After Li Yijie left the Prince's mansion, he didn't have the heart to care about anything else. He went straight back to the Banished Immortal Tavern and drank himself into a stupor. Lying on the table, he slept the whole night. When he woke up the next day, the gloominess in his chest had gradually disappeared, and the pain of parting with Shen Shiyun had also faded. He called the waiter over and was about to pay the bill when the waiter smiled and said, "Gongzi is really lucky. This girl has already paid for you."
Li Yijie was startled and turned his head to look at Nangong Xue. He saw that her eyes were slightly red, and the corners of her eyes and the tips of her eyebrows showed that she was tired. He guessed that she was worried about him and hadn't slept the whole night. He couldn't help but feel grateful and apologetic. He thought, "Although she doesn't say it, she treats me very well. Why can't I forget Yun 'er?"
Nangong Xue saw that he was staring at her. She blushed and forced a smile. She picked up a teacup from the table and handed it to him. She said, "Shixiong, are you sober now? Why don't you drink a cup of herbal tea? " Actually, she had another thought that she didn't say out loud, "Shen Shiyun isn't the only girl who can pay for you when you're drunk."
Li Yijie took the cup and drank it in one gulp. Nangong Xue suppressed her thoughts and asked, "Where are we going now? Do you have any plans?"
Li Yijie hesitated and didn't answer. Suddenly, a loud voice called out, "Shopkeeper, waiter, this Taoist master wants to drink wine. Why haven't you brought out the best wine in your tavern to entertain this Taoist master?" Then he saw three people stride into the tavern. They were all dressed in Kunlun style clothing. The person in the front had a thick and sturdy body, like an iron tower. He was about fifty years old, and he was the one who had just spoken. The person next to him was a haggard old man with sunken cheeks. The third person was a skinny young man with a delicate and pretty face. He lowered his head and followed behind the two with an extremely respectful expression.
The shopkeeper saw that the burly man looked fierce and his words were quite vicious. He knew that he was not someone to be trifled with. He hurriedly nodded and bowed as he went forward and said, "Yes, yes. San 'er, quickly go and get the wine. Daoist masters, please sit here." The burly man cast him a sidelong glance and suddenly grabbed his collar with one hand, lifting him high into the air. He shouted, "How can you let us sit in this filthy corner? Are you looking down on us? " The shopkeeper's feet left the ground. His face was pale with fright. He said with a trembling voice, "Please forgive me, Master Taoist … The big table in the middle has already been taken …"
The burly man said angrily, "So what? The Three Heroes of Kunlun are here. Who dares to not give us face? " The shopkeeper said, "So … so you are the Three Heroes of Kunlun … It's an honor to meet you … the three of you have excellent martial arts and outstanding knowledge. If this big table is not for the three of you, who should it be for?" In fact, the 'Three Heroes of Kunlun' was a title given by the three elders of the Kunlun Sect. Other than the people of the sect, very few people in Jianghu knew about it. The shopkeeper was just flattering them to save his life. The burly man was very proud. He opened his big hand and threw the shopkeeper to the ground. He laughed and said, "At least you have some knowledge!"
The old man sighed and said, "Yi Shidi, when will you change your impulsive nature?" He went forward and helped the shopkeeper up. He took out some silver and gave it to him. He said, "I'm sorry, my Shidi has a bad temper. Please accept this silver as an apology." The shopkeeper said, "I don't deserve it, I don't deserve it." He took several steps back, not daring to get close to the three people. The old man pulled the man surnamed Yi's sleeve and said, "Let's sit a bit more discreetly, we won't attract other people's attention. Won't that be better? I'm afraid there are many eyes and ears in this place, we must guard against them. "Finished speaking, he pulled the man to a corner. The young man also quickly followed.
