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    Sounds like a good plan you got there ... thks foxs.

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    Thanks foxs.

    This Xiang dude sounds too nice to be true. He's definitely setting them up for something.

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    Default Book 3 - Chapter 7, Part 3

    Sorry guys, it's been more than 24 hours, but I just got home, it's been a long day at work. Jaya, HPC, Drak, Ysabel, you are welcome. DongBin, glad you agree with 'the plan' ... Sky, you got that right.

    So, nobody has the answer to my question yesterday?



    Although the two boys dreamed about making a fortune all day long, it was due to the necessities of life, not because they were greedy for money or addicted to stuffs. They had been drifting along in the marketplace since childhood; they had deep understanding of the principle no one has voracious desire of inexpensive thing. Not to mention that they recently learned a valuable lesson from their mistake in dealing with their Beautiful Shifu. How could they easily trust this new acquaintance with evasive speech?

    Xu Ziling cleared his throat and said, We are not too interested in gambling; how about calling those two beauties just now to hey! To whatever! Is it alright?

    Not showing any concern, Xiang Yushan said, Speaking about beauty, those two servant girls[1] have not made the cut yet; the most popular in our place are Cui Ning and Cui Zhi, two girls. But you can only see them in the noble guest room [i.e. VIP lounge]. Let us stroll around in here first, later Ill take you to have a drink and be merry with them! I guarantee gentlemens trip would not be made in vain.

    Seeing that he did not pressure them to gamble, the two boys were somewhat relieved. Gladly they followed him passing through the left and squeezing through the right among the jam-packed gambling tables, toward the largest hall in the middle.

    By way of introduction Xiang Yushan said, Our gambling hall was meticulously designed by an expert in five-element principle. One big and eight small, nine gambling halls are positioned based on Nine-Palace formation. The biggest gambling hall in the middle joined together suppressing the eight points of the compass, as a result the color scheme rely mainly on bright yellow, because dark yellow is too heavy and sluggish. There are twenty-five tables, because five is the earth element, and twenty-five is the square of five, the meaning is that the profit will be doubled.

    It was only then did the two boys find out that opening a casino also involved certain knowledge; it was an eye-opener.

    By nature the boys were inquisitive. Listening to this interesting topic, inevitably they asked left and right, and completely forgot about those beautiful waitresses who look at them with raised eyebrows and amused eyes.

    Xiang Yushan led them toward a table where twenty, thirty people were crowding around it. They watched as the beautiful and alluring female dealer threw the giant dice made of bone into a square bowl, and after covering the bowl she raised it above her head and shook it vigorously. And then she put it down on the table and shouted tenderly, Honorable guests, please place your bet!

    One after another the gamblers put their bets on the betting board.

    Xiang Yushan said, This is called betting treasure; if the bet matches the number of dots on the dice, the payment is three times the stake.

    Kou Zhong sighed and said, The odd in winning is one in six, but to you, the casino, it is five of six. No wonder opening a casino can make a fortune.

    Xiang Yushan laughed and said, You can also bet on the dice color; the odd is one to one, very even.

    Xu Ziling focused his attention to watch, most people bet on the number of dots, obviously they were all hoping to win triple their wager. Thats why betting on the color of the dice was provided no more as lip service!

    Dont you want to play a hand or two? Xiang Yushan prompted.

    The two boys just shook their head.

    Xiang Yushan simply brushed it aside and led them into the middle hall. Kou Zhong and Xu Zilings eyes immediately brightened. They saw leaning against a gambling table to the left, a beautiful woman, like a red dot in the sea of obscurity, was gambling enthusiastically.

    Not only she had picturesque facial feature, the most noticeable thing about her was that the opening of the flap of her gown was extremely low, exposing almost half of her jade breasts and her deep cleavage, so that she looked exceptionally tarty.

