svetikya Chapter 137 Horse Trampling Cloud Crane, You Only Deserve to Appear for Half a Chapter!
Chapter 137 Horse Trampling Cloud Crane, You Only Deserve to Appear for Half a Chapter!
Chapter 137 Horse Trampling Cloud Crane, You Only Deserve to Appear for Half a Chapter!
"Get out of the way! Get out of the way! Get out of the way now!"
A black steed galloped from afar, carrying a girl dressed in black robes and a black veil. The horse was quite handsome and had a large Uya bloodline.
The horse galloped away at full speed, but a man as thin as a bamboo pole was hot on its heels. The man was a master of light-footed martial arts, and his outstretched arms made him look like a flying crane.
Here's something counterintuitive: the speed of a galloping horse can't match that of a martial arts master. The main reason for riding a horse is to save energy.
Another point is that, apart from the advantage of aged wine, most horses cannot match the endurance of martial arts masters. Raising horses is very resource-intensive, and they lose weight too easily.
Compared to the perpetual motion machine of the ox that eats grass and produces milk, and the donkey that turns the millstone in circles, the horse, apart from being fast and suitable for galloping on the battlefield, is otherwise—no one likes to use horses for cargo; eight or nine out of ten mules are used for hauling goods.
Why ride a horse? To save energy!
A martial arts practitioner is rushing to a certain location, which must be very far away and where a battle is likely to take place. He must ensure that he can conserve his strength.
Seeing a large group of people standing in front of her, showing no intention of making way, the girl in black robes became anxious and was about to use her crossbow to clear a path when she suddenly saw Zhong Ling.
Zhong Ling spotted the girl in black and grabbed Xu Qingya's sleeve: "Brother Xu, the girl in black is Sister Mu! The people chasing her must be bad guys! You need to catch them quickly, Sister Mu can't hold on much longer!"
Xu Qingya slightly exerted force with his legs, and Lao Jiu, receiving Xu Qingya's signal, sprinted forward and rammed into the thin bamboo pole. Zhong Ling shouted, "Sister Mu, get out of the way! Brother Xu is going to fight the bad guys!"
The woman in black robes was none other than Mu Wanqing, Zhong Ling's half-sister. Duan Zhengchun first won Qin Hongmian's heart with the line, "To die under the Asura's blade is to die a romantic death." After that, he played the part of a rabbit that only eats the grass near its burrow, seducing Qin Hongmian's junior sister, Gan Baobao. They did not see each other for more than ten years.
Qin Hongmian and Mu Wanqing went into seclusion in a secluded valley.
Gan Baobao found Zhong Wanchou to be her fall guy.
Qin Hongmian and Gan Baobao didn't have much contact. Mu Wanqing and Zhong Ling were barely considered best friends, as they were each other's only childhood playmates.
Upon hearing Zhong Ling's words, Mu Wanqing was unwilling to be rescued by a man, but the skinny bamboo pole behind her was too powerful, so she had no choice but to step aside and see Xu Qingya's abilities.
The slender bamboo pole chasing Mu Wanqing was none other than Yun Zhonghe, a notorious womanizer on par with Tian Boguang. He was in Dali on business and staying in Wanchou Valley. How could Yun Zhonghe stay at ease? He found an opportunity to sneak out.
It was quite a coincidence that Gan Baobao instigated Qin Hongmian and her daughter to assassinate Li Qingluo and Dao Baifeng. After Qin Hongmian and Mu Wanqing failed, they stayed near Wanchou Valley to recuperate. Yun Zhonghe had just slipped out when he saw Mu Wanqing.
Although she wore a veil, it couldn't conceal her curvaceous figure and her elegant, ethereal beauty.
Yun Zhonghe was greatly tempted and made a move to capture the person.
How could Mu Wanqing be a match for Yun Zhonghe?
Barely managing to force Yun Zhonghe back with crossbow bolts, Mu Wanqing rode her beloved steed "Black Rose" away, with Yun Zhonghe hot on his heels, his lust growing stronger with each chase.
