Chapter 278

Long Kongkong and his disciples sent off the Yang father and son and returned to Wuxianling in a few days by day and night.

When the four arrived at the pass, they were greeted by the elders and the head of the ship. When Xue Wu and Yu Chan saw Ye Guhong, they were first stunned, then they were shocked, and they cried out in unison, 鈥淥h my, it can’t be, the white snake really has captured Ye Guhong.鈥�

After several years of not seeing each other, the young girls had all grown up. Xue Wu was over twenty, and Yu Chan was also eighteen, both at the age of flowers.

Ye Guhong looked in the direction of the sound and saw that Xue Wu’s round face had become much more pointed, but her big, sparkling eyes were the same as ever. She was looking at him in surprise, and her eyes looked even bigger, like those of a young girl in a cartoon.

Yu Chan’s face, which had been baby fat, had also shrunk a bit, and her features looked more three-dimensional. Her figure was also more and more exquisite, but her innocent expression had not changed from those years ago, and she still looked sweet and lovely.

Among the Five Immortals, Ye Guhong is most familiar with these two girls. They have teamed up many times to fight off enemies. Now that they have seen their old friends again, they are in high spirits. They laugh and say, 鈥淴uewu and Yuchen, it’s been a long time. You’ve both grown up a lot.鈥�

Yuchen’s face turns red, and she stammers, 鈥淚f we’ve grown up, does that mean we have to marry you?鈥�

Xue Wu, who used to be very outgoing, had become shy. Upon hearing Yuchen’s words, he immediately lowered his head and dared not look at Ye Guhong, but his mouth couldn’t help but curve up.

Bai She boasted, 鈥淭hat’s right! But you’re only good for being little wives.鈥�

Yuchen exclaimed in surprise, 鈥淚 thought we agreed that you’d be little wives, but now it’s become little little wives?鈥�

Although Xue Wu was shy, her ears immediately stood up.

Zhou Xiangqian shouted, 鈥淭hat’s because your leader said that an old bull eats tender grass, and she herself can only be a young wife. You are young wives.鈥�

Yu Chan then noticed Zhou Xiangqian and glanced at her. She exclaimed in surprise, 鈥淭his young lady is so pretty. Is she Brother Ye’s little young wife?鈥�

Zhou Gangli was furious and was about to retort, but White Snake raised one eyebrow, covered her mouth with her hand, and giggled, 鈥淛ade Cicada is still very clever. She is the female disciple with the best talent in Emei. Now that we have captured her together, let her inherit the Scorpion lineage.鈥�

After a few young girls exchanged words, the three captains of the main forces, including the Python God, all turned pale and looked at Long Kongkong with disbelief.

Hua Wu also said in surprise, 鈥淢aster, you’re not serious, are you? This young girl is just talking nonsense, isn’t she?鈥�

Long Kongkong’s face turned slightly red. First, he said, 鈥淭hree Masters, please go immediately and arrange for the defenses. The entire Wuxian Ridge should be strictly guarded and no one should slacken their vigilance.鈥�

Although the three wanted to listen to gossip, they dared not neglect the order of the Master. They quickly bowed to accept the order and went down the Ridge to arrange for the strengthening of defenses.

Long Kongkong pulled up Hua Wu and Ling Chan, walked to a distance, and whispered, 鈥淚 was just joking, but I met with Master Mo Jie on this trip. This nun’s martial arts are unfathomable, and I really can’t let it go.鈥�

What she said may be incomprehensible to others, but Hua Wu Ling Chan understood it at once.

Hua Wu said, 鈥淒o you want to use the innate holy body to break the poison and extend your life?鈥�

Long Kong Kong said with a serious expression, 鈥淥ur martial arts are peerless, but if women learn them, they will not have enough yang energy to suppress the internal poison, so they will have a short life span for generations. Others may still say that you and I are more beautiful than flowers when they look at us, but who knows that you and I already have less than ten years to live? Now the Yi and Miao are constantly at war with each other, and the Hans are also itching to make a move. We can see that a world in turmoil is about to arise. It doesn’t matter if the three of us die, but if the older masters of the sect are gone and we have to rely on people like White Snake, can they really protect the sect?”

