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    Chapter 2 - Injury of the self-inflicted nature

    Part 4

    Liu Changjie left.

    As Dragon Fifth watched him go, the sharp expression once again shone in his face.

    “What do you think of him?” he asked suddenly.

    The green-robed, middle-aged man with white stockings stood tall and straight next to the door. After a long time, he responded, “He’s a very dangerous person.”

    He spoke every word very slowly, as if he had carefully deliberated before opening his mouth.

    “A blade is also very dangerous,” replied Dragon Fifth.

    The green-robed man nodded. “A blade can be used to kill others, but it can also cut your own hand.”

    “And if the blade was in your hand?”

    “I never cut myself.”

    Dragon Fifth laughed dully. “I like to make use of dangerous people, just as you like to make use of a swift blade.”

    “I understand.”

    “I knew you would…”

    This time when he closed his eyes, he didn’t open them again.

    It seemed he had fallen asleep.

    Liu Changjie was long gone from Meng Fei’s residence.

    **

    He didn’t see Meng Fei, and he didn’t see the six women.

    As he walked along, he didn’t even see the shadow of another person. Meng Fei clearly didn’t really like to see people off, and Liu Changjie didn’t like to be seen off.

    He walked slowly along the road, looking very calm and relaxed.

    He looked exactly like a person should who has fifty-thousand pieces of silver to get rid of in ten days of fun.

    His only problem was, what exactly was he going to do? How could he get rid of all the money?

    Anyone who had this problem wouldn’t feel annoyed.

    Actually, everyone likes to think about what they would do if they had this problem. In fact, people who don’t have fifty-thousand pieces of silver love to fantasize about the possibility.

    Fifty thousand, and a ten crazy days of vacation.

    Any person who thought of something like this would definitely laugh themselves awake.

    **

    Hangzhou was a bustling city.

    And inside bustling cities, there was naturally plenty of gambling and women, and these were two things one could definitely spend a lot of money on.

    Especially gambling.

    Liu Changjie first found several of the most expensive women, then got really drunk, and then went gambling.

    Getting really drunk and then gambling was like hitting your head against a big rock; any winning that happened was extremely strange.

    But, strange things happen all the time.

    Liu Changjie unexpectedly won, earning another fifty thousand!

    At first, he decided to spend the fifty thousand on five women. But the next day, he realized that each of the five women he’d found was more annoying than the next, more ugly than the next, so much so that they weren’t even worth one thousand.

    A lot of men are like this. Late at night, they get drunk and find a woman who is as beautiful as a goddess. Then, the next morning, they suddenly find that she’s changed.

    So he fled the brothel as if he was running for his life, and immediately found another. He got drunk, and then decided that he’d definitely found the right place.

    The women here really were goddesses.

    But the next morning, he suddenly realized that the women here were even more annoying than the women from the first place, even more ugly, so bad that he couldn’t even look at them.

    Later, the Madam of the brothel would tell people that from the time she started working at age 12, until the time she became the Madam, she had never encountered a more heartless customer as “that man surnamed Liu.”

    He really was a fickle person.

    **

    When Liu Changjie left the Heavenly Fragrance Pavilion, it was already afternoon time.

    He had just spent eighty pieces of silver to order a table full of the restaurant’s entire line of “Eight Treasures” dishes. Then he asked the waiter to place the dishes on the table and look at them. Afterwards, he paid one hundred and twenty silver and left.

    He didn’t eat one bight, he just glanced at the dishes. After all, it’s said that rich people are usually like this, they order dishes and just sit there watching others eat.

    Thankfully, the previous night he lost a bit, but he still had more than seventy thousand silver left.

    He suddenly thought to himself that to spend fifty thousand in ten days wasn’t that easy a matter after all.

    Right now spring was changing into summer, the weather was wonderful, and the sunshine was as fresh as the glance of a virgin.

    He decided to head out of the city again. Maybe the cool breezes of the city outskirts would help him think of a way to spend the money.

    He bought two fine horses and a new carriage, then hired a strong young driver.

    He spent a very little bit of effort along with one thousand five hundred silver. Sometimes money really did help you to save time.

    Outside the city, he caught sight of the distant, green mountains, their gentle curves just like the breasts of a virgin.

    He told the driver to bring the carriage to a stop underneath a willow tree. He got out and started to walk along the lakeshore. A light breeze blew along the surface of the lake; the rippling water looked like the navel of a virgin.

