大唐双龙传 [Da Tang Shuang Long Zhuan] by Huang Yi

[akolaw]

The teacher of their mother Fu is first tier, and his student after learning for years and then send to China is second tier, she must have learn most level and have master higher level may be six or seven before she is consider good enough to be sent to China to assassinate the emperor.

The first tier are grand master and big boss, the second tier are good enough to led an army, see her rival Yumen, Sung, Du, Dai Lung Tau etc.

[SkyWalker]

Thanks foxs.

So it's your Princess vs my SLY for ZXL's affection. Just take them both!

Things don't look so great for the boys at the moment. These people look fishy.

[徐中銳]

Huang Yi serialized it in five years

At, I presume, a Book per month.

And we're currently within the 5th Book... So, there should be much 'skills' development for our two protagonists to come—albeit in step-by-step, fortuitous meanderings Similar perhaps to Yang Guo's gradual rise to his eventual level of fighting supremacy as a Great ?

Thinking of Shen Luoyan's supposed state, I recall below another villanelle that I've read (by the pining Sylvia Plath).

I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead,
I lift my lids and all is born again.
(I think I made you up inside my head)

The stars go waltzing out in blue and red,
And arbitrary darkness gallops in.
I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead.

I dreamed that you bewitched me into bed
And sung me moon-struck, kissed me quite insane.
(I think I made you up inside my head)

God topples from the sky, hell’s fires fade :
Exit seraphim and enter Satan’s men :
I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead.

I fancied you’d return the way you said.
But I grow old and I forget your name.
(I think I made you up inside my head)

I should have loved a thunderbird instead ;
At least when spring comes they roar back again.
I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead.
(I think I made you up inside my head)
— Mad Girl’s Love Song

[foxs]

HPC, Jaya, Komeng, Laoren, you are welcome. Anh, thanks for the suggestion, I'll check it out later. (I don't even have enough time to finish 7 Stars after several weeks ...) Xu Xiong, a book per month, huh? But I have full time job and a family, I don't think I can do that. My initial target is 10 books by the first anniversary of my first post on this thread, which, looking at my schedule right now, I am not sure if I can even achieve it. Sorry ... George, I agree. While I am happy with the rise of new translators, I really wish there is no more abandoned work. I know, I know, changes in real life, and so on, but still ... DongBin, Bocah, I guess Huang Yi wanted to have something different here: self-taught protagonists. On the same note, Akolaw and CFT, I agree that they are not in the 2nd tier yet, but definitely close. And oh, I don't think it was specifically mentioned that they finished the first level of their Niang's skill, but I would think that they actually achieved a lot more on their own. Fu Junchuo only had time to teach them basic acupoint knowledge, with which they were able to train Secret to Long Life on their own. Sky, 'my' princess? SKY's SLY? Perhaps you are right, up to this point, Huang Yi dedicated a lot of screen time to SLY, while the princess only made cameo appearance here and there (4 times, if my memory serves me right: at the ship, casino, again at the ship, but this time in her own room, and at the flute party).

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Peipei was silent for half a day; she said, “It should be so. But I am afraid they won’t be able to come. Right now Xu Ziling is injured by Yang Xuyan, whether he will live or die is still to be seen. Shen Luoyan is going all-out to search for them. Just now she passed on a message to me, telling me that if our Baling Bang dared to interfere, she would not be polite. Therefore, we simply must not stain our hands.”

When Kou Zhong and the others, three people, heard this, they looked at each other, their hearts sank.

Outside, Yun Niang griped, “This time we are going to be killed by Xiang Shaoye! Offending Wagang Army, how can we set out foot in Xingyang?”

Peipei said, “The only way is to cooperate nicely with Shen Luoyan. Just now I went out by myself to see whether Kou Zhong would show himself to meet with me. And now we have confirmation that he has not come, I will notify Shen Luoyan about this matter. If they did come, you have to try to detain them here; wait for my return and then we’ll talk.”