When Hua Wu and Ling Chan heard this, their faces were extremely ugly. They glanced at each other and nodded slowly.

It turned out that the Wuxian Sect, which possessed secret techniques, had been isolated in the southern border, never venturing beyond the mountains. It was not that the successive sect leaders had lacked ambition, but that the martial arts they had inherited had a major shortcoming.

Successive generations of the Wuxian Sect had placed a higher value on women than on men, and the sect leaders, elders, and emissaries could only be women. However, the deeper the martial arts they learned, the stronger the internal poison that would be generated, which could only be suppressed by yang energy. Women naturally had insufficient yang energy, so the higher their martial arts skill, the shorter their life expectancy.

Because of this, the women of the Wuxian Sect know that their lifespan is far shorter than that of ordinary people. Their emotions are often exceptionally passionate, and there have been many cases of elopement over the generations. In fact, they also secretly cherish the idea of living in the present.

Long Kongkong was full of sincerity, and even had a hint of pleading in his voice as he whispered, 鈥淚t has been passed down in the sect since ancient times that there are naturally born holy bodies among men on earth, immune to all poisons. Having intercourse with them, our bodies, which contain poisons, can be cured by their yang energy. However, such people are hard to find in the world, and now that we have met…two sisters, I have thought about it over and over again, and although it is a bit shameless, I still feel that I don’t want to let this opportunity pass by.鈥�

The centipede and the toad looked at each other for a long time without saying a word.

The centipede sighed and said, 鈥淲e sisters share our lives together, so just because we are destined to die young, do we have to take you with us? Alas, back then, so many handsome young men from inside and outside our tribe were in love with you, but you, the dead red snake, were determined to remain chaste. Lingchan and I used to laugh at you for being so arrogant. Now it seems that you have finally met your match. But this marriage between master and disciple is not a good idea. We Miao people may not care, but they from Emei have always considered themselves a prestigious family, so can the Master of Destroying Tribulation agree to it?”

Long Kongkong sighed and said, 鈥滷orget about marrying the Master and disciple together, she wouldn’t even agree to marrying the White Snake alone. There’s nothing we can do but get married and wait for the rice to be cooked. What can she do?鈥�

Ling Chan frowned and said, 鈥淵ou have been away from the sect for some time, but we have received news that Mie Jie has successfully taken Ye Guhong with him to the north to seek revenge and has killed Xie Qian, the Golden-Haired Mad Lion.

Long Kong Kong said, 鈥漍ie Qian had the Dragon-Slaughtering Knife, but his eyes were useless. If we can find him, it won’t be difficult to kill him.鈥�

Hua Wu sneered, 鈥淩eally? Do you know that Ye Tiangang and the Purple Robed Dragon King arrived early at Xie Qian’s residence and set an ambush? The Eagle Dragon Lion King was outnumbered and returned in defeat, not only with the death of Xie Qian, but also with Ye Tiangang’s eagle, whose claw was destroyed by Jie Mo.鈥�

Ling Chan continued, 鈥淭hat’s not all. The first thing the master and his disciple did after returning to the Central Plains was to split into two groups and simultaneously attack the palace and the Golden Water Courtyard. It is said that tens of thousands of elite soldiers could not stop them, and they killed the Yuan dynasty state master, the Tang corpse demon, and turned him into a Tang corpse stick?鈥�

Long Kong Kong was surprised and asked, 鈥淲hat do you mean by corpse stick?鈥�

Ling Chan said impatiently, 鈥淭he corpse demon cut off its hands and feet, and it became a corpse stick.鈥�

Long Kong Kong couldn’t help but turn pale, but he said stubbornly, 鈥淵ou don’t need to boost people’s morale. To tell you the truth, Ye Kuhong was captured by me under the nose of the disaster. The nun’s martial arts are indeed extremely high, but no matter how brilliant she is, if she can break into the palace, can she break into Wuxianling?鈥�

Hua Wu sighed and said, 鈥淚f Golden Spider hadn’t wasted so many years training, and if Green Scorpion hadn’t run off with someone else, the five of us could have set up the Five Immortals’ Soul-Destroying Formation and fought against not only Master Jiemo but also the Wudang Zhang Immortal. Now…鈥�

Long Kongkong stared blankly and said, 鈥淣ow what? Jin Zhu has been in the Cave of a Thousand Poisons for several years and has improved her martial arts considerably. White Snake’s skills are no worse than those of you elders. Let her take the position of Snake Immortal, and I will take the position of Scorpion Immortal, and we can still set up the formation…鈥�

While she was murmuring here, Snow Centipede and Jade Toad also dragged White Snake aside. The two sisters were red-faced with indignation and didn’t know what to say, but White Snake was beaming with pride, her waist adorned with a thin belt and her head swaying.

At this moment, a girl of about ten years old looked at Ye Guhong for a long time, then cautiously approached him and whispered, 鈥淎re you the big brother who saved me and my mother three years ago?鈥�

Ye Guhong laughed and said, 鈥淗ey, little sister, do you still remember me? I actually remember you too. Your name is Zhi’er, right?鈥�

The girl smiled and said, 鈥淚 have a new name now, Lan Zhu, with the character for orchid and the character for spider.鈥�

As she spoke, she looked around and her voice became even quieter. 鈥淏ig brother, you are so kind, why did the leader and sister White Snake capture you?鈥�

Ye Guhong also lowered his voice and said, 鈥淭hey said that eating my flesh can make them immortal, so they captured me to let everyone eat.鈥�

Lan Zhu was shocked and looked terrified. She hurriedly shook her head and said, 鈥淚, I will never eat you!鈥�

Then, looking around, she saw that the two groups of people, Long Kongkong and the White Snake, were quite far away, and she said carefully, 鈥淚 remember that you are very skilled in martial arts. Now that you are not tied up, why don’t you run?鈥�

Ye Guhong sighed and said, 鈥淵our master has pressed my five pressure points: Shendao, Lingtai, Zhiyang, Jinsuo, and Zhongshu.鈥�

Lan Zhu frowned and mused, 鈥淚f I were to release the pressure points, I should press your Yutang, Danzhong, Zhongting, Jiuwei, and Jueque, right?鈥�

Ye Guhong was slightly surprised. He was being acupointed at five places, all of which were important acupoints on the back of the body along the Governor Vessel. Lan Zhu was talking about five acupoints that corresponded to the five acupoints on the back along the Ren Vessel. This technique of 鈥渞esolving the Governor Vessel with the Ren Vessel鈥� was very different from the methods of ordinary martial arts schools. It was a secret of the Five Immortals Sect that was not passed down. If Ye Guhong did not have many secret manuals of the Five Immortals Sect in his hands, he would not have known this method either.

He couldn’t help but exclaim, 鈥淎mazing, Spider, no, Spider Lan, you’ve only been back for a few years, and you’ve already reached such a level of mastery?鈥�

Upon hearing Ye Guhong’s praise, Spider Lan couldn’t help but feel slightly pleased, her face turning red. She pursed her lips and said, 鈥淚’ve learned the Thousand Spider and Ten Thousand Venoms technique, and identifying and hitting pressure points is the most important thing, so it’s nothing.鈥�

Then she said, 鈥淪ince this method works, then big brother, you should run.鈥�

Then, gathering her strength, she swiped, swiped, swiped, swiped, swiped, swiped, swiped, swiped, swiped, swiped, swiped, swiped, swiped, swiped, swiped, swiped, swiped, swiped, swiped, swiped, swiped, swiped, swiped, swiped, swiped, swiped, swiped, swiped, swiped, swiped, swiped, swiped, swiped, swiped, swiped, swiped, swiped, swiped, swiped, swiped, swiped, swiped, swiped, swiped, swiped, swiped, swiped, swiped, swiped, swiped, swiped, swiped, swiped, swiped, swiped, swiped

It turned out that the Thousand Spider’s Poisonous Hands had a unique and formidable technique called 鈥減iercing the meridians and releasing the pressure points鈥�. 鈥淩eleasing the Governor Vessel through Ren鈥� was one of these techniques. When this technique was used, any acupuncture points sealed by any other acupuncture point sealing technique could be forcibly released. The downside was that although the pressure points were released, the person would inevitably be injured.

