Chapter 286

Wuxianling is located deep in the mountains, and the mountain road is rugged and winding, so the horses can only trot, not gallop.

Jin Mingjun had not seen her younger brother for several years, and she missed him deeply. When she heard Zhang Jubing say that her younger brother had been captured by the Wuxian Sect, she became even more anxious.

In the past few days, she has been full of anger, biting everyone she sees, and the other sisters dare not speak to her.

Seeing Ye Guhong safe and sound, she is overjoyed, but she complains that the horse is walking slowly, so she leaps off it, using her light skills to gallop over, her arms open wide to embrace him.

Zhang Qubing is also overjoyed to see that his master is safe and well, and follows Jin Mingjun off the horse, his legs whirling as he too pounces on his master.

After all, Jin Mingjun’s martial arts were superior to his junior’s. He saw his delicious junior about to enter his arms, when suddenly a vast palm wind, with unparalleled speed, came from behind Ye Guhong, and with a loud boom, it shook Jin Mingjun so much that his eyes went straight and he flew backwards several zhang.

Zhang Qubing was so scared that he made an emergency stop, his eyes wide open, not daring to take another step forward.

Ye Guhong was also taken aback, and when he hurriedly went to take a look, he saw Jin Mingjun jump up neatly with an expression of surprise and bewilderment.

Then, he saw Miejie slowly walking out from behind him, holding Baibai. He first said to Zhangjubing, 鈥淢y disciple, don’t be afraid, you can hug your master.鈥�

Then, he shouted at Jin Mingjun in a stern voice, 鈥淎lthough you are from the same school, there is still a difference between men and women. In the past, when you were young, it was fine, but now that you are a man and a woman, you still hug each other. What a disgrace!鈥�

Jin Mingjun had not seen her master for many years, but she did not expect to be scolded and beaten upon meeting him, and in front of her junior sister and nephew. She felt scared and ashamed at the same time, and her heart was filled with grievances, as deep as the sea. Her lips trembled, and she burst into tears.

Ye Guhong could not care about consoling his senior sister at the moment. He patted Zhang Qubing, who had thrown himself into his arms, while looking at Mie Jie with surprise. His tone was shocked: 鈥淢aster, how has your kung fu improved so much?鈥�

The palm wind from Mie Jie was swift and powerful, and it was especially agile and swift as it deliberately bypassed Ye Guhong on the way.

However, such a terrifying palm force hit Jin Mingjun and only knocked her back, leaving her unharmed. The exquisite control of the force had reached an unimaginable realm.

As for the rest of the Emei disciples, they had not seen Mie Jie for several years and could only see that their own master’s skills had improved greatly, but it was difficult to detect the mystery of her further improvement.

After a moment of silence, Mie Jie smiled and said, 鈥淚t must be the mystery of the yoga divine footwork. Haha, it was not in vain that you and I went to Yanmen Cliff back then.鈥�

At this time, a group of disciples and apprentices dismounted their horses one after the other and ran up to pay their respects.

Mie Jie’s face fell, her eyes like swords as she swept them all over.

The disciples had already been secretly terrified when they saw her scold Jin Mingjun earlier, and now, when they met her cold gaze, they immediately buried their heads even lower.

Mie Jie narrowed her eyes and rebuked them harshly: 鈥淵ou useless bunch! So many of you, and you were all taken by a mere Fifth Immortal Disciple! Are you saying that without Master and Lone Crow, Emei is just a bunch of country bumpkins to be bullied?鈥�

The Emei Sect had already made up their minds to fight a major battle against the Wuxian Sect in order to save Zhou Jiangli, so they almost sent out the entire clan, except for seven of the Eight Eccentrics of the Jiangbei, who were left behind with a group of outer disciples to guard the mountain gate. All the remaining inner disciples from both the monastic and lay families went with the expedition.

