Tianlong: Starting with Mantuo Manor as fertilizer

Chapter 53 Prison Break

Not far from Tallinn, there is a stone house.

The house held Yue Laosan, Ha Daba, and Qu Daozhu, who were imprisoned.

All three were bound by heavy shackles, restricting their movement.

At that moment, a green snake slithered in from a small hole in the corner of the wall.

The three men saw the snake and their faces lit up with joy.

Ha Daba reached out and grabbed the green snake.

He picked up a sharpened stone shard from the ground and slashed it across the snake's belly. He then inserted two fingers, groped around for a while, and finally touched a hard object.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a piece of wire.

The three exchanged a glance and then burst into sinister laughter: "Hahaha!"

Bang bang bang!

A Shaolin monk outside the gate, wielding an iron rod, struck the stone door twice and shouted, "What are you laughing at!"

Enraged, Yue Laosan stretched out his hands, the iron chains rattling, as if he wanted to break down the door and strangle the monk.

Ha Daba had no interest in Yue Laosan's madness.

He took the wire, inserted it into the lock hole of the shackles, fiddled with it for a while, and with a click, the lock opened.

The island lord's face lit up with joy, and he stretched out both hands in front of Ha Daba: "Island Lord Ha, your skill is divine!"

Ha Daba was feeling smug when he suddenly heard screams and cries of agony coming from outside the door.

"It's a poisonous snake!"

"Why are there so many snakes!"

Then came the sound of people falling to the ground with thuds.

Yue Laosan was overjoyed upon hearing the sound and hurriedly ran to the iron bars to peek.

The ground was littered with corpses, and snakes were crawling among the monks' bodies.

"Wonderful! They're all dead! That bald Indian monk really keeps his word!"

It turned out that after these men were imprisoned at Shaolin Temple, they discovered that poisonous snakes had entered their homes a few days later.

They were all fierce men who had never eaten meat in Shaolin Temple.

Upon seeing the venomous snake enter, the three pounced on it, scrambling to grab it, eager to try their hand at some exotic meat.

But after killing the snake, they discovered a small bamboo tube hidden inside its belly.

Inside the bamboo tube was a note.

It was written by the Indian monk Poloxing.

Polo Star is also in jail.

However, Shaolin Temple placed him under house arrest because he was a fellow Buddhist.

They were free from shackles and had no shortage of paper, pen, and ink.

He was imprisoned for life and forbidden from returning to India, to prevent the Shaolin martial arts manual from being leaked.

Polo Star could not sit idly by and wait for his doom.

He was skilled in controlling snakes, and after being imprisoned, he would play the flute to control snakes and use them to send messages.

In order to transport the scriptures, fellow Indian monks were secretly waiting outside the temple to assist.

Later, after learning about the glorious deeds of Yue Laosan and others, he naturally wanted to recruit them as his allies.

It was easy for Boluo Xing to write a letter, but it was quite difficult for Yue Laosan and others to reply.

Lacking paper and pen, they had to write in blood on the back of paper before resealing it into the bamboo tube.

Polo Star was meticulous and had several snakes placed near the stone house for future use.

Ha Daba is skilled in martial arts and is not afraid of snake bites.

He was to do the work of sealing the message into the serpent's belly.

After some back and forth, the two sides actually used the snakes to communicate under the very noses of the Shaolin monks, and decided to break out of prison together that night.

The three men unlocked their shackles, combined their strength, and shook open the stone door.

Stepping outside, I saw corpses everywhere, and the snakes had already leisurely gone far away.

Yue Laosan was free again. A cool breeze made him feel great. He was about to laugh out loud when Ha Daba covered his mouth.

"How did you end up among the Four Evils? We're running for our lives!"

The island owner spat, "What a disgrace to the wicked!"

Old Master Yue was furious and about to lash out when he heard a commotion not far away, coming from the direction of the thatched cottage.

Countless venomous snakes on the ground seemed to hear their master's call and slithered toward the thatched hut.

Ha Daba said domineeringly, "It seems the Indian monks have started making moves as well."

The island owner was deeply moved: "He even moved up the time of action to give us a better chance."

Yue Laosan sighed, "At first I thought he had ill intentions, but I never expected him to be a true holy monk!"

The three, who had never believed in Buddhism, suddenly put their hands together and bowed slightly in the direction of the thatched hut.

The group then picked up the weapons left behind by the monks and prepared to leave the temple amidst the chaos.

Just as I passed the Pagoda Forest, I heard the Buddhist bell ringing, which meant that things must have gotten even more chaotic at the thatched cottage.

Then came the voices of several bald monks.

"There's a burrow there, and it looks like there are a lot of snakes."