Especially when Lan Zhu learned that this was the point that the sect leader had pressed, she was afraid that her own skills were not enough to break it, so she went all out. She has now become quite accomplished in the Thousand Spider and Ten Thousand Poison Hands, and as soon as she used a heavy hand, Ye Guhong, who had not used any strength to resist, immediately suffered some serious internal injuries.

Ye Guhong took a deep breath, and with the internal energy of the mysterious technique running through his body, he suppressed the injury in an instant. He took out a Jiu Hua Yu Lu pill from his bosom, held it in his mouth, glanced around, and whispered, 鈥淵ou’ll be punished for relieving my pressure on the acupressure points. I’ll take you to Emei to hide for a while. When I come back, I’ll ask my master to talk to your sect leader about the cause and effect. She won’t blame you, and I’ll send you back, okay?鈥�

Lan Zhu shook her head and said, 鈥淎s a human being, one should repay kindness! Big brother, you run away by yourself. The leader of the sect loves me dearly, so even if she punishes me, it won’t be too severe.”

Ye Guhong thought about it. Golden Spider had committed such a grave sin as betraying the sect and running away, but Long Kongkong had not really hurt her. Lan Zhi was young and had been taken advantage of by him, so in his character, Long Kongkong would most likely not hold it against her.

So he let his heart settle and said, 鈥滸ood! When I go back, I will talk to your leader about this matter and come back to see you if I have the chance.鈥�

Lan Zhi was much younger than the other emissaries, and although everyone was kind to her, she inevitably felt lonely. Hearing this, she said joyfully, 鈥淭hen you must keep your word.鈥�

Ye Guhong laughed and said, 鈥淢y brother always keeps his word! Goodbye, little sister!鈥�

He said this, picked up Zhou Zi Zi, and turned to run.

Long Kongkong and White Snake heard footsteps and turned around together, but Ye Guhong had already dashed more than ten zhang away.

The master and disciple looked at each other from afar, both seeing the other’s face full of panic. At the same time, they screamed and gave chase.

Ye Guhong ran at a great pace, covering several zhang in one stride. He was pleased with himself: The leader of the Five Immortals Sect is very good at light martial arts, but my Emei light martial arts are the best! I know this area well, and now that the dragon has entered the sea and the tiger has returned to the mountain, who can catch me?

He scaled hundreds of steps in a few bounds and arrived on a platform more than ten acres in size. He saw in front of him the cable-suspended bamboo basket that ran up and down the cliff. With his current martial arts skills, there was no need for a hanging frame. But with a rope to provide leverage, it would be even faster than a hanging frame.

Seeing that he was about to arrive, suddenly a large bamboo basket rose up, and the three masters of the ship, Pangu Shen, Zhou Yuanya, and Ding Luoxing, crossed over laughing and chatting, blocking Ye Kuhong’s path.

The three men were taken aback when they saw Ye Kuhong running madly towards them. Mang Shen, who had visited Emei Mountain and was more familiar with Ye Kuhong, immediately laughed and said, 鈥淵oung Master Ye, where are you going?鈥�

Ye Kuhong smiled and said, 鈥淢y sister needs to pee, so I’m taking her.鈥�

Zhou Yanzi was so embarrassed that she punched her brother in the back.

The Python God laughed and said, 鈥淲hat’s there to be afraid of? There are toilets on the ridge.鈥�

Ye Guhong had used the toilet on the ridge before. It was at the outermost edge of the buildings, built on the cliff face, so that when you took a shit or a piss, it went straight down. Below was a swamp of considerable size, which was difficult to fill up no matter how much shit and piss was produced. It also happened to be a natural barrier on one side of Wuxian Ridge.