    It seemed that anything beautiful caused him to think of women. He laughed in his heart.

    He thought to himself, “I really am a womanizer.”

    As he started to think along these lines, he suddenly caught site of a woman ten times more beautiful than the sunlight, the distant mountains, or the rippling lake.

    The woman was standing in a small courtyard, feeding chickens, wearing green robes. The front flap of her garment was folded up and full of rice; her plump, soft mouth pursed as she made clucking sounds at the chickens.

    He had seen a more exquisite and delicate mouth.

    It was hot, and her garments were thin, the collar loosened to reveal a delicate white neck. It would cause anyone to think of other parts of her body. And that was not to mention her bare feet, which were adorned only with wooden clogs.

    “Her clogged feet as white as hoarfrost, no need to wear tabi socks.” (1)

    Liu Changjie suddenly thought that whoever wrote these two lines of poetry really didn’t understand women. Who would ever use the word “hoarfrost” to describe a woman’s foot? Much better to describe them as milky, like white jade, or as bright as a freshly peeled boiled egg.

    From within the house suddenly emerged a man. He was older, and his face seemed hateful, especially his eyes, which stared at the woman’s plump, round posterior. He suddenly stepped forward and rubbed her rear end, then tried to pull her into the house.

    The woman chuckled and shook her head, pointing to the sun in the sky. She clearly was saying that it was too early, there was no reason to be anxious.

    The man was obviously her husband.

    Thinking about how the man would drag her into bed once it was dark, Liu Changjie suddenly had an almost uncontrollable urge to strike him square on the nose.

    Sadly for anyone who would like to see such a scene, Liu Changjie was not such an irrational person. Even if he wanted to strike someone in the face in such a way, he wouldn’t use his fist.

    He suddenly rushed back to the city, took all the bank notes and exchanged them for silver ingots. Then he returned to the lake.

    The woman wasn’t feeding the ducks any more. The couple were already sitting at the gate. He was drinking tea, she was mending clothes.

    Her fingers were long and delicate, if she used them to stroke the body of a man, the feeling would definitely …

    Liu Changjie couldn’t endure any longer. He knocked on the gate, and without waiting for a response, pushed it open and entered.

    The man stood up, glaring. “Who are you? What are you doing her?”

    Liu Changjie laughed. “I’m surnamed Liu, and I came here just to visit you two!”

    “I don’t know you!”

    Liu Changjie smiled, and produced one of the silver ingots. “But you know these, don’t you?”

    Of course, everyone knew what they were. The man’s eyes seemed to glaze over. “That’s silver. A silver ingot.”

    “How many ingots like this do you have?”

    The man was speechless. He obviously didn’t have any silver ingots. The woman couldn’t help but walk over to look; her feet couldn’t stop.

    Things like ingots have an innate attractiveness, and even if they don’t suck people in physically, they can definitely dampen most peoples’ conscience.

    Liu Changjie laughed. He waved his hand, and the driver immediately produced four large boxes filled with silver ingots, placing them in the courtyard.

    “This here is worth fifty silver, and these boxes altogether contain one thousand two hundred ingots.”

    The man’s eyes bulged. The woman’s face was crimson and she breathed raggedly, just like a young woman whose heart raced as she caught site of her first lover.

    “Do you want these ingots?”

    The man nodded immediately.

    “Okay,” said Liu Changjie. “If you want them, I’ll give them to you.”

    The man’s eyes seemed about to pop out of his head.

    “You can take two of the boxes and go now,” said Liu Changjie. “Go anywhere you want. The carriage will take you there, as long as you return in seven days.” Smiling, and looking at the woman out of the corner of his eye, he continued, “The other boxes, leave here with your wife. They will all be here for you when you return.”

    The man’s face turned crimson, and sweat began dripping down his face. He looked back at his wife.

    She wasn’t looking at him. Her two beautiful eyes were staring at the boxes of silver.

    The man stuck out his tongue and licked his ruddy lips. He stammered, “You … you … what do you think?”

    She bit her lip, then suddenly turned her head and ran back into the house.

    The man made to follow, then stopped.

    He had already been sucked in by the silver.

    “You just have to leave for seven days,” said Liu Changjie suddenly. “Seven days aren’t a very long time.”

    The man grabbed an ingot from one of the boxes and bit it, so hard that his teeth almost broke.