Finished speaking, she went out of the room.

Now that the three people’s last hope was dashed, after putting everything in the room to its original condition, they quietly left.

Using the heavy snow as a cover, with Kou Zhong carrying Susu on his back, they swiftly traversed several buildings, and reached the large garden of Xu Shiji’s official residence.

After surveying the surroundings for a moment, Kou Zhong said, “According to Chen Laomou’s instruction, Xu Shiji’s office must be in one of the side rooms east and west of the main building. And Xingyang’s city blueprint ought to be there as well.”

Xu Ziling said, “That will be easy to find out. Let’s go!”

The three crossed the garden and headed toward the front courtyard.

By this time Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling’s experience was already very rich; they knew when to come and when to leave, hence they stopped and proceeded accordingly. After avoiding several servants and maids of the mansion, they arrived at Xu Shiji’s study, a room filled with scroll after scroll of documents.

Following Chen Laomou’s method, they searched around speedily, thumbing through the documents, and returned them to their original conditions so that not a trace of sign would be found that they have been manipulated.

The number of documents in the room exceeded a thousand scrolls, therefore, this task was time consuming and laborious.

The entire Xu mansion appeared to be deserted, it wasn’t clear whether all the martial art experts in the mansion were involved in the operation to hunt and arrest them.

The two boys focused their strength into their eyes, flipping over the left and uncovered the right in the dark, all the way until the first watch of the night [between 7-9pm] before finally Kou Zhong made a breakthrough.

The three huddled together, looking at a roll of drawings Kou Zhong spread over the table. Susu lighted an oil lamp on the table. Kou Zhong took off his outer garment to mask the lantern, so that the light would not leak out.

Xu Ziling turned to the third page from the bottom and called out happily, “This is it.”

It was the map of Xingyang City’s underground sewer system, the drawing was very detailed, and it was well-annotated.

Kou Zhong pointed to a sewer at the south of the city and said, “This sewer is connected to the moat, the width reaches five chi [reminder: 1 chi is approx. 1 foot or 1/3m] enough for us to pass through.”

Xu Ziling pointed to the intersection between the sewer and the city wall river and said, “There must be a drainage fence or some kind of barrier installed here at the mouth of the sewer; we must bring a saw or some other tool to break out.”

Kou Zhong laughed and said, “That’s easy, just leave it to me. Right now let me find the way first, you two hide in here, wait for me to come back.”

The three studied the map a bit longer. Susu dejectedly said, “I am not leaving! Such a long underwater passage, I will be suffocating to death.”

Kou Zhong giggled and said, “There is Xiao Zhong here, how can Jiejie have any problem? Last time Xiao Ling sucked Jiejie’s mouth, this time it’s my turn!”

Susu glowered at Kou Zhong, her pretty face turned red.

Xu Ziling admonished him, “Zhong Shao, how can you speak such frivolous words to Su Jie? Our sister-brother relation is clear and white; that time it was an emergency!”

Kou Zhong busily apologized to Susu. Sweeping his eyes around, he said, “You’d better hide inside that big wardrobe. I only need to take some of the contents out, it should have enough space for you to hide. Xiao Ling, use this opportunity to recuperate, Su Jie, try to get some sleep.”

By the time Xu Ziling awoke, Susu was still sleeping soundly in his bosom; her breathing was soft and even. He busily woke Susu up and whispered, “Someone’s coming!”

Susu woke up with a start and turned around to bury her face into his bosom; she did not even dare to take even a half of loud breathing.

The door was opened, Shen Luoyan’s voice was heard outside the wardrobe, “Shiji! Where is the city map?”

After a series of light rustling noise, there was a sound of a scroll being opened. Xu Shiji’s voice said, “We have searched the entire southern part of the city, still we can’t find those two kids. We must expand the scope, while at the same time sealed off the places we have searched, so that they cannot slip back in.”

Xu Ziling groaned inwardly.

