"Even a master of your level has become a lackey of the imperial court." A cold and arrogant voice rang out. Following that, an old man in green with a jade flute in his hand appeared on the wall of the courtyard. His appearance was thin and his eyes were as clear as a god's. His entire body gave off a graceful and elegant air. Xiao Shuxuan's unique temperament made it very difficult to associate him with an ordinary old man. Others would subconsciously ignore his age and think that the person standing in front of them was a handsome and carefree man.
The man was Huang Yaoshi of Peach Blossom Island. He was one of the Five Masters of the Central Plains and was known as the Eastern Heretic. His Magic Flicking was famous throughout the world. But even so, he was unable to break through the defenses of the Banzhi Guards.
However, he was proficient in music and spent his days listening to the tides on Peach Blossom Island. He developed a unique skill called the "Melody of the Rising Tide". He infused his internal energy into his flute and even Zhou Botong, who was second only to the Five Masters, was tormented by this song.
Of course, although this martial art was amazing, it also had its limitations. It could only be used to its greatest effect against people whose inner energy was weaker than the user's or whose mind was in a mess. Against other masters, this song was not very useful. For example, Ouyang Feng, the Western Poison, could use the sound of his iron zither to resist, and Hong Qigong could use the sound of his whistle to resist.
But when used to deal with ordinary people, this martial art could be regarded as a group attack skill. When Huang Yaoshi was climbing the mountain, he could use his special skills such as the Divine Flicking Finger to open the way. But when the guards in front of the hall realized what was going on, the pressure on him increased and he might even be surrounded and killed on the mountain path. Fortunately, he was prepared and used the Song of the Rising Tide.
Although Zhu Banzhi had many masters, none of them had reached the level of one of the Five Masters. Huang Yaoshi's flute had evoked the evil thoughts in their hearts and they were unable to extricate themselves from their fantasies. Very soon, they began to kill each other. Huang Yaoshi took advantage of this opportunity and went all the way to the small courtyard in the bamboo forest at the back of the mountain.
When they saw Huang Yaoshi's identity, many people were shocked. Li Yanshi, who was carrying an imperial weapon, stepped forward and shouted, "Island Master Huang, your daughter and son-in-law have been helping the imperial court defend Xiangyang for many years and are admired by the people. Why are you rebelling?"
"Bastard, how dare you mention them!" A murderous look appeared on Huang Yaoshi's face. "A few days ago, Rong 'er was schemed against in Lin' an and almost died. Jing 'er was even abandoned by you. Now we don't know if he's dead or alive. Is this the result of defending Xiangyang?"
Zhao Gou said coldly, "I'm sure Island Master Huang knows why Guo Jing was abandoned. What are you doing here instead of looking for him?" Judging from Zhao Gou's tone, it would be best if he could incite Zhao Gou to go against Jia Shidao.
"Humph," Huang Yaoshi snorted, "That stinky brat Guo Jing, I didn't like him in the past. All these years I still find him very annoying. Why would I come here for him?"
Hearing him directly deny it, Zhao Gou started, not knowing how to continue persuading him.
The Drunkard Monk said in confusion, "Everyone says that Island Master Huang doesn't follow the rules of etiquette, and that everything you do is 70% evil. However, I've observed your way of doing things for the past few years. Although you are 70% evil, you are 30% good. Moreover, you are evil in small matters, but you are very serious when it comes to big matters. Your daughter was only slightly wronged in Lin 'an, and she was safe and sound in the end. Island Master Huang, why would you go against your superiors just for such a small grievance? "
Huang Yaoshi's face darkened. "That unfilial woman does things indiscriminately. She deserved what happened in Lin 'an."
Everyone looked at each other, thinking that Madame Guo was beautiful and dignified. She was the best person to deal with people, and everyone around her praised her. Why did he call her an unfilial woman?
"Then why did Island Master Huang come here?" The Drunkard Monk was even more confused.
