Martial Arts World Assassin

Chapter 345: Fight without bloodshed

The next morning.

Huang Sixi and Kankan left the mountain city together and took a bamboo raft to Bieshan.

The heavy rain continued and flooded all the flat land.

The two were jolted to the foot of Bieshan Mountain amid the raging flood.

At this time, the terrain had risen, so the two men abandoned the raft and began to hike through the mountains.

The Dabie Mountains are much larger than the Qianligang Mountains, stretching for seven or eight hundred miles, and the overall mountain range runs from southeast to northwest.

Huang Sixi and Kan Kan entered the mountain from the southeast. If they walked along the mountain to the northwest, they could cross Anhui, Hubei, and Henan, and finally enter Nanyang in the Central Plains.

It is precisely because of the special terrain of the Dabie Mountains that it is not only convenient for hiding, but also suitable for roaming around and committing crimes in the three areas of Anhui, Hubei and Henan, thus becoming an ideal habitat for bandits and robbers.

This time, Huang Sixi was going to eliminate the four major bandits. Their lair was located near Baimajiao, the main peak of Bieshan Mountain. The distance between the mountains was only a few dozen miles. Even in heavy rain, it would take at most half a day to reach the destination.

Fortunately, their nest was not hidden in Nanyang, otherwise Huang Sixi would have wasted several days on the journey. Even if he broke into the nest, it would be extremely difficult to transport food back from the mountains hundreds of miles away.

At noon, Huang Sixi and Kankan found a cave to rest and ate some dry food to replenish their energy.

Kankan was not wearing shoes and she preferred to walk on tiptoe. After arriving at the cave, she just sat down and started rubbing her sore ankles.

Huang Sixi's eyes fell on her pair of pure white bare feet and asked her, "You walked such a long distance, and your feet are not stained with dirt at all. Have you been using your Qi to protect your feet?"

A charming smile escaped from the corner of Qianqian's mouth: "Of course, we are crossing mountains and rivers. If it weren't for luck to protect us, our feet would definitely be covered with scars!"

Huang Sixi reminded her: "When we get to the four major bandit lairs, there will be a fierce battle to fight. It's best not to continue wasting your internal energy. You should wear a pair of shoes!"

Kanan shrugged her shoulders and said, "I have been barefoot since I was a child. Habits are hard to change. Wearing shoes is very uncomfortable. Besides, I didn't bring any shoes!"

She spread her crystal-clear jade palms towards Huang Sixi, and said with a smile, "But if you are willing to give me shoes, I can try them even if they don't make me feel comfortable!"

Huang Sixi had women's clothes but no women's cloth shoes.

But Huang Sixi always had herringbone clogs for summer wear, so he took out a pair and handed them to Kankan.

This pair of clogs only has a leather strap sewn at the toes to stabilize the sole of the foot.

Kanan tried them on and took a look. Although the size was a bit big, it protected the soles of her feet and did not affect her barefoot habit too much.

She put on both clogs and walked up to Huang Sixi.

She stared at Huang Sixi with her beautiful eyes, blinking like gemstones, her gentleness revealed naturally: "My dear, I am so tired of your pity for me. I have nothing to repay you, so I will dance for you!"

She turned her slender body like a butterfly and began to dance gracefully, with a charming expression on her pretty face that could make any man crazy.

Huang Sixi only felt a faint and intoxicating body fragrance surrounding him, which swept away his tiredness. Even though he was in a rugged place and facing bad weather, he did not feel tired or bored at all.

After finishing her dance, Kankan fell gracefully and landed beside Huang Sixi.

She put half of her body close to Huang Sixi and said, "My dear, how is the dance?"

Huang Sixi answered her seriously: "I have never seen anyone better than you!"

Kankan likes to be praised, especially by Huang Sixi.

She smiled and whispered, "Xianxian really wants to dance with you all the time, but I have other family matters to attend to. After you conquer the four bandits' den and get the food, I will leave you and go to Liyang!"

Huang Sixi still remembered the promise he made to her yesterday: "If we can get food, the disaster victims can be properly resettled. I promise to accompany you to Liyang, and I won't break my promise!"

Kanan's beautiful and elegant face fell into deep thought.