    Of course the silver was real.

    “You can come back in seven days, and your wife…”

    The man didn’t wait for him to finish speaking. Using all the strength he could muster, he dragged a box of silver into the carriage with him.

    The driver helped him with the other box.

    Panting, embracing the silver, the man said, “Go! Get out of here quickly! Go anywhere, as far as possible!”

    Liu Changjie laughed again.

    As the carriage sped away, he lifted up the remaining two boxes of silver and carried them slowly into the house. He closed the door and bolted it.

    The door to the inner room was open, the door curtain half raised. The women sat on the bed inside, biting her lip, her face as flush as a peach blossom.

    Liu Changjie entered smiling. “What are you thinking?” he asked softly.

    “I’m thinking that you’re really a ****ing *******. Nobody would think of something like this except a person like you.”

    Liu Changjie sighed, and laughed bitterly. “I just made a bet with myself. If Hu Yue’er’s first sentence didn’t contain the word ‘****ing,’ I wouldn’t look at a woman for three months.”

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    (1) The word "tabi" is actually Japanese, referring to the type of socks that have a separation between the big toe and the other toes. These type of socks existed in China too, but I'm not sure of any other word for them in English other than the Japanese word.
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    Recommended Translation: Heroes Shed No Tears

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    Sorry for my poor translation of the poem. It's a Li Bai poem, actually.

    I think this part of the story is relatively humorous in Chinese, I don't think the humor comes across in my translation very well... But I wanted to post an update as soon as possible so I didn't spend very much time re-writing.

    Also, I hope my math is all correct ... Let me know if it isn't...
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    Thanks, again!

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    Deathblade I think u have translated this exceptionally well .... much thanks.

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    Thanks deathblade ... its like a see saw ...

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    Thank you everyone! By the way, that was the end of Chapter 2.

    Chapter 3 coming as soon as possible!
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    Looking forward to Chap 3!

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    Thax, appreciates the translation.

    Nice addition.

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    Chapter 3 - Yue'er shining on Changjie

    Part 1

    So the woman’s name was Hu Yue’er, and it turned out she and Liu Changjie were friends!

    What was going on?

    Could it be that they had been putting on an act the whole time?

    Why would they put on such an act? And who were they acting for?

    Hu Yue’er had stood up and, hand on her waist, gazed at Liu Changjie. “Let me ask you, if there really was a husband and wife who met a person like you, what would happen?”

    The question seemed to stump Liu Changjie. He stared blankly for a while before finally responding, “I’m not a good person, but I really wouldn’t do something so unethical.”

    “I didn’t say you,” said Hu Yue’er. “I said a person like you.”

    Liu Changjie laughed bitterly. “Well then, I have no idea. I never thought about it.”

    “The plan was thought up by you, wasn’t it?”

    Liu Changjie’s expression suddenly became very serious. “It was all to convince Dragon Fifth that I’m a bastard. We can’t let him have any suspicions, so must be cautious at all times. He’s too powerful, and has spies everywhere.”

    “But just now …”

    “Just now one of his spies was here. The driver is definitely one of his men.”

    “How do you know?”

    “I could see it.” He offered further explanation: “If that fellow was a real driver, as soon as he caught sight of two boxes of pure white silver, he would have been tempted beyond control. But, it seems that he is used to such things, and was completely unfazed.”

    Hu Yue’er thought for a moment, and then laughed. “I’ve heard you’ve had quite the enjoyable time recently.

    With a bitter laugh, Liu Changjie said, “I got my nose broken, you think that was enjoyable?”

    “As long as you can have the company of women every day, getting beaten up is worth it.”

    Liu Changjie sighed. “Unfortunately, none of those women could measure up to you!”

    “Stop trying to butter me up,” laughed Hu Yue’er. “You know you can’t pull a fast one on me. Until the matter is settled, you can forget about laying your hands on me.”

    “Not even one hand?”

    “No. Starting today, I sleep on the bed, you sleep on the floor. And if you even think about trying to secretly climb into the bed during the night, I’ll go tell Dragon Fifth all the details of your past.”

    “You’re simply not human. You’re a demon!” (1)

    “You’re just as bad, you womanizer.” (2) She laughed and gave him a wink. “Actually, you’re just a street, and I’m the moonlight. Moonlight can shine on millions of streets, so I guess I’m just born to mess with you.” (3)

    He laughed. “I always thought it was strange that you were selected to be my assistant.”

