Martial Arts World Assassin

Chapter 323 Cutting out the roots
About an incense stick of time later, the warriors of the Iron Cavalry Society stationed outside the lake, leading a group of mysterious people dressed in merchants' clothes, gathered at the pleasure boat.

Everyone in the caravan fell off their horses one after another.

The evil monk Fa Nan bowed and stepped forward, asking politely, "I am Fa Nan, may I ask who is the great military advisor Cui Ji Xiu?"

A calm middle-aged scholar walked out of the caravan and returned the greeting with a smile: "My name is Cui Jixiu, nice to meet Master Fanan!"

Choi Ji-soo is tall and thin, with a narrow face and a beard on his lips. His profile looks a bit like a goat, but his eyes appear calm and bright.

He turned his gaze to the nun Chang Zhen, with admiration on his face: "I heard that when Ren Longtou founded the Iron Cavalry Society, he had two heroes who followed him, who were ranked as the left and right protectors of the Iron Cavalry Society and were famous in Jiangdong. I guess this nun is the protector Chang Zhen!"

The nun Chang Zhen laughed sweetly, her beautiful eyes sparkling, and she threw a coquettish glance at Cui Jixiu: "It is said that the great military advisor Cui is the number one counselor of His Majesty the Emperor of Chu, and he is well-known for his wisdom and his ability to judge people. The rumors in the martial arts world are indeed true!"

The evil monk Fanan was worried that the nun Chang Zhen would act lustfully towards Choi Ji-su regardless of the occasion, so he did not allow Chang Zhen to continue flattering Choi Ji-su.

Fanan quickly turned sideways and stretched out his arm to Cui Jixiu: "The big dragon head has been waiting for a long time, and the banquet has been prepared. We just need to wait for Cui Junshi to arrive, and then we can play music and start the banquet! Please invite Cui Junshi to board the boat!"

"Thank you!"

Cui Jixiu was a guest coming from afar, so he followed the host's instructions, boarded the pleasure boat with big strides, and followed the caravan.

The nearby Iron Cavalry Society warriors boarded the lake patrol boats, guarded the pleasure boat on both sides, sailed into the center of the lake, and headed towards the Iron Cavalry Society's headquarters.

When they got off the boat on the other side and disappeared into the dense reeds on the shore, Huang Sixi also withdrew his gaze.

Due to the long distance of lurking, Zhai Jiao and Du Silang could not hear the conversation between Fa Nan, Chang Zhen and Cui Jixiu.

Huang Sixi told Zhai Jiao and Du Silang about Cui Jixiu's situation.

Du Silang's family has been farming and studying for generations and he is not a man of the world. After listening to Huang Sixi's introduction, he was speechless.

Zhai Jiao was well-informed and was surprised. "Cui Jixiu actually condescended to the Iron Cavalry Club? He is the most trusted confidant of the Emperor of the Great Chu, Lin Shihong. He is highly trusted by Lin Shihong and was appointed as the military advisor of the Chu State."

Lin Shihong was a warlord in the south at the end of the Sui Dynasty. He named his country "Chu", which sounds very impressive, but in fact his territory was limited to Jiangxi.

Huang Sixi had heard of Lin Shihong's name, but he didn't know much about how he made his fortune, so he asked Zhai Jiao, "When did Lin Shihong become emperor?"

Zhai Jiao said clearly, "In December last year, Lin Shihong was the emperor for only two months at most! Before he became emperor, he was the leader of the Poyang Society. Like Ren Shaoming of the Iron Cavalry Society, they both started out as gangsters. Lin Shihong dominated Jiangxi, and Ren Shaoming dominated Jiangdong. The two were known as the two tyrants of Jiangnan!"

Ren Shaoming is also a top underworld master who is as famous as Zhai Rang, Du Fuwei, and Dou Jiande!
Huang Sixi thought that Lin Shihong's luck should be much better than Ren Shaoming, Zhai Rang, Du Fuwei, and Dou Jiande, after all, he has already secured the throne: "Is the Poyang Society also one of the Eight Gangs and Ten Societies?"