Relying on his fantastic true qi, it shouldn’t be difficult to evade these two people’s eyes and ears. But Susu only knew punching and kicking skill; she did not know any first-class internal skill at all. When Shen and Xu, two people have calmed down, they would definitely be able to tell that there was something unusual inside the wardrobe.

Thinking to this point, he had a sudden inspiration; quickly he covered Susu’s lips and slowly transferred his true qi into her mouth. As expected, Susu’s external breathing stopped. A pure, based on internal-breathing qi flowed in and out; from external breathing turned into internal breathing.

Shen Luoyan and Xu Shiji discussed step-by-step method to search the entire city. While they were deciding on how to seal off the area, Shen Luoyan suddenly let out a tender cry; and then there was a sound of people kissing on the outside.

Shen Luoyan furiously said, “Don’t do that! I am not in the mood.”

Xu Shiji let out a cold snort and said, “Not in the mood? When did you ever be in the mood? How long has it been since we had some kind of intimacy?”

Displeased, Shen Louyan backed off, “When Miss is not in the mood, that means the Miss is not in the mood. Could it be that Xu Ye is having some regret?”

Xu Shiji’s tone softened somewhat. In an almost pleading tone he said, “Luoyan! You should know I am wholeheartedly devoted to you, don’t let any outsider affect out deep affection to each other!”

Inside the wardrobe, Susu snaked her hand around to lightly pinch Xu Ziling’s lower back, indicating that the ‘outsider’ who affected their relationship ought to be him.

Shen Luoyan’s voice turned icy-cold, “Don’t talk nonsense,” she said, “What outsider, insider? How can it involve any third person? You, Xu Ye, have always been very romantic, whether you have me, one person, or not, what does it have to do with you? You can be wholeheartedly devoted to me, I am afraid that was only a joke!”

From slightly ashamed, Xu Shiji flew into rage, “Originally I did not want to say this, I have been playing along according to the situation [orig. find a stage, put on a comedy], and you know it. Why do you settle the score only now?”

After a short pause, he continued, “Ever since you came across that guy Ba Fenghan, his sweet speech and honeyed words swept you off your feet, so that you roamed around together with him all day long. Upon returning, you suddenly changed. Even Duke Mi asked me about you. Tell me, what should I tell Duke Mi?”

This time it was Xu Ziling’s turn inside the wardrobe to feel awkward, but he was also greatly disgusted. Turned out Shen Luoyan came across Ba Fenghan, and perhaps they even went to bed together, otherwise Xu Shiji would not be that jealous.

On the other hand, Susu was greatly surprised, because when she thought that Xu Ziling was killed, her demeanor changed, how could now suddenly Ba Fenghan come into the picture?

She heard Shen Luoyan furiously said, “Your affair, I do not give a damn; my affair, I don’t need you to care.”

Xu Shiji softened up; he sighed and said, “Not only Ba Fenghan is a foreigner, this time he came to the Central Plains, it is clearly to stir up the wind and the rain. Ever since he made a name in that sword duel, he has already defeated more than a dozen renowned masters in various regions. Pulling up a relationship with someone like him won’t give us the slightest bit of advantage.”

Shen Luoyan was silent for half a day; suddenly she said, “Right now I am only thinking of how to get the roster back; if we let it falls into the government’s hands, the repercussion is simply unthinkable! Let’s go quickly.”

Only after the two people left that Xu Ziling and Susu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Susu’s raised her pretty face, with her breathing as fragrant as the orchid she said, “Xu Shiji’s fear is misplaced!”

Xu Ziling let out a wry smile and said, “It’s because Jiejie has not seen Ba Fenghan that you said so. Not only this man has superior martial art skill, his appearance exudes a very breathtaking charm. All he has to do was to make an appearance, and automatically everybody’s eyes were drawn to him. Compared to him, I am really far too inferior.”