    She tilted her head. “Because I’m the daughter of ‘Power of Hu’ Patriarch Hu. And because I’m capable, clever, I understand everything, I know everything…”

    “Because,” interrupted Liu Changjie, “you’re not just a crafty girl, you’re also sexy!” (4)

    It was actually quite proper to call her crafty, considering her father was known as one of the craftiest people in Jianghu.

    Just hearing the name “Power of Hu” would make most people tremble with consternation.

    “I also think it’s strange,” she laughed coldly. “Why does my father always say that only you can take on Dragon Fifth? And why do I need to help you?”

    “Because,” laughed Liu Changjie, “my martial arts are very powerful, I’m intelligent and capable, and I never brag or show off. But, almost no one in Jianghu has ever seen me. Furthermore, I have very few weaknesses, and lots of strengths. Clearly the old man wants me to be his son-in-law.”

    Hu Yue’er glared at him. “Maybe it’s because you know how to shoot your mouth, and you’re also full of crap.”

    As soon as the words were out of her mouth, she couldn’t help but laugh loudly. But only a moment later her face was like stone. “Have you already met with Dragon Fifth?”

    “Twice.”

    “Then why didn’t you capture him? Why let such a good opportunity slip past?”

    “If I was as stupid as you, and actually tried to do that, you’d be looking at a dead Liu Changjie right now.”

    She laughed coldy. “Don’t you have really good martial arts? Don’t you count as one of the greatest masters under heaven? My father and his friends are constantly singing your praises. Patriarch Wang even treats you like his own son. What reason do you have to be afraid of other people?”

    “I’m not afraid of other people,” he said solemnly. “I’m afraid of Dragon Fifth!”

    She blinked. “Are his martial arts really as frightening as the legends say?”

    “Maybe more frightening. I can only say that even counting the grandmasters of the seven great sword schools, no one exists in JIanghu who could withstand his 200 stances.”

    “What about you?”

    He didn’t respond. Instead he said, “Not to mention that he has the assistance of someone who is extremely frightening.”

    “Lan Tianmeng?”

    “That lion is already old,” he laughed, “and he’s been kept in a cage for too long. He can still bite, but his teeth aren’t as sharp as they used to be, and his spirit has been worn down.”

    Hu Yue’er’s eyes turned up in thought. “It’s said that Dragon Fifth has a lion, a tiger, and a peacock working for him.”

    “The lion is old, the black tiger has gone into retirement, and the peacock is beautiful but doesn’t bite.”

    “So you’re not talking about them?”

    “No.”

    “Well, who then?”

    “It’s a middle-aged man who wears a green robe and white stockings. He seems to follow rules like a flunky, but his martial arts are deep. Profoundly deep.”

    “How could you tell?

    “When the lion made his move against me, the power of his palm was shocking. It was so powerful that everything in the room was shaking. But the middle-aged man just stood calmly to the side. His clothes weren’t even moving.”

    He continued to think. “When he poured wine for me, I looked at his hand. I don’t think I’ve ever seen such a steady hand before. The wine pot he was holding was very heavy, and he seemed to be just randomly pouring, but he poured each cup perfectly, not spilling even a single drop.”

    Hu Yue’er listened carefully and then sat for a while in contemplation. “Were you able to tell what kind of weapon he uses from looking at his hand?”

    “I couldn’t. His hand didn’t have even a single mark on it to indicate that he practices martial arts.”

    It doesn’t matter what kind of weapon a person uses, their hands would definitely develop calluses. Which in turn is not something easily concealed from a perceptive person.

    “Could it be that he uses the other hand?” she muttered.

    “Possibly.”

    “Among the left-handed masters in the martial arts word, who is the best?”

    Liu Changjie laughed. “That’s a question for you. Aren’t you the living record book of the masters of the martial arts world?”

    **

    It really was one of Hu Yue’er’s best skills.

    She not only had a highly retentive memory, she also was extremely knowledgeable. This was probably due to the fact that her father was one of the most intelligent and well-known people in Jianghu.

    Regarding the history and stories of Jianghu, there was very little she didn’t know.

    “As far as famous left-handed kung fu masters go, the most amazing is definitely Qin Huhua.”

    “The Flower Protecting blade?” said Liu Changjie, surprised.

