Martial Arts World Assassin

Chapter 395: A Loose Man Presents Treasures
Huang Sixi and Shi Feixuan rode fast horses south.

They arrived in Luoyang in no time.

This thousand-year-old capital is located on the south bank of the Yellow River.

The city is surrounded by Hulao Mountain in the east, Luo River in the south and Mang Mountain in the north. It has a strategic location, beautiful scenery, suitable climate and convenient water transport.

Since ancient times, Luoyang has been the place where the world was headed. Eight dynasties, including Xia, Shang, Eastern Zhou, Eastern Han, Cao Wei, Western Jin, Northern Wei, and Sui, had their capitals here.

After Yang Guang ascended the throne, he built a new site between the Zhouwang City and the ancient city of Han and Wei. The circumference of the city was more than fifty miles and it was magnificent.

A few months ago, Li Yuan led his troops to capture Luoyang, made it the capital, and established the Tang court's hegemony.

Li Yuan was also fortunate to obtain the Heshi Bi, a national treasure. With this Bi, he announced to the world that Li Tang had replaced Yang Sui as the legitimate ruler, and thus gained the unanimous submission of the nobles in Luoyang.

When Li Yuan entered the city, he took over this thousand-year-old capital with almost no fighting, allowing the people to live in peace and the merchants to make profits. Although Li Yuan had only governed Luoyang for a few short months, he made the city look like a prosperous new dynasty.

That evening, Huang Sixi and Shi Feixuan took advantage of the night to climb over the Luoyang city wall, and used their lightness skills to land on the attic building on the side of "Tianjie".

'Tianjie' is the main road in Luoyang, which is a hundred steps wide and runs through the north and south. Huang Sixi looked forward and saw that the street stretched very straight, at least seven or eight miles in length. He secretly praised the magnificent scale of this city.

On the way to Luoyang, Huang Sixi and Shi Feixuan were always riding fast and had little time to communicate.

After entering Luoyang this time, Huang Sixi did not tell Shi Feixuan what actions he was going to take.

If it were anyone else, and they broke into Li Tang's capital city alone, once their tracks were exposed and they were besieged by the imperial guards in the city, they would surely be in a life-and-death situation.

But Huang Sixi was well-known. The fact that he stabbed Shibi Khan and Wu Zun Bi Xuan to death in the midst of thousands of soldiers made Shi Feixuan's worries disappear. Even if it was a dangerous place, she would dare to follow Huang Sixi.

But she was unwilling to participate in the action without any clue.

When she accompanied Huang Sixi to the edge of the "Heavenly Street", she asked softly, "Did Mr. Huang plan to sneak into the palace and assassinate Emperor Li Yuan when he came to Luoyang this time?"

Huang Sixi shook his head: "Li Yuan is the ruler of a country. Keeping him alive is very useful. I will not kill him, but capture him alive! But before capturing him, I need to find Ning Daoqi first!"

Huang Sixi said this, and withdrew his gaze from the long street, looked at Shi Feixuan and said: "Master Fairy, you have been in Luoyang for a long time. Do you know where Ning Daoqi lives? Is he following Li Yuan as a bodyguard?"

Shi Feixuan smiled and said, "As far as I know, Ning Daoqi is not with Li Yuan! Because the Heshi Bi would cause mental interference to martial arts masters, Li Yuan did not dare to take the Heshi Bi into his bedroom, but hid it in a secluded place outside the palace. Ning Daoqi was sent to guard the Heshi Bi!"

Li Yuan and Ning Daoqi lived in two different places.

This actually makes it more convenient for Huang Sixi to contact Ning Daoqi privately.

He then asked Shi Feixuan: "It is said that the Heshi Bi contains a strange power that can change with the weather. The wall is sometimes cold and sometimes warm, sometimes bright and sometimes dark. There is no treasure in the world that can isolate the negative impact of the Heshi Bi on the spirit. If we search in the city, we should be able to sense the location of the Heshi Bi, right?"