Susu was displeased, “I don’t believe you,” she said, “It’s just because you and Xiao Zhong are still young. But in time, Jiejie don’t believe there are people who will overshadow your radiance. You just don’t know it yet! In fact, every day you are still changing. Most of all, each one of you has your unique personality traits, even Jiejie’s heart is being moved by you!”

Although the two of them were in such a close, intimate situation, there was no amorous thought in their hearts, only pure love between sister and brother.

Embarrassed, Xu Ziling said, “Jiejie must not laugh at me, how about getting some more sleep?”

Susu yielded; she nodded, and then like a docile little lamb she obediently buried herself in his bosom and closed her beautiful eyes, and fell asleep.

With Susu’s alluring tender body in his embrace, myriads of thoughts were surging in Xu Ziling’s mind. All of a sudden he was overwhelmed with the feeling that he was completely at a loss.

The first thing he had to consider was not how to deal with Yuwen Huaji to avenge Fu Junchuo, but rather how to arrange a place for the good Jiejie in his bosom to settle down.

The problem was that all along the two boys were unclear on the relationship between Li Jing and Susu.

Even if they found Li Jing, they might only make things worse.

It was the time when the soldiers mutinied and the troops rebelled, they would not feel at ease leaving Susu just anywhere.

On the other hand, taking her along would also be extremely dangerous to her, considering the two boys have become the target of a multitude of arrows.

While he was racking his brains until his head felt bloated, Kou Zhong came back.

By this moment the sky has brightened. Kou Zhong slipped into the wardrobe and dejectedly said, “This time we are doomed; turns out when the sewer reaches the exit, it is divided into a dozen passages so small that even a dog cannot pass through. We are wasting our effort, and have been rejoicing in vain.”

“Did you go down to check it?” Susu asked.

Kou Zhong nodded, “Of course I did,” he said, “I had just stolen another set of clothes to change. Ay!”

“No wonder you smell different!” Xu Ziling remarked.

Kou Zhong said, “While I was out, I also checked the situation of the city defense. There are Wagang Army troops everywhere, the city does not lack elevated lookout posts; leaving the city is merely lunatic ravings. Hey! Xiao Ling, are you better now?”

“Three more days before I am fully recovered,” Xu Ziling replied. And then he said, “I have an idea.”

“You are really smart,” Kou Zhong said in amazement, “I have already exhausted my brains. Speak up quickly, let us hear it.”

“It’s that roster,” Xu Ziling replied, “For Wagang Army, this roster is a lot more important than some ‘Duke Yang Treasure Trove’. We can use it as our bargaining chip. What do you say?”

Kou Zhong pondered silently for half a day; finally he nodded his agreement and said, “Certainly it’s the only way out in the middle of no way out. However, it would be best if we wait till you are fully recovered before going out to strike a deal with Shen Poniang, that way we will have a bit more assurance.”

Xu Ziling shrugged his shoulders, “We are not going to fight,” he said, “A bit sooner or a bit later won’t make much difference. But according to the news we just heard, this morning Shen Luoyan may begin searching this area. If we strike the deal after we are found out, it won’t have as much value.”

“All right!” Kou Zhong said, “I’ll go find Shen Poniang then!”

Susu pulled him back, “Xiao Zhong!” she called, “Jiejie is very scared!”

Kou Zhong planted a light kiss on her cheek; he said with a giggle, “Jiejie, set your heart at ease! Whoever wants to deal with us, Yangzhou’s Two Dragons, must bag the food they can’t finish and take it away [Not sure about this, must be some idiom].”

And then it was Xu Ziling’s turn to pull him back, and without missing a word, he told him everything he heard from Shen Luoyan and Xu Shiji’s discussion about the hunt and arrest operation.

“Thank Heaven and thank the Earth!” Kou Zhong happily said, “This time they can forget of standing by my side at all!”

It was only then did he really leave.

[Laoren]

First!!! thanks foxs

[SkyWalker]

Thanks foxs.

I hope they strike a deal with SLY and get the hell out of this place. And I really hope SLY will leave with them. If not, this may be the last we see of her.