    The two boys often heard that a lot of people from the northern part of the country have blood relationship with non-Han people, so that in general they were unrestrained by convention. Still it was the first time that they saw a woman openly dressed in such a low-cut dress in public place with numerous people; they could not help staring with mouth agape.

    Xiang Yushan smiled wryly and said, That woman must never be touched. Despite her coquettish charm, she is actually one of the Peng Liang Huis [society] three masters, known as Sao Niang [coquettish lady], Ren Meimei. Her martial skill outstanding, she is adept at toying with men, from head to toe she is covered in thorns, and woe is men who run into her. Even I do not dare to mess with her.

    Kou Zhong swallowed a mouthful of saliva; he said in low voice, What is Peng Liang Society?

    Xiang Yushan was surprised, You have not even heard of Peng Liang Society? he asked, Peng is Pengcheng, Liang refers to Liang Jun [Liang county], sixty li northwest of Pengcheng. Peng Liang Society is one of Eight Clans [bang] Ten Societies [hui]. Wherever they go, Jianghu people will have to give them some face.

    Finished speaking, he was just about to pull the two boys away, who would have thought that Ren Meimeis eyes happened to leave the gambling table and look at their direction? Seeing Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling, two people, her beautiful eyes lit up, with coquettish laugh she called, Yushan, what are you doing staring blankly like a fool over there? Why havent you come over and hang out with nujia [again, slave, a polite way a woman refers to herself]?

    While waving his hand in response, Xiang Yushan whispered, No matter what she wants you to do, remember to push all the blame to me. Finished speaking he promptly walked over to her.

    As the two boys heard that she was another Bang Hui [clan and society] people, immediately they felt headache. Without any choice they braced themselves and followed Xiang Yushan toward Ren Meimei.


    [1] Servant girl, orig. yatou - girl, can be used both deprecatingly and as a term of endearment.

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    Thanks for the new update foxs. I had to go back and see what your question was. I checked on this forum and didn't see anything new since Grundle last updated. If he/she did continue the translation, it wasn't posted here.

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    Thanks foxs, much appreciated
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    Default Book 3 - Chapter 8, Part 1

    Jaya, Ysabel, HPC, Anh, Subudai, you are welcome. Sky, thanks for trying to answer (you are the only one ...). I remember someone said that he/she was going to continue where xlandhenry left off. I am sure if I want to I can search around, but since nobody remembers it, I guess it's not a big deal, and I don't want to waste my time as well as yours. (I noticed there are a lot of new threads recently, and a bunch of new translators. I am quite pleased, actually.)


    Book 3 Chapter 8 Trouble in the Casino

    Ren Meimei left the gambling table to meet them. Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling found out that her clothes was tightly wrapped around her body, emphasizing her full body and exquisite curves; immediately their hearts were beating faster.

    This charming beauty moved her full-of-youthfulness-and-vitality body to three peoples presence. After sizing up Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling again, she turned to Xiang Yushan and said with a laugh, These two Gongzi seem to be strangers; are they your friends?

    With a bitter laugh Xiang Yushan replied, Mei Gu [charming aunt], youd better not provoke them.

    Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling did not expect Xiang Yushan to be that forthcoming toward her; they got a shock.

    Ren Meimei did not take offense at all; she walked around to the two boys back and laughed coquettishly, Xiang San Shao [third young master] must have spoken a lot of malicious words behind my, Ren Meimeis back, but two gentlemen must by all means not believe him. If he is a good man, then I am the Guanyin Dashi [Goddess of Mercy] who saves common people.

    Xiang Yushan cleared his throat and said, Mei Gu, you must not damage our friendship. Dont forget that Peng Liang Hui and our Baling Bang have always been living together in harmony

    Ren Meimei circled around to face the two boys again; covering her mouth, she laughed tenderly, Did you see that? Xiang San Shaoye frequently uses Baling Bang to bully me, a weak woman; what kind of hero is that? Wow! Two little brothers[1] are really handsome, no wonder San Shaoye took a fancy to you. What are your names?