Shi Feixuan had protected the He's Jade in Jingnian Temple for more than a year, and was very familiar with the details of the He's Jade: "Copper metal can weaken the He's Jade's wall force. If Ning Daoqi uses a copper cover to hide the He's Jade, he must be within a few dozen feet to feel it slightly. But if Ning Daoqi lives in the underground palace with the He's Jade, he can completely hide it from the detection of people on the ground!"

Shi Feixuan glanced towards the south of the city and said, "In today's world, the most profound researcher on the He's Jade is the Master Liaokong of the Jingnian Zen Temple. We can invite him into the city to help search for the He's Jade!"

"No!"

Huang Sixi refused and said, "We can't create any more trouble. If the news of my entry into the city is leaked by the Zen temple and reaches Li Yuan's ears, it will take a lot of time to capture Li Yuan!

Besides, Ning Daoqi had taken the Heshi Bi from the Zen temple. In order to prevent the Zen temple from fighting over it again and again, the Li family would definitely issue a warning to the Zen temple, strictly prohibiting the monks in the temple from interfering in the matter of the Heshi Bi again!"

These words left Shi Feixuan stunned for a moment.

Because the Li clan did warn the Jingnian Zen Temple, and also advised Master Feixuan to ask Cihang Jingzhai to remain neutral and not interfere in the fight between the Li clan and the Song clan.

Since the Li family's words to Shi Feixuan were not harsh, Shi Feixuan did not take it to heart.

Now thinking back, the Li family should have still not given up the plan to win over Cihang Jingzhai, the leader of the righteous forces in the world, which is why they treated Shi Feixuan with courtesy.

But if the Li family knew that Shi Feixuan had started working for Huang Sixi, they would definitely turn against her and attack Cihang Jingzhai and related Buddhist sects.

Shi Feixuan gave up the idea of inviting help from Jingnian Zen Temple and said, "Luoyang City stretches for more than ten miles in length and breadth. With only the two of us, I'm afraid we won't be able to find the hiding place of the Heshi Bi until dawn!"

"That's not necessarily the case!"

Huang Sixi had already held up the Feng Shui compass and instantly sensed the unusual weather.

The intensity of this aura is almost the same as that of the Evil Emperor's relics and the five-colored stones.

Huang Sixi made a quick calculation and easily locked onto the source of the weather.

He waved his hand towards Shi Feixuan: "Master Fairy, please move!"

After saying that, he jumped into the air, accelerated, and began to climb the walls and roofs of the buildings on both sides of the long street.

Shi Feixuan followed silently behind, crossing the entire long street, at the end of which was a warehouse area of about a mile in radius.

Shi Feixuan took a look and introduced to Huang Sixi: "This is Hanjia Granary, an important grain storage area in Dongdu. Why did Mr. Huang come here?"

Hanjia Granary was the largest granary built by the Sui Dynasty. There were hundreds of granary cellars in the granary, and its scale was only slightly larger than the Huiluocang captured by Wagangzhai.

As the Li clan conquered Luoyang, the Hanjia Granary was also taken advantage of by the Li clan. The stored grain could support Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng in their foreign wars for several years.

Shi Feixuan thought about it and her eyes suddenly brightened: "All the granaries in Hanjia Granary are built underground. This is a perfect place to hide the Heshi Bi! Mr. Huang, could it be that the Heshi Bi is buried in a granary in the granary?"

The reason why Huang Sixi rushed to Hanjia Granary was because he was guided by the Feng Shui compass.

He signaled Shi Feixuan to sneak into the warehouse with him, and shuttled between the major granaries, saying: "If my calculations are correct, the Heshi Bi should be located under the eighth granary in the southeast corner!"

Shi Feixuan saw him looking at the compass in his hand frequently, and immediately became curious. She thought, "Did Mr. Huang use this compass to sense the location of the Heshi Bi? Could it be that Mr. Huang knows the art of fortune-telling and physiognomy, and can tell numbers with his fingers?"

She was extremely gifted, and by the time she was twenty, her martial arts skills were on par with her master, Fan Qinghui.

In addition to martial arts, she has a strong interest in all kinds of skills. She is not only humble and eager to learn, but also likes to teach.

