The fight on the medicinal garden was getting fiercer. Jinshui saw the fake Mengpo start playing almost completely foreign martial techniques. The dance-like moves slightly resemble Bao Xinfei's san liu bao lian shu, but also very different.
San liu bao lian shu was more of dance-like, distracting the opponent's concentration with the enchantment of its movements, while this fighting technique performed by Gu Chenhui, although it looked much more dazzling, but more accurate to say that they were a series of beautiful moves that were difficult to imitate.
"Liao Xian, do you know the techniques that Mengpo uses?" Jinshui asked Liao Xian, seeing him watching almost unblinkingly. "She is our jiaozhu furen, but her martial techniques don't resemble that of our masters'."
"Jiaozhu furen is the daughter of the great master of Baiyu Shan, the master of some ancient martial techniques that are very difficult to learn. My master said that one must also have a special aptitude to learn those arts," Liao Xian replied, "Yin Luohuang Qiuqiu (Uncle Yin, meaning Yin Xiuchen's father) once told me, a martial skill that has the most charm and beauty is the one called leng qing yu hua."
"Leng qing yu hua?" Liuxin heard that name once. "Zhang Laoqianbei had mentioned it before, but he had also never had the chance to see it in person. It's been decades, in the world of martial arts no one has seen the shrewdness of this technique, today we can see it here is a valuable experience."
"But I'm not sure the one jiaozhu furen is playing with now is the pure leng qing yu hua technique," said Liao Xian, "If she had mastered it, she wouldn't need to be a fake Mengpo all these years."
Gu Chenhui had indeed learned leng qing yu hua from her mother, Yunian, but had never mastered it well. She was playing only some simple moves such as luo zhu xiao yu hua (little dewy jade flower) or ku li xiao yu hua (suffering little jade flower). However, she wasn't talented enough to learn the real techniques.
But the fight made Jinshui and the others open their eyes wide. In the martial world, a rare martial technique always attracted those who had a thirst for knowledge.
Zu Ye, Li Baixun, and Fuchang Long had never faced Baiyu Shan's original skills. As soon as Gu Chenhui started playing her beautiful moves, they started to get overwhelmed. It's getting harder and harder to approach the old woman. The praying beads in Fuchang Long's hands were even snatched away.
Zu Ye attacked with his short spear, aiming at Gu Chenhui's back. The old woman was still busy throwing away the praying beads she had just taken, and at the same time blocking Li Baixun's tiao shan jian yue (jump over the mountain to meet the moon) move. But the attack from behind apparently didn't bother her. She suddenly turned her head, at the same time deflecting Zu Ye's short spear towards Li Baixun, narrowly missed his stomach.
Fuchang Long tried to catch his praying beads weapon that the old woman had thrown, but it was beyond his reach. He waved his hand and used his inner strength to aim the praying beads at Gu Chenhui's back who had just turned around, but once again Gu Chenhui managed to break the attack with a graceful kick. The praying beads coiled around her feet, and Fuchang Long couldn't reach them anymore.
Gu Chenhui suddenly took out three pills, then in the next move, she grabbed Zu Ye's collar, forced him to open his mouth, and swallowed one of the pills. Zu Ye was really shocked and tried hard to spit out what he had just swallowed.
Gu Chenhui moved to Li Baixun's side, loosened the pervert's belt with the walking cane in her hand, and then when Li Baixun startled, the old woman flicked another pill into his mouth, and the pill went straight down his throat.
Fuchang Long had not realized what was happening, his attention was already on Gu Chenhui's feet with the praying beads still coiled there, his eyes rotating following the movement of the praying beads.
He wasn't a real monk, he even really hated monks, but his weapon was his precious possession as his appearance as a monk would not be perfect without this one weapon. Gu Chenhui knew his weakness, and kicked him suddenly, sending him crashing to the ground and before he stood up, one last pill had already been forced into his mouth.
Gu Chenhui had already forced three members of Liangshan Liu Mo to swallow the pills. She waited for a while and watched the three of them try to spit out the pills to no avail.
"What the hell is this?" Zu Ye yelled in panic.
"Did you poison us?" Li Baixun also didn't manage to spit out the pill, his face turned red.