Zhai Jiao nodded. "In the past, the Poyang Society only robbed houses near Poyang Lake. They started a rebellion against the Sui Dynasty two years ago. Last year, Lin Shihong killed Liu Ziyi, a fierce general of the Sui court, in Poyang Lake. He became famous and more than 100,000 heroes in Jiangxi Province surrendered to him. He took the opportunity to attack Jiujiang and Linchuan. Local governments surrendered. He felt that he was destined to be emperor, so he directly established a dynasty and made Yuzhang the capital!"

Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty was cruel and tyrannical, causing people all over the country to live in misery. Even near Jiangdu, there were often starving people everywhere. Given the current corrupt situation in the world, as long as there is a leader raising the banner of justice, local people will gather to respond.

Dou Jiande in the north, Wagangzhai in the Central Plains, Du Fuwei in Jianghuai, and Lin Shihong in the south of the Yangtze River, they could easily mobilize more than 100,000 people to serve and win the hearts of the local people by opening their warehouses to release grain at any time.

After Lin Shihong proclaimed himself emperor, Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty lost control over the Jiangxi government and was unable to send out troops to encircle and suppress the rebellion. This led to Lin Shihong becoming more ambitious and trying to expand his sphere of influence and reach out to Jiangdong.

After a brief thought, Zhai Jiao guessed Cui Jixiu's intention and revealed to Huang Sixi, "Brother Haohan, this time Lin Shihong sent his dog-headed military advisor Cui Jixiu to visit the Iron Cavalry Society. It must be to form an alliance so that he can use the power of the Iron Cavalry Society to capture the Jiangdong territory."

Huang Sixi said in a loud voice: "After tonight, they will no longer have any chance to form an alliance!"

Zhai Jiao had no doubt about Huang Sixi's assertion. She thought that Ren Shaoming could pick on anyone else, but he had to pick on Haohan Ge. He would definitely die tonight.

The evening passed quickly.

After nightfall, Huang Sixi led Zhai Jiao and Du Silang to jump down from the treetops and sneak to the lakeshore.

Huang Sixi had already surveyed the topography of the lake when he was hiding in the tree. He found that there was a patrol boat every two or three miles. The boats were not big and each could only accommodate three to five warriors.

Huang Sixi asked Zhai Jiao and Du Silang to wait on the shore. He leaped across the lake for several feet, lightly touched the water, and jumped high again.

When Huang Sixi landed for the second time, he had already landed on a lake patrol boat more than ten feet away, and the four warriors guarding the boat were knocked down at the same time.

Huang Sixi rowed back and motioned for Zhai Jiao and Du Silang to board the boat, and then they sailed towards the other side together.

On the way, Huang Sixi asked Zhai Jiao and Du Silang to change into warrior costumes, and took out two human skin masks to disguise them as warriors.

This "human skin mask" is a disguise method that Huang Sixi inherited from the Demon Sealing Clan when he was in Di Renjie's martial arts world. It makes up for the shortcomings of his previous disguise using yellow mud. When he was slaughtering the Japanese martial arts world in Fengyun Jianghu, he also relied on the "human skin mask" to constantly change his identity, which greatly improved the efficiency of assassination.

There was a dense reed marsh on the other side of the lake, stretching for several miles. Huang Sixi rowed the boat into it and hid the boat between the two-person-high reeds. It was not easy to be discovered even during the day, and would not be noticed at night.

Huang Sixi then led Zhai Jiao and Du Silang to the lakeshore.

The Iron Cavalry Society's headquarters was built between two lakes. This flat area was twenty to thirty miles wide and was developed by the Iron Cavalry Society into a horse farm.

There are more than a thousand fine horses raised in the farm, and the area outside the main hall is full of densely packed stables.

The three of them walked through the main temple complex for most of an hour, and finally found a bamboo house covered with sharp fences, shaped like a prison.

Zhai Jiao and Du Silang were hiding in the grass outside the house.

Huang Sixi sneaked into the bamboo house alone to investigate the situation.