    The two boys had a feeling that Baling Bang sounder familiar, but momentarily they did not remember who mentioned this name to them.

    Xiang Yushan was showing his displeasure openly, Mei Gu, did you lose some money? Let me compensate you then, but dont babble nonsense in here.

    Evidently Ren Meimei was not afraid of him, she cast Xiang Yushan a flirtatious glance and said, Am I, Ren Meimei, someone who doesnt have any gambling nature? You are the one who babbled nonsense.

    Suddenly her hand shot forward to grab Xiang Yushan.

    Xiang Yushan let out a cold snort and raised his right hand to brush away her artery.

    Ren Meimei laughed and said, I dont want to fight! Yet although her mouth said so, her jade palm flipped over and swept down to block Xiang Yushans attacking right hand, while her crooked finger counterattacked by flicking Xiang Yushans artery.

    Xiang Yushan pulled his hand back and turned it into a chop, with his curved palm swatted her flicking finger.

    These several moves happened within an area about one chi wide; it was both swift and displaying deep offensive and defensive techniques. Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling watched the exchange wide-eyed; they were very interested in this kind of intricate fighting technique.

    Ren Meimei laughed tenderly, I havent seen you for several months, turns out you were hiding to train your martial art skill; no wonder your arrogance soaring to the sky. While she was speaking, her jade hand made subtle swinging a few times, as if she was going to attack, but not exactly attacking, as if she was blocking, but not exactly blocking.

    Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling intuitively understood what she was doing, they were able to fully grasp her move and strategy. While obviously Xiang Yushan failed to understand Ren Meimeis bizarre technique; unexpectedly he took a step backward. The two boys knew the worst was yet to come, Ren Meimei already laughed tenderly, while fast as lightning she thrust her finger onto the back of Xiang Yushans palm.

    While Xiang Yushan was jolted by this attack, Ren Meimei already grabbed his sleeve and pulled it hard, so that he was carried away and stumbled to the side. All the while she did not forget to flash her enchanting smile toward the two boys and unhurriedly said, Ill have a few words with Yushan, and then Ill come back to accompany you.

    They saw the two people went toward the corner of the hall and mumbled several secret whispers with each other. Xu Zilings countenance suddenly changed. I remember now, he said in hoarse voice, Didnt Beautiful Shifu mention that Baling Bang is the Emperors young sons running dog? They are specializing in trafficking human beings!

    Kou Zhong sucked in a mouthful of cold air, So what good can we say that he took a fancy on us? Quick! We must slip away immediately.

    Hold on! Xu Ziling pulled him back, They are back. We are going to change according to the situation. Ay! I really did not see this mountain trader [play on words on Yushan, jade mountain] is also a martial art expert. On that street we randomly picked someone to ask, why did we pick a martial art expert and a bad egg [i.e. b@stard] in one?

    Meanwhile Ren Meimei and Xiang Yushan walked back hand-in-hand toward them. Looking at their friendly spirit, the two boys knew that the two people had reached a private agreement.

    Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling felt their scalp turned numb, knowing that once again the two of them had become a commodity.

    From a distance Ren Meimei already let out her unrestraint laughter, Turns out the two little brothers [see footnote 1] came here this time is to have a taste of womens gentle and soft feeling. Let me, Jiejie [older sister] take care of this matter.

    This time Xiang Yushans tone of speech was greatly changed, Its rare that Mei Gu shows such respect for you. I will have a VIP suite opened up for you, everybody can drink, have a chat and laugh, and enjoy the romance together.

    Kou Zhong giggled and said, Why worry about it? I suddenly have an urge to play a hand or two, I am good at Paijiu [paigow, dominoes] the most.

    Xiang Yushan laughed, So be it, he said, You ought to go to the VIP suite right away. Mei Gu also loves Paijiu the most. You guys want to accompany her playing, nothing could be better than that.

