heshi Bi, because they could not control the Heshi Bi's spiritual power, they sent Shi Feixuan to deliver the Heshi Bi to Jingnian Zen Temple, handing it over to the Zen master Master Lekong for safekeeping. Shi Feixuan also stayed in the temple to look after it.

After Huang Sixi finishes his work on "The Atlas of the God of War", he will set off for Luoyang to visit Master Feixuan and the Heshi Bi.

Of course he would not reveal his plan to Zhai Jiao.

He pointed at the fire bead in Du Silang's hand and asked, "I found the bodies of fellow villagers nearby. Did you meet with the disaster of death because of this fire bead?"

Du Silang was sad and shook his head slowly: "Before we cross the river, we use the pearl to keep warm. After crossing the river, when the weather gets warmer, we will not let the pearl show up to avoid being discovered by outsiders!"

Huang Sixi asked suspiciously: "If it's not because of the fire beads, then what is it because of?"

Du Silang was unable to answer: "We were originally fleeing southward along the official road. That day, as we were on our way, we heard the sound of fighting coming from the front. It was a fight between gangsters, and the blood flowed like a river! We were all very scared and worried about being affected, so we hid in the nearby mountains, wanting to wait for the fight to end before continuing on our way. Who knew..."

Huang Sixi asked, "Who knew you would be attacked as soon as you entered the mountain?"

Huang Sixi thought that the whole bloody incident had nothing to do with Huozhu. After this group of refugees crossed the river, they were probably targeted by the Iron Cavalry Society, and the Iron Cavalry Society wanted the refugees' property and children.

Du Silang lowered his head in pain: "Those people wear masks and kill anyone they see. They are very skilled in martial arts. We can't defeat them. We can't even take away one of their masks, and we can't see their true faces."

Zhai Jiao got a little angry after hearing this: "So you just ran away with your tail between your legs, and watched all your fellow villagers get killed?"

When Du Silang heard the accusation, his face immediately turned red: "I didn't run away!"

He excitedly recounted the whole story: "Those evil thieves only killed adults, not children. They put the children in cloth bags, just like human traffickers! My father, Grandpa Gu, and Uncle Lu were afraid that the evil thieves would find Baozhu after killing me and kill the children to silence them, so they risked their lives to help me escape from the valley!

At that time, several people came to chase me and they chopped off one of my arms. As a result, I fell down the hillside and fell into the river. The current washed me away. They thought I was dead and stopped chasing me! "

When Zhai Jiao learned that his experience was actually related to the fire bead, she stopped bullying him.

Du Silang looked at Huang Sixi and said sadly, "I broke my leg when I fell down the mountain. I climbed into this cave to recuperate, but my injury became worse and worse. Before I fainted, I was thinking about you. All the villagers have been killed. If you can't find us in the future, I won't be able to return the pearl to you. I don't know how to explain to you..."

He was only fifteen or sixteen years old, seriously injured, and living alone in the mountains. It was rare that he could hold on until now.

Huang Sixi stood up and patted him on the shoulder: "The dead cannot be resurrected, you don't have to be too sad! Those children are not dead, let's go save them together, the villagers' incense will never stop!"

Du Silang immediately wiped away his tears and said, "My dear, I don't know where those children were taken!"

Zhai Jiao added: "Brother Haohan knows, we just need to follow him to get revenge!"

The three of them left the cave together.

After they crossed the mountain area and came to the plain outside the mountain, Huang Sixi asked Zhai Jiao and Du Silang to ride on one horse together.

Zhai Jiao rode the horse skillfully, and Du Silang sat behind her and complimented her politely, "Brother, your riding skills are amazing."

Zhai Jiao curled her lips and said, "I'm a woman, can't you see that?"

Du Silang suddenly became embarrassed: "You look like a man!"

Zhai Jiao snorted: "You look like one too!"

Du Silang was stunned and wondered what this meant.
It took him a moment to realize that Zhai Jiao was mocking him for not being manly enough. He suddenly clenched his teeth and thought that when he found the lair of those evil thieves, he would avenge his father and fellow villagers at all costs.

Half a day later, the three arrived at their destination.

However, the Iron Cavalry Society's headquarters is located between two lakes, with lakes on both sides of the headquarters. There are walls built above and below, and there are guards patrolling the walls day and night, so the defense is very tight.

If Huang Sixi wanted to sneak into the main altar, he had to cross the lake on both sides. Crossing the lake during the day would easily expose his whereabouts.

If this trip was just to wipe out the Iron Cavalry Society's bandits, Huang Sixi could just charge directly into the headquarters and massacre them.

But in addition to killing the bandits, Huang Sixi also needs to rescue more than a hundred children. He must ensure the safety of the children before taking action.

Huang Sixi led Zhai Jiao and Du Silang to hide in a banyan tree outside the lake and wait until dark before taking action.

The three of them hid in the treetops and could overlook Tao Lake inside and outside.

The lake is ten miles in radius and there are many boats parked on the lake.

Near dusk, a luxurious pleasure boat sailed out from the main altar on the other side of Tao Lake, crossed the center of the lake and docked at the shore where Huang Sixi was lurking.

A red-robed monk and a gorgeously dressed nun walked down the pleasure boat hand in hand and stood side by side on the shore, as if they were waiting for someone.

The red-robed monk wore a steel hoop on his head, which made the veins on his forehead bulge. He also had a ferocious face and wore a scarlet robe that looked as if it was stained with blood. He looked ferocious and seemed like he would suddenly attack and hurt people at any time.

He glanced at the banyan tree area where Huang Sixi was hiding, but as it was getting dark, he could not see anything. The leaves rustled in the lake breeze, and he could not hear any unusual smells.

But Huang Sixi could clearly see his face and catch his voice.

On the way to the Iron Cavalry Society's headquarters, Zhai Jiao introduced Huang Sixi to the Iron Cavalry Society's masters. The leader Ren Shaoming had two protectors under his command, a monk and a nun, both of whom were powerful in martial arts.

Among them, the male protector is named Fanan. He was originally a big bandit from Jiangnan who committed rape and looting. Later, he aroused public anger and joined Ren Shaoming. With the help of the Iron Cavalry Society's protection, he continued to do evil. People in Jianghu called him "evil monk".

The female protector is also a monk, her real name is Chang Zhen. It is rumored that she is the woman of the evil monk Fana, but she is secretly hooking up with other men. Fana lets it go and ignores her, so she is nicknamed "Yan Ni" in the world.

Huang Sixi knew at a glance that the two people in the painted boat should be the evil monk and the beautiful nun who were Ren Shaoming's left and right protectors.

I just don't know who the two Dharma protectors are waiting for after all of them are out here.
(End of this chapter)