Huang Yaoshi frowned and hesitated for a moment before saying, "If someone else asked me, I would say that since I'm called the Eastern Heretic, I don't need to explain my actions to others. It's just that your martial arts are obviously higher than mine, but you've been so polite from the beginning. Just based on this attitude, I'll let Zhao Gou know. "
"How dare you! How dare you call an official by his name!" The guards all unsheathed their long sabers. Zhao Gou's face twitched. He was obviously angry.
Huang Yaoshi ignored them and looked in the direction of the East Sea. He seemed to be recalling something. "During the rebellion of Jingkang, the Central Plains fell into enemy hands. Zhao Gou ascended the throne and reorganized the Song Dynasty. Everyone thought that he was the leader of a resurgence. Countless people in the Central Plains formed a volunteer army and waited for the Emperor's army to attack the north. In the end, this spineless guy surrendered to Jin Qi and begged for peace.
All the people in the court and the public were filled with righteous indignation … "Hearing him describe the scene of the past, many people secretly glanced at Zhao Gou. Many of them had personally experienced the events of the past, and they criticized Zhao Gou's actions. Of course, there were also many who felt that the Emperor's actions brought peace to the people, and there was nothing to criticize.
Zhao Gou's face was dark, and no one knew what he was thinking.
Huang Yaoshi continued, "The country was in turmoil, and the dissatisfaction with the Emperor grew. At this time, a mysterious secret manual suddenly appeared in Jianghu, and everyone fought for it."
"The people of Jianghu were mostly hot-blooded men. Originally, everyone was thinking about how to recover the Central Plains and make the Jin pay in blood. So some people went north to join the volunteer army, and some set their sights on the country, trying to think of ways to force the Emperor to change his mind. But once this peerless secret manual appeared, coupled with the many miraculous rumors, everyone's attention shifted to fighting over this secret manual. "
"In the end, the great waves washed away the sand. A few great masters discussed swords at Mount Hua to decide the ownership of this secret manual. I just happened to be there, and received the title of Eastern Heretic. But after a few years of fighting in Jianghu, everyone had formed an irreconcilable hatred. How could they work together to expel the Tartars and restore China? "
The Nine Yin Manual!
Hearing this, how could the crowd not understand what this secret manual was? Listening to Huang Yaoshi's words, could it be that the whole thing was a trap set up by the court?
Ding Dian's expression changed several times. He was originally a Jianghu man, and he was the latest to join the Imperial Armament Division. Later, he learned of Huang Chang's existence by chance. He had wondered why the original author of the Nine Yin Manual was still alive, and why did this secret manual end up in Jianghu and cause such a bloody storm?
Of course, he did not think about these things in detail. Now that Huang Yaoshi had analyzed it, it seemed that the internal court had deliberately spread the Nine Yin Manual to Jianghu.
Huang Yaoshi's voice gradually became deeper. "At that time, I was young and full of vigor. I always wanted to train my martial arts to become the best in the world. But at the swords meet at Mount Hua, I saw Wang Chongyang's martial arts. I knew that no matter how much I trained, I would never be able to surpass him. Wang Chongyang became the best in the world, and the Nine Yin Manual naturally fell into his hands. I gave up on this idea. Who would have thought that not long after, Wang Chongyang would die young, and the Nine Yin Manual would fall into the hands of his martial brother, Zhou Botong. "
When Zhou Botong was mentioned, Huang Yaoshi's face revealed a mixture of anger, admiration, and sorrow. "Zhou Botong's martial arts were not bad, but they were still a bit lacking compared to the rest of us. At that time, the Southern Emperor was disheartened by Concubine Liu's affair, and did not care about worldly affairs. The Northern Beggar wandered around the world, and all day long he was elusive.
In the end, only Western Poison and I had any ideas. Western Poison directly broke into the Quanzhen Sect, but Wang Chongyang, who had faked his death, broke his "Toad Stance". He had no choice but to return to the White Camel Mountain Villa to practice.