When she saw Huang Sixi's Feng Shui compass, she became curious and wanted to ask Huang Sixi for advice on how to use the compass to measure walls.

However, as they were walking through Hanjia Granary, patrolling Tang soldiers could be seen everywhere. It was not a good time to talk to Huang Sixi, so she kept her doubts in her heart and focused on finding the Heshi Bi first.

Soon, the two of them were close to the granary in the southeast corner where the Heshi Bi was suspected to be buried. They saw a simple pavilion built next to the granary, and an old man wearing a tall hat and a wide belt was sitting cross-legged under the pavilion.

The old man had five long strands of beard, an elegant and simple face, and a taller body than ordinary people. Even when sitting cross-legged, he gave people a feeling of being as tall as a mountain. He held a whisk in one hand, revealing the elegant temperament of a hermit.

Although he had his back to Huang Sixi and Shi Feixuan, Shi Feixuan still recognized him at a glance and sent a message to Huang Sixi: "He is the number one master in the Middle Earth, 'Sanren' Ning Daoqi!"

After roughly estimating the distance, Ning Daoqi was only a few dozen feet away from the cellar roof where Huang Sixi and Shi Feixuan were hiding.

Shi Feixuan added: "With your cultivation level, Mr. Huang, even if you get close to Ning Daoqi, you may be able to hide from Ning Daoqi's eyes and ears, but Feixuan's martial arts are inferior to Ning Daoqi's, and he may have sensed Feixuan's aura!"

"It doesn't matter!"

Huang Sixi comforted him with kind words: "We are not here to look for him this time for a surprise attack. Regardless of whether he has noticed our whereabouts or not, I will meet him openly!"

What he meant by meeting was actually "exchanging ideas".

While on the way to Luoyang, Huang Sixi planned to persuade Ning Daoqi to leave the Li family on the condition of establishing Taoism.

But for a master like Ning Daoqi, it is difficult to convince Ning Daoqi with just words. Huang Sixi must display superior martial arts to convince Ning Daoqi.

Huang Sixi's figure flashed, he leaped into the sky, and moved sideways towards the pavilion in mid-air. His voice came back to Shi Feixuan's ears: "I will go to meet this Taoist master who has been famous in the Middle Earth for sixty years. Fairy Master, please wait here for a while!"

Shi Feixuan replied through voice transmission: "Huang Langjun, please go and compete with Ning Sanren. Feixuan will help Huang Langjun to clear the patrolling Tang soldiers in the warehouse!"

She guessed that once Huang Sixi and Ning Daoqi fought, they would definitely attract the nearby guards.

As expected, when Huang Sixi leaped into the air and flew to within a few feet of the pavilion, he suddenly turned over and fell to the ground.

As soon as Huang Sixi stood still, he drew out the Dragon Subduing Sword on his back with a "swish!" and said, "Ning Sanren, take this!"

After he finished speaking, he swung his sword straight down, condensing a sword energy, and slashed on the roof of the pavilion.

With a loud bang, the pavilion collapsed.

The shattered fragments of the pavilion all smashed towards Ning Daoqi, but Ning Daoqi was not in a hurry. He raised his sleeves, and his crystal-clear jade hands stretched out from his sleeves. His true energy suddenly exhaled from his body, forming an invisible gas cylinder outside his body, which shook all the fragments out of his body.

The moment Huang Sixi's sword energy was struck out, the Dragon Subduing Sword also flew out of his hand, pulled by Huang Sixi's palm power, and hung in the air above Ning Daoqi's head.

Suddenly, lightning flashed on the sword, accompanied by a clanging sound of thunder.

At the same time, the Dragon Subduing Sword began to emit lightning sword energy, which was aimed at Ning Daoqi's gas cylinder.

Ning Daoqi was hit by the thunder sword and was terrified. He quickly mobilized the true energy in his body and poured it all into the gas cylinder. He could not distract himself at all and could not move his body at all. He could not even turn his head to see Huang Sixi's appearance.

A feeling of regret surged in his heart, as he had just sensed the aura of Master Feixuan dozens of feet away.