The two senior nuns in charge, Jingxuan and Su Qingmeng, took their master’s words very seriously. They trembled, their faces turned pale, and they shed tears at the same time. They bowed and said, 鈥淒isciple is incompetent, please discipline disciple.鈥�

Tang Gong was also full of shame, bowed and said, 鈥淢aster, it is Tang who is useless, and he fell for the demon girl’s trick of luring the tiger away from the mountain.鈥�

At that moment, a horse came trotting up, and on its back, old man Zhou was crouching like a big monkey.

He frowned, blew his beard, and yelled, 鈥淟ittle nun, you said that without you and me, the Emei Sect is nothing. Isn’t that saying that I, Zhou, am useless? Hmph, I think that’s a very inappropriate thing to say! Besides, the Five Immortals Sect didn’t just send a little woman to raid the mountain, they also sent a pretty formidable woman. Hmph, since you say I’m useless, I’ll go catch the snake-handling woman and the little woman right now, and show you what I’m capable of!”

Mie Jie was teaching his apprentice a lesson, and had not noticed those words, which had insulted Zhou Zhixing’s face.

Fortunately, Zhou Zhixing was simple-minded and did not take it personally, and was only concerned about making amends.

Mie Jie hurriedly shook his head and said, 鈥漐hou Gongren, there is now another turn of events in this matter, so there is no need to trouble them.鈥�

Zhou Zhi Xing, however, was not giving up. He somersaulted off his horse and walked up to Mie Jie, saying, 鈥淲hy not? That little girl wants to make me, Brother Lone-Hung, her husband. Our Emei Sect doesn’t lose face easily. Look, I’m going to go get her and make her Lone-Hung’s wife.鈥�

Then he turned his eyes, looked at the unusually tall Guai, and a gleam of light suddenly appeared in his eyes. He said with a smile, 鈥淏ut this mountain is high and the road is long, I can’t walk, so you must lend me this big horse to ride.鈥�

Mie Jie smiled bitterly and said, 鈥淰enerable, there really is no need to trouble her. There have been many changes, and I cannot explain it all at once. In short, the three emissaries of the Five Immortals Sect have now set a marriage date with Lonely Hope, and they will come to formally marry her within a few months. Since this has already happened, we can let bygones be bygones, but they cannot be considered enemies of our sect in the future.鈥�

As soon as she finished speaking, the women of Emei were shocked and clamored, 鈥淢aster, how can this be?鈥� 鈥淢aster, how can we let these evil women take advantage of our own junior disciples?鈥� 鈥榊es, Master, what is the Five Immortals Sect’s merit?鈥�

Zhou Zhixing likes to stir up trouble, and seeing the group of women in a flurry, he was overjoyed. He shouted, 鈥滺ey, listen to me, all of you. My brother Lone Hung is the third most handsome man in the martial arts world today, after Zhang Zhenren and me! No way! I, as the elder brother, won’t accept it! Unless even their leader wants to be my brother’s wife, I won’t give up. Hmph, I’ll go catch that leader now!”

Mie Jie said with a stern face, 鈥漎ou don’t need to worry about it. That leader, Long, herself, also wants to marry Lone as her main wife.鈥�

Before the words had finished, there was a loud bang, and Jin Mingjun collapsed face-up.

The disciples around him exclaimed in alarm and rushed over to help, but Mie Jie stopped them and went over himself. He pointed his finger under Jin Mingjun’s ribs and, with the power of his internal energy, the pent-up anger in Jin Mingjun suddenly burst open. 鈥淥uch,鈥� he cried, waking up, and burst into tears, 鈥淢aster, I have a hard life!鈥�

Old man Zhou hurriedly said, 鈥淟ittle Jin, don’t cry! Even if the leader of the Five Immortals became your junior’s first wife, and the three messenger girls became his second, third, and fourth wives, the position of fifth wife will definitely be yours. I will act as your matchmaker.鈥�

Jin Mingjun stopped crying as soon as she heard this, and then she remembered that she had fancied this junior brother since she was fifteen years old, and had been waiting for him for twelve years. Now she was only going to be a little, little wife, so she was not willing to accept this.

She was not afraid of her master anymore, and she made up her mind to hug Mie Jie’s legs and cry loudly.

