Mu Dishi looked at the young man, "What do you say?"
Ma Jingguo, "Xiao shushu." He dropped down onto his knees.
Mu Dishi slowly knelt on one knee, "Jingguo..."
Ma Jingguo nodded, "Xiao shushu, I really miss you." He reached out his hand and touched Mu Dishi's right shoulder.
Mu Dishi reached inside his inner robe and took out two pills and put it inside Ma Jingguo's mouth. He then said, "You're all grown up now." He stood up then looked down at Ma Jingguo with his phoenix eyes and said, "Get off the stage."
Ma Jingguo grabbed onto Mu Dishi's hem and said, "I've made a promised to my mother that I will always stay beside you."
Mu Dishi said coldly, "No need."
Ma Jingguo slowly got up and stood beside Mu Dishi and he said softly, "Xiao shushu, I've always wanting to be beside you. Back then or now it has not change. Please let me stay beside you. Please don't chase me away this time."
Mu Dishi, "Whatever." He launched at the five people and Ma Jingguo followed closely behind Mu Dishi.
Kuo Wenqian, "Ah Chen know him."
Kuo Changchang, "Ah Chen had told me before that they don't know each other."
Kuo Ju, "This Ah Chen know Mu Dishi for sure."
Yong Taihua, "I didn't know that Ah Chen is a friend of Mu Dishi."
Kuo Changchang, "We don't know that. Let's wait for Ah Chen to get off the fighting arena."
Yong Caixia, "By the way they talked to each other, they knew one another."
Mu Dishi strikes at Suo Baojing fast as he sent out four guzheng strings at the other four people. Mu Dishi then unsheathed Honglei and began attacking Suo Baojing aggressively. Suo Baojing was having a hard time dogging Mu Dishi's sword's movement. The other four headed straight toward Ma Jingguo. Mu Dishi puts all his anger on Suo Baojing as he stabbed one stab after another at Suo Baojing.
Suo Dongmei screamed, "Father..." The Tianshan disciples held her down as she watched Mu Dishi stabbing her father. She screamed in pain, "Father..."
Tianshan Disciples, "Shijie, don't go, if you go you going to be killed."
Suo Dongmei screamed, "Let me go." She begged. "Mu Dishi! Stop! Please stop. I am begging you!"
Tianshan Disciples, "Shijie, no..."
As Mu Dishi stabs Suo Baojing he said angrily, "She is only four. What crime did a four-year-old commit?" He continued stabbing Suo Baojing profusely.
Mu Dishi cut off Suo Baojing both ankles and hands ligaments which made Suo Baojing dropped down onto the floor. Mu Dishi stood up and placed his foot right onto Suo Baojing's abdomen and flipped Honglei around and began stabbing Suo Baojing again. In a matter of minutes Suo Baojing was laying dying in a pool of blood on the fighting arena.
Mu Dishi then focused his attention on Peng Boqin. Mu Dishi jumped sheathed Honglei back into his leather sheath and attacking Peng Boqin. Mu Dishi sent a powerful strike at Peng Boqin which sent him twenty feet away toward the edge of the fighting arena. Mu Dishi sent out two guzheng strings piercing the back of Peng Boqin's ankles. When Mu Dishi yanked the guzheng strings away from Peng Boqin's ankles, the ligaments were cut in half which made Peng Boqin dropped down onto his knees. Mu Dishi walked slowly to him and hits him twice on both shoulders which broken both of his clavicle bones. Mu Dishi grabbed Peng Boqin's front collar and he began punching Peng Boqin.
Suo Dongmei cried, "Jiù jiù."
Mu Dishi said softly, "You know, my mother had a very beautiful yellow dress on that day." He kept punching Peng Boqin's abdomen. "After you finished punching her, her beautiful yellow dress somehow turned red." He kept punching Peng Boqin, Peng Boqin gushing blood out of his mouth. After seventy-one punches, Mu Dishi let go of Peng Boqin. Peng Boqin dropped dead on the fighting arena. Mu Dishi put on a smiled.
Yong Caixia who watched in terror, "He stabs Leader Suo seventy-one times. He also punched co-leader Peng seventy-one punches."