After the three of them sat down, the young man said, "Shifu, Wen Shibo, Tan Shige left a message along the way, saying that he saw a large group of Devil Cult people passing by. Their whereabouts have always been very secretive, they have never moved in such a big way. I'm afraid they want to harm our upright sect people … "" Pei, "the man surnamed Yi spat," The Devil Cult people shrink from all kinds of evil deeds. What are you afraid of? "" Yes, "the young man hastily said," Disciple's mouth is clumsy. Shifu, please don't blame me. Disciple is only worried about the heroes assembly in a month … "
"Humph," the man surnamed Yi snorted and did not answer. The old man, Wen Shibo, sighed and said, "Lu Shizhi is too timid and afraid of trouble. How can he achieve anything in the future? Tan Shige said that those people were wearing the same uniform, so there was no leader present. Do you think we can't handle a group of common soldiers? Later on, it was said in Jianghu that the Sacrifice Shadow Cult was defeated by the three heroes of Kunlun … "
"Pfft!" Nangong Xue laughed. In a low voice she said to Li Yijie, "The people of Kunlun are very interesting. They like to call themselves' chivalrous heroes'." But Li Yijie only heard 'the Devil Cult people are nearby'. His anger flared up. His hand pressed down on the hilt of his sword and his internal energy gushed out, causing the sword and the scabbard to collide repeatedly.
The man surnamed Yi suddenly kicked a chair over, turned around and approached Li Yijie and Nangong Xue. He put his hand on the table and shouted, "You two ignorant little beasts. I already saw you quietly eavesdropping on your Grandfathers' conversation. I don't know what kind of crafty idea you have in mind!" Turning his head, he called out, "Shixiong, these two people are sneaking around. Perhaps they are the Devil Cult's spies!" He raised his palm and left a palm print about a cun deep on the table.
If one wanted to smash a wooden table with one palm, it would be very easy for a Wulin practitioner to do so. But when one was talking and talking, they would secretly channel their internal energy and concentrate all their strength into their palms. Noiselessly, the table was pressed down by the palm of one's hand. There were no wood shavings flying in the air, nor were there any visible cracks on the side of the wood. This was not something that could be done by someone who had internal energy or who was more proficient in controlling their strength. The reason he showed this skill was to show his profound internal energy and to intimidate the enemy.
Li Yijie could see that this man was just trying to look fierce but was actually a coward. The more he opened his mouth, the more frightened he was. He held his sword with both hands and calmly said, "In your heart you are so afraid of the Sacrifice Shadow Cult that you think every bush and tree is an enemy."
The man surnamed Yi was very angry. "Stupid kid, you want to die!" he shouted. 'Whoosh!' his palm chopped toward Li Yijie's face. Li Yijie leaned his head to evade, raised his elbow and used his palm as a saber, chopping toward the man's side.
"Ah!" the man exclaimed and leaped back. Li Yijie did not intend to hurt anyone, otherwise he would have drawn his sword and attacked the man's vital point. This man was Kunlun's current Sect Leader, He Zhengxian's Shixiong. His martial art skill was much higher than Li Yijie's. But because he was frightened, he was caught off guard. Martial Uncle Wen and the young man surnamed Lu did not see it clearly and thought that he had been hit by the enemy and fell down. Hastily they rushed forward to help him up.
Nangong Xue called out, "Seniors, please wait!" She saw that these three people's seniority was different. If she talked about them in detail, it would be difficult to distinguish between 'Martial Uncle' and 'Shixiong', so she simply called them 'Seniors'. Then she bowed deeply and said, "I hope the three of you will understand. We are disciples of Mount Hua. Shixiong abhors evil and hates the Devil Cult to the bone. When he heard about the enemy, he was so angry that he did not dare to show even the slightest disrespect to Seniors. Just now this Martial Uncle was only testing the younger generation's martial art. When he saw that the younger generation was not good enough, he stopped. How could he really hurt him? "She was the first to say this because she wanted to make the other side respect their status and feel ashamed to fight.
The man surnamed Yi lightly flicked his sleeve, tilted his head and looked at the two of them. "You are from Mount Hua?" he asked. At that time Li Yijie and Nangong Xue were still wearing the clothes of a rich family, so they did not recognize them immediately. But when they thought about how he avoided the attack, they realized that his movements were indeed in accordance with Mount Hua's traditional martial art.
Martial Uncle Wen gloomily said, "These two sects of Mount Hua and Kunlun have always been of the same breath and branch. It's just that recently … hey hey … it's a pity that something has happened." The young man suddenly raised his sword and called out, "It's those two!" The man surnamed Yi was surprised and asked, "Do you know them?"