But he had a very high opinion of himself and was used to acting like a hermit, so he deliberately remained calm and composed, sitting cross-legged under the pavilion without moving, to show his calm and composed demeanor as a master.

Who would have known that Shi Feixuan did not attack him, but instead he faced a peerless master who was countless times more powerful than Shi Feixuan. This master only made one move and made him flustered and unable to cope.

If he had known that such a great master would be accompanying Shi Feixuan, he would definitely have left the pavilion early and kept a distance from this master.

Instead of being locked in place by the lightning net released by the sword energy like now.

Just as he was struggling to hold on, all the patrolling Tang soldiers in Hanjia Granary heard the thunder and rushed over to find out what was going on.

When Shi Feixuan saw the Tang soldiers closing in, she drew out her weapon, the 'Sekong Sword', and prepared to kill all of them.

As a result, before Shi Feixuan could draw her sword, the sound of thunder from the Dragon Subduing Sword above Ning Daoqi suddenly grew louder and louder, as if emitting a sound wave that swept in all directions.

Shi Feixuan immediately realized that this thundering sound carried Huang Sixi's spiritual secret method. Once it penetrated into the body, it would cause a strong shock and destructive force on the meridians.

Shi Feixuan immediately calmed her mind and resisted Lei Yin's mental attack.

But the hundreds of Tang soldiers around had no ability to resist the sound. When they heard the thunder in their ears, they felt as if their meridians were exploding, and their blood was churning. With the sound of "Puff!", blood spurted out one after another, and they were all stunned on the spot.

Soon, Tang Bing’s standing figure could no longer be seen in the huge Hanjia Granary.

Seeing this, Shi Feixuan slowly retracted the Sekong Sword, and when she turned her gaze to Huang Sixi, she was shocked and thought in amazement: "Mr. Huang's swordsmanship has reached the point where he can carry lightning and thunder, which is like the magical power of an immortal! No wonder he was able to kill Shibi Khan and Wu Zun Bi Xuan among hundreds of thousands of barbarian cavalry. His martial arts skills must have surpassed the three great masters long ago!"

She blinked her beautiful eyes and looked towards Ning Daoqi, thinking again: "Ning Sanren is definitely not a match for Huang Langjun. Judging from the situation of the two fighting, Huang Langjun has the ability to kill Ning Sanren on the spot. If Ning Sanren wants to escape, he may not have the slightest chance!"

Ning Daoqi himself holds the same view.

The gas cylinder that he was using with all his strength quickly collapsed under the bombardment of the lightning sword energy.

Just as the lightning was about to hit Ning Daoqi's head, the sound of thunder suddenly disappeared, and the Dragon Sword above his head flew away with a "whoosh" and fell back into Huang Sixi's palm.

Ning Daoqi sensed Huang Sixi's overwhelming sword attack, and at this moment, he retreated like a tide.

He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

When he regained his composure, he suddenly raised his arm and rolled up the Taoist robe and cloak behind him. When he spread it out, he saw a line of words cut on the cloak by the sword energy.

It reads: "The amazing 'Eight Pounces of Sanshou' is here, specially for Sanren to congratulate!"

After reading this line of sword writing, Ning Daoqi immediately revealed a bitter smile.

He already knew the identity of the master behind him. It turned out to be the famous assassin Jianglong, the True Dragon Khan sung by the grassland.

He immediately stood up, faced Huang Sixi, bowed and said, "I have heard of the reputation of Jiang Long for a long time. As the saying goes, there is no false reputation under a great name. The ancients really did not deceive me!"

After he finished speaking, he jumped up and fell under the granary next to him. He paused for a moment, then rushed out again with a "whoosh!", flipped in the air, and landed in front of Huang Sixi.

He held a copper box in his palms and held it in front of Huang Sixi with both hands: "Here is the Heshi Bi, please accept it, fellow Daoist Jianglong!"

He thought Huang Sixi came here just to get the He Shi Bi back.

Huang Sixi did not refuse his offering of treasure and reached out to take the copper box.

(End of this chapter)