Seeing someone intervene, Yun Zhonghe was initially angry, but then delighted. There were five beauties of all sizes opposite him, and if you count Mu Wanqing, that makes six. With so many beauties, his body probably couldn't handle it!
Those two pretty boys are quite handsome, but unfortunately I don't have that kind of taste. Selling them to a brothel should make me a fortune. Today is Master Yun's lucky day; he gets both beauties and money. It's fucking awesome!
Yun Zhonghe's weapon was a pair of steel claws. Seeing Xu Qingya charging on horseback, he swung the steel claws and smashed them. Don't be fooled by his thinness; he was using a heavy weapon. The steel claws were also called steel claws, the "claw" in whips, maces, and hammers!
Being ranked alongside whips, maces, and hammers, it is clearly a heavy weapon skilled in armor-piercing. This guy is like a crab; he looks skin and bones, but inside the bones is all flesh.
However, that's all!
Xu Qingya flicked his wrist, and the Magpie Blade flew from behind his back to his palm. He swung the blade upwards, and the blade's light flashed. Just as Yun Zhonghe raised his steel claws, the blade's light swept past.
"laugh!"
Yun Zhonghe's left arm flew into the air.
The snake and crane fight eight times, and the armpits are empty.
Yun Zhonghe's Achilles' heel is under his armpit.
The moment he raises his steel claws to attack is also his weakest moment. Without needing any special moves, a simple upward slash can decide the outcome of the battle.
Yun Zhonghe cried out "Aiya!" and rolled on the ground, clutching his shoulders. Lao Jiu leaped off him, and the horse's hoof stomped down heavily, landing on Yun Zhonghe's chest.
"Click, click, click!"
Yun Zhonghe had countless broken ribs, which slumped softly. Fortunately, his internal strength was considerable, and he was also very lucky. The broken bone fragments did not pierce his internal organs, leaving him with only a sliver of life.
Xu Qingya took out a medicine bottle: "Yun Zhonghe, this is the Perfect Golden Immortal Pill, capable of reviving the dead and restoring flesh to bones. It's the only pill in the world that can save your life. Tell me where Ye Erniang is, and I'll spare your life!"
"You—you are—you are—"
"Who I am is unimportant. What matters is that I can give you this life-saving pill, or I can just throw it away, or I can hang it on your nose so you can watch it but never actually eat it!"
"You—you're so—vicious—"
Yun Zhonghe glared at Xu Qingya with resentment. He knew he had no chance of survival. How could he easily give away a elixir that could bring the dead back to life?
He was going to die sooner or later anyway, and Yun Zhonghe didn't want to continue enduring the torment of being neither alive nor dead. He wanted to remember Xu Qingya's face and complain to the King of Hell.
Xu Qingya sneered, "Yun Zhonghe, do you want to remember my face so you can complain to King Yama in the underworld?"
Are you performing in a circus?
The resentment in Yun Zhonghe's eyes turned into terror.
Xu Qingya continued, "The Four Evils, along with the traitors of the Heavenly Mandate Sect and the experts of the Western Xia First-Class Hall, plotted to overthrow the Dali Kingdom. That's not entirely accurate. The Four Evils were actually experts from the Western Xia First-Class Hall. The person responsible for entertaining you was Zhong Wanchou of the Ten Thousand Tribulations Valley!"
Yun Zhonghe tried hard to control his expression, but he was seriously injured, his inner energy was scattered, and he was weak all over. How could he control himself? His eyes grew more and more terrified.
Yun Zhonghe remained silent.
Next, Xu Qingya put on a one-man show.
"Is Ye Erniang in Wanchou Valley?"
"Of course she's not in Wanchou Valley."
"Ye Erniang's hobbies are too vicious. There are no children in Wanchou Valley to satisfy her desires."
"Ye Erniang is in a nearby town."
"A town with many children should be relatively wealthy. Did she go to Wuliang Mountain?"