Therefore, Ye Guhong said casually, 鈥淢y sister is afraid of heights.鈥�

The Python God said, 鈥淚 see.鈥�

He was about to move aside when he suddenly heard Long Kongkong shouting, 鈥淐atch him, don’t let him escape!鈥�

The Python God was shocked, then he realized what had happened and shouted, 鈥淵ou little brat tricked me!鈥� He swung his arm in the air and smashed down first.

Back then, Ye Kuhong single-handedly infiltrated Wuxianling, first killing the leader of the pirates, the Poison Wolf, and then the Ming Cult’s Budai Monk. In the end, he even killed three pirate leaders with just one man, and his reputation was still going strong, even in the presence of people like the Python God. Coupled with the fact that Ye Kuhong was now world-famous, the Python God and the others dared not underestimate him. With this move, he used his full strength.

The swing of the Mang Shen’s arm was quite the style of the Shaolin 鈥淪tonebreaker鈥�, but it was unknown which school or sect’s unique skill it was, and the power was astonishing.

Ye Kuhong secretly applauded: 鈥淲hat strength! No wonder Hua Wu is willing to marry this person. This person’s martial arts are stronger than the likes of Poison Wolf and Fat Corpse in the beginning, and are in no way inferior to Zhu Shou of the 鈥業ron Pen Rending the Heavens鈥� who has defected to the Ruyang Kingdom!

He held his young apprentice in his left arm, afraid that he might hurt her if he dodged, so he simply used a rarely-used move from the Dragon Suppressing Palm: 鈥淟oss leads to faith鈥�.

This move is based on the 41st hexagram of the Zhouyi, which is 鈥淟oss鈥�. The original text reads: 鈥淟oss leads to faith, great good fortune, no blame, fidelity. Advantageous for all to go. What is the use of it? Two dishes can be used for enjoyment. The meaning of the hexagram is: There is a marsh at the foot of the mountain, which means loss. The gentleman uses anger to suppress desire.

Fu means to convince others, and the meaning of this hexagram is somewhat similar to the meaning of suffering is a blessing and濉炵縼澶遍┈鐒夌煡闈炵.

Ye Guhong shot out his right hand and caught the heavy blow thrown by Pang Shen. He held back his strength, sinking his hand slightly. Pang Shen felt the force coming at him unstoppably. He was overjoyed and said to himself, 鈥淭his kid’s internal strength is not as good as mine!鈥�

He let out a 鈥渉ey鈥� and sank his waist and shoulders, releasing all his strength, determined to knock Ye Guhong back with one blow.

Ye Guhong’s right hand sank again, and suddenly he changed from a palm to a grab, grabbed Pang Shen’s wrist, twisted his waist, and the internal strength he had accumulated surged out, combining Pang Shen’s strength with his own. Pang Shen felt as if he had risen into the air, unable to control his body. He let out a strange cry and flew straight over Ye Guhong’s head, flailing about, and crashed like a cannonball towards Long Kongkong, who was closing in on him.

Ye Kuhong defeated the Python God with one move and leapt to his feet, but before he could get his feet off the ground, he heard the sound of swordplay, like the sound of the wind in the pines. He saw flashes of cold light in the corner of his eye, and it was the two Qingcheng swordsmen, Zhou Yuanya and Ding Luoxing, drawing their swords and thrusting at him!

As soon as these two men drew their swords, their extraordinary skill was evident. Their swordsmanship was truly swift as the wind and strong as the pine, combining both ferocity and swiftness. Ye Guhong exclaimed in admiration, 鈥淓xcellent swordsmanship!鈥�

The fierce warrior Zhou Yanzhao pushed him onto his shoulders and sat down, then turned his body to the side and struck with a front and back sword combination, both of which missed.

Zhou and Ding’s bodies did not move, but their swordplay was as agile as the wind. As soon as one strike missed, they changed their moves at the same time, one slashing upwards and the other sweeping downwards, instantly sealing off the direction in which Ye Kuhong had been dodging.