    This time Kou Zhong was at a loss for words.

    Still maintaining his elegant and unconventional demeanor, Xu Ziling shrugged his shoulders and said to Kou Zhong, If you want to gamble, you should seek my approval first. I dont know anything about Paijiu, but I do want to stroll around the casino to broaden my horizon.

    Ren Meimei moved her tender body to the front. Pulling the crook of two boys arms she gave Xiang Yushan a meaningful glance and said with a smile, Let me take care of them.

    Xiang Yushan laughed to give his approval and immediately turned around and left.

    Ren Meimei intimately pulled the two boys along toward the inner lobby. She said with enchanting smile, You must not listen to that fellow Xiang Yushan talking any idle gossip about other people.

    Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling were about to speak, but when they looked at her, they saw that when she was walking, the twin peaks on her chest were continuously bobbing up and down following her gait; it was extremely captivating, so that they could not restrain their hearts from thumping wildly and jumping madly, and they forgot what they were about to say.

    All of a sudden they did not think that she was so scary anymore; especially her figure and her expression, none did not carry a special charm that was capable of moving other peoples heart, that unconsciously gave birth to a feeling that even if they had to die for her, they would gladly do it.

    The fact was that Ren Meimei was extremely proud in her heart.

    She had read countless men, and in just one glance she could tell that these two boys were still virgin. To a person who was adept at collect and mend technique like her, the two boys were no more than exquisite serum or sweet nectar that would bring great benefits to her vitality; hence the reason she wanted to wrestle them, by hook or by crook, from Xiang Yushans hands.

    This moment she was exploiting her body, unleashing her superior charm, to evoke the two boys primal sensual desire.

    Xu Zilings mental power was slightly better than Kou Zhongs; only after a slight daze, his mind cleared up considerably. Seeing Kou Zhong involuntarily panting and licking his lips, and was showing a leering look on his face, while intentionally used his shoulder to bump her silky breasts, he knew something was not right; his brains moved fast, and he blurted out, Ol Die is here!

    Kou Zhong was startled and came to his senses. Where is he? he asked in panic.

    Ren Meimei was puzzled, Didnt his old dad pass away already? she asked.

    Inwardly, Xu Ziling breathed a sigh of relief; he cooked up some nonsense, Its just a joke we invented; it means a ghost is coming, which means nobody is!

    Kou Zhong summoned all the willpower he could muster, he no longer dared to look at this womans chest.

    Ren Meimei was angry; she twisted her appealing body, immediately the two boys were aware of her well-developed body, burning desire touched their heart and strayed their mind.

    But since they were already wary of her, they firmly suppressed their surging lust, while groaning inwardly, wondering how they could get out of this predicament.

    If her flesh-temptation continued, and they were unable to resist, who knows what kind of dire consequences would ensue. Xiang Yushans earlier warning was still ringing in their ears.

    Kou Zhong happened to see the gambling table on their left only had five guests around it, which leave seven or eight seats vacant. A sudden inspiration struck his mind, Lets play a game or two! he said. Wriggling himself free from Ren Meimeis clutch, he sat on an empty seat.

    Ren Meimei did not seem to mind at all, still smiling coyly, she sat on his left, while Xu Ziling took the empty seat on Kou Zhongs other side.

    As soon as this beautiful woman sat down, the eyes of the other five guests were immediately drawn to her chest. When Ren Meimei swept her pretty eyes around, the five men were immediately overcome with lust; so much so that one of them was drooling.

    The dealer was a woman around twenty years old, quite pretty; but compared to Ren Meimei, she immediately lost her splendor, and no longer enjoyed the limelight.

    This table happened to be a Paijiu table. Although Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling had never really gambled before, growing up in the marketplace they had seen enough people gambling, naturally they were also well-versed in the way of doing it.

    Ren Meimeis interest suddenly arose; she said to the dealer, Let me be the banker!