Yong Gui, "One punch for one live. It's a fair trade."
Man one, "That Mu Dishi is too strong. Who will be strong enough to defeat him to get that map?"
Another man, "Let's wait and see."
Mu Dishi looked at Fu Susu. He strikes at Fu Susu. Fu Susu backed away twenty feet but Mu Dishi with Honglei in his right hand charged at Fu Susu. Mu Dishi attacking him nonstop which sent Fu Susu closer toward the edge of the fighting arena. Fu Susu tried to jump over the fighting arena into some of the young men, but Mu Dishi swung Honglei around and cut the back of the right knee ligament which sent Fu Susu right down onto arena floor. Mu Dishi grabbed Fu Susu hair and turned him around looking at his disciples.
Fu Susu pleaded, "Please let me go. It was all Suo Baojing's fault."
Mu Dishi said coldly, "You should have thought about it when you slit my father's throat. Do you even know his name?"
Fu Susu pleaded, "No, I don't know his name."
Mu Dishi smiled, "His name was Mu Lan." Mu Dishi slit Fu Susu's throat. Fu Susu grabbed onto his bleeding neck and began twitching on the fighting arena then Mu Dishi began stabbing Fu Susu with Honglei. Long after Fu Susu was already dead Mu Dishi still stabbing Fu Susu until he counted seventy-one stabs.
Leaders Yang and Tong saw what Mu Dishi could do. They slowly back away leaving Zu Mingsheng fighting with Ma Jinggou.
Leader Yang, "This is not worth it."
Zu Mingsheng, "You little brat, how dare you teaming with Mu Dishi?"
Ma Jinggou dodged Zu Mingsheng's attack, "Leader Zu, please stop attacking and begged xiao shushu to forgive you. If you truly repent. I will ask xiao shushu to not take your live."
Zu Mingsheng, "I don't believe you are more important to Mu Dishi than his revenge on us."
Ma Jinggou blocked Zu Mingsheng's attacked, "Leader Zu, take Monk Hao as an example. He loses one arm, but he is still alive."
Mu Dishi sent out a single guzheng string at Zu Mingsheng. The guzheng string wrapped itself tightly onto Zu Mingsheng's right wrist. He looked coldly at Ma Jinggou and said, "Enough talk." Mu Dishi took out the map inside his inner robe and tossed it at Zu Mingsheng. Zu Mingsheng grabbed the map with his left hand. Mu Dishi then said, "You always want to see how the treasure map look like. Take a good look before you die."
Man one, "That is the Mu treasure map."
Man two, "That is correct."
The young and old martial artists inside the fighting arena chattering all around.
Mu Dishi, "Did you get a good enough look?"
Zu Mingsheng, "So, this is the Mu treasure map that everyone wants."
Mu Dishi smiled, "Yes."
Ma Jingguo, "Xiao shushu, could you spare his life?"
Mu Dishi said coldly, "Not a chance." Mu Dishi used his left hand and hit Ma Jingguo hard on the upper chest sending Ma Jingguo backward landed in the middle of the fighting arena vomited a mouthful of blood.
Kuo Changchang, "Ah Chen." She rushed up onto the fighting arena.
Kuo Wenqian, "Changchang."
Kuo Changchang helped Ma Jingguo into a sitting position and started passing her internal energy to him.
Mu Dishi yanked the zither string that wrapped tightly on Zu Mingsheng's right wrist cutting off Zu Mingsheng's hand. Zu Mingsheng's right hand which still holding onto his sword fallen onto the fighting arena, Mu Dishi sent out another three guzheng strings at Zu Mingsheng and one of the strings wrapped around Zu Mingsheng's neck. Then Mu Dishi pulled Zu Mingsheng closer. Mu Dishi took out his dagger and began stabbing Zu Mingsheng. After seventy-one stabs Zu Mingsheng is still not dead.
Mu Dishi pulled him closer and whispered into Zu Mingsheng's ear, "Here is my little secret. The Mu treasure map everyone wants it so much and killed seventy-one people for it." He scoffed softly inside the dying Zu Mingsheng's ear, "It's a nothing but an empty cave and what await those who enter is death."
