Martial Arts World Assassin

Chapter 353 Pegasus Ranch
Between the Zhangshui River and the Jushui River in Jingzhou, there is a large triangular fertile plain. The two rivers flow through, irrigating the fertile fields and finally merging into the river.

This fertile plain has fertile soil, mild climate and abundant products. The more than ten miles of Pegasus Ranch on the plain is particularly fertile, with all kinds of poultry, livestock and horses raised, making it like a paradise.

The ranch is surrounded by mountains on all sides. In the northwest corner, on a higher ground, there is a magnificent castle backed by a steep cliff. This is the mountain town farm where the ranch owner lives.

Shang Xiong, the first generation owner of the ranch, was a military general in the late Jin Dynasty. When Liu Yu replaced the Jin Dynasty, Shang Xiong, in order to avoid the war, led his men and clansmen to find this valley hidden between two rivers and lived in seclusion.

The ranch has been passed down for nearly two hundred years and has had seven owners. The current owner is Shang Xiuxun, who lives in the Feiniao Garden in the inner castle of the mountain city.

This morning.

The ranch's steward Shang Zhen ran into the bird garden with a visiting card in his hand as if he was facing a formidable enemy, and presented the card to the owner Shang Xiuxun in the hall of the garden.

Shang Xiuxun is in her twenties. She is wearing a tight-fitting women's outfit that is convenient for riding horses. She exudes a burning youthful and healthy aura. The elegant outfit also highlights her delicate skin that is tanned and shiny.

She was the only heir to the ranch. She began to learn how to manage the family business when she was still a child, and had long since developed the ability to remain calm in the face of adversity.

But she rarely lost her composure today.

She only glanced at the visiting card and saw the name "Jiang Long" written on the signature. She immediately stood up in surprise and asked the butler Shang Zhen with a frown, "Is it really Jiang Long who is visiting? The assassin who killed Zhu Yuyan, the Yin Queen of the Demon Sect?"

“It’s really…it’s really him!”

The chief butler Shang Zhen was in his early fifties and had always been a mature and prudent man. He was rarely seen panicking at this moment: "He is accompanied by two beautiful women, their identities are definitely true!"

Shang Xiuxun immediately glared at Shang Zhen: "What does status have to do with beauty?"

Shang Zhen had his own reasons: "It is rumored that Jiang Long killed Zhu Yuyan on the spot when he was besieged by the Evil King Shi Zhixuan and the Yin Queen Zhu Yuyan. His magic skills are almost invincible, and he has the reputation of being the best master in the world. If he is not such a tyrannical person, he can't protect the beauty! You don't know, those two beauties are so beautiful that they are a disaster to the country and the people. The emperor will definitely go crazy and snatch them away..."

"Okay, stop talking nonsense!"

Shang Xiuxun is also an outstanding beauty. Shang Zhen sees her all day long, so he should be not surprised by her beauty.

Since Shang Zhen behaved so out of control, the woman next to Jiang Long must be extraordinary.

Shang Xiuxun looked at Shang Zhen coldly: "Have you been disrespectful to Jiang Long and his woman? Come on, take me to see him!"

"No, absolutely not!"

Shang Zhen stepped back and shook his head, "He came to visit me on his own initiative. I am the chief butler and have to receive him. It is inevitable that I have to take a look at those two beauties, but there is absolutely no offense! I heard that Jiang Long wiped out tens of thousands of bandits in the four major bandit lairs. That's a massacre. I want to live a few more years, so I won't provoke him!"

Shang Xiuxun heard this and showed a worried look on his face: "He not only wiped out the four major bandit lairs, but also slaughtered the Iron Cavalry Society, including the cruel Garuda King Zhu Can who abused the people. More than a thousand soldiers also died at his hands. He is very likely to eliminate evil for the people. Has anyone in our ranch been doing evil recently?"