"Uncle-Master Huijing, something terrible has happened! The bodies of Uncle-Master Huiming and the others have been found; they appear to have been bitten to death by snakes."

Seeing that the other party were all disciples of low seniority, Yue Laosan and his men were immediately filled with the desire to kill them to silence them and also to vent their anger.

Huijing was lying on the ground, holding a torch and looking into the cave.

Inside the cave, venomous snakes were densely packed together, seemingly having caught some large prey.

With my ear pressed against the ground, I could just hear the faint sound of footsteps.

Huijing turned around abruptly and saw Yue Laosan and the others.

Yue Laosan and the island lord pounced on several disciples of the "Xu" generation.

Ha Daba was about to strike Huijing with a palm.

"Do you think I'm some nobody?"

Seeing this, Huijing was furious. She took a deep breath, her body swelling up like a ball, and took the blow from Ha Daba's palm that split the stone.

With a soft "poof".

Ha Daba took a few steps back.

Huijing's spherical body crashed right into the boulder.

The force of the rebound made his attack even stronger, and he slammed into Ha Daba.

Both of them were startled.

Ha Daba took two more steps back.

Huijing bounced backward, tumbling twice on the ground like a ball.

The two of them cried out at the same time.

"The Thirteen Bodyguards' Horizontal Training!"

"Maitreya's face beaming with joy!"

On the other side, Yue Laosan and Island Master Qu had already dealt with several disciples of the "empty" generation.

Only Xu Qing was left hiding behind Hui Jing.

Huijing was greatly alarmed when she realized the situation was dire.

"These men look like the criminals locked in the stone house. How did they escape?"

"I can't even handle that one guy who practices the Thirteen Bodyguards' external martial arts. If you add the other two, I'm doomed!"

He feigned composure and acted domineeringly towards Ha Da.

"Since you recognize Maitreya's clenched fist, you should know that I cultivate an indestructible body. I advise you not to force me to use my true power, otherwise—hehe!"

Ha Daba specializes in external martial arts and has some knowledge of the Shaolin Vajra Indestructible Body.

This image of Maitreya holding his belly is indeed one of the forms of the indestructible Vajra body.

That's all he knew about this skill.

It is true that the monk Huijing practiced the Vajra Indestructible Body.

Unfortunately, his mind was not settled in meditation, and he did not practice diligently.

After years of study, I have only achieved the Maitreya-like posture of holding his belly, which is still far from the true indestructible body.

However, the Shaolin Vajra Indestructible Body is renowned.

Huijing's words stunned the two of them.

Ha Daba and his companion only wanted to escape, knowing full well that it wasn't worth confronting the fat monk head-on.

If what the other party said is true, I will definitely suffer a great loss.

Even if he is bluffing, a protracted fight will surely waste time.

Yue Laosan wasn't as meticulous as they were.

The crocodile shears and crocodile whip he carried had long been stored in the Shaolin armory; what he held in his hand now was a monk's knife.

He didn't care whether the Vajra was broken or not; with a roar, he swung it down at Huijing's head.

Huijing had not yet cultivated a true indestructible body, so how could she dare to use her physical body to parry the sharp blade? She shrank her waist and sprang away, avoiding the fierce blade strike.

Yue Laosan's knife missed its mark, but his left fist shot out like lightning, striking Huijing's lower abdomen.

Unable to dodge in time, Huijing had no choice but to use the force of the punch to slam backward like a giant ball.

It surged forward with tremendous force, crashing through two small trees before tumbling and disappearing into the woods.

He had long harbored thoughts of betraying Shaolin and had no intention of fighting to the death, so he planned to use this force to extricate himself and escape.

Little did anyone know that Yue Laosan had been trapped in Shaolin Temple for days, eating simple meals every day, and was often disciplined and scolded by the monks. He was already filled with anger and had a strong desire to kill.

He was not about to give up. He moved his feet and chased into the forest, determined to kill Huijing to vent his anger.

Just as Ha Daba was about to speak up to stop him, Island Master Qu interrupted, saying, "It's better that idiot left, lest he cause trouble!"

After saying that, the two turned their gazes to the only remaining Xu Qing.

Knowing that his skills were far inferior to Xu Qing's, he turned and ran.

The island lord snorted coldly, his figure lightly leaping out, and he raised his hand to strike Xu Qing from behind.

Knowing his old friend's skill, Ha Daba was certain that this attack would succeed, so he turned and left.

He took a couple of steps, but seeing his companion hadn't followed, he felt a little strange and turned back to call out, "Old District?"

Looking up, he saw an ugly monk blocking Xu Qing's way.

Beside the boulder, inside a dark cave, a ball of venomous snakes slowly emerged from the entrance.