bookandnovel #653 - Human bait
#653 - Human bait
Hearing Chen Yuanye's vivid and dramatic description, as if he had been at the scene himself, Lin Yu merely nodded nonchalantly.
"I see. So it's just a martial arts master who was killed."
"What's so special about his corpse that requires a镖局 (biāo jú, security service of pre-modern China) to escort it two years later?"
As Lin Yu spoke, Chen Yuanye opened his mouth again.
"That's where you're wrong… Back then, Xie Chong's corpse was picked up and taken away by five martial arts schools, supposedly to avenge him and reduce the demon to ashes."
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Lin Yu shook her head proudly.
"I didn't feel anything."
"In martial arts, you have to rely on yourself wherever you go. Isn't the technique you already know enough to practice?" Lin Yu looked at Chen Yuanye with some disdain. "Relying on a corpse to reach the Grandmaster realm… it's better not to be such a Grandmaster."
"Moreover, it's the corpse of a demon—if Xie Chong really relied on killing his fellow disciples and弑师 (shì shī, patricide) to improve his kung fu by leaps and bounds, does Senior Brother Chen Yuanye want to follow his example?!"
At the end, Lin Yu was almost reprimanding Chen Yuanye.
Chen Yuanye's face turned red again, and he felt a little ashamed: "Junior Sister is right… I was really led astray by these Jianghu legends."
However, Chen Yuanye quickly adjusted his mentality, looked at Lin Yu, and a look of relief appeared on his face.
"Junior Sister, no matter what… it's really fortunate that Mingzhen has you."
"I am very grateful to you for coming to save me this time, Senior Brother!"
Lin Yu looked at Chen Yuanye: "Let's talk about these things later… It doesn't matter how Xie Chong's corpse is."
"The top priority is to solve the anomaly of this Chen Family Fortress," Lin Yu said in a deep voice. "Senior Brother Chen, how much of your skill can you still use?"
"Half of it is left," Chen Yuanye said in a low voice. "Actually, the hidden injuries on my body have already healed a lot, but in the process of recuperating here, I found that I was poisoned by some kind of strange poison. As long as I exercise, those toxins will spread in my meridians and body, causing me great pain…"
"Poison?"
Lin Yu narrowed her eyes.
"Yes, poison. This is also the main reason why I dare not act here. I don't know when I was infected with this poison," Chen Yuanye sighed, trying to support himself with the spear and standing up tremblingly. "But Junior Sister, you are right, I can't lose the face of Mingzhen Martial Arts School anymore."
"Chen Family Fortress is my hometown, whether it's demons or something else causing trouble here… I must not spare him."
Lin Yu looked at the revitalized Chen Yuanye and nodded.
"That's what a martial artist of our generation should be like," Lin Yu said, and then asked, "Moreover, the镖局 (biāo jú, security service of pre-modern China) is transporting Xie Chong's corpse. Although it has nothing to do with the Chen Family Fortress anomaly, we may be able to use this."
As Lin Yu spoke, Chen Yuanye frowned.
"Use it? How to use it?"
"The aura of this corpse is already extremely attractive to demons, and it also hides secrets that make martial artists all over the world yearn for it, which means that no matter if it is a human or a demon, they will definitely not let go of this opportunity," Lin Yu said in a low voice. "The most troublesome thing about all this weirdness is that it hides in the dark and refuses to show up, so the best way is to lure it out."
"And now, we already have the most tempting bait."
As Lin Yu spoke, Chen Yuanye carefully looked at this "Junior Sister" whom he was meeting for the first time, and said in disbelief.
"Junior Sister… you really have great courage."
"I have been away from the martial arts school for too long. I didn't even know that the school had produced a genius like you with such an amazing temperament and talent."
Lin Yu raised her eyebrows: "I can't be called a genius—let's go, Senior Brother, do you want me to carry you if you can't walk?"
Chen Yuanye shook his head: "It's okay, I just have hidden injuries and poisoning, I'm not a cripple."
With that, Chen Yuanye picked up the spear and walked slowly to the water's edge.
Then…
Chen Yuanye took a deep breath, then tapped his toes, and the whole person floated out like a green leaf!
The water surface was full of steam and the stone surface was slippery, but Chen Yuanye seemed to be completely unaware. He tapped his toes again, and then landed on the second stone.
His speed was very fast and getting faster and faster. The whole person skimmed across the water like an osprey, and soon came directly below the entrance where Lin Yu had fallen.
Lin Yu also followed closely, watching Chen Yuanye's agile skills, and couldn't help but sigh.
"This Chen Yuanye really has some skills. Staying below and not daring to come out is mostly because he was scared out of his wits."
He had stayed below for a whole year, and he still had hidden injuries and toxins that had not been removed, but his lightness skill was still so outstanding!
Looking up at the sky light shining down from above, Chen Yuanye took a deep breath and jumped up directly!
"Boom!"
Chen Yuanye jumped high.
The distance was at least three zhang (丈, a Chinese unit of length, approximately 3.3 meters) high, which Chen Yuanye could easily jump onto!
After he jumped up, the dazzling light made Chen Yuanye, who had almost degenerated into a cave dweller, couldn't help but squint.
"Finally… I'm out again!"
However, compared to being blinded by the eyes and the surrounding heat, Chen Yuanye had other more obvious feelings.
"Hiss… it hurts so much!"
The meridians all over his body seemed to be gnawed by tiny insects, instantly causing Chen Yuanye's forehead to be covered with sweat.
At the same time, he also noticed that there were three very vigilant men around.
"Who are you?!"
"Where is the female侠 (xiá, chivalrous hero)?!"
Chen Yuanye was also facing a formidable enemy. Seeing these strange faces appearing in his home, he immediately held the spear in front of him.
"Who are you people?"
While the two sides were confronting each other, Lin Yu's voice came.
"镖头 (biāo tóu, chief of security service) Yue Zhenqiao, Senior Brother Chen Yuanye, stop."
"They are all on our side."
Lin Yu, who came up from the cave, said helplessly, and the two sides put away their vigilance.
When Yue Zhenqiao heard Lin Yu say this, he looked up and down at Chen Yuanye and said, "Is this 断门枪 (Duàn Mén Qiāng, name of Chen Yuanye) Chen Yuanye?"
"Are you镖头 (biāo tóu, chief of security service) Yue of Jinfu镖局 (biāo jú, security service of pre-modern China) and the closed-door disciple of Master Hu of Shiling Martial Arts School?"
After the two exchanged names, they clasped their fists at the same time.
"I've admired you for a long time! Hero Chen has good skills!"
"Seeing you is better than hearing about you,镖头 (biāo tóu, chief of security service) Yue is indeed extraordinary!"
Lin Yu couldn't help but sigh as she watched the two people greeting each other.
"So, you two have heard of each other?"
"Even if you know each other, don't praise each other. We are in a hurry now. We don't have time for you two to talk about etiquette here!"