[Jayariyin]

Thanks, foxs.

[Anh Nam]

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[徐中銳]

Both in internal and external skills, Shi Long had already reached first-class master level

Wanting to grasp the details better, I started to reread from the beginning... As we can surmise from the above of Book 1 - Chapter 1, Secret to Long Life has been super for our 2 heroes' internal skills' cultivation. But their external skills are indeed not quite yet « first-class master level » ?

And having reread carefully up to the point where they'd stolen the sacred manual, impatiently, I went forwards to reading where they made their initial breakthrough in training... Perhaps I'll quote from that next time

[akolaw]

Shi Long is of course first class master, He is well known in a big city, fight his way up and found his own school and get the long life manual, but how did he compare to Yuman, the emperor's guard, well known in the country, from an high family and accomplished high level of family martial art, Shi loss badly.

When Grand Master Fu send his disciple to China to assassinate the emperor, she is of course a first class fighter, but how did she compare with her master,

So first tier fighter is beyond first class, they are grand master and big boss, you can say only one in the whole Korea, and several in China type, Da Tang cover the known world of that era, which include China and other countries, and Turks and other tribes, and there are first tier artists there as well, but they are as rare as one in every region.

Second tier artist are main characters, since they are the one that stand in the front, lot of them show up already and many more to come, as we are not 10% of the story yet.

[HPC7595]

Thanks foxs

[chualot]

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[徐中銳]

Niang came all the way from Gaoli this time with bad intentions, my mission was to assassinate Yang Guang so that he can’t send troops to Gaoli in the future

Well, if Fu Cailin is the central mastermind of her « mission » then we can expect more from...

Truly, I seldom conjecture far into how fictional characters ranks in martial prowess. Because it's all in the (writing) hands of the author, especially as to who wins or loses any encounter. Think how Shangguan Jinhong ranked higher than Li Xunhuan

[r_aribawono]

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[Komeng]

Thanks, foxs

[foxs]

Laoren, LOL, no fair, no competition here ... Sky, looks like there is another candidate for Kou Zhong. Jaya, Anh, HPC, Chua, Ari, Komeng, you are welcome. Xu Xiong, Akolaw, interesting discussion. I agree with you guys, it is so easy for the author (i.e. Huang Yi) to use the term 'first-class martial art masters' that we don't know exactly which ones are really first-class, which ones are really just 'better than average'. I would put Fu Junchuo in the same league as Yuwen Huaji and Du Fuwei, but the other so-called 'first-class masters' [e.g. Yuwen Wudi] are still below them. And then there's Shen Luoyan's level, which is approximately the same as the other gang leaders. I also agree that Fu Cailin, Ning Daoqi and Bi Xuan are off the chart. New chapter, new female character.

EDIT: Xu Xiong, I got your pm, but when I tried to reply, spcnet blocked me. Just want to let you know.

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Book 5 Chapter 6 – Vying for the book

Snowy evening. Like a bolt of lightning Kou Zhong flitted passed several buildings, and in short time he already ascertained that Shen Luoyan was not at home.

Although just like other people, with all her power and influence Shen Luoyan also wanted to hunt and arrest them, Kou Zhong had always felt that this pretty Junshi [military counselor] had some kind of subtle connection with them, that she was one with whom he could talk to.

To Shen Luoyan, this book represented the entire strength distribution and intelligence network of the Wagang Army, its importance was indeed incomparable. Moreover, the book was lost while in her possession, naturally she would be held responsible. Therefore, in this business deal, he had no worries that she would not yield.

Question is: how to contact her?

Shen Luoyan’s private chamber was pitch-black, the inner courtyard of her mansion was also devoid of any guard reinforcements.

Although Kou Zhong felt as if he was entering a no-man’s land, his heart was actually full of disappointment and sense of loss.

After waiting painstakingly for a long time, he still did not see Shen Luoyan came back. Without any other choice, he was thinking of returning to Xu Ziling to discuss this matter further.

