A man stands before the heavens, his sword emerges from the Emei Mountains.

There is an ancient shrine at the ferry crossing, with murals that are grotesque and ugly.

Chen Yu and Abbess Miejue took a boat past Hengyang and traveled more than ten miles by water. When the sun was setting, they docked at the pier. At this time, dusk was approaching and smoke from cooking fires stretched out in patches.

"Tonight we'll find an inn to stay at for the night, and tomorrow we'll ride on."

"Understood, Sect Leader. Please wait a moment. I will sell the fishing boat."

"Um."

Standing before the ancient shrine, Miejue watched Chen Yu haggle with the boatman at the dock, leading people to inspect the boats before selling them for silver. A sigh escaped her lips. "The fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold," she thought, "heroes have always emerged from among the young." This independent spirit was unmatched by his peers. She recalled the night before when she taught him the method of identifying acupoints and meridians; initially, Chen Yu had some questions and felt constrained when examining his own bones. She self-deprecatingly admitted her thinking was inferior, considering he was only a thirteen-year-old boy with a strong physique. "One should not be bound by physical form; the present is the ultimate realm," she thought. "From now on, I should be kinder." With this thought, Miejue's expression softened.

Chen Yu sold his fishing boat and met up with Abbess Miejue. The two traveled together, and the land was flat and the houses were neat. There were no miscellaneous trees on the riverbank, only lush green grass and peach and plum blossoms flying everywhere.

As the atmosphere of the inn grew more lively, Chen Yu and Miejue arrived outside. They saw a building with white walls and green tiles, upturned eaves and corners, and an ancient signboard. People were coming and going in front of the building, and the building was bustling with noise.

"Let's eat and stay here."

"Okay."

The two entered, found a table and sat down. Abbess Miejue summoned the waiter and ordered a pot of tea, two bowls of vegetarian noodles, and three vegetarian dishes: blanched asparagus, water bamboo shoots and wood ear fungus, and twice-cooked tofu.

The windows were wide open, a gentle spring breeze was blowing, and the setting sun cast its glow—a truly magnificent sight.

Chen Yu poured the tea and said, "This is Hengshan Yunwu Tea. As the saying goes, 'Fragrant bushes shade the bamboo of Xiang River, and dewdrops condense the pure essence.' The tea leaves are emerald green, and the aroma is so subtle that it soothes the soul. Please have some tea."

"Hmm." Miejue was pleased and nodded, about to take a cup, when suddenly the bamboo curtain of the inn was lifted, and eight men and women entered the inn. Six of them sat by the door, while a man and a woman went straight to the table.

The man was burly, with large knuckles on his hands. The woman was alluring, and a black whip was tightly wrapped around her shapely waist, making no attempt to conceal her identity as a member of the martial arts world.

The man clenched his right fist and opened his left palm, touched his hands together in a gesture of respect, and asked directly, "Where does the nun come from?"

Chen Yu became wary. If the man asked such a question, he probably had ill intentions and was after the original owner of this body.

Abbess Miejue also guessed that the other party's intention was Chen Yu, and snorted coldly, "Speak plainly if you have something to say."

The man chuckled dryly, "Master, you speak your mind without hesitation. I won't beat around the bush either. This fellow injured us in the Xiang River the other day, and we want an explanation."

"This humble nun has also injured people."

The woman smiled alluringly, "Is this a disrespectful act by the nun?"

"What if we don't give it to them?"

"The nun and this brat are just strangers who met by chance. Why risk your life for him? He's asking for trouble." The big man chuckled, stepped forward, and slightly raised his right hand. Hidden in his sleeve, two hidden arrows shot out at Abbess Miejue with two hissing sounds.

Extinction lifted the table with his right hand, and the wooden table suddenly flipped and flew off the ground.

With two sharp sounds, the hidden arrows pierced the table. A man and a woman leaped backward, and Abbess Miejue's figure floated in the air like a feather before landing on the wooden table.

"Let's all go together and chop this nun up!"

Six men at the door drew their swords and rushed forward. Abbess Miejue slammed her weight onto the table, causing it to spin. With a whirlwind kick, she swept the leaves like autumn leaves in a gust of wind, and in the blink of an eye, countless cracking sounds filled the air as the six burly men screamed and fell to the ground.

With a clang, the burly man who had previously used a hidden arrow to plot against her drew his long sword. The blade flashed as Abbess Miejue leaped up and landed in the blink of an eye. She twisted her scissor leg around the man's wrist, then used her waist to rotate her body half a circle. The man's arm was twisted into a bizarre angle, and the long sword in his hand fell back to his own neck.

Abbess Miejue pushed the other person's head, and a shocking amount of blood spurted out.

"You little brat." The burly man who had been kicked to Chen Yu's side had a ferocious look on his face. He flipped over and leaped up to grab the man with his eagle hand. Chen Yu also stretched out his right hand and grabbed the man's wrist, pulling hard in an instant.

Chen Yu, who had been holding the dagger in his left hand, swiftly stabbed the big man twice in the neck.