"Did Zeng Baifeng give those to you?" Fuchang Long also asked a question.
"Correct," Gu Chenhui replied slowly, "I specially asked for these pills from Zeng Guzhu (valley owner) because it would be too merciful to the people who had helped wreak havoc in his beloved valley to receive only death punishment."
Gu Chenhui muttered as if she was praying, and in the next second three members of Ling Shan Liu Mo clutched their heads, rolling on the ground in agony. Blood started coming out of Zu Ye's ears, Li Baixun's mouth, and Fuchang Long's nose. Gu Chenhui stopped her muttering, but the three of them were still in pain.
"You have been poisoned by yinchong dan (silver worm pill), you will never be able to do evil again," Gu Chenhui said coldly, "as long as I recite a spell, the poison will react immediately and you will be in pain just like now. I don't even have to bother kicking you one by one."
Li Baixun brushed the blood away from his mouth.
"You rotten granny, aren't you afraid we'll silence you first so you don't even have time to cast those spells?" he asked.
"You can try it, and you will see the result. I'm not the only one in this world who knows the spell. If you are lucky to meet another, then the poison will react anyway," Gu Chenhui replied, "you could have killed a hundred people, but out of a hundred there is only one who has ever cast a spell, you know what will happen. Also, you can try to endure this kind of pain ten times. They would not kill you, but perhaps your brain may have turned to mush."
"You...." Zu Ye was very upset, but he was already trembling in fear.
"One more, the silver worms on your head must be fed regularly," Gu Chenhui added, "if they start to get hungry, they must be given something, otherwise they will eat whatever is near them. I think you guys are clear enough and don't need to ask anymore."
Jinshui and the others except for Liao Xian couldn't clearly hear Gu Chenhui's words spoken quietly across the medicinal garden, only seeing Liangshan Liu Mo's three members suddenly roll on the ground, then kneel down and kowtow desperately in front of Gu Chenhui.
"Dajie laoda...." suddenly came the sound of Fuchang Long crying. The person crawled in front of Gu Chenhui, kowtowing many times. "Good Dajie laoda, forgive us, we don't dare anymore," he said pitifully, "then we will definitely listen to you, don't dare to go against your words anymore."
"Da... dajie laoda, I don't dare anymore either," Zu Ye added.
"Laoda, spare us, Li Baixun will also be your slave forever."
The three demons of Liangshan had been subdued, leaving only the second member, the notorious sadistic and high-skilled in martial fighting, Ma Yongtao.
Ma Yongtao still knelt down according to Gu Chenhui's orders and really didn't dare to stand up against his master. He didn't even look at the other three demons who now could only obey the fake Mengpo.
Gu Chenhui asked Zu Ye, Li Baixun, and Fuchang Long to dig a big hole and bury all the bodies of the rebels. She approached Zeng Baifeng after.
"Zeng Guzhu, my disciple is ignorant and has already made a mess at your place, if Zeng Guzhu is to teach a little lesson, laoniang won't get in the way either," she spoke humbly to Zeng Baifeng. "Your daughter Yuan Wancui, although she has always been hostile to our Yumen Jiao, I also admire her as a great female hero of this era, I really regret her death. I had to bother you to finish the funeral because I didn't expect more deaths, I hope you don't blame me."
"I buried my daughter beside her mother's grave. She's resting in peace now," Zeng Baifeng replied calmly. "It was my unfilial disciple who wanted to take over my valley. I punished him already, I don't need to blame anyone else."
He looked calm but his eyes were red. Zeng Baifeng didn't like to admit that the chaos in Wansui Gu was directed by some outsiders. Punishing the members of Liangshan Liu Mo would be a downgrade to his reputation.
"Hua Jinshui," he turned his attention to Jinshui. "Xiaowan asked me to prevent you and your friends from reviving the Yumen before she died. But I know that my daughter has always had her own thoughts, her character is a bit strange. I won't do anything to you and your friends but I will not support your Yumen Jiao as well. You take care of yourself."
"Zeng Laoqianbei, I have interfered in Wansui Gu's affairs, hope you don't mind." Jinshui said, "You have helped us a lot when we were injured, Hua Jinshui thanked you."