She obediently climbed onto his back, and as she did, Zhou Ge’s face fell, and she sighed inwardly, thinking, 鈥淥h dear, I forgot about the senior apprentice. When it’s my turn, how many small characters will there be in front of it?鈥�

Mie Jie looked down at Jin Mingjun. Although this apprentice was not pleasing to her, after all, they had been master and apprentice for more than ten years. Now she saw her crying with tears and snot all over her face, and she couldn’t bear to see it. She decided not to scold her, but to comfort her.

She reached out and patted Jin Mingjun’s head twice, and said kindly, 鈥淢y foolish child, you must know that everything in the world is predetermined, and sometimes it is beyond human control. For example, you have been my disciple for many years, and I have always imparted martial arts knowledge impartially, so why are you not as good as your fellow disciples Ji, Wei, Zhao, and Fang? Not to mention the nuns.鈥�

She had wanted to comfort Jin Mingjun, but the more she said, the more her brow furrowed and her voice grew louder. 鈥淲hy is everyone else diligent, but you are lazy? Why is everyone else smart, but you are dumb? I didn’t like you very much because of this, but now I’ve come to realize that it’s all predestined. You yourself may not want to be so lazy and dumb, but what can you do?鈥�

Hu Xiaoyang heard behind someone’s back and blinked. She thought, I won against Jin Mingjun in the martial arts competition last month, so I’d better not tell my master about this for now.

Jin Mingjun’s body grew colder and colder as she listened. She looked up at her master blankly, thinking, I’m really stupid.

Why would I want to hug this woman and cry? She always kept her mouth at 36 degrees in front of Ye Mingjun, but never below zero in front of me. Why am I never able to learn my lesson?

Ye Guhong could not help but feel sympathy for his senior sister, and went over to help her up, reaching into his bosom and handing her a handkerchief.

He said gently, 鈥淪enior sister, don’t cry. Wipe your tears. We haven’t seen each other for so many years, and our reunion after a long separation is a joyous occasion. Now that your junior sister has been rescued, and everyone from the Wuxian Sect has learned a lesson from Master, and now almost everyone is injured, they know the power of our Emei Sect. To say this is even more cause for double joy.鈥�

Jin Mingjun’s heart warmed, and he ended up wiping his tears with his handkerchief. After two wipes, he was about to blow his nose when he suddenly saw that there seemed to be words on the handkerchief.

He quickly unfolded it to read, and saw a line of delicate small characters that read:

鈥淔ive Immortals’ messenger, beginning and end together.鈥�

“Although I am young, I will grow up someday.鈥�

The signature was: Lan Zhu.

Jin Mingjun’s hand trembled, and the handkerchief fluttered to the ground. Turning around, he pointed in the direction of Wuxian Ridge and said with indignation, 鈥淭he demon women are bullying people too much!鈥�

Ye Guhong was also shocked. He didn’t expect Jin Mingjun, who seemed like an honest person, to actually help his daughter secretly pass on love letters.

He quickly put it away, gently reassured Jin Mingjun, and spoke to Wei Jinyi, who was weeping.

Mie Jie shouted, 鈥淲hat are you talking about? This is the battlefield between the Miao and the Yi, is it a place to linger? Let’s go, follow me back to the mountains.鈥�

The crowd listened, mounted their horses, and set out on the journey home.

After a few days, they arrived at the riverbank, but saw that the Miao army camp was no longer there. As they were about to cross the river, Ye Guhong suddenly stopped the crowd and called Zhang Qubing over. 鈥淚 have an important task for you to do, are you willing?鈥�

Zhang Qubing’s expression brightened, and he shouted, 鈥淚’ll go through the fire and the sword. Wherever you point, I’ll fight!鈥�

鈥淕ood!鈥�

Ye Guhong praised, and told Zhang Qubing to get his original package, and take out two pieces of mysterious iron.