    Hu Yue’er nodded. “It’s said that the first time he killed was when he was nine years old. It was the notorious Central Plains bandit, Tiger Peng.”

    “Yes, I’ve heard the story.”

    “He was already famous by the time he was thirteen years old. By seventeen, he’d already defeated everyone in the Central Plains, and was called the Central Plains Number One Blade. When he was thirty-one years of age, he took over leadership of the Kongtong Sect, and became the youngest grandmaster in the history of the seven great sword schools. By that time, it was said that he had defeated over 650 masters of the martial arts world.”

    “There can’t be many people in Jianghu who have created more of a sensation than him,” exclaimed Liu Changjie.

    “He became famous when he was young, and showed off his talents to the extreme. But his skills were incredible, people couldn’t help but admire him.” Her eyes shone as she continued, “If only I’d been born a dozen or so years sooner, I definitely would have figured out a way to marry him.”

    “Thankfully, you weren’t born a dozen or so years sooner, otherwise I would have to find him and challenge him to a fight to the death!”

    Hu Yue’er rolled her eyes. “Unfortunately, the person you mentioned is definitely not him.”

    “Oh.”

    “How could someone as proud as him become somebody else’s lackey? In any case, he’s been missing for years, his whereabouts are completely unknown. Some people say that he traveled across the sea and became an immortal. Others say he died. But regardless of whether he’s living or dead, he definitely wouldn’t be pouring someone else’s wine for them.”

    Liu Changjie let out a breath. “I really hope it isn’t him. I definitely don’t want to have that kind of opponent.”

    His voice suddenly stopped.

    In the same moment that his voice stopped, his body was pressed down onto Hu Yue’er.

    **

    It was impossible to see his movement; who would ever think that he had such ability?

    Even Hu Yue’er would never have thought it possible.

    Baring her teeth and struggling against him, she said, “You pervert, I’m telling you…”

    Her voice suddenly stopped, as Liu Changjie’s mouth covered hers.

    She could only emit sound from her nose. An experienced man knew the type of sound a woman would make in this situation.

    It was a sound that, if a man heard it, all the bones in his body would become weak.

    She was pushing him back, struggling, clearly wanting to hit him.

    But her hands were being held down.

    Her face was burning red, and her whole body was as hot as if it were on fire.

    What other reaction would one expect from a healthy, mature woman being held down by a man she has feelings for?

    However, at that exact moment, a banging sound rang out, and the door crashed open as someone kicked their way in.

    A person charged in, carrying a horse-cutter sword in hand. (5) Surprisingly, it was the young carriage driver.

    ————————————————————————————

    (1) In Chinese when you say that someone “isn’t human” or isn’t a person, it’s pretty insulting.

    (2) He literally says that she is a “living ghost” 活鬼. After that she calls him a womanizer, using the word 色鬼, which literally translated is “colored ghost,” but means lecher, womanizer, pervert. This little banter using the character for "ghost" is pretty clever.

    (3) This part is funny because her name Yue’er 月儿 contains the character for moon. And don’t forget that his name Changjie长街 literally means “long street.”

    (4) The direct translation would be: (“Because,” interrupted Liu Changjie, “you’re not just a little fox, you’re also a fox spirit." It was actually quite proper to call her a little fox, considering her father was the oldest old fox in Jianghu.) Calling a person a fox in this way implies that they are crafty, thus I translated it as crafty. Also, I’m sure most people are familiar with fox spirits in Chinese mythology. In this case, he’s not calling her a literal fox spirit, he’s just saying that she is pretty, because fox spirits tend to be super hot. Another reason why this whole passage is funny, is because she makes a big deal about her father’s nickname “Power of Hu.” In Chinese it’s “hu li.” The word for fox is also “hu li” so it’s a cute play on words.

    (5) Here is the type of sword that the driver is wielding: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pudao
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    Current Translation: I Shall Seal the Heavens
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    Sorry this update took a while, I’ve been really busy.

    A lot of the dialogue between Hu Yue’er and Liu Changjie is based on word play in Chinese that you can’t translate directly. I’ve tried to keep the basic feel of the original. Details are in the footnotes.
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    Thanks for the update, deathblade.

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    Thanks deathblade

    one tiny error:
    Clearly the old man wants to be his son-in-law.

    'wants me ​to be...'
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    Thanks deathblade. Looks like there are other biggies out there going for Dragon Fifth.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ycb5959 View Post
    Thanks deathblade

    one tiny error:
    Clearly the old man wants to be his son-in-law.