"You may stay in Wansui Gu until everyone is healed," Zeng Baifeng said again. "You may leave after that. Later, if there is no important business, do not ever step foot here again."
Zeng Baifeng turned around and returned to the cave where he lived, alone. Grief from the betrayal of his student and the death of his only daughter still plagued his mind, he didn't want to take care of anything else. As for Yanzi releasing Zhou Sangong from the punishment cave, he didn't know about it yet, and Yanzi also hoped that he wouldn't have to tell him.
"Jinshui, I still have one thing to do, I won't disturb those of you who still need to recuperate," Gu Chenhui suddenly spoke to Jinshui, her tone somewhat flat, a little haughty, apparently not wanting to face her husband's illegitimate son yet. "I'm sure the descendants have a plan, in time we will meet again."
"We are all on our way to Baiyu Shan, next month should be able to gather at Yongjiu Tavern and Inn, Chen-an City," Huang Yu said, "Jiaozhu Furen can come with us to meet the great master of Baiyu Shan after that."
The great master of Baiyu Shan was Gu Chenhui's mother. Gu Chenhui was silent for a while hearing this title. It had been thirteen years since she had been taken away from Baiyu Shan by Huan Jiaozheng and she had never seen her mother during the period. Even when her memory had recovered and her condition improved, she also did not dare to go home. Because she also did not want to give her mother an explanation about everything that happened thirteen years ago.
"I will meet you in Chen-an City later," she finally answered Huang Yu's words. "Reviving Yumen must indeed be started from Baiyu Shan. I will take you to meet my mother."
She motioned for Ma Yongtao to stand up and follow her. Ma Yongtao got up, and tried to find Zhu Baique first, but the Huling descendant once again looked away and then walked away from him.
"You've already revenged her enough," Gu Chenhui reprimanded him, "if you can explain this matter well to me, I will help you propose to her in the future."
"Shifu," Ma Yongtao only glanced at his master, then lowered his head. "I don't know if I…."
"I can handle your father," Gu Chenhui replied. "Let's go."
She left the valley without looking back. Ma Yongtao was forced to come after her, not saying a word to Jinshui or the others. Zu Ye, Li Baixun, and Fuchang Long also left.
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Jinshui met Xu Qiao inside the cave, and found her unconscious, but Yanzi repeatedly told him that Xu Qiao was just tired, and just needed to rest. Jinshui also couldn't help with internal energy for now. He carried her out of the cave and followed Yanzi to another part of the valley.
A number of rooms have been reserved for those who have been injured and need to recover. Yanzi escorted Jinshui to her own room, the only place in Wansui Gu that the rotten poison cultivators never bothered with. Various colored flowers filled the room, Yanzi quickly removed all the poisonous plants so Xu Qiao could rest more comfortably.
"How could she be unconscious like this?" Jinshui asked Yanzi. "She really is just tired?"
"Qiao-er Jiejie has exhausted herself helping you save so many of them," Yanzi said, not wanting to tell the truth. "But she's okay, I can assure you that."
"If anything happens to her, I will not spare your father," Jinshui said coldly. "I will hunt him down wherever he hides."
Zhou Xiangnu and Yang Lei returned a while later, and they found Xiaoshan and Xiaohu and brought them to Huang Yu. They also helped Yanzi make medicine as ordered by Zeng Baifeng and distributed it to everyone. A number of pills were specially made by Yanzi for Xu Qiao.
For the next three days, the outside of Wansui Gu was guarded by thousands of poisonous animals under Zeng Baifeng's control, no other human could enter or exit the valley, and those who were injured and affected by the poison could rest well and recuperate.
The body of Haitang Jian Pai's disciples who were killed during the chaos were cremated and the ashes were placed in some urns. Yuan Wancui's body was buried by Zeng Baifeng beside the grave of Mrs. Zeng, Yuan Wancui's birth mother who had died long ago. Yunhe and the others had no right to ask for Yuan Wancui's body to be taken back to Haitang Jian Pai.
The chaos created by Zhou Sangong and the leiying hua poison had ended. All the remaining teardrop flower plants were burnt down by Zhou Xiangnu's order, henceforth this poison was banned in Wansui Gu. Even so, Zeng Baifeng still kept the secret weapon that contained the leiying hua poison, studying it further in order to save Xu Qiao when the three-month period ended.