After a moment, she sighed softly, "My dear, you are a mighty warrior, but you never take anything from the weak. Instead, you help them with all your might. What you have done is noble and upright, but what I have done is not worth a sneer. My dear, you have an important responsibility on your shoulders. I cannot trouble you any more. Please stop your trip to Liyang!"

Huang Sixi guessed that her rush to Liyang was probably related to the murder of Bian Bufu and Wen Caiting.

When she first met Huang Sixi yesterday, she didn't know much about Huang Sixi's background. Seeing that Huang Sixi had extraordinary martial arts skills, she suddenly decided to invite Huang Sixi to go with her.

When she learned from the victims that Huang Sixi was the assassin Jiang Long, she naturally changed her original plan.

Huang Sixi had long known her identity as a disciple of the Yinkui Sect. Because of her assistance in annihilating Zhu Can's army, Huang Sixi always trusted her.

Huang Sixi made another promise: "If you encounter any unavoidable troubles in the future, you can come to me at any time and I will help you solve the problem!"

Wan Wan smiled sweetly, tenderly: "When Wan Wan was not in trouble, couldn't she come to see my husband?"

Before she could wait for Huang Sixi's reply, she heard the sound of horses neighing coming into the cave.

Huang Sixi immediately went out of the cave to check the situation.

Kanan followed closely behind.

The two men stood at the entrance of the cave and looked into the distance. They saw a horse team of more than a thousand people appearing at the foot of the mountain. The horses' backs were filled with packages of various sizes, and there was also a group of young women who were tied up.

The leader of the cavalry was a tall and strong middle-aged man with two maces crossed on his back. His face was full of flesh and there was a tumor on his forehead that made him look ugly and hideous.

In front of the horse of this big man with tumor was lying an unconscious woman who he had knocked out. He was feeling very excited and his expression showed the pride of returning home with a great success.

He did not forget to shout to the minions holding swords, axes and bows behind him: "This flood is really a good time. Fat sheep are everywhere fleeing the disaster. If you obediently send money, food and women to the gate of our village, within a month, I guarantee that all the brothers will have girls to hug! Haha!"

The minions laughed lewdly. The victims were exhausted when they entered the mountains, so it was easy to kill them and rob them of their money.

They rushed to flatter the tumor-bearing man: "The third boss is the one with the best vision. He waited at the mountain pass and let the fat sheep fall into his trap. Today's harvest is more than the previous month!"

The tumor-bearing man pouted and cursed with a smile: "You kid actually knows how to sit back and wait for the rabbit to come to you. You are a damn talented person!"

Huang Sixi saw this scene and asked Qianqian, "Are these soldiers from the four major bandits?"

Xianxian pointed at the tumorous man and said, "The ugly man leading the group is Fang Jianding, one of the four major bandits, nicknamed 'Leave No Chicken or Dog Alive'! Sir, this place is not far from the lair of the four major bandits. There are more than a thousand of them. If we kill them now, we will definitely alert the enemy!"

Huang Sixi didn't care: "I originally planned to capture and kill the four major bandits first, force their lair into chaos, and then take the opportunity to drive out the bandits!"

Wan Wan remembered that the four major bandits were secretly in contact with Wagang Village, and immediately reminded them: "If the bandits flee, Bieshan is so vast that it is enough for them to escape and hide. It won't take long for them to gather again. If they are recruited by other forces at that time, I am afraid they will do something bad to you, my lord!"

Huang Sixi said, "It is impossible to wipe out all the tens of thousands of bandits entrenched in the mountains, and this is not our goal this time. As long as we can capture and kill the four major bandits, force them to flee their lair, and seize the food in the lair, we will have achieved our goal!"

After hearing this, Xianxian made a "swoosh!" sound, and a shining short blade popped out from her sleeve: "In that case, Xianxian will accompany you to kill the bandits!"

Huang Sixi had already prepared for the attack, but Fang Jianding was so lustful that he suddenly picked up the unconscious woman from his horse, carried her on his shoulders, and rushed straight into the cave.

He ordered his followers, "I'm going to the cave to have some fun. You guys should take a break. Don't come up the mountain. If anyone dares to interrupt my good deeds, I will break your legs!"