"This is a very good lead!"
"Is Yue Laosan in Wanchou Valley?"
"Of course, he's not here!"
"The Four Evils are all restless. Ye Erniang wants to find her child, you want to find a woman, and if Yue Laosan has no one to kill, he'll probably suffocate."
"However, if you all leave, Zhong Wanchou will definitely not allow it. If I'm not mistaken, Zhong Wanchou has arranged accommodations for you. Let me think—what villages and towns are around Wanchou Valley—"
Xu Qingya closed his eyes, recalled the layout of the Wanjie Valley that Zhong Ling had described, and began to probe rapidly.
"The eastern part of Wanjie Valley?"
"Looks like it's not there, then it must be to the west!"
"You guessed right, it's to the west. There are three places to live to the west: a river valley, a small town, and a wooden cabin in the forest. It seems you live in the cabin, which is about 30 li from here!"
"Duan Yanqing isn't in the cabin! Ye Erniang went to town to look for her child. You're waiting to die under the horse's hooves. Yue Laosan is in the cabin. What's your way of contacting each other?"
Fireworks? A blaring fire? A whistle?
"Looks like it was a false alarm!"
Xu Qingya quickly memorized the map of Wanjie Valley, staring intently into Yun Zhonghe's eyes. Every time he read out the correct location, Yun Zhonghe would unconsciously blink and his pupils would contract, making it impossible for him to hide the subtle expressions in his eyes and brows.
After a short while, Xu Qingya had exhausted all the information Yun Zhonghe knew. Xu Qingya picked up the Magpie Knife, thinking to himself that he had been very fortunate recently and should offer sacrifices to the heavens to avoid divine retribution.
Others offered pig heads and three sacrificial animals as sacrifices, but Xu Qingya's offering was worse than that of pigs and dogs. There was no better offering than such a beast.
This can also be seen as a tribute to King Wu of Zhou and Jiang Ziya.
Legend has it that after King Wu of Zhou raised his army, he captured Fei Zhong and You Hun, two treacherous ministers of the Shang Dynasty. At that time, he was in the midst of a great victory, and the people built an altar to worship the heavens. In their haste, they could not find any sacrificial offerings, so they placed the heads of these two traitors on the altar.
"Any last words?"
"I'll haunt you even as a ghost!"
"When you arrive in the underworld, endure the tortures of being boiled in oil and knives, and barely make it to the Hall of Yama, you will find that I am the one interrogating you!"
"You—you are—"
"Xu Qingya!"
"Jade-faced Yama!"
"I really like this nickname!"
Xu Qingya galloped past, and Lao Jiu's horse hoof landed heavily on Yun Zhonghe's lower body again. With a thud, Yun Zhonghe's body was smashed. In pain, Yun Zhonghe mustered his strength and rolled on the ground. Xu Qingya swung his sword, and a head flew into the air.
Xu Qingya scooped up Yun Zhonghe's head with his left hand, his fingers deftly twisting and turning, tying a knot in his hair and hanging it beside the saddle.
"Jade-faced Yama, that sounds pretty good!"
Xu Qingya's reputation in the martial arts world is quite extreme. Some people believe that he is the reincarnation of the Ten Kings of Hell, not just one person, but all ten reincarnated together. He came to the human world to take lives and souls. Wherever he went, blood flowed like rivers, making people's spines tremble.
However, none of the people Xu Qingya killed were innocent or mistaken; everyone deserved to die, no matter how ruthless they were. Ultimately, he was a righteous hero.
People in the martial arts world are already used to this.
In this chaotic world of martial arts, how can ordinary people survive if the heroes don't kill ruthlessly? Tang Songting of the older generation and Long Chengbi of the new generation, aren't they all killers among killers? Even Lu Xiaofeng, who seems carefree on the surface, is ruthless once he takes action.