    The dealer naturally knew who she was; after repeatedly agreed, she withdrew to the side.

    Ren Meimei took the banker position and laughed coquettishly, Why havent you put down your bet?

    Everybody immediately put down their bet; they were all very excited.

    But Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling were groaning in their heart. To have their hard-earned money put down in gambling was naturally painful and heart-breaking.

    Ren Meimeis gaze fell on them. Dont you want to play a hand or two? she urged, Quickly put down your bet!

    Kou Zhong giggled and said, We need to sit tight first and observe how you, the new dealer, play your trick before we lay our bet; alright?

    Ren Meimei only smiled tenderly without saying anything. With skillful finesse she shuffled the tiles, and only after she piled it up stack by stack did she throw the dice and deal the tiles.

    It was not clear whether she employed some kind of trick, but she lost three rounds in a row. The gamblers cheers and applause immediately attracted the attention of the other gamblers on several tables nearby that they flocked over and took all the seats.

    Ren Meimei smiled and said to Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling, Jiejie suffers an adverse wind; if you want to win, quickly lay your bet.

    From the back, someone yelled, If you dont bet, give up your seat!

    Ren Meimei gave the man a hard stare; she shouted, Who dares to tell them to step aside, Ill wring his hands.

    The man obviously knew that she was formidable, immediately he kept his mouth shut out of fear.

    Kou Zhong had no choice; he fished a tael of silver and tossed it out as his bet.

    Ren Meimei burst into a tender laugh and cast a sidelong glance toward the two boys. She was about to deal the tiles under the burning gaze of more than a dozen pairs of eyes, when suddenly a soft and tender voice came from behind Kou Zhong and Xu Zilings back, Hold on! And then an incomparably delicate and beautiful jade hand reached out from between the two boys, and put a piece of gold ingot, weighed at least ten taels, next to Kou Zhongs pitiful one tael of silver.

    This action sent the gamblers into an uproar, because this ingot of gold worth at least several hundred taels of silver, so it was indeed rare that someone would place that much wager in one bet.

    Ren Meimeis eyes shot a cold flash as she looked at the beautiful woman that squeezed through several men that they were pushed to the east and opened to the west.

    When Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling looked up in astonishment, a pair of delicate hands already pressed on their shoulders. As they looked closer, they could not help crying out to their Niang, because the woman was none other than the Serpent and Scorpion Beauty Shen Luoyan.

    Shen Luoyan was looking down at the two boys, her face showed a sweet smile as she said, I told you, two little kids, not to play around randomly. Look! People nearly cheated you your wealth and trick you into having sex.

    A deep, cold killing aura flitted across Ren Meimeis beautiful eyes. Whos coming? she asked coldly.

    Shen Luoyan simply met her stare for half a day before smiling and said, Whos the banker? Since Third Master[2] wants to be the banker, you ought to follow bankers rule. If you cannot meet the stake, you ought to just admit defeat and leave the field.

    Realizing that the opponent already know who she was, yet still struck a hard stance, Ren Meimei trembled inwardly, yet on her face she still maintained that foxy attitude brimming with the thoughts of romance. Such a tiny gold ingot, our Peng Liang Hui can still deal with it, she said with a smile.

    Among the guests crowding around them, there were more than a dozen who, when they heard the name Peng Liang Society, were afraid of getting involved. These people immediately slipped out quietly, not even daring to fetch the money they put down as a wager back.

    The crowd around the gambling table was thinning out; two seats immediately became vacant.

    By this time Kou Zhong already calmed down; he patted Shen Luoyans jade hand that was pressed threateningly on his shoulder. Hi Beautiful! he said, There is an empty seat beside me, why do you tire yourself by standing up?

    Shen Luoyan smiled slightly; she stooped down to give each of the two boys a peck on the cheek. Unexpectedly she really sat down on the chair next to Kou Zhong.