He pointed and said, 鈥淭he supreme martial arts, the treasured Dragon-Slaying Sword, commands the world, and no one dares disobey. Who can compete with it when Heaven’s Sword is not used? These six sentences have been passed down for decades. Your adoptive father has had the Dragon-Slaying Sword for ten years, thinking about it day and night, trying to find the great secret of commanding the world. Today, your master will tell you the secret…鈥�

Before he spoke, he glanced at Mie Jie, and seeing that she was smiling and had no intention of stopping him, he told everyone the origin of the sword and the secrets behind it.

After he finished speaking, Mie Jie immediately chimed in, recounting in detail the battle on Ice and Fire Island, when the three Dharma Kings had joined forces to set a trap, and how Ye Guhong had used the power of the Mysterious Iron Ring to defeat the divine weapons of the sword and take out the iron pieces.

After Mie Jie finished speaking, the group of Emei disciples were surprised to discover that Ye Guhong was wearing the Iron Ring, the sect’s leader’s ring. Everyone looked at each other, their eyes saying, 鈥淚t’s true, he’s inherited it!鈥�

Ye Guhong said, 鈥淢y master and I caused a big commotion in Yuan Dynasty’s capital city. The Tartars must regard Emei as a thorn in their side, but our sect is far away, so even if they want to deal with me for now, it will be difficult. But this world of nine provinces was originally owned by our Han family. Now it is full of bloodshed, and who among the people of talent does not feel heartbroken? Therefore, my master and I have agreed that we should not wait for them to come against me. We will raise an army ourselves, seize Shu as our base, then contact the heroes of the world and give the Tartar dynasty a beacon fire all over the land. We will wait until we have killed it and destroyed its country and its people, and then the sons and daughters of our Han family will be able to rebuild the mountains and rivers!鈥�

After hearing these words, although most of the Emei Sect were women, they were all filled with enthusiasm and applauded.

Jin Mingjun and Wei Jinyi glanced at each other, and their dry eyes immediately lit up.

They both thought to themselves: Well, well, I didn’t expect that my master and younger brother had such grand plans to change the world. If this succeeds, won’t my younger brother become the emperor? Originally, I was just going to be a small, small wife, but if he becomes the emperor, won’t he give me a position as a concubine, since I have loved and cared for him for so many years?

For a moment, the sisters, who had originally harboured their own secret agendas, were able to overcome their differences. When their eyes met, they made a pact:

Zhou Zangli is young but wise, and upon seeing the interplay in the eyes of her two senior sisters, immediately guessed their thoughts.

She thought to herself, 鈥淚n that case, I must also work hard. Hmm, my two senior sisters are good, as are those evil women from the White Snake. After all, they are older, and when my senior brother becomes the emperor, they will all be old women. Only that Lan Zhu is about the same age as me, and her personality is also straightforward. I should make friends with her when I get the chance, so that we can support each other in the future and look out for each other…鈥�

Ye Guhong never knew that his impassioned speech had stirred up so many thoughts in the young women.

He saw his beloved disciple Zhang Qubing, flushed with excitement, cheering and jumping for joy, and was very satisfied. He patted him on the head and said, 鈥淲hen I return to the mountain, I will have to work with Chong Ba and the others on this important matter and won’t have time to attend to anything else. The military strategies and secret manuals hidden on Peach Blossom Island are all treasures of vital importance to our sect, and are of great relevance to strengthening the sect. Although you are young, I know you are a true man. Besides, finding this treasure is also your adoptive father’s lifelong wish. Are you willing to go for me, my disciple?鈥�

Hoo! Hoo!

Zhang Jibing let out two loud breaths through his nostrils like a bull, and pounded his chest, 鈥淒on’t worry, Master, I won’t let you down on this trip!鈥�

Ye Guhong patted him on the shoulder encouragingly, turned to Tang Gong, and said with a bow, 鈥淏rother Tang…鈥�

Tang Gong said with a serious expression, 鈥淕uhong, you don’t need to worry, I will guarantee that Jie goes on this journey.鈥�

Before the words had finished, the old man Zhou couldn’t wait to cry out, 鈥淚’m going too, I’m going too! My father lived on that island for fifteen years, and I also like peach blossoms the most. If any of you don’t let me go, I’ll pull all the hair off my beard!鈥