Taking advantage of the candlelight from the distant building, Zhai Jiao vaguely saw Huang Sixi climbing over the eaves and walls as if he was in an empty space.

She couldn't help but sigh softly: "Brother Haohan is an excellent Qinggong, and is very experienced in exploring the way. Not to mention assassinating Ren Shaoming, even if he assassinates the emperor, he probably won't fail! A hero like him who is chivalrous and righteous must be famous!"

Du Silang remained quiet and did not respond.

Before leaving, Huang Sixi reminded him and Zhai Jiao to be alert to the movements around them.

He kept looking around, not daring to relax at all.

Zhai Jiao suddenly pushed him and asked, "Silang, what's your name, dear brother?"

Du Silang said: "I don't know!"

Zhai Jiao frowned: "You don't want to tell me, right?"

Du Silang was embarrassed: "I really don't know! I've only met you once. I ran into you by chance that day, and I seemed to have heard you say that he was the fourth child in the family, and he might also be called Silang!"

Zhai Jiao sighed: "Even if his name is really Si Lang, I wouldn't dare to call him that."

Du Silang suddenly thought of Shi Qingxuan: "The reason why I met you that day was because of the Divine Doctor. Now you are crossing the river to the south, but the Divine Doctor did not follow you. Sister Zhai, do you know where the Divine Doctor went?"

Zhai Jiao immediately became curious and asked, "Does Haohan have a wife? What does his wife look like? Is she as beautiful as a fairy? Is she as skilled in martial arts as Haohan and can bring people back to health?"

"This……"

Du Silang hesitated. The day he met by chance was also the first time Huang Sixi and Shi Qingxuan met each other. But after a month, perhaps Huang Sixi and Shi Qingxuan had become close friends.

Du Silang was afraid of saying something wrong, so he didn't answer immediately.

Seeing that Du Silang was hesitant to talk, Zhai Jiao did not press him. After all, they were not familiar with each other yet. It would not be too late to ask slowly after they fought side by side and became friends.

As the two chatted here, Huang Sixi also came back from exploring the way and frowned, saying, "Twenty to thirty of these children have been killed by the Iron Cavalry Society, and the rest were so scared that they dared not leave their rooms!"

This is also the usual intimidation method used by the Iron Cavalry to train death squads. Every time a group of children enters the Iron Cavalry headquarters, there will always be a few representatives who fiercely resist. The warriors of the Iron Cavalry will brutally kill these courageous rebels in front of all the children, killing chickens to scare monkeys, in order to intimidate the rest of the people to accept their fate and honestly follow the training arrangements of the Iron Cavalry.

Du Silang was saddened when he heard that some children were killed. He also heard that the surviving children were unwilling to escape. He immediately volunteered: "My dear, these children may not recognize you. Let me in. As long as they see me, they will definitely follow me!"

Huang Sixi disagreed: "They have been here for half a month, and they are forced to ride horses every day. If they don't ride well, they will be whipped. Almost all of them are injured. Even if they are willing to follow you, they can't get far."

This time, the Iron Cavalry Society has abducted more than one hundred children. They will be constantly eliminated during the training process. Those who dare to resist, those who are physically weak, and those who are dull-witted will all be killed, until finally the warriors loyal to the Iron Cavalry Society are selected.

In order to prevent the children from escaping, the Iron Cavalry Society locked them in a bamboo house full of traps.

If Huang Sixi tried to rescue people by force, he could only carry them out one by one, which would easily alert the warriors of the Iron Cavalry Society.

He originally planned to rescue all these children first, and then kill Ren Shaoming, the leader of the Iron Cavalry Society.

But the rescue was too difficult, so Huang Sixi had to change the plan. He would kill Ren Shaoming first, and then massacre the Iron Cavalry Society's warriors. After all the warriors were killed and no one was left in the headquarters, he would take the children away.

Having made this decision, he immediately set about implementing it.

He took out two leather bags, handed them to Zhai Jiao and Du Silang, and assigned them tasks: "I'm going to find Ren Shaoming now, you stay here! After my assassination operation begins, there will be chaos in the headquarters. If you find those children in danger, throw the poison beads in the bags out and rescue them!"