Huang Yu asked Yanzi to check on Lin Xiaoyan's condition. Since being snatched from Huang Zhe's hands a few days ago, Lin Xiaoyan's state had been no different from that of a living doll, not a single word had been spoken, her eyes were completely blank. When told to go west she will go west, told to go east and she will go east. She would eat only if fed and sleep when tired. She had already escaped the poison, but she had not yet escaped the influence of Huang Zhe and Xie Tianhu.
However, Yanzi had always only known about playing with poison and she could only treat poisoned people a little. She did not really understand other human illnesses that had nothing to do with poison. She then pulled her older sister Zhou Xiangnu over to check Lin Xiaoyan's condition intensively.
Zhou Xiangnu didn't know much about medicine and poison either. She would prefer to use living and dead people as a tool to find out the reaction of certain poisons and drugs, and the injuries caused by certain energy and weapons. When she was asked to check Lin Xiaoyan's condition, she only tried to find any injuries on her body.
"She has many traces of bruises all over her body," she told Huang Yu later. "Those bruises are mostly old ones, then I can only say, she was already injured before she fell into Liangshan Liu Mo's hands. As for the rest, me and Yanzi... we don't know."
Huang Yu's two hands clenched tightly. Three years ago his family was slaughtered, and he and his two siblings were separated. Huang Lian was still lucky to be sent to Huofeng Lou while he joined Jinshui and the other descendants.
But their elder brother Huang Zhe seemed to have chosen a different path. Huang Zhe was not only recognizing their parents' killers as his masters and upholding them, even the family's teachings about reputations seemed to have been all forgotten until nothing remains. Lin Xiaoyan was just a weak girl who only learned a little martial art without proper training. Harming a weak girl to such an extent was not the attitude of a son of the respectable Huang Family.
"But... last night when she slept," added Yanzi, "Huang Guniang said she called Zhe Gege... Zhe Gege something like that."
"What?" Huang Yu tried to hold back his own emotions. He definitely had to meet his older brother and ask him about this matter until everything was clear, holding him fully responsible.
"I think those bruises were created by smaller fingers," said Zhou Xiangnu again. "Like pinching and slapping."
"Her," Huang Yu remembered the lunatic girl who was with Huang Zhe. "Xun Tianyi's daughter, Xun Qianniu."
"There is also a wound on her head, it looks like it was hit by a hand which contains some kind of internal energy," Zhou Xiangnu continued. "However, we don't have much experience, so we cannot conclude whether the blow to the head caused her this or other injuries. If necessary, maybe you can ask Zeng Guzhu to check directly."
"I know," Huang Yu told himself that it wasn't Xie Tianhu. Lin Xiaoyan was turned into a doll by none other than Huang Zhe.
What Xie Tianhu did to Lin Xiaoyan that day at the Jianyin Bang headquarters in Wuzhang was a great humiliation for a girl. Even Lin Tongtian had asked Huang Yu to kill his daughter so she wouldn't have to remember everything. It was possible that Huang Zhe also knew about this, and then deliberately tampered with Lin Xiaoyan's memory by hitting her on the head. The intention was not yet certain, but there was a slight possibility that it was to spare Lin Xiaoyan from shame.
Zhou Xiangnu was about to leave the room when she remembered one thing. If she didn't disclose it, it would be a heartache for her.
"Huang Gongzi, three years ago in the border of Anhui Province, I had a fight with your parents," she said somewhat doubtfully. "At that time they were on the run and already experienced many hardships. But I really don't...."
"I know," Huang Yu replied. "That day even if you and the other Wansui Gu people weren't around, my parents still wouldn't escape either. It was Xie Tianhu who killed them so that the issue with Zhang Laoqianbei's artifact would not involve his name. I don't blame you for this problem."
Zhou Xiangnu breathed a sigh of relief. Although she didn't have a very good impression of Huang Yu, she didn't want to make enemies of anyone now. Huang Yu's parents didn't die in her hands but died in front of her during a fight. At this moment, she felt more or less guilty too and also worried that Huang Yu would collect old debts.