Zu Mingsheng looked at Mu Dishi. He gurgles blood inside his mouth, "It's...it's..."
Mu Dishi smiled and used his dagger to slit Zu Mingsheng's throat.
Li Kong Bai and four of his disciples flew onto the fighting arena.
Mu Dishi, "Who are you? You want the treasure map?"
Li Kong Bai, "Childe Mu, I was one of the leaders who participated in the campaign."
Mu Dishi, "I don't remember seeing you in the meeting hall?"
Li Kong Bai, "I left shortly after I got there."
Mu Dishi pointed his bloody dagger at the five men, "What are your names?"
Li Kong Bai, "Li Kong Bai, leader of Huangshan Sect."
Su Lie Jie, "Su Li Jie, first disciple of Li shifu."
Yen Shoi Ming, "Yen Shoi Ming, second disciple of Li shifu."
Yang Ru, "Yang Ru, fourth disciple of Li shifu."
Zhou Guotin, "Zhou Guotin, fifth disciple of Li shifu."
Li Kong Bai, "Childe Mu, before we fight, I would like to say a couple of words."
Mu Dishi said angrily, "Go on."
Li Kong Bai, "When we agreed to go up Mu village, Suo Boajing foul us to believed that we were there just to kill Mu Jiao Long. Suo Baojing and Peng Boqin said they had evidence to proof that Mu Jiao Long is a spy for the Mongolian army. Suo Baojing asked my sector to be back up. We waited down the mountain for two hours, but there was no news. I then decided to take five students along with me. I sent my third disciple, Li Yingpei to scout ahead."
Li Kong Bai, "Everyone be careful. Yingpei, your lightness skill is much better, so you scout ahead of us."
Li Kong Bai and his four students carefully scout after. When they reached the village, they saw dead people everywhere. Those that were dead were villagers.
Su Li Jie, "This is not right. If these people are Mongolian spies, would they have some fighting skill."
Yang Ru, "Da shixiong is correct. No matter how good the three clans may be, in any battle, there will be death on both sides, but look, the dead are only villagers."
Li Kong Bai, "Let's go find Yingpei he might have some answer."
Li Kong Bai and his four students went further toward the middle of the village.
Li Kong Bai, "Go look around if there is any survivor."
The four men spreads out looking for survivor.
Yen Shoi Ming saw a small group people lying on the ground. The white and blue robe made him walked up for a closer look. When he got there, he saw Li Yingpei and ten children lying dead on the ground.
Yen Shoi Ming quickly made way to Li Yingpei, "San di."
Li Yingpei who was on the verge of dying, "Er shixiong..." He vomited a mouthful of blood.
Yen Shoi Ming shouted out, "Shifu, I've found Yingpei."
Lee Kong Bai and his three students rushed to Yen Shoi Ming and Li Yingpei.
Lee Kong Bai sat beside Li Yingpei. He asked, "Who did this to you?"
Li Yingpei cried, and he struggled to speak, "Shifu...we are wrong. These people are just command villagers." He vomited more blood. "They... Don't...know martial arts..." Li Yingpei began to tell Li Kong Bai what had happened.
Li Yingpei heard a woman screams. He quickly flew over and saw that two Tianshan disciples held the woman's hands down while the other one was on the woman's abdomen pulling her belt sash.
Li Yingpei flew over and kicked the man on the woman's abdomen then kicked the other two. As one of the five gentlemen of Huangshan, Li Yingpei detested this kind of inhumane action the most.
Li Yingpei gnashing his teeth, "Your despicable people should not be named righteous. The first rule in the Martial Arts world is to protect the innocent and the weak. How dare your despicable people bully a weak woman?"
Tianshan disciple, "We are on the same side..."
Li Yingpei, "The three of you are disgusting." He spat on the ground. "Go away from my sight." He turned to the lady. "Miss, don't be afraid."
The door swung opened and ten young children came out.
A six-year-old boy cried, "Jiejie."
Woman, "Don't cry, they might hear our voice." As the woman finished her sentence, the tip of a sword was seen sticking out of her left chest. The woman slowly fell on her right side and Peng Boqin stood behind her.
