NABC Chapter 103 Our Dragon Guard Manor needs talents like you.
Chapter 103 Our Dragon Guard Manor needs talents like you.
Chapter 103 Our Dragon Guard Manor needs talents like you.
Internal Skill: The Great Yin-Yang Mantra of the Heavenly Emperor and Earthly Empress;
Inner Power Technique: The Great Formless Skill of Heaven Collapse and Earth Sinks;
Defense: Earth-shattering Great Reincarnation Seal;
Offensive: Heaven and Earth Annihilation Great Qiankun Hand;
Auxiliary: Heavenly Spin and Earthly Shifting Acupoint Method:
Healing: The Great Heaven-Mending Technique for Replacing the Cripples and Deficiencies of Heaven and Earth;
Lightness Skill: Vast Void Step;
These seven sets of unique skills, when combined, form the "Great Compassionate Ode of the Interplay of Heaven and Earth and Yin and Yang," a culmination of the demonic sect's unique skills, modified and perfected by successive leaders of the demonic sect.
As for the original "Great Compassion Ode", it contains five martial arts techniques, which is not comprehensive enough. Moreover, it is a combination of seven martial arts techniques, so the degree of compatibility is not very high.
These martial arts techniques have been separated out, similar to the Beggars' Sect's Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms. When a disciple makes a great contribution to the Demonic Sect, one or two of these techniques are given as a reward.
That being said, the Demonic Sect has always only bestowed the five martial arts techniques of the original Great Compassion Mantra. The Heavenly Void and Earthly Vastness Great Void Step is the direct transmission of the sect leader, how could it be passed on to outsiders at will?
When Hong Qigong met Guo Jing, they clicked, and the food was delicious. So he only taught Guo Jing the Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms. He absolutely could not teach him the Dog-Beating Staff Technique, which was the direct lineage of the gang leader.
Yang Yan had many doubts, but her priority at the moment was to capture King Yama. With a thought, she lightly landed in front of King Yama and drew her treasured sword from her waist.
What a coincidence! King Yama's weapon, the Yama Sword, is a sharp sword, but his best martial art is the Water-Splitting Sword Technique, and his favorite weapon is a soft sword. Yang Yan's Jade Feather Blade is a soft blade that can be bent at will.
The Bishui Sword Technique changes with the flow of water, while the Guantao Pavilion's mental cultivation method emphasizes "sealing all eight sides" and its martial arts have the power of "suppressing the sea and calming the waves." From weapon to mental cultivation method, and from mental cultivation method to martial arts, it completely counters Bishui Sword Technique in every aspect.
Yang Yan chuckled, "King of Reincarnation, you just killed Black Stone's last assassin. You're all alone now. What's the point of living?"
King Yama roared, "Yang Yan, Black Stone and Linglong Pavilion have never had any enmity, why are you plotting against me?"
Yang Yan gently smoothed her hair: "You didn't know my husband went to the disaster area for relief, did you? You let Fatty Chen inflate prices and cheat my husband. As his wife, of course I have to help him get revenge!"
Upon hearing this, King Zhuanlun flew into a rage: "The disaster relief funds belong to the imperial court, not to Linglong Pavilion, much less to Xu Qingya. What does it have to do with you that I earn money from the imperial court? If you're dissatisfied, I can give you half the profits. Why are you being so aggressive!"
Yang Yan sneered: "King of the Wheel, when Black Stone was pressing the people in the disaster area, why didn't you mention that one should be lenient when possible?"
"Just surrender obediently!"
King Yama, enraged, laughed, his laughter growing increasingly mournful and cruel, like a cuckoo's mournful cry: "So many people want to make this money, can you kill them all?"
A murderous glint flashed in Yang Yan's eyes: "Apart from you, all those unscrupulous merchants and bandits have had their heads hung on the city gate by my husband. King Chakravartin, I just learned a set of light-body skills, and I'll use you to test them out!"
Yang Yan's talent in lightness skill can be described as unparalleled. By using the conversation to buy time, she had already grasped the essence of the Heavenly Void and Earthly Vastness Great Void Step in just a few words. With one step, the Jade Feather Treasure Blade bounced off, and with one strike, it sealed off all eight sides!
There is a common sword technique called "Night Battle Eight Directions Hidden Blade Style". Yang Yan's slash directly sealed off all eight directions. When she sparred with Xu Qingya, even with Xu Qingya's swordsmanship skills, he could only win by surprise.