Zhai Jiao and Du Silang said in unison: "We will protect their safety even if we die!"

Huang Sixi solemnly warned: "I am not asking you to fight to your death, but to do what you can. If you encounter a master who is beyond your ability, then it is best to escape first! Only by keeping yourself useful can you achieve greater things in the future!"

Zhai Jiao and Du Silang both thought: "My Lord wants us to protect ourselves as well as the children, which is a bit difficult! But my Lord has given the order, so we have to do everything we can to get it done!"

Huang Sixi finally took out two more items and gave the Baihong dagger to Du Silang: "You only have one arm left, I'll lend you this dagger for self-defense!"

He then gave a whistling arrow to Zhai Jiao for safekeeping: "If you and Si Lang encounter a dangerous situation that you cannot handle, release this whistling arrow into the sky. I will come to rescue you immediately after hearing the sound of the arrow!"

What he did was just a precautionary measure. Perhaps after he launched the assassination, the survivors of the Iron Cavalry Society would be busy fleeing and would have no time to care about the imprisoned children. At that time, Zhai Jiao and Du Silang would not have to do anything but wait patiently for Huang Sixi to return.

After the arrangements were made, Huang Sixi parted ways with Zhai Jiao and Du Silang and went alone to assassinate Ren Shaoming.

At this moment, Ren Shaoming was entertaining Cui Jixiu who came from afar in the gathering hall of the main hall. All the leaders of the Iron Cavalry Society gathered there and held a grand banquet.

However, the Juyi Hall was two or three miles away from where these children were detained.

It was not until Huang Sixi flew onto the courtyard wall outside the Juyi Hall that he heard the lively noise.

Huang Sixi saw every move at the banquet through the open hall door.

More than ten leaders of the Iron Cavalry Society gathered together and sat on the left side of the hall. The front row was headed by the evil monk Fanan and the beautiful nun Changzhen.

On the right side of the hall are the distinguished guest Cui Jixiu and his entourage.

There was a tiger-skin bench in the hall, on which sat a middle-aged man in black tights and a white robe. His skin was shining bronze, and from a distance it looked like it was cast in iron. On his forehead was a tattoo of a green dragon with bared fangs and claws, about half the size of a palm.

This is also the symbol of Ren Shaoming, the leader of the Iron Cavalry Society. He is nicknamed "Green Dragon" by people in the martial arts world, and he got his name from this dragon-shaped tattoo.

Ren Shaoming has sunken eye sockets, prominent cheekbones, and his appearance has obvious features of a foreign race. It seems that the rumor in the world that he is a descendant of the Tiele tribe is true.

Huang Sixi had already identified his target, and immediately jumped to the ground, and with a "swish!" he drew out the Dragon Subduing Sword, with a flash of light on the sword.

He was seen holding a sword in his right hand and a knife in his left hand, walking towards the Juyi Hall leisurely.

Ren Shaoming was originally holding a wine glass and toasting Cui Jixiu from a distance, but suddenly his eyes turned quickly.

His green eyes, which shone with cruelty and hatred, stared at Huang Sixi and he shouted loudly, "How dare you break into the Iron Cavalry Association headquarters alone? You are really brave!"

He swung his arm and threw the wine glass in his hand, crossing the several-meter-long hall and flying straight out of the door.

When the wine glass approached Huang Sixi's body, the glass shattered with a "bang!", breaking into hundreds of water droplets and fragments. After being infused with Ren Shaoming's energy, it had become a sharp and deadly hidden weapon, attacking Huang Sixi from all directions.

As a result, the water droplets and fragments had just collapsed when they were locked by Huang Sixi's spiritual aura, and were instantly suspended in the air, unable to move forward any further.

Huang Sixi swung his sword, and the water droplets and fragments turned around with a "whoosh!" and flew backwards.

Dozens of cavalry guards who were on high alert outside the Juyi Hall were pelted with water droplets and debris, and their bodies were instantly riddled with holes.