The minions responded with laughter: "Third boss, just go and have fun. The brothers will keep watch for you!" Huang Sixi immediately waved at Kankan and retreated into the cave.

Qianqian leaned close to Huang Sixi's ear and exhaled a breath of fragrance: "My dear, are you not going to kill Fang Jianding?"

Huang Sixi replied to her through voice transmission: "We still have to kill him, but since the bandit leader came to us on his own initiative, we should change the strategy to attack his lair!"

Huang Sixi saw that Fang Jianding was tall and similar in stature to himself, so he decided to impersonate him and lead the bandits back to their lair to look for an opportunity to annihilate them.

In the blink of an eye, Fang Jianding had already rushed into the cave using his lightness skills. He was so anxious that he put the unconscious woman on the ground and pressed on her impatiently.

As a result, before he could remove the clothes of the unconscious woman, a finger of energy suddenly hit the occipital point on the back of his head. His eyes suddenly turned black, and he collapsed on his side and died on the spot.

Xianxian accompanied Huang Sixi out and walked to the side of Fang Jianding's body. She curiously asked Huang Sixi, "What are you going to do next, my dear?"

Huang Sixi took out a human skin mask and began to disguise himself like Fang Jianding: "I want to impersonate this person!"

When Xianxian saw Huang Sixi's changed appearance, her beautiful eyes lit up and she gave Huang Sixi some advice:

"My dear, each of the four major bandits leads a group of trusted bandits. You have the ability to impersonate Fang Jianding and lead your bandits to attack the other three bandits and let them kill each other. If you can successfully instigate them, you will be able to annihilate them without bloodshed!"

Huang Sixi's original intention of disguising himself was to sneak into the lair of the four major bandits and find an opportunity to poison them so as to kill a large number of bandits.

Kanan's proposal gave Huang Sixi new ideas.

He changed into Fang Jianding's clothes, destroyed Fang Jianding's body, picked up the unconscious woman, and then signaled to Qianqian: "I am going to sneak into the lair of the four major bandits. We will act according to the situation. You take Long'er and follow the team!"

Since last night, the little dragon has been staying in the medicine box and has not come out yet.

Qianqian carefully picked up the medicine box and said, "Don't worry, my dear. I will be waiting for your news outside the lair of the four major bandits!"

Huang Sixi said nothing more, and used his Qinggong skills to rush back to the cavalry in an instant.

The minions did not notice anything unusual and, under Huang Sixi's instructions, rushed towards their lair.

Half an hour later, the cavalry entered a mountain pass with a gate.

Huang Sixi discovered that this was a large camp with various wooden buildings surrounding the mountain. Bandits were coming in and out, and the environment was as noisy as a market.

Huang Sixi looked around and just jumped off the horse when he saw a tall and thin middle-aged scholar coming towards him.

The scholar had a mustache on his lips, a dust whisk stuck on his back, and was dressed in a weird way. He greeted Huang Sixi from a distance: "The third brother is back!"

When the minions around Huang Sixi saw the middle-aged scholar, they all shouted, "Meet the Second In Command!"

Huang Sixi knew that the middle-aged scholar was the "scorched earth thousands of miles" among the four major bandits.

Mao Zao saw a young woman lying on Huang Sixi's body and immediately teased him, "Old Third, you are so lucky, this woman looks pretty good!"

Mao Zao came closer, grabbed the woman's hair and looked at her, then asked, "How was your income today?"

Huang Sixi turned around and pointed: "It was originally raining heavily, and there was no one to be seen. Then there was a flood in the south, and there were refugees everywhere. They didn't bring any food, but all they brought were gold and silver jewelry, which were all robbed here, look!"

Mao Zao no longer paid attention to the woman, and ran to check the treasure, grinning from ear to ear: "I have prepared a celebration banquet, wait for the eldest brother and the fourth brother to come back, and we will have a good drink!"

Huang Sixi learned that the remaining two of the four major bandits, Cao Yinglong and Xiang Batian, were not in the lair either. They were all looting outside, leaving only Mao Zao guarding the lair.

Huang Sixi said to Mao Zao: "I am addicted to alcohol. I just want to have a drink now. I won't accompany you anymore!"