Yang Yan slowly extended her right hand. As she slowly stretched out her arm, the jade-feathered soft knife wrapped around her right wrist unwrapped itself, revealing the blade's edge and power, which unfolded like a nimble snake.
King Yama's eyes twitched, and he exuded an indescribable aura of gloom. To unleash the full potential of the Water-Splitting Sword Technique, one needs the utmost yin energy. King Yama was a eunuch, his yang root severed, causing yin energy to flourish. Coupled with decades of repression, his inner gloom had reached its limit.
With a gentle swing of his sword, his tall figure became as graceful as a woman from Suzhou or Hangzhou walking across a broken bridge under an oil-paper umbrella. No one would have guessed that this eunuch, who was over sixty years old, could wield a sword with the delicate grace of a woman from Suzhou or Hangzhou walking across a broken bridge under an oil-paper umbrella.
With a light tap of her toes, Yang Yan moved swiftly and unpredictably, accompanied by four crisp "clanging" sounds as the flexible yet sharp blade tip blocked the swaying spinning sword from four different directions.
The Jade Feather Soft Blade drew a long rainbow, like a jade belt over autumn water. Combined with Yang Yan's close-combat stance, her figure and the blade light became one. King Yama let out a sharp screech, knelt on one knee, spread his left hand, and held the Yama Sword with his palm, holding the sword horizontally.
"Clang!"
The precious swords clashed violently.
The two clashed without holding back, their blades and sword energy splashing wildly, stirring up fallen leaves and yellow sand.
With a trembling sound, King Yama suddenly leaped up, his lower body still bent at one knee. His Yama sword swept across a semicircle, and with swordsmanship, he used the "Splitting Mount Hua" technique to slash straight down at Yang Yan's head, his eyes revealing murderous intent.
This move is the ultimate technique of the Wheel King, a deadly move from the extreme of Yin to Yang in the Water-Splitting Sword Technique, a move that turns defeat into victory.
With a clang, Yang Yan's slender hand flicked the Revolving Sword from the side. Using the force of the flick, she quickly dodged. In the blink of an eye, as Yang Yan flicked the Revolving Sword away, the Revolving King seized the opportunity and used his extraordinary agility to roll down the side, sword and all.
Yang Yan leaped into the air, light as a startled swan. With the straightened jade feather sword, her entire body transformed into a streak of white light, frantically swirling up towards King Yama amidst the afterimages of falling leaves and flying sand.
Yang Yan intended to watch the entire Bishui Sword Technique before unleashing her killing move. Instead, she used her lightness skill in conjunction with her swordsmanship, taking advantage of the Wheel King's unpredictable swordsmanship to hone her agility.
King Yama had no idea how many swords he had swung, nor how many knives Yang Yan had swung. He only knew that he was surrounded by knives from all sides, and that there was danger all around him. He couldn't stop; he had to keep dodging and swinging his sword. If he paused even slightly, the blades would fall on him.
Swing your sword, parry, dodge!
Dodge, block, swing your sword!
Parry, dodge, swing your sword!
It goes on and on, endlessly.
Already on the verge of madness, King Yama's mental consciousness collapsed with each mechanical attack, leaving him like a soulless shell, devoid of any awareness beyond mechanically wielding his sword.
After an unknown amount of time, King Yama collapsed softly to the ground. He only had superficial wounds, which were not serious and far less severe than a severe lash.
However, King Yama could not stand up.
His energy and spirit were completely exhausted, his body was on its last legs, and he didn't even have the strength to get up. He could only close his eyes and wait for the blade to fall into his neck.
I did not feel any pain in my neck.
Yang Yan sheathed her treasured sword and asked, "Cao Feng, who is your master? A mere ninth-rank eunuch, even if you had another hundred years, you couldn't build a force like Black Stone. Conversely, someone who could build a force like Black Stone wouldn't be a ninth-rank eunuch!"
King Yama sneered, "Yang Yan, just because I casually mention a name doesn't mean it's my master! My master is the Emperor. Go ahead and kill him if you dare!"
"Cao Feng, you are the Wheel King, the leader of the Black Stone Assassin Organization, not some street thug. As a powerful figure, I suggest you have some dignity."