    Noticing her confidence, as if she was certain she would get them, plus her affectionate kiss with her fragrant, delicate, soft and tender cherry lips, which melted their souls, Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling really did not know whether they should be happy or scared.

    Ren Meimei still maintained her silence as she dealt the tiles.

    [1] Little brothers: here she did not use the term Xiao Xiongdi, which is rather polite, but Xiao Geer, basically means the boys.

    [2] Third Master - here, the word master is dang jia, someone who is in charge/who call the shots. I was tempted to use the word skipper or captain, but it sounds so western.

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    "Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling found out that her clothes was tightly wrapped" > "clothes were tightly wrapped"
    "The two boys had a feeling that Baling Bang sounder familiar" > "Baling Bang sounded familiar"
    "no wonder your arrogance soaring to the sky" > "arrogance is soaring"
    "her jade hand made subtle swinging" > "made subtle swings"
    "She said with enchanting smile" > "said with an enchanting"
    "which leave seven or eight seats vacant" > "which left seven"
    "after repeatedly agreed, she withdrew to the side" > "repeatedly agreeing, she"

    I followed the original translation and Book 4 Chapter 2 sounds about right. Since I enjoyed this story so much, I was routinely scanning for new updates. Sadly, nothing ever came, at least until this version. Keep up the good work, as we venture into new territory not previously covered.

    Haha, loved how Kou Zhong tried to cop a feel in his bewitched state!

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    Yeah! My favorite beauty is back! Shen Luoyan is so interesting. I hope she sticks around for a long time.

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    Default Book 3 - Chapter 8, Part 2

    Anh, Critical, Ysabel, Jaya, HPC, you are welcome. 9Dragons, thanks, since nobody knows anything, I think it safe to assume that whoever that was did not translate the next chapter. Sky, sadly, no girl stayed long enough ... at least up to this point of the story.


    Suddenly several people appeared by the gambling table; they were all casino people, and Xiang Yushan was one of them. Next to him was a fat man wearing embroidered gown; he had broad face but small eyes, yet the pupil of his eyes flickered brightly, so that people know that he was not a character they would want to mess with. Both he and Xiang Yushan were sizing Shen Luoyan up and down with their gleaming eyes.

    Shen Luoyan acted as if she did not even notice people were staring at her; she whispered in Kou Zhongs ear, This time I am saving you once. Whatever big kindness, big enmity between us, well call it quits.

    Finished dealing the tiles, Ren Meimei cast a coquettish glance toward the fat man and said, Xiang Ye [master] has come in person! Do you want to play a round?

    The man she called Master Xiang laughed aloud before plopping himself on an empty seat like a meaty pillar on an upside down golden mountain. He sighed and said, Its rare that San Dangjia [see footnote] is willing to be the banker, Wagang Forts Pretty Junshi Miss Shen is willing to play; how could I, Xiang Gui, refuse to play along?

    Ren Meimeis beautiful body trembled; she looked at Shen Luoyan and coldly said, Turns out it is the Pretty Junshi Shen Luoyan; no wonder you talk big. But winning or losing, I, Ren Meimei, will accompany you play.

    Shen Luoyan laughed gracefully, her beautiful eyes darted back and forth between Xiang Gui and Ren Meimei. She said nonchalantly, The two of you spoke too highly of me. I, Shen Luoyan, only run errands for Duke Mi; how could I talk big or talk small? This time I came here on Duke Mis behalf only to recover two wandering prodigal children. I am asking a lot of forgiveness from the two of you, so that when Duke Mi attacks Pengcheng in the future and we meet again, nobody will talk a bad talk against each other.

    As the remaining dozen or so guests heard the name Wagang Army, they did not dare to tarry; they all left that not even one remained. Even the hundreds of guests in the other halls also left as soon as they heard what was going on.

    But there was one person remained. This man wore a tall hat on his head, his countenance stiff like a dead person. He looked straight into Ren Meimeis eyes and spoke in cold manner, Why havent you throw the dice?