Previously, there were nicknames like "Death-Taking Yama" or "Soul-Snatching Yama," which sounded like a stupid extra who died as soon as he appeared. Xu Qingya asked Yang Yan for help to spread the word and change the nickname to "Jade-Faced Yama."
He had a face as fair as jade, and was handsome and dashing.
Yama, the King of Hell, punishes the wicked and eliminates evil, and drives away demons and monsters.
This nickname sounds really satisfying.
If I can get a Jade-Faced Judge, Black and White Impermanence, and Ox-Head and Horse-Face to join me, who will dare to mess with me when I go out?
"Da da da!"
The old wine ran back happily.
As the saying goes, the key is to ensure that everyone receives their share.
In recent months, Doubao has repeatedly performed meritorious service, biting Chu Liuxiang and kicking Lu Xiaofeng, humiliating the Iron Shoe Bandit from the inside out, and relying on his keen sense of smell, he has made countless contributions for Xu Qingya.
Tangdun'er was a messenger, a spy, and an assistant in battle; his name was written all over the merit list.
Only the aged wine was somewhat lacking.
Adhering to the principle of impartiality, we let the old wine take the lead, lest this blockhead run wild.
Looking at Xu Qingya, dressed in white as snow, serene and otherworldly, without a drop of blood on his body, and then at the blood-soaked human head beside the saddle, Duan Yu couldn't calm down for a long time, recalling the thrilling scene of the horse trampling the crane in the clouds.
Although Duan Yu had only known Xu Qingya for less than three days, he felt that Xu Qingya was a gentle, learned, and unambitious great hero, master, and grandmaster.
From the moment they met, Xu Qingya was either saving people or on his way to save people. He wouldn't even glance at any secret martial arts manuals. When he caught a Manggu Toad, everyone shared it together, and the leftovers were given to his family members.
Although he was somewhat of a womanizer, he was sincere and affectionate towards each of his wives. He even cooked, and his two personal maids would wait by his side to feed him.
Duan Yu admired Xu Qingya somewhat. He felt that Xu Qingya was the embodiment of perfection. There was nothing in the world that could stump Xu Qingya. As Confucius said, "When three people walk together, there must be one who can teach me. I will choose the good qualities of him and follow them." Duan Yu humbly learned along the way, hoping to become a gentleman.
Until—blood—drips—
What surprised Duan Yu even more was that Yin Susu and the others turned a blind eye to this, showing no fear on their faces, as if this kind of thing had happened dozens or hundreds of times before.
Cheng Lingsu: Brother Duan, you're too kind! When Brother Xu went to Bianliang to provide disaster relief, he killed so many unscrupulous merchants and bandits that there wasn't enough room to hang them all on the city walls. He could only hang the bandits on the walls and the unscrupulous merchants on the trees!
Xu Qingya: Actually—it's a pity—I couldn't find a street lamp, so I had to make do with a tree!
Cheng Lingsu disliked killing, but having experienced disaster relief in Bianliang in the past, she was used to seeing joys and sorrows. She knew that when facing certain people, one should not think of being compassionate and saving them, but should be fierce and wrathful when facing evil spirits!
Yun Zhonghe clearly fits the "standard".
As for Yin Susu and Hua Baifeng, even if Xu Qingya were to skin Yun Zhonghe alive, they would only cheer.
Needless to say, Qin Nanqin was an even bigger star!
In the original story, Yang Guo's mother was Qin Nanqin, not Mu Nianci. Yang Kang raped Qin Nanqin and was eventually bitten to death by her with a poisonous snake. Qin Nanqin first bit Yang Kang with a poisonous snake, and when Yang Kang was unable to move, she tore up the Wumu Legacy in front of him, showing her fierceness!
Even Zhong Ling didn't show any fear.
He was just a womanizer; he's dead, so be it.
Duan Yu asked, "Brother Xu, who is this man? Why did you kill him?"
Xu Qingya explained, "He is a master of the Western Xia First-Class Hall, the fourth of the Four Evils, Yun Zhonghe. He is a womanizer who relies on his martial arts skills to bully the weak and has humiliated countless respectable women, causing countless noble ladies to hang themselves or become nuns."