As he leaped over a high wall and landed on the roof of another house nearby, an alarm suddenly went off in his heart.

Kou Zhong was very astute; quickly he changed direction and traversed sideways. Who would have thought that his left ankle suddenly tightened? Something like a rope wound itself tightly around his ankle.

Kou Zhong was shocked. He wanted to use the fastest and quickest way to pull the broadsword from his back, but then suddenly remembered that he had thrown his broadsword away in his effort to save Xu Ziling. While his hand was grabbing an empty air, he was pulled back that he rolled over the roof tile and fell. A thin stream of finger wind attacked him, threatening the vital acupoint on his back.

In this critical situation, Kou Zhong remained calm; exerting his true qi, he sent out both palms backward to strike the enemy.

The opponent did not expect Kou Zhong to be this outstanding; he swiftly retreated to the end of the narrow alley to evade the wind from Kou Zhong’s palms.

‘Bang!’ Kou Zhong’s back landed on the ground. He was going to spring back up when a stream of strange energy flowed out from the rope binding his foot and penetrated his body, and in an instant permeated the meridians in his entire body.

Kou Zhong’s sturdy body was severely shaken, immediately his hands and feet went numb, and he fell back to the ground.

A shadow flitted over; the shadow’s right foot gingerly stepped on the right side of the small of Kou Zhong’s back.

Kou Zhong immediately felt severe pain that his waist felt like it was about to burst; but the true qi in his body quickly reacted, from his tianling [at the top of one’s head] acupoint it burst forth downward; not only it neutralized the numbness of his limbs, it also blocked the stream of energy from the tip of the opponent’s foot entering his lower back.

Kou Zhong was about to strike back when that person bent down and reached out to brush the pit of Kou Zhong’s stomach.

It was only then did Kou Zhong see that the opponent was wearing night-walker outfit, complete with head covering, revealing only his eyes and mouth and nose.

Kou Zhong inwardly called, ‘Come closer!’ Unleashing the ‘Meridian Severing Technique’ taught by Tu Shufang, his fingertips brushed over the opponent’s wrist first, and then using the qinna technique he grabbed him.

That person obviously did not expect Kou Zhong still had the ability to fight back; his body went weak and he fell into Kou Zhong’s embrace.

Kou Zhong did not dare to hesitate; taking advantage while that person was still unable to defuse the stream of qi from Kou Zhong’s fingertips that was blocking his channels, he rolled over and pressed the opponent against the ground.

Unexpectedly that person let out a tender grunt as his four limbs were entangled by Kou Zhong that he was unable to move a single step.

Kou Zhong was very proud of himself, thinking that this ‘he’ was unexpectedly a ‘she’, as he groped around and discovered that she was very well developed. After retracting his right hand that locked the vital acupoint on her backbone, he peeled off her head covering.

‘Ah!’ immediately both people cried out at the same time.

Like a cloud her beautiful black hair cascaded down on the snow-covered ground of the small alley. Under the dim light reflected by the snow, her eyes twinkled in the dark like a pair of precious stones. To his surprise, she was none other than Song Yuzhi, whose beauty was brimming with masculine air.

Kou Zhong was stunned. “So it’s you!” he said.

Not only Song Yuzhi was not shy at all, she spoke in cold manner, “Let us make a business deal!”

Kou Zhong was tempted to take a little bit of advantage on her; for instance, kissing her fragrant lips or something like that, to see whether she would remain this aloof. However, he was intimidated by her cool-headedness, and in turn did not dare to offend her. Giggling, he said, “If you want to use your body to make a deal, you can spare the haggling, because I, Kou Ye [master], will not be coerced by female charm trick. Ha! Turns out the thing wrapping around your Shaoye’s big foot was the beauty’s flexible whip. Very formidable. Do you usually keep it wrapped around your tiny waist?”