    The strangest thing was that his man was taller than average person, plus he was standing proudly with his hands behind his back, yet nobody even noticed that he was standing there until all gamblers scattered away and he opened his mouth to talk.

    By this time, only three groups of people remained around the gambling table: Ren Meimei who was acting as the banker; Kou Zhong, Xu Ziling and Shen Luoyan; and Xiang Gui plus his son Xiang Yushan and two of their most competent men, who were standing behind him. All three groups immediately turned around with changed countenance.

    Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling were the first who were spooked out of their mind; they shouted with cracked voice, Ol Die is here!

    The newcomer was indeed Du Fuwei. Besides, only he had the ability to appear out of empty air like shadowless rain.

    He showed a surprisingly warm smile as he said tenderly, These two sons of mine are really capable, even your Ol Die was nearly deceived by you. But now that I see you are not inside the hungry wolfs belly, I am so happy that I am willing to forget your naughtiness.

    Shen Luoyan always did her homework in researching the other militia leaders; she was the first to recognize who he was. Du Fuwei of River Huai! she gasped.

    Ren Meimei, Xiang Gui and the others were shaken; they were even more confused as to the relation between this old dad Du Fuwei and the two boys.

    Du Fuwei still had his eyes fixed on Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling; without even casting any glance toward Shen Luoyan, he asked, Zhai Rang has not been harmed by Li Mi yet?

    Shen Luoyans beautiful body trembled slightly. Du Zongguan is joking, she replied in low voice.

    Pompously Du Fuwei sat down; his gaze moved to Ren Meimeis face as he spoke indifferently, Ol Du has not seen Demon Claw Nie Jing for several years, is he still not happy if he does not have any woman every night?

    After knowing that the opponent was Du Fuwei, Ren Meimei immediately turned from fierce tiger to tame kitten. She replied awkwardly, Da Dangjia [first master] is still like that.

    Seeing that as soon as Du Fuwei made his appearance all the men and horses of the opposite party immediately became docile, Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling were both happy and groaning inwardly, yet they were helpless to do anything. Whether in terms of martial art or battle of wits, they were far inferior to this old fox. Previously, it was only because of various circumstances, coupled with Du Fuwei grossly underestimated them and thus he was careless, that they had their chance. Right now the situation differed greatly; it would not be that easy for Du Fuwei to be fooled again.

    Du Fuwei changed direction to Xiang Gui, I heard you are one of the four martial art masters under the smoking pipe Lu Kangshou, with specific responsibility to find handsome men and beautiful women for Lu Kangshou; did you fancy my two inferior sons?

    Xiang Gui jumped in fright; he hastily replied, Du Zongguan misunderstood; your esteemed sons are merely our casinos honored guests. We have nothing to do with each other.

    Du Fuwei nodded. That would be best! he said.

    Everybody knew how vicious and merciless he was, how easy it was to kill; who would dare to speak up?

    That day, when Yun Yuzhen, in her capacity as the leader of a Clan, plus she had Dugu Ces backing behind her, confronted Du Fuwei, in the end she had to submit to him [orig. hang her hands down and called herself your servant]. Now, unless Li Mi personally came, nobody even had the qualifications to stand on equal footing with him.

    Du Fuweis eyes returned to Ren Meimeis pretty face. Why havent you thrown the dice? he prompted gently.

    How could Ren Meimei dare to refuse? She threw the three dice in her hand onto the table.

    At first the three dice were spinning rapidly, but when they were starting to slow down, they stopped abruptly, as if being controlled by some kind of invisible power. All dice had one dot facing up.

    Everybody noted that Du Fuwei had his left hand pressed against the table. Needless to say, it was he who sent his internal strength via the table to control the number of dots on the dice. Merely this feat, everybody present asked themselves if they had the ability to imitate. Even Shen Luoyan who was hesitating whether she should make her move also immediately dispelled that thought.