As the head of a ranch, Shang Xiuxun is responsible for protecting the safety of the ranch. It is inevitable that she would judge others by herself and think the worst. She knows that the four bandits and the Iron Cavalry will be violent for a long time and plunder wealth like mountains and seas. Could it be that Jianglong is wiping out these two forces for the purpose of making money?

Pegasus Ranch produces high-quality horses that are famous throughout the world. All major forces in the martial arts world are vying to buy them. Merchants have accumulated wealth that is enough to rival a country, which often attracts covetous people. This is also where Shang Xiuxun is worried. Why did Jianglong come?

Although the merchants understand that fists are the best, they have always encouraged their tribesmen to study martial arts, promote martial arts, and form a brave and skilled guard team on the ranch.

At the same time, after nearly two hundred years of reproduction, the ranch's population has reached its peak, and tribesmen have been constantly migrating to the surrounding areas. More than half of the residents in nearby villages, towns and cities are related to the ranch by marriage, so Shang Xiuxun can mobilize tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in a short period of time.

But no matter how strong the Shang family's army was, Shang Xiuxun could not calm down, because the deterrent power of "Jiang Long" was too strong. Just hearing its name made Shang Xiuxun tremble in his heart.

In the past two months, the news of the death of Queen Yin Zhu Yuyan has shaken the world like a tornado. Zhu Yuyan was the number one master of the Demon Sect, and her reputation had been resounding in the martial arts world for thirty or forty years. The Taoist grandmaster Ning Daoqi had fought with Zhu Yuyan several times, and each time she defeated him calmly.

As a result, this leader of the demon sect, who was unrivaled in the martial arts world, died at the hands of Jianglong.

Jiang Long has been in the martial arts world for less than a year, but he has committed many shocking crimes and killed many great masters, making him more famous than ever before.

And because Jiang Long specialized in killing the notorious bandits in the martial arts world, the underworld forces became panic-stricken and collectively stopped their activities. The originally turbulent world unexpectedly fell into a brief peace.

In the past two months, there has not been a single major case of robbery of civilians in the underworld, and those vicious thieves seem to have disappeared from the face of the earth.

This also greatly benefits various business organizations as they no longer have to worry about being robbed or mugged.

The reason why Shang Xiuxun asked Shang Zhen whether the people at Pegasus Ranch had done anything evil recently was because he was worried that he would offend Jiang Long and get into trouble.

"The rules of our ranch have been in place for two hundred years, and there is absolutely no evil in it!"

Shang Zhen answered cautiously: "But last month we sent a caravan to the northern grasslands to purchase fine-breed Hu horses. Could it be that the caravan offended Jianglong?"

The master and the servant could not understand why Jianglong came to visit.

The two of them came to the reception room of the inner castle with trepidation.

Shang Xiuxun first looked through the hall and saw a stern-faced young man in a blue shirt sitting in a chair waiting quietly. Beside him was a graceful woman in white bending over, fiddling with tea sets with a smile.

There was also a graceful woman in green standing behind a chair, looking up at a landscape painting hanging on the wall.

The three people are naturally Huang Sixi, Kan Kan and Shi Qingxuan.

Shang Xiuxun looked at Kankan and Shi Qingxuan again. Just looking at the two women's infinitely graceful figures was enough to touch anyone's heart. She thought that what Shang Zhen said was true.

Shang Xiuxun took a deep breath and went into the hall to meet them.

Huang Sixi saw his host coming and stood up to chat.

After exchanging pleasantries, Shang Xiuxun began to inquire about Huang Sixi's purpose: "Mr. Jianglong, I am honored to have your presence here. I wonder how I can be of service to you?"

Huang Sixi said bluntly: "I am here to pay a visit to your father. Please, the owner of the venue, lead the way!"

Shang Xiuxun's father is Lu Miaozi, the most versatile person in the world once mentioned by Kankan.

Since Lu Miaozi was hunted by Zhu Yuyan because of the "Evil Emperor's Relics" thirty years ago, he fled to Pegasus Ranch, changed his name and married the previous owner Shang Qingya.