    'wants me ​to be...'
    Ahhh! Okay I'll fix it. Thanks! Let me know any other mistakes you notice
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    Quote Originally Posted by LuDongBin View Post
    Thanks deathblade. Looks like there are other biggies out there going for Dragon Fifth.
    Yeah. I haven't finished reading the book, I'm a ways ahead of where I'm at in the translation, but I'm wondering too!
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    ...Looking forward to the next update
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    Chapter 3 - Yue'er shining on Changjie

    Part 2

    Liu Changjie was still pressed down on Hu Yue’er’s body, although his lips had left hers.

    The driver stood inside the bedroom door, staring at them icily.

    His posture was stable, and he gripped his sword skillfully. Anyone could see that his sword skill was anything but weak.

    In his callous eyes could be seen a mocking look. “I drove in a big circle outside,” he laughed. “And after all that time you still haven’t gotten her in bed? Seems like you really aren’t very good at handling women.”

    Liu Changjie replied, “I’ve still got plenty of time left. I’m not a little boy like you, what’s the hurry?” It seemed like he suddenly realized that he didn’t need to explain himself, and his face became very serious. “Why did you come back?”

    The driver’s face was also serious. “To kill you!” he said.

    Liu Changjie seemed shocked. “Why do you want to kill me?”

    The driver laughed coldly. “I’ve been working for him for eighteen years, and I’ve been destitute the entire time. I can only afford the dirtiest brothels and most disgusting *****s. I finally have a chance to hit it big. You have a problem with that?”

    Liu Changjie knew who he worked for, but he deliberately asked, “Don’t tell me you’re also one of Dragon Fifth’s men?”

    “If you were the least bit perceptive,” he responded stonily, “you would know what kind of person Peng Gang is.”

    “You mean ‘Whirlwind Blade’ Peng Gang?”

    “I never imagined you would know anything, let alone me.”

    “The Five-tiger Gate-breaking Sword School’s highest ranking disciple relegated to driving others in a carriage! Isn’t that just too insulting?”

    Peng Gang gripped his sword so hard that the veins in his hand began to pop out. His forehead pulsed as he gritted his teeth and said, “I will never again allow others to treat me like bird shit.”

    “So, you plan to kill me, take the silver and the woman, and flee to some distant place?”

    Peng Gang’s eyes fell on Hu Yue’er’s dainty, gasping mouth. His eyes seemed to shine with fire. “Any man would want to have a good time with a young widow like her.”

    As soon as she heard the words “young widow,” Hu Yue’er called out, “You … what did you do with the man of the house?”

    Peng Gang laughed maliciously. “For the kind of man who is so willing to sell his wife, dying eight times wouldn’t be enough. Don’t tell me you miss him?”

    Before he even finished speaking, Hu Yue’er started weeping. It looked completely realistic.

    Liu Changjie let out a breath, apparently unwilling to move away from her body. “This woman isn’t a goddess,” he muttered. “Penniless, willing to sell herself for a little silver, she’s really not worth it.”

    “If you had any skill at all,” laughed Peng Gang, “you wouldn’t have been beaten half to death like a dog and hung from the eaves.”

    “So you think you can beat me?”

    “I know what’s going on. You got beaten up, then suddenly show up with all that silver!”

    Liu Changjie sighed. “You really are just an ignorant kid who doesn’t know a damned thing. I really couldn’t bear to kill you.”

    “Then you might as well let me kill you!” shouted Peng Gang.

    His sword chopped forward, the first stance containing five movements. The Five-tiger Gate-breaking Sword was one of the martial world’s most sinister and feared sword techniques, and “Whirlwind Blade” Peng Gang’s speed was anything but slow.

    Liu Changjie didn’t counterattack.

    It seemed like he did make any move at all to avoid the blow, and yet Peng Gang’s sword somehow couldn’t touch him.

    Hu Yue’er appeared to be so frightened that she couldn’t even cry, and had rolled into a ball in the corner of the bed.

    Peng Gang’s move was very quick, and Liu Changjie was forced to retreat backwards toward the corner of the room. Suddenly the sword chopped up from below, seeming to come from three different directions, slicing rapidly toward the left side of Liu Changjie’s neck.

    This was “Heaven and Earth Inverted,” one of the Five-tiger Gate-breaking Sword’s killing moves.