A clanging sound, like a pipa played backwards, suddenly rang out from the inn's lobby. With a series of flicks of her fingers, the woman's soft whip drooped down like a snake being pulled out of its limbs. Immediately afterward, her wrist was struck, her right hand went numb, and the next moment, her pressure points were sealed.

"Walk."

The moment Chen Yu burst out of the inn, he soared into the air. Abbess Miejue held Chen Yu in her left hand and the woman in her right, their figures like a large gray bird, floating and sinking among the rows of houses, their trajectory extending at an astonishing speed, disappearing into the mountains and fields surrounding the town.

……

The wind swept through the woods and fields, and footsteps echoed rapidly.

As Abbess Miejue swept past, the sea of ​​grass parted like waves, and as her tall figure went from motionless to still, the alluring woman had already been thrown to the ground.

Chen Yu landed, secretly astonished. Was this lightness skill? Graceful as a swimming dragon, elegant as a startled swan. He was still reeling from the martial arts prowess displayed at the Extinction Inn. He wondered if that leg technique, with its flowing, light-like shadows, was the martial art of Peach Blossom Island.

"Tell me, who gave you these orders?"

"You thieving nun, kill her if you want."

"Hmph!" Miejue said coldly, reaching out to press the "Tian Tu" acupoint in the center of the other party's sternum.

Chen Yu already knew that this acupoint belonged to the Yin Wei meridian, one of the eight extraordinary meridians, and was the meeting point of the Yin Wei and Ren meridians. Once it was touched, it felt as if insects and ants were stinging and biting under the skin all over the body, which was unbearable.

The woman instantly felt an unbearable itch all over her body and her meridians ached. After enduring it for a short while, she was in unbearable pain and begged for mercy, "I'll tell you."

"You might as well tell the truth," Chen Yu snapped.

"We are disciples of the Green Bamboo Gang."

"What is the purpose?"

"I am acting under orders and have no choice in the matter. I beg the nun to release my pressure points and show mercy."

Abbess Miejue looked at Chen Yu.

"This disciple knows about the Green Bamboo Gang."

"When did this humble nun ever promise to spare your life?" Miejue raised her arm and elbow, her hand rising and her palm falling, killing her.

"Tell me about this Green Bamboo Gang?"

Relying on the original owner's memories, Chen Yu recounted: "This is information I heard from the dock. The Green Bamboo Gang is located in Yongzhou, with a bad reputation. It is situated on the upper reaches of the Xiang River in Hengyang, about three hundred miles from here. The gang leader is named Cheng Wenyuan."

"Can you ride a horse?"

"meeting."

The original owner of this body didn't actually know how to ride a horse, but Chen Yu was skilled at it. He had long since adapted to this body and could ride freely without any problems.

"Very well, things can change in time, so I'll go buy the horses now. You wait here." Extinction, with his fiery personality, moved like a dragon, silently disappearing into the twilight and vanishing in the blink of an eye.

Chen Yu calmly searched the corpse and obtained an embroidered lotus purse containing more than thirty taels of silver. After he buried the corpse in a pit, Abbess Miejue arrived on horseback, leading another white horse.

"Mount up."

Chen Yu mounted his horse, the silver saddle gleaming on the white steed, and the two of them, master and disciple, headed straight for the Green Bamboo Gang in Yongzhou.

……

Every peak is covered in bamboo, and every ridge is green.

Under the silent night sky, the lush bamboo grows in dense layers, as vast as the sea, its tips swaying gently in the wind like surging tides.

The residence of Cheng Wenyuan of the Green Bamboo Gang is located at one end of the bamboo forest. It looks impressive from afar and the houses are neat and orderly up close. Flowers and plants are everywhere, and vines entwine the pavilions, making it look like a fairyland.

Four people were seated in the brightly lit hall. The man in the middle was about fifty years old, with a dignified appearance, and dressed in a blue robe.

A bruised and swollen man stood with his head bowed, his posture humble, and said, "Reporting to the gang leader, the hall master first arranged for three people to capture Chen Yu, but unexpectedly, that kid and a meddlesome nun killed them instead. Afterwards, the hall master chased them all the way to the upstream town of Hengyang, where he encountered them. He treated them with courtesy and asked the nun to stay out of it, but they were unreasonable. After a fight, the hall master died, and the incense master was also captured. His fate is unknown."

"What did that nun look like?"

"In her early thirties, she was beautiful, with long, slanted eyebrows and a fierce aura."

"That's strange. Apart from Elder Yuan of the Hengshan Sect and the other five, there are no other experts in Hengyang. Our Green Bamboo Gang knows all the big and small gangs and famous figures in the hundreds of miles around, so why can't we remember this person?" a man said.

"A pair of menacing eyebrows, ruthless in her attacks, violent in nature, she is the Emei Sect Leader, Abbess Miejue." Cheng Wenyuan said with a sinister expression.

"Cheng Wenyuan, come out."

As soon as Cheng Wenyuan, the leader of the Green Bamboo Gang, finished speaking, a long howl carrying a sharp and direct edge came from the night.

"Who is it?"

"roll."

With a thud, a Green Bamboo Gang disciple on duty fell to the ground, while another figure leaped across the bright moonlight and landed on the ground.