Most of the dead soldiers lay dead in front of the gate, while the rest were fearless and tried to rush forward with a roar. Huang Sixi slashed his sword horizontally again, using the "Eighteen Sword Styles", picking up dozens of weapons of the dead soldiers on the ground and slashing them in mid-air.

A cloud of blood mist bloomed in front of the Juyi Hall, and in the blink of an eye, the ground was covered with corpses.

When everyone in the hall saw this scene, they were all horrified and lost interest in drinking. They all jumped away from the table and became alert as if facing a great enemy.

Ren Shaoming picked up two head-sized meteor hammers made of fine steel and shouted to Huang Sixi again: "Who are you? What grudge do I have against you?"

His tone no longer showed the complete control he had just shown, but instead revealed a slight sense of urgency.

Huang Sixi stood in front of the door, stopped and looked back. The cavalry outside the courtyard heard the noise and began to gather towards the Juyi Hall.

This is also Huang Sixi's purpose. He will guard the door firmly, use Ren Shaoming and a group of Iron Cavalry leaders as bait, and attract all the death squads in the headquarters to come and get rid of them all at once, making sure to eradicate the roots.

Huang Sixi turned his gaze back to Ren Shaoming and said coldly: "Listen carefully, I am the assassin Jianglong!"

After saying this, he raised the Jingji Knife, poured his Qi into the blade, and threw it out with a "whoosh!"

An extremely powerful airflow took shape in an instant, like a huge wave, sweeping across the space of the Juyi Hall which was several feet in radius. Dozens of masters in the hall were enveloped by the airflow, and the true energy in their bodies was shaken so that their bodies swayed and they could not stand steadily.

They saw the Jingji Sword rushing towards Ren Shaoming with a spiral air wave, and tried to intercept the blade, but due to the interference of the air flow, they could not catch any trace of the Jingji Sword at all.

This is exactly the sixth move of the Jingji Sword, 'Quiet and Shocking Heart'. Once this move is used, it can disturb the enemy's mind, confuse the enemy's vision, and make the enemy unable to sense the attack direction of the Jingji Sword.

The Jingji Sword flew into the air, easily piercing through the defenses of dozens of people and rushed straight in front of Ren Shaoming.

Ren Shaoming roared and raised his two hammers. The meteor hammers weighing hundreds of pounds were as flexible as bees and butterflies in his hands. With a clang, the hammers crossed and clamped on the Jingji Knife.

However, Huang Sixi used two consecutive moves to break away from the Jingji Sword, and the spiral air waves swirling outside the sword instantly broke away and wrapped around Ren Shaoming.

Ren Shaoming suddenly felt a cold current flowing into his meridians, making the true energy in his body seem to be frozen. The power of the meteor hammer also subsided, and it could no longer stop the forward charge of the Jingji Knife.

There was a sound of 'Puff!'

The Jingji Knife pierced through the space between the two hammers and stabbed into Ren Shaoming's chest. After dragging his body back several feet, the tip of the knife pierced into the solid wall, nailing Ren Shaoming to the wall.

Ren Shaoming did not die immediately, but this sword move was the last move of the Jingji Sword Technique, 'Cold Eyebrows', which contained the spiritual power to freeze the meridians.

Ren Shaoming's internal organs suffered severe damage, and the true energy in his meridians was frozen in an instant, which was equivalent to losing his combat effectiveness. He even lost the strength to draw out the Jingji Sword.

Huang Sixi did not pursue the victory, but let Ren Shaoming breathe, so that the leaders of the Iron Cavalry Society in the Juyi Hall, including the evil monk Fanan and the beautiful nun Chang Zhen, would not flee in all directions.

As long as the leaders of the Iron Cavalry Society are still in the Gathering Hall, the death warriors in the headquarters will rush to the rescue at the risk of their lives and will not take advantage of the chaos to harm those children.

Huang Sixi held the Dragon Subduing Sword horizontally and pointed it at military advisor Cui Jixiu first.

(End of this chapter)