Mao Zao hurriedly said, "Third Brother, you have worked hard on the journey. Leave these treasures to me. I will send someone to deliver them to the treasure house. You can go and rest!"

Huang Sixi's face darkened: "This is the treasure that I led my brothers to fight for. Why should I give it to you?"

Mao Zao was stunned: "Third brother, are you confused? There is no order without rules. Money and grain must be managed in a unified way. No matter how much you rob, you must give it to me first!"

Huang Sixi yelled, "The rules should be changed! I work so hard and get the least, but you do nothing all day long, but you are the most greedy. From now on, I will manage my own money and grain, and divide the gold and silver with my brothers!"

Seeing that Huang Sixi was really angry, Mao Zao immediately wanted to persuade him, "Third brother, if you feel you have been cheated, you can wait for the eldest and fourth brothers to come back and discuss how to divide the money again. Why lose your temper in public? This will damage the prestige of the four bandits in front of their brothers."

As a result, before he could finish his heartfelt words, Huang Sixi had already swung his mace and hit the top of his head like a watermelon.

With a sound of "Puff!", blood splattered everywhere.

Thousands of bandits in the valley saw this scene and were collectively petrified. What was going on?
Huang Sixi looked around at the group of more than a thousand followers who followed Fang Jianding to rob, and urged them, "Brothers, all of you follow me, let's open the treasure house and take away the treasures inside. I promise not to treat any of you unfairly!"

The minions didn't react for a moment.

Huang Sixi didn't urge him either.

The next moment, hundreds of rash bandits swarmed over and angrily asked Huang Sixi why he wanted to kill the second in command?
Huang Sixi raised his stick and said, "Whoever dares to take our money will be killed by me!"

He let out the force of the stick, knocking the people around in all directions.

At this moment, the bandits under Mao Zao and Fang Jianding were all in a state of nervousness. After they collided with each other, the conflict broke out instantly and they started drawing their swords against each other.

The originally orderly valley camp turned into a bloody battlefield in an instant.

Since Fang Jianding had a large number of bandits under his command and Huang Sixi was in charge, he quickly slaughtered hundreds of his rash confidants.

The more than a thousand bandits under Fang Jianding were surprised to find that their side was almost unscathed.

Huang Sixi immediately raised his arms and shouted: "Brothers, follow me! All the money, food and women here will be divided equally among you brothers. How much you grab will be yours!"

He rushed out first, and more than a thousand bandits followed him, including hundreds of trusted confidants stationed at Fang Jianding's residence, who also joined in after hearing the noise.

A total of two thousand men and horses began to wreak havoc in the old nest, killing anyone they saw and robbing treasures and women.

In fact, there are still five to six thousand bandits led by Cao Yinglong, Xiang Batian and Mao Zao left in the old nest, but they have no leader and cannot form an effective siege against Huang Sixi and others, resulting in their repeated defeats and withdrawal from the old nest one after another.

Huang Sixi and his companions burned and killed in the lair for nearly an hour. They had looted enough money, food and women. When they were about to leave the lair, Cao Yinglong and Xiang Batian, who were robbing outside, received the news and led an elite force to block the way of Huang Sixi and his companions.

Previously, Huang Sixi was unstoppable and no one could match him with his mace. The two thousand bandits around him placed their hopes on him, expecting him to smash Cao Yinglong and Xiang Batian to death and then monopolize the money, food and women in their lair.

As a result, Huang Sixi deliberately surrendered in the face of the joint siege of Cao Yinglong and Xiang Batian. All 2,000 bandits were trapped in their lair and became the targets of slaughter by Cao Yinglong and Xiang Batian to vent their anger.

Huang Sixi fled far away alone and met up with Kankan in the back mountain more than ten miles away.

Xianxian hid on the top of the mountain and watched the entire battle. She asked in confusion: "My dear, why didn't you take the opportunity to kill Cao Yinglong and Xiang Batian?"

Huang Sixi had his own plan: "There were several thousand bandits who had fled the old nest to avoid the chaos. When they learned that Cao Yinglong and Xiang Batian had recaptured the old nest, they would all return. Then I would sneak in and assassinate one of Cao Yinglong and Xiang Batian, and replace him. Then I would continue to sow discord between them and let them kill each other!"

(End of this chapter)