Recalling that she was the Clan Leader of the Song Clan ‘Heavenly Saber’ Song Que’s daughter, whose status and honor incomparable, yet he had given her body an ‘all-around’ groping, he could not restrain a burst of excitement from rising up.

Song Yuzhi’s black eyebrows frowned slightly; she sighed and said, “Don’t be too complacent! Your skill is still not enough to defeat me, it’s just that I underestimated the enemy, and was unable to gauge your foundation, hence I committed a blunder, that’s all! If you speak frivolously again, or do more improper things to me, unless you kill me afterwards, I will make sure that you will face endless disaster.”

Kou Zhong asked in surprise, “You are encouraging me to continue pressing your alluring body? To a lady of a large, influential family with high status like you, the fact that a guy from a poor and humble family that is not even worth mentioning has taken advantage of you, should give you enough reason to commit suicide!”

Song Yuzhi nonchalantly replied, “Since you already pressed me down, so what if you want to press me down half a day longer? All right! Are you ready to talk business?”

Kou Zhong reached out to press her Jianjing [lit. shoulder well] acupoint; he smiled and said, “Beauty really know how to put an act. Turns out very soon you’ll unseal the locked acupoints, therefore, you deliberately talked to me like that to swindle me. Hee ... hee … I am off!”

Song Yuzhi’s eyes gleamed; she softly said, “Don’t go. If you go, who’ll shelter me from the rain and the snow?”

For the first time Kou Zhong felt that this beauty with unique charm was unfathomable. Although he appeared to gain the upper hand, the initiative actually lay in the opponent’s hands.

Song Yuzhi continued, “You ought to know that I did not mean to hurt you. Based on this fact, can we make a deal now? Aren’t you looking for Shen Luoyan to make a deal?”

Kou Zhong forced a smile and said, “You have seen through me; just consider me afraid you! Is Song Shidao your esteemed older brother? You must be aware that he and I have friendship relation, hence the reason I did not really dare to touch you.”

Song Yuzhi indifferently replied, “You are people whom ‘the streets know the alleys heard about’, no one is unaware of your matter. Were it not for as early as three months ago I learned about your ability from my Dage [eldest brother], but underestimated your progress, tonight I would not have underestimated the enemy and suffered your frivolous treatment. But my intuition was correct, you are not a despicable man. Ao! How could you …”

Kou Zhong rolled away and sat up; he awkwardly said, “It was a natural reaction of a normal man. Miss Song, please forgive me.”

Song Yuzhi immediately burst her acupoints open. Raising her tender body, she said with slight anger, “Seeing you were unintentional, I let you off this time! But you must forget this matter; if I find out that you ever mention this to anybody, I will definitely take your little life.” Finished speaking, she bent down to untie the whip rope on his ankle.

Looking at her loose beautiful hair, Kou Zhong felt a bit unsure about their relationship; he sounded her out by asking, “Just now you were attacking me viciously, why suddenly become this considerate and kind to me?”

Song Yuzhi wrapped the entire five zhang of flexible whip around her waist; she said coldly, “Who’s considerate and kind to you? I never said that I wouldn’t fight with you. It’s just that seeing your natural character is simple and good, I am a bit more polite to you. That’s all!”

After staring blankly for half a day, Kou Zhong scratched his head and said, “I really don’t understand you.”

Song Yuzhi moved her tender body slightly farther away from him; with her beautiful eyes, which pupils looked very black against the white eyeballs, she stared at him and said calmly, “Who needs to be understood by you? Just listen carefully: under the current situation, sooner or later you will be caught by Wagang Army. Don’t think that I simply said frightening words to scare you, Shen Luoyan already sent express report to Li Mi, asking him to dispatch Zheng Zong back to participate in this hunt and arrest operation. This man’s nickname is ‘Flying Feather’, an expert in tracking and pursuing people; he raises birds with the sole purpose of tracking people. As soon as he is here, you won’t have a place to hide.”