"Although I also wanted the Nine Yin Manual, I could not bring myself to snatch it like Ouyang Feng did. My wife, Heng 'er, saw through my thoughts, so she made a bet with Zhou Botong to borrow the Nine Yin Manual. Although Zhou Botong was on guard against me, he knew that Heng' er did not know any martial arts. Moreover, the Nine Yin Manual was difficult to understand. Even a martial arts expert would not be able to understand it. So he gave her the time it took to burn a stick of incense to burn. But he did not expect that my Heng 'er would have a good memory. In a short period of time, she was able to memorize the Nine Yin Manual."
Speaking of this, Huang Yaoshi was full of pride, but he quickly heaved a long sigh and said, "It's a pity that the entire Nine Yin Manual is as obscure as a heavenly book, and Heng 'er is pregnant. Memorizing it will consume too much energy. Later on, the Manual was stolen by Mei Chaofeng and Chen Xuanfeng. Heng 'er did not want to grieve over this, so she secretly tried to memorize the Manual. Heng' er's body was weak, so after thinking day and night, she finally became exhausted and died of dystocia … "
Huang Yaoshi suddenly looked at Li Yanshi, Ding Dian and the others and said, "Because of this, I vented my anger on my remaining disciples. I broke their legs and drove them out of Peach Blossom Island. One of them was called Qu Lingfeng. In order to win my favor, he returned to the sect and snuck into the palace to steal some precious calligraphy and paintings. As a result, he was chased by your people with imperial weapons. In the end, he died together with them in a secret chamber in Ox Village. Humph! Qu Lingfeng's kung fu was the best among all my disciples. If I had not broken his legs, he would not have been his match. "
Li Yanshi sneered and said, "So Shi Yanming was injured by your disciple. Yanming's palm strength was the best in the imperial palace. He had protected the imperial palace several times and was promoted to the rank of Imperial Weapon Commander and Zhongzhou Defense Commissioner. With his kung fu, he might not be your match, but he could definitely defeat your disciple, not to mention that he was a cripple. The reason why he died together with your disciple was most likely because he was ambushed."
Huang Yaoshi frowned. Years ago, Guo Jing and Huang Rong accidentally broke into the secret chamber of Qu San Tavern in Ox Village and found the corpses of Qu Lingfeng and Shi Yanming. Huang Yaoshi went to the scene to take a look. With his level of cultivation, he could easily reconstruct the scene.
Qu Lingfeng was chased by Shi Yanming and managed to escape back to his secret chamber. He tried to use the Art of Becoming Invisible to confuse Shi Yanming. Unfortunately, he was not skilled enough in this aspect and Shi Yanming managed to see through the mechanism and barge in. Qu Lingfeng fought desperately but was still no match for Shi Yanming. Two rows of his ribs were shattered by Shi Yanming's palm strength. Shi Yanming thought that Qu Lingfeng was dead and turned around to retrieve the stolen calligraphy and paintings from the imperial court. Who would have thought that Qu Lingfeng had taken some medicine like the Nine Flowered Jade Dew Pill in advance and was still breathing? Qu Lingfeng used the last of his strength to stab Shi Yanming from behind and kill him.
"Nonsense." Huang Yaoshi snorted. Although he knew the truth of the matter, he still felt guilty for venting his anger on his disciples. Qu Lingfeng died because of him. Naturally, he did not want to ruin his disciple's reputation after his death.
"Amitabha. Speaking of which, it was Island Lord Huang's greed, anger, and obsession that caused this series of consequences." Doujiu Monk could not help but sigh.
Huang Yaoshi's expression changed. He said coldly, "In the past, I also thought that I brought all of this upon myself. Therefore, I prepared a flower boat made of glue and waited for Rong 'er to grow up so that she could ride the boat and be buried with her. However, in the past two years, I suddenly found out about the origins of the Nine Yin Manual. Naturally, I knew who the culprit was. Who killed my Heng 'er? Even if it was the emperor, I would still bury him. "
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