The young man's heart was filled with fear. On the surface this move looked like a show of force, but in reality it was a defensive move. He said in a low voice, "No wonder I thought they looked familiar. Turns out these two Mount Hua thieves were the ones I met on Mount Wudang when I celebrated Priest Lin Kong's birthday. They were the ones who destroyed my two martial brothers' martial arts and caused them to be expelled from the sect by Sect Leader Shishu and die unjustly."
The man surnamed Yi had always doted on his two disciples. Now that he saw his enemies in front of him, his heart was filled with hatred and he angrily said, "I don't know how my disciples offended the two of you that you would use such a heavy hand. What did they do wrong? Our sect has its own rules and regulations. Those two youngsters' martial arts are not up to par; it's not worth laughing at. If I don't show you some real martial arts, you'll think that our Kunlun is just a sect with an undeserved reputation! "He raised his right palm and chopped down toward Nangong Xue's head.
Nangong Xue raised her scabbard and sternly said, "There was a misunderstanding. We'll talk about it another day. Seniors, you three are collectively known as the 'Three Heroes of Kunlun'. That is … that is revered by everyone in the Wulin world. Now that the enemy is right in front of us, Junior and Martial Brother are willing to work together with Seniors to exterminate the Devil Cult's disciples and enforce justice on behalf of Heaven. "
She did not draw her sword, indicating that she had no intention of using martial arts. The man surnamed Yi thought that she was looking down on him. After hearing her praise, his expression gradually changed and he withdrew his palm. "Humph," he said, "Your Huashan Pai loves to be in the limelight. I'm afraid that in the end, all the fame will belong to you."
Nangong Xue said, "Junior wouldn't dare to be rash in front of Seniors. When the time comes, we'll each take what we need. Niece only wants to contribute her meager strength to the great cause of eradicating the demons. I don't want to disappoint Shifu's many years of teaching. "The man surnamed Yi nodded slightly and said," Kid, do you think so too? "
Li Yijie shook his head and said, "Junior doesn't dare to presume to be righteous. Junior has a personal grudge with the Sacrifice Shadow School. I wish I could kill those evil thieves with my own hands and let my … my good friend's family rest in peace in the underworld."
When Nangong Xue heard him speak so bluntly, she secretly complained that she had wasted her good intentions. Sure enough, the man surnamed Yi's eyes flashed fiercely and he said, "No need to trouble yourself. This Penniless Priest will send you to the underworld to apologize to them so that they won't take offense. That's all." With a flick of his sleeve, a gust of wind blew and the sword in the boy's hand flew toward him. His left hand formed a sword sign and his right hand was about to stab forward when suddenly Martial Uncle Wen's finger shot out like lightning towards his throat. The man surnamed Yi was startled. His left palm quickly grabbed Martial Uncle Wen's wrist and he called out, "Shixiong, what are you doing?"
Martial Uncle Wen said, "Shidi, don't be impatient. If you make a move now, you'll be accused of bullying the weak. You can't disregard our Kunlun's reputation. Martial Nephew Lu, aren't you afraid? These two are your peers. You can use them as practice first. "
The boy's martial arts were low, but his mind was treacherous. He pulled the two elders with both hands and said in a low voice, "Shifu, Martial Uncle Wen, please listen to me. These two Shidi and I were once fellow disciples of the same sect. Now that they've passed away, we should avenge them for the humiliation they suffered in their lifetime … "" That's right, "the man surnamed Yi said," Why don't you make a move? "
The young man said, "Even if we kill them now, it's useless. Why don't we let them follow us for the time being? No matter what their purpose is, as long as we wait for them to fight with the Devil Cult to the point where both sides suffer, then we can sit back and reap the benefits. The good name of annihilating the Devil Cult will still belong to our Kun Lun. When the time comes, Shifu and Martial Uncle Wen will personally get rid of these two thieves. It'll be a clean and efficient job, killing two birds with one stone. "
Martial Uncle Wen hesitated and said, "This … I'm afraid it's not appropriate …" He was also a famous elder in the Wulin world. He felt that using these two juniors was against the chivalrous way. But the man surnamed Yi said, "That's a good plan. The Devil Cult's demons are not easy to deal with. Let them make a move first and find out what's going on. It'll be beneficial for us."
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