Huang Sixi knew that Lu Miaozi was also known as the world's best craftsman. In his early years, he accepted the invitation of Yang Su, a powerful official in the Sui court, and built the "Yang Gong Treasure House" buried deep under the city of Chang'an, and personally hid the "Evil Emperor's Relics" in the treasury.

The 'Yang Gong Treasure House' and 'Evil Emperor's Relics' that are unforgettable to heroes and masters all over the world are actually all related to Lu Miaozi.

However, in order to avoid disaster, Lu Miaozi is still living in seclusion. He lives on the cliff behind the castle all year round and never asks about the affairs of Pegasus Ranch. He is like an invisible man.

Huang Sixi only mentioned "your father" and did not reveal Lu Miaozi's name.

Shang Xiuxun blamed her father Lu Miaozi for the early death of her mother Shang Qingya. Since Shang Qingya passed away three years ago, Shang Xiuxun has driven Lu Miaozi to Houya Xiaolou and never met her again. The relationship between father and daughter is quite bad. Lu Miaozi's identity is also unknown to outsiders.

Shang Xiuxun was surprised at the source of Huang Sixi's information, and asked in a deep voice: "May I ask, Lord Jianglong, has my father ever offended anyone in the past?"

Huang Sixi shook his head: "He has never offended me. I am only looking for him to ask a private question. I will leave after asking!"

Shang Xiuxun couldn't say no.

She murmured for a moment, then suddenly turned sideways and stretched out her arms to Huang Sixi: "Please come this way, Mr. Jianglong. My father is in seclusion in the back mountain. I will take you there!"

She also did not forget to greet Kankan and Shi Qingxuan: "Please move aside, ladies! I wanted to prepare a banquet to entertain you two, but Lord Jianglong is anxious to see my father, so I will follow your orders. If I have neglected you two, please forgive me!"

Qianqian and Shi Qingxuan smiled and said, "You are too polite, mall owner!"

The two women looked at each other, and both thought that this venue owner, who was in charge of tens of thousands of people, was very humble and treated his guests with humility.

The two women followed Huang Sixi and began to walk left and right in the castle, passing through corridors with endless beautiful scenery, and after passing through a bamboo forest, they came to a dangerous cliff hundreds of feet high.

There is a two-story building on the terrace at the edge of the cliff. This is where Lu Miaozi lived in seclusion.

Shang Xiuxun first asked Huang Sixi, Kan Kan and Shi Qingxuan to wait for a while, and she went into the building alone to see Lu Miaozi.

After a while, the father and daughter went out of the building together.

Lu Miaozi wore a tall hat and a wide robe, and had the aura of a scholar who was to be admired.

He had already been famous in the martial arts world thirty years ago. Because of his profound knowledge, even the world's number one master Ning Daoqi had to call him "Teacher Lu" when he saw him.

It was precisely because of his vast knowledge and profound understanding of history and current events that he was favored by the Evil Emperor Xiang Yutian and entrusted with the Demon Sect's ancient treasure, the 'Evil Emperor's Relics'.

He has deep friendships with both the righteous and the evil, and has seen many ups and downs. He is not intimidated by the title of Dragon Subduer.

After he left the room, he asked anxiously, "Is Zhu Yuyan really dead?"

He was hunted by Zhu Yuyan thirty years ago and had to flee thousands of miles away to save his life. He knew very well how powerful Zhu Yuyan's magic skills were, so he doubted the rumors from the outside world.

Huang Sixi nodded at him: "Zhu Yuyan died in the hands of both the jade and the stone!"

He heard Huang Sixi confirm this with his own ears, and couldn't help but sigh: "You can force Zhu Yuyan to perform the Jade and Stone Perish Together, your martial arts must be better than hers. You can destroy the Yin Queen, and I'm afraid nothing in this world can stop you. Why did you come to me?"

Huang Sixi saw that there were many people from Pegasus Ranch following him, so he said, "This matter needs to be discussed with Mr. Lu alone!"

Lu Miaozi seemed to have a premonition of what Huang Sixi was talking about, and immediately invited Huang Sixi to the attic.