    She came this time, not only she brought about a dozen martial art expert under her command to come along, she also included Zu Junyan, who was of the same position as herself, so it was not because she did not have the strength to do an all-out battle.

    Du Fuwei laughed and said, So Ol Du ought to pick the first tile. He had just finished speaking, a stack of tiles slid across the table as if pulled by invisible hand and stopped in front of him, while at the same time flipped open. To everybodys surprise, one pair was Heaven [all sixes], the other was Supreme [one and two, and two and four], a winning combination.

    Everybody watching felt their scalp turned numb, not only because of his internal energy that has reached perfection, but even more shocking was because he was able to see through the trick that Ren Meimei did.

    Kou Zhong sighed and said, Too bad Ol Die did not place a bet. If you had put down a dozen his mothers ingots of gold, and share your winning with child, we would have struck it rich.

    Du Fuwei laughed and said, I have already put down my bet. My wager is the two of you, unworthy sons. Come! Well talk when we get home.

    Xu Ziling laughed aloud and said, Please forgive your children for being unfilial. Since we have stepped out of the house, we will never come back. At most we will use the snapping heart and artery that Niang taught us. Once we are dead, then we will go home to have you, Ol Die beat and scold us.

    As Shen Luoyan listened to their dad and mom, she was even more confused; yet she knew perfectly well that they were not Du Fuweis sons. Nonetheless, she admired their guts in standing up against Du Fuweis valor.

    Who would have thought that Du Fuwei did not think that they were being disobedient at all? He simply sighed and said, Lets not talk about Die will never let you break your heart and artery, I will never believe your nonsense even more. But since the day you left, Die has been really concerned about you. Not only I cannot bear to scold you, I will even recognize you as my own sons, to bear my Du family name.

    How could the two boys believe him? But since he had seen through their ruse, they could not fight him, and they could not slip away either; momentarily they did not know what they ought to do, they were at their wits end.

    Right this moment, a peal of tender laughter came from the direction of the main lobby. Du Zongguan, since your naughty sons are not obedient, why dont you hand them over to be disciplined by us?

    Everybody was greatly astounded; who in their right mind, after knowing that they were dealing with Du Fuwei, still dare to pick lice on the tigers head?

    Without even turning his head, Du Fuwei said, Whos coming? State your identity and origin, lets see if you have enough qualifications to manage Ol Dus inferior sons.

    Two women, one tall one short, appeared about three zhang away from Du Fuweis back. One of them said, Protector of the law Shan Xiu and Shan Yudie of Dong Ming Pai of Ryukyu are here to see Du Zongguan.

    Du Fuwei was greatly astonished, Dong Ming Pai has always been specializing in weapons sale, and has never directly intervened the dispute internal to the Central Plains. I wonder what is the reason you came to care about my two children.

    Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling also you looked at me, I looked at you. They were both delighted and anxious at the same time. Delighted because they were finally found by the Law Protector Fairy [orig. xianzi immortals] of Dong Ming Sect; anxious because they were afraid the women would not be a match for this old dad, who ought to be considered the most terrifying man in the world.

    Whether in terms of facial feature, skin and physique, these two women were totally unlike the image of fairies in average peoples imagination; however, although they were not standing by the foot of a beautiful hill like how the fairies are usually depicted, these women were definitely anything but ordinary.

    Shan Xiu was lanky; so skinny that she looked like a layer of skin wrapped around bones, yet her height was comparable to Du Fuwei. Her hair was tied into a bun on top of her head, her eyes looked spirited, yet they also looked dull, her robe looked too big for her body. It would be strange indeed if people came across her in the middle of the night at a desolate area outside a town and did not think that she was a wandering ghost.

    But she gave people the impression that she was clean and tidy, so clean and dry that she was immune to any plague that might harm her.

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    Thanks foxs!

    What an interesting chapter! So many players crowding in for the main prizes. Wonder who will end up with the boys. They're such hot commodities!

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