Yun Zhonghe was skilled in light-footed martial arts and was quick-witted. He escaped several attacks from the righteous sects of the martial arts world. Later, he joined the Western Xia First-Class Hall and became a member of the government. The women who were humiliated by him could not find a way to report to the authorities.
He will likely be humiliated a few more times!
Should this shameless scoundrel be killed?
Brother Duan doesn't like practicing martial arts, so I won't force him.
I enjoy practicing martial arts. Firstly, it's exhilarating, and secondly, when I encounter injustice, I can draw my sword in anger and help those in need. I can leave through the east gate in the morning and return with a severed head by evening.
If I encounter someone as vicious and wicked as Yun Zhonghe, I can simply draw my sword and chop off his head, ensuring he can never do evil again in his next life, instead of being helpless.
Yun Zhonghe had been in Dali for some time and must have had a victim. When he arrived at the town ahead, he handed over the victim's head to the yamen and hung it at the city gate for public display.
Brother Duan, don't refuse.
Compassion is for good people.
When facing evil people, one should glare fiercely.
Guanyin Bodhisattva has thirty-three forms, one of which is the wrathful Vajra. If even a Bodhisattva is like this, how can we ordinary people be exempt? Using his head to appease the people's hearts can be considered a good deed he did.
Given the evil deeds Yun Zhonghe has committed, Yama, the King of Hell, has recorded countless iron rods for him. Doing a good deed and sparing him a few rods is a sign of Brother Duan's mercy.
Xu Qingya was eloquent and persuasive, speaking fluently and fluently. In the end, Duan Yu actually felt that Xu Qingya was right and that this was how it should be done.
Mu Wanqing said with dissatisfaction, "You all have to make such a fuss about killing someone. You're such a nuisance."
Yin Susu angrily retorted, "You scoundrel! Where did this ill-mannered country bumpkin come from! My husband saved your life from Yun Zhonghe, and instead of being grateful, you dare to mock him! You're a coward who hides his face, too as ugly as an old sow!"
Mu Wanqing raised her sleeve, intending to use a crossbow against Yin Susu. Yin Susu sneered, "Hidden arrow? You think you can use such a low-level trick against me? Let me tell you, the moment you throw your hidden arrow, my flying needle will pierce your eye at the same time. Do you dare to make a bet?"
Zhong Ling immediately stepped in to smooth things over: "We're all good friends, don't make things so awkward. Sister Yin, Sister Mu has lived in the deep mountains and forests since she was a child, and she doesn't understand anything about human relationships. Please don't take it personally. I apologize on behalf of Sister Mu, and I beg Sister Yin to be magnanimous."
Sister Mu, Brother Xu and Sister Yin are rare heroes in this world. They are not bad people; they just saved your life, so you should at least express your gratitude!
Yin Susu scoffed, "Fine! Fine! For Ling'er's sake, I won't hold it against you!"
Xu Qingya laughed and said, "If Susu doesn't mind, then of course I won't either. Let's get going!"
The group walked forward for twenty miles and came to a clear stream. To the east of the stream was a forest, and to the west was a rather prosperous town. Xu Qingya carried Yun Zhonghe's head to the county government office and took out Duan Yu's seal.
"Listen up! The Prince of Zhennan's heir has ordered you to hang Yun Zhonghe's head at the entrance of the county government office as a public display, then issue a proclamation to reassure the people. You have fifteen minutes to complete this task, and then bring me all the case files from the past month, especially those concerning missing children. I will examine them carefully!"
"May I ask who you are, sir?"
The magistrate thought to himself, "Who the hell are you?"
He speaks with a distinct Central Plains accent, and apart from his handsome appearance, he doesn't seem like the heir of the Prince of Zhennan at all.
"My master is the Prince of Zhennan!"
Xu Qingya smiled calmly and told the truth.
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