Kou Zhong was greatly surprised; while at the same time realized the reason Shen Luoyan dared to make a bet that she would be able to catch them three times at the mouth of the river was because this man was working for her in secret.

He giggled and said, “Don’t stare at me like that! Look, we met in such a strange situation. This is a narrow alley, and it is snowing heavily, plus it is hard to say whether we are friend or foe, yet you want to make a deal? Ha! Very funny!”

Song Yuzhi showed a thoughtful look, but then she looked annoyed as she said, “Are you saying that I am lying to you to scare you?”

Kou Zhong leaned forward slightly; his tiger-eyes shot a scary gleam as he looked deep into her eyes and said, “Until now you are still looking down on me. Humph! We two brothers have never needed anybody to pity us. You want Shen Luoyan’s roster? If you have the ability, come to steal or to rob it from us! I, Kou Zhong, have no interest in making any deal with anybody.”

Finished speaking, he straightened up and stood tall, brushed away the snow from his body, smiled slightly, and turned away to leave.

Song Yuzhi also suddenly stood up and said coldly, “Don’t go!”

Kou Zhong looked at the especially long whip around her waist, he humphed and said, “I know your magic weapon already, if you want to try it again, it won’t be effective!”

Song Yuzhi loftily said, “You think what kind of people are our Song Family? Since I failed to capture you, would I shamelessly try for the second time? If you don’t want to leave this city, then get lost as far as you can, and don’t let me come across you again, because by that time, it would be to late to regret.”

Kou Zhong was not the least bit angry; still giggling, he said, “Beauty, please calm down. Since you already have this kind of good intention, as long as you do not cover my book, or that Duke Yang Treasure that your Shaoye does not even know where, everything else can be discussed nicely.”

Song Yuzhi crossly said, “What do you think you are? Do you think for no reason I am going to offend Wagang Army just to help you? Besides, very soon you can’t even guarantee your little lives, yet you are still holding on to the book that has no usefulness to you whatsoever.”

Kou Zhong laughed aloud and floated away.

Song Yuzhi stomped her feet in anger, but she was totally at a loss on how to deal with him.

In Xu Shiji’s study room, Susu and Xu Ziling listened to Kou Zhong narrated his encounter with Song Yuzhi. The former anxiously said, “How are we going to deal with it? Speaking about tracking and pursuing skill, within the Wagang Army the ‘Flying Feather’ Zheng Zong undoubtedly occupies the first spot. Even if we manage to escape from the city, sooner or later he will overtake us.”

Xu Ziling shrugged his shoulders and said, “We have already encountered him. His most formidable weapon is that magic bird. We are not afraid of him.”

“Don’t be complacent like that, all right?” Susu reproached him.

Kou Zhong was deep in thought for half a day. Suddenly he laughed and said, “It would be best if we swagger out, then look at Shen Luoyan’s face!”

Xu Ziling shook his head, “That will diminish Shen Luoyan’s standing too much. Furthermore, her worst fear is that the content would leak out; she would rather destroy it.”

With head hanging down, Susu said, “If you don’t have Jiejie as your burden, right now you won’t have such a headache.”

The two boys promptly spoke comforting words to her.

Xu Ziling scratched his head and said, “With a thousand ways, a hundred plans we are trying to find a way, but most are unrealistic. Why don’t we try just charging our way out of the city? As long as one of us can get out, we can haggle over the price with Shen Luoyan.”

Hearing this, Kou Zhong’s heart was greatly moved. “How’s your lower abdomen injury?” he asked.

Xu Ziling lowered his voice, “If I tell you, you won’t believe it, but I feel even better than before.”

[HPC7595]

Thanks foxs

[LuDongBin]

... as long as you do not cover my book .....

Were you trying to type covert?

Thanks foxs. I am losing track of the names of all these beautiful ladies.

[Jayariyin]

Thanks, foxs.

[SkyWalker]

Thanks fox.

Disappointed that KZ didn't find SLY. Not feeling this Song girl. She looks kinda spoiled.