    Liu Changjie could not retreat any further backwards. In an instant, his body had slid directly up the wall, all the way to the ceiling.

    A dinging sound rang out, and sparks flew in all directions. Peng Gang had mistakenly assumed the move would result in a fatality. He had used all his strength, and could not pull back the sword, which embedded itself deeply into the wall.

    He wrenched the sword free, but at that exact moment a hand crashed through the wall from outside and grabbed the blade of the sword.

    The wall was made from bricks, but the hand moved through it as though it were soft clay. The fingers twisted gently, and sword, crafted from fine steel, snapped into two.

    Peng Gang’s face lost its color, his body stiffened.

    He was a worldly-wise person, but this type of martial arts he’d simply never heard of.

    A cold voice rang out from the other side of the wall. “You were with Dragon Fifth for eighteen years, and you earned about seventy or eighty silver per month. But HE suddenly gets tens of thousands, and you think you know what’s going on. Is that right?”

    Peng Gang’s face was ashen as he nodded.

    The person outside obviously couldn’t see him nod, so Liu Changjie called out, “He says yes!”

    “But, Mr. Liu was beaten up by Grandpa Lan and then made friends with Meng Fei. Anyone who calls Meng Fei a friend is an enemy of ours. How do you know where the silver came from?”

    Peng Gang hesitated, and then finally responded, “I know that Meng Fei doesn’t have those kind of resources. Also, that day I saw the young master in Meng Fei’s village.”

    “I never imagined that you were so intelligent,” responded the voice insipidly, “or that you paid such close attention to details.” Only someone who paid attention to detail would notice things that were invisible to others. “Unfortunately, you have done something extremely stupid.”

    The source of the voice was outside, but it sounded as though it was directly next to Peng Gang’s ear. It continued, “Even though you’re perfectly aware that Liu Changjie is one of us, you still want to kill him?”

    Peng Gang lowered his head. Sweat dripped down like rain. “I made a mistake.”

    “Do you know what your mistake was?”

    “I … I violated the family regulations!” As the words left his mouth, it seemed as though all the energy in his body had been depleted.

    “Do you know what happens to people who violate the family regulations?”

    Peng Gang’s face was twisted with fear. It seemed like two invisible hands were gripping his throat.

    He suddenly turned, apparently making an effort to flee.

    He clearly thought that the person outside couldn’t see.

    But it was as if the hand itself had eyes.

    The hand flicked, and the half-blade flew forward in a flash, embedding itself in Peng Gang’s back.

    At that exact instant, four muscular men flew into the room. One of them carried a large burlap sack, into which he began stuffing Peng Gang’s body.

    Another carried two boxes of silver, which he deposited onto the table.

    The third carried an iron tool, which he immediately used to repair the door frame so recently destroyed by Peng Gang.

    The fourth carried a batch of masonry clay. He immediately set to work patching the hole in the wall.

    “I guarantee that you won’t be bothered again in the next seven days,” said the voice outside the wall. “But you had best remember, you aren’t really one of us. You have no connection to the Dragon family.”

    The voice faded off into the distance.

    The hole in the wall was patched, the door frame was repaired, the burlap sack was wrapped up. Not even a drop of blood could be seen on the ground.

    During the entire time, the four large men hadn’t even glanced at Liu Changjie. And by the time the voice disappeared, so had they.

    The room was quite again, as if nothing had happened at all.

    These people were precise and efficient, beyond the imagination of most. But at this point, what was not beyond imagination was the fate of anyone who violated the regulations of Dragon Fifth’s family!
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    Current Translation: I Shall Seal the Heavens
    Recommended Translation: Heroes Shed No Tears

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    Part 2 is pretty short, part 3 is much longer. I will try my best to get it done and posted by monday!

    Translation note:

    This was “Heaven and Earth Inverted,” one of the Five-tiger Gate-breaking Sword’s killing moves.
    In Chinese, it literally says "one of the Five-tiger Gate-breaking Sword's assasins."

    Also, as I mentioned above, I'm reading along a little bit ahead of my translation, so I don't know exactly where the story is going. But has anyone else noticed that there is a lot of talk about hands? In Chinese, the word we usually translate as assassin or killer is 杀手 sha shou. Sha means to kill, and shou means hand...
    Current Translation: I Shall Seal the Heavens
    Recommended Translation: Heroes Shed No Tears

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