"Dignity? What dignity do I have? I've been bullied and exploited since birth, and I'm still being exploited now. I don't even have a penis!"
"I understand. Your master helped you when you were in trouble and even in dire straits. Since then, you have been extremely grateful to him and willing to do things for him. Black Stone has been in the martial arts world for about ten years. Excluding the time spent practicing martial arts, you came into contact with your master about twenty years ago!"
"So what? Could you have guessed it?"
"Eunuch Shan, right? Cao Feng, your master is Eunuch Shan. To be precise, you are Eunuch Shan's pawn, responsible for accumulating wealth for him!"
"You—you—"
"Did you think I'd guess Cao Yu, Cao Shaoqin, or Cao Renchao? You underestimate me!"
"Yang Yan, I've never underestimated you. You overestimated yourself! Hahahaha—you'll never know who my master is! Xu Qingya will die by his hand, and I'll be waiting for you in hell!"
A trickle of blood spilled from the corner of King Yama's mouth.
Yang Yan sneered: "Of course I know, your master isn't Eunuch Shan, but Cao Yu! You actually took the bait with such a simple act of feigned indifference!"
When Yang Yan mentioned "Eunuch Shan," the shock on King Yama's face was feigned. However, when the three names were mentioned afterward, King Yama's pupils contracted for a moment, and his lips twitched slightly. These subtle expressions could not be concealed, and Yang Yan saw through his act.
This is a very skillful interrogation method.
The requirements for "psychological warfare" are very high.
If King Yama hadn't suffered a mental breakdown, nearly exhausted his vital energy, and lowered his brain's defenses to the minimum, it would have been incredibly difficult to deceive him using this method.
Even under these circumstances, King Yama still sensed Yang Yan's purpose the moment he opened his mouth, and decisively bit off his false teeth and swallowed the deadly poison.
King Yama may not have the strength to kill others, but he does have the strength to kill himself. The secret he possesses, Cao Yu's secret, must absolutely not be revealed.
Yang Yan picked up the corpse of King Yama and quickly returned to Linglong Pavilion. She had someone send the body to the Six Doors. Half an hour later, a row of heads were hanging at the city gate.
The decree stated:
In recent years, Bianliang has suffered from severe floods, causing widespread displacement and suffering. I was deeply saddened and dispatched an imperial envoy to provide relief to the victims, intending to save the people from famine. However, some wicked individuals have defied Heaven and reason by setting up a black market to inflate rice prices. Their crimes are unforgivable!
Cha Hei Shi, the leader of the traitorous gang, is a wolf in sheep's clothing. He secretly formed a party of demons and monsters, hoarded grain for profit, and monopolized the market, causing rice to cost a thousand coins per bushel and causing starvation to fill the roads. He even sent assassins to obstruct the imperial envoy's relief efforts and robbed government grain. He treated the lives of the people as worthless. His crimes are heinous and unforgivable!
The Black Stone bandit leader, Wheel King, has now been executed. His head was hung on the city gate for three days, and his bones were crushed and scattered as ashes, as a warning to others.
Anyone who is coerced into joining the rebellion shall be spared the death penalty if he surrenders within three days; those who stubbornly resist shall have their entire family executed.
Heaven's justice is clear; how can it allow evil spirits to run rampant?
The law is strict and will surely bring wickedness to an end!
[Date]
Just like what was done in Jiangling, the Six Doors arranged for several old scholars to explain the notices, and Yang Yan arranged for the people to discuss them, intimidating the wicked and appeasing the people.
Jiang Asheng, who was running errands to deliver messages, felt dizzy when he saw the notice at the city gate.
Jiang Asheng's real name was Zhang Renfeng. His family was a scholarly and official family. His father was upright and incorruptible. He wrote a memorial to the emperor to accuse the leader of the Yuxian Gang of spreading heresy and asked the emperor to eliminate the Yuxian Gang. In the end, he was killed.
Zhang Renfeng is a disciple of Kunlun and is proficient in the Kunlun School's Cancha Sword Technique. He fought his way out of the encirclement of the Black Stone Assassins and was picked up by "Ghost Doctor" Li Guishou. He changed his appearance and wanted to seek revenge on the Black Stone Assassins.