As a result, he turned his eyes and caught a glimpse of Shi Qingxuan. His drowsy old eyes suddenly brightened up: "Young lady, what is your relationship with Bi Xiuxin of Cihang Jingzhai?"

When Shi Qingxuan heard him mention his mother, she thought they must be old acquaintances, so she bowed and replied, "Yes, it's my mother!"

"No wonder! The young lady looks like your mother in both appearance and spirit, and both have an air of transcendence!"

Lu Miaozi turned around and told Shang Xiuxun: "Cihang Jingzhai is the leader of the righteous path. The disciples in the zhai are dedicated to saving the world and bringing peace to the people. Xun'er, you must not neglect it!"

Shang Xiuxun replied coldly: "I will entertain the two ladies well, there is no need for you to say anything more, you should quickly bring Mr. Jianglong into the building to discuss in detail!"

There was a lack of respect in her words.

Lu Miaozi suddenly looked embarrassed. After sighing softly, he waved his hand towards Huang Sixi and said, "Please come in, sir!"

He led Huang Sixi to the secret room in the attic.

After sitting down, he did not wait for Huang Sixi to speak, and asked directly: "Since you have found a way to come to me, you must know my identity. Are you here for the 'Evil Emperor's Relic'?"

Huang Sixi admitted the reason and said, "I know that the 'Evil Emperor's Relics' were sealed by you in the 'Yang Gong Treasure House'. That treasure house was opened under the Yuema Bridge in Chang'an City, right?"

"what!"

After hearing Huang Sixi reveal the secret location of Yang Gong's treasure house, Lu Miaozi was puzzled and asked, "Since you have already found out the location of 'Yang Gong's Treasure House', why did you come to me? Are you looking for a way to open the mechanism in the treasure house?"

He is a master of mechanical devices with a great reputation, and he has set up multiple complex, dangerous and deadly traps in Yang Gong's treasury.

But none of these could stump Huang Sixi.

Huang Sixi told him clearly: "I can break all your traps, but the Li Clan's army is currently attacking Chang'an. Any disturbance in the city will cause unrest. I need to prevent a big commotion from happening when I break the traps, which may lead to the disclosure of the treasure house. That's why I came to you!"

Huang Sixi came to see Lu Miaozi this time in order to find a way to open Yang Gong's treasure house quietly.

After he said that, he looked at Lu Miaozi.

Now Lu Miaozi looks old and haggard, and has a look of death from illness.

Huang Sixi asked again: "What kind of stubborn disease are you suffering from?"

Lu Miaozi laughed bitterly: "This is an old injury. I was injured by the Heavenly Demonic Power. If I hadn't been well versed in medicine and diet therapy, I would not have survived until now."

Huang Sixi immediately diagnosed him: "From my perspective, if you don't heal your hidden injuries, you may not live for more than a year."

Lu Miaozi was quite calm: "I had foreseen this and have already prepared for the funeral!"

He pointed at the desk behind him and said, "Over the years, I have been organizing all my life's learning, waiting for the right person to come and pass on my teachings. You have killed Zhu Yuyan and are keeping company with the disciples of Cihang Jingzhai. I think you are a righteous man. I will simply give you all the secret methods of building the 'Yang Gong Treasure House' to help you open the door quietly, which can also be regarded as fulfilling a wish!"

Huang Sixi would not ask for his secret method for nothing: "I can cure your hidden injury, so you don't have to prepare for your funeral."

Lu Miaozi chuckled, not seeming to care: "My martial arts skills may not be as good as yours, but I am proficient in medicine and know that the end is near. After all, the hidden injury has accumulated for thirty years and there is no medicine to cure it."

Huang Sixi stretched out his hand: "You might as well give it a try!"

Lu Miaozi was stunned for a moment, thinking of his daughter's beautiful face. He didn't want to be at odds with his daughter before his death and die with regret. In the end, he handed over his wrist to Huang Sixi for treatment.

(End of this chapter)