Li Yingpei, "Peng Boqin, you..."
The children ran back inside the house. Li Yingpei walked inside the house and stood in front of the children.
Peng Boqin, "My disciples stated you've hurt them. We are on the same side, why do you need to protect these Mu dogs?"
Li Yingpei, "These are innocent children."
Peng Boqin laughed, "Innocent? They are enemies. We are ordered to kill every last one of them." He turned to his ten disciples. "Kill them all." He looked at Li Yingpei. "As one of the five gentlemen of Huangshan, if you don't want to see it, you may leave."
A little boy grabbed Li Yingpei's right sleeve, "Da ge, please don't leave us."
Li Yingpei turned to look at the frightened little boy and smiled, "Don't be afraid, da ge will not leave."
The little boy took out his jade pendant and placed it's on Li Yingpei's right hand, "According to our family rules, if we ask for a favor, we must give our most valuable item as a trade."
Li Yingpei smiled at the little boy. Li Yingpei unsheathed his sword and sent out a powerful ray force at the ten Tianshan disciples, sending them out the door, landing in front of Peng Boqin.
Li Yingpei and Peng Boqin started fighting as fierce as two lions fighting for territory. After some traded sword's strikes and Li Yingpei killed four of Peng Boqin's disciples, Peng Boqin lost his sword and Li Yingpei sent a high kicked landed on Peng Boqin's left neck. Li Yingpei's kick sent Peng Boqin down immediately onto the ground. He placed his sword at Peng Boqin's neck.
Li Yingpei looked at the six injured disciples, "Drop your swords."
The six Tianshan's disciples dropped their swords and kneeled in front of Li Yingpei.
Peng Boqin sent a eyes signal to one of the disciples. The disciple grabbed his sword and headed toward one of the children. In panic, Li Yingpei swung his sword at the disciple which created an opportunity for Peng Boqin. Peng Boqin reached inside his right foot and drew out a dagger. Peng Boqin stabbed Li Yingpei on the abdomen. The rest of the disciples picked up their swords and attacks Li Yingpei.
After twenty-three stabbed wounds, Li Yingpei, one of the five famous gentlemen of Huangshan, fell to the ground. He watched the six disciples of Tianshan kill the ten children.
Zhou Guotin panic, "San shixiong, you will be fine, we are in Mu village...one of the doctors will be able to save you."
Li Yingpei, "Shifu...I am...I am so grateful, I died protecting what I believe..." He clenched onto the jade pendant tightly as he gasped for his last breath.
Li Kong Bai and his four students rushed to Suo Baojing and Peng Boqin.
When Li Kong Bai looked around, the dead were just villagers.
Li Bai Kong shouted, "Peng Boqin, you killed my third disciple..."
Suo Baojing, "Boqin, already told me. Your disciple was helping those Mongols spies."
Yang Ru said madly, "Spies? I have never seen such defenseless spies? These people are just innocent villagers."
Yen Shoi Ming, "Do you have a different motive? Using this as excuse to kill these people?"
Zhou Guotine, "No more talking..." He grunted his teeth.
Sou Baojing pointed at three dead men on the ground, "These three men killed Li Yingpei."
Zhou Guotine scoffed, "Do you think showing us three dead bodies is enough. Before san ge died, he says it was Peng Boqin who stabbed him first." He pointed at Peng Boqin.
Sou Baojing, "Do you have a witness who saw Boqin killed Li Yingpei?"
Li Kong Bai knew that Suo Baojing will deny it. He angrily shouted, "Sou Baojing...you..." He turned to his disciples. "We leave now."
Li Kong Bai sighed, "When we started to leave, I heard leader Yong called my name, but I didn't look back because I didn't want to look at the faces of Suo Baojing and Peng Boqin." He looked at Mu Dishi. He threw a small jade pendant with the word 'Mu' written on it to Mu Dishi. "When Yingpei died, he clenched tightly onto that pendant. I am done talking. If childe Mu want to kill us. We will not fight back."
Mu Dishi looked at the jade pendant and said coldly, "I've already settled the debts from those who owed me."
Li Kong Bai and his four disciples walked out from the fighting arena unharmed.