Zhang Renfeng, using the alias Jiang Asheng, ran errands for people every day, taking the opportunity to gather intelligence. Just when he thought he could carry out his revenge plan, the Black Stone Assassin Organization was completely wiped out, and the Wheel King's head was hung on the city gate by the Six Doors, along with the Wheel Sword!
This—this—this script is wrong!
Jiang Asheng was completely numb!
I—I'll just keep delivering the letter!
Upon hearing the rumors, Lei Bin sneered and continued rolling out the noodles. He had long suspected that Black Stone's methods were too arrogant and would inevitably provoke top-tier forces sooner or later.
Being an assassin is nothing compared to rolling out noodles.
The magician performing in the brothel smiled bitterly upon hearing the news of Black Stone's destruction.
The magician had no sense of belonging to the Black Stone and no loyalty whatsoever to King Yama. However, he was very interested in the promises King Yama made. He had serious hidden injuries and several large boils on his body, and his whole body would ache whenever it was cloudy or rainy.
Jin Gui examined the magician's pulse and said that the magician had at most three years to live, and if he continued to perform those dangerous magic tricks, he might only live for another year.
The magician's only hope is to find the legendary remains of Rama, which can restore life and repair injuries, and use the healing properties of Rama's remains to heal his own hidden wounds.
Now that Black Stone has been destroyed and King Chakravartin's head hangs on the city gate, where can a mere magician find Rama's remains? How many more days can he live?
All I can say is that Zhu Xiawu did an excellent job of keeping it a secret. Apart from himself, no one knew that Rama's remains had been burned. Anyone who wanted Rama's remains either had to search frantically or offer a high price to buy them.
Blackstone was destroyed.
Next up is the Seven Killings Gathering!
The Seven Killers Society is a large-scale assassin organization with a tight organization, ruthless methods, and mysterious leaders.
The head of the Seven Killings Society never reveals his identity. Instead, he issues orders through "messages." He first summons the eight hall masters to the conference room, then drops a hollow copper ball through a pipe above the conference room. Inside the hollow ball is his order, which is then read aloud by the head hall master in public.
Here's the question: what if someone imitates the headmaster's handwriting to give orders?
That's impossible, of course.
Because the head of the main hall is the same as the head of the entire hall.
The head of the main hall disguised himself as the head of the other eight hall masters and infiltrated among them to prevent anyone from outwardly complying while inwardly disobeying.
It can only be said that in terms of organizational structure, the Seven Killers Society is a notch below Black Stone. No one in Black Stone knows the true identity of the Wheel King, but Zhou Donglou, the chief steward of the Seven Killers Society, knows the secret of the Grand Hall Master.
If you're going to betray someone, either don't do it at all, or if you're going to do it, do it thoroughly and destroy the other party completely.
The most hated people in the world are traitors.
The more organized crime it is, the more it hates traitors.
They would torture traitors in the most vicious, cruel, and painful ways, making them wish they were dead, using them as a scapegoat to deter others from ever betraying them again.
Zhou Donglou understood this principle, and after making the decision to betray the Seven Killers Society, he led the Imperial Guards straight to the Seven Killers Society's stronghold without hesitation.
"Lord Xu, the Seven Killers Society's headquarters is just ahead. The head of the society wants to seize the disaster relief funds and has gathered all the leaders and assassins. Today is their meeting day, so you can take them all down in one fell swoop."
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Zhou Donglou looked at Xu Qingya with a smile.
Xu Qingya held two scrolls of names in his hand.
One volume is the roster that Zhou Donglou handed in.
One volume contains information about an undercover agent planted by Prefect Yang Zhenyu.
Yang Zhenyu, the prefect of Kaifeng, was a good official. Before the flood, he befriended a group of righteous martial arts practitioners and had them infiltrate the Seven Killers Society to investigate the head of the society.
Just as they decided to take action, a severe flood broke out, forcing them to prioritize disaster relief before dealing with the Seven Killings Society. If Xu Qingya hadn't come, Yang Zhenyu would have risked dealing with the Seven Killings Society and using their accumulated money and grain for disaster relief. That guy is absolutely ruthless.
Yang Zhenyu and his righteous men were ruthless people who liked to risk their lives. Suicide missions and sacrificing their lives to prove their loyalty were commonplace for them.
As long as the Seven Killings Society can be wiped out, everyone is prepared to sacrifice themselves; everyone is ready to die!
This kind of person is perfect for the Dragon Guard Manor!
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