Episode 15 : Concubine Ying the Water Fairy - Chapter 3

Xianjing Wang gave Jinshui, Huang Yu, and Xu Qiao the best horses to advance to the Jianyin Bang headquarters in Wuzhang City. While the others remained with Shuiyao in the entourage, and they would catch up soon.

Huang Yu was the first to find the mark left by Xiaoshan and Xiaohu in the first town they passed, quickly finding the two loyal servants waiting outside the city. Xiaoshan and Xiaohu said they managed to find both Zhong Shaoyan and Han Budian, and conveyed Huang Yu's message asking them to join Xianjing Wang's entourage for safety.

But it turned out that Zhong Shaoyan had received news from his followers that his master Liangtian Jian Shen Zhang Zheliang was on his way to the Jianyin Bang headquarters as arranged by Xianjing Wang. Zhong Shaoyan did not want to postpone the meeting with his master who had been thought to be dead for a long time, not even with his currently seriously injured condition. Xiaoshan and Xiaohu were forced to leave them and headed back to report to Huang Yu.

"Did you two also meet Lin Jixuan?" Huang Yu asked. "He should also be on his way to Wuzhang City with Zhou Guniang and Yue Shaoxia."

"No," replied Xiaoshan, "we can go find them."

"No need now," replied Huang Yu, "we have to head to Wuzhang City immediately, perhaps we will find them on the way."

Jinshui asked Xu Qiao to give her horse to Xiaoshan and Xiaohu, then rode with him until they arrived at the next residential area and bought two new horses. Along the way they still saw some people from the martial world, some had just returned from Yiling District and recognized them.

Several arrowheads were shot beside them while slowing the horse's run into a deep forest, one of which almost hit Xiaoshan's leg. The servant quickly jumped from the back of the horse, and grabbed her weapon to deflect the next arrow attack, at the same time her sister also jumped and immediately returned the arrowhead to its source using the sword scabbard.

Jinshui and Huang Yu pulled the reins of their horses, stopping and deflecting the animals, facing the direction of the attack. Xiaoshan and Xiaohu had already descended and confronted the attacker in front of their master.

A taoist priest dressed too cleanly and neatly came from the direction of the attack, followed by a man in rough clothes. The taoist priest had a clean face and a short beard that looked well-groomed, but in his hand, he held a slightly worn-out horsetail whisk. His friend who wore rough clothes had a dark face and rough skin, in his hand there was some kind of specially made device designated to shoot arrowheads. It was clear that the attack earlier came from that device.

"Attacking from behind is not an act of chivalry," Huang Yu said. "May I know the names of the two of you and from which sect?"

"If we really want to kill, you won't have a chance to talk to me," the rough man replied, his way of speaking also sounded like he was not educated. "Even though we know you are the descendants of a heretic sect, but I Peng Yang will also not act cowardly, using this special weapon of mine to attack from behind."

"Wuqi Shizhe (Weapons Ambassador) Peng Yang, the leader of the association of blacksmiths and weapon-makers in the seven provinces," Huang Yu recognized the rough man, he immediately got off his horse and clasped hands. "It's been a long time hearing your name, although you are still young but already famous as the best weapon maker. Today has seen it myself, I Huang Yu really amazed."

"Apparently you know who I am," Peng Yang said, looking even more alert after being recognized.

"This daoshi (Taoist Priest) must be your good friend, Shixiu Daozhang, the young master of Zhengyi Dao of Longhu Shan," Huang Yu said again, addressing the taoist priest. "I've heard your names many times, today to meet is an honor."

"Are you Huang Yu, Huang Gongzi, the son of Huang Weiqun of Hailang Biaoju?" the taoist priest asked, his tone still muffled. This taoist priest didn't feel the need to introduce himself as Huang Yu already mentioned his name and origin correctly.

"Yes," Huang Yu didn't deny.

"Two days ago someone saw you abduct the daughter Banye Xiake Lin Tongtian, Lin Guniang, from the house rented by the Lin Family, is this true?" ask Shixiu again.

"I did not abduct anyone," said Huang Yu.

"You're one of the descendants of the heretic Yumen Sect, abducting girls isn't anything new," Peng Yang said, his voice rising slightly. "Hua Jinshui had also abducted the Xu Family's daughter from Anhui, this is known to the whole world. You also do the same, really can't be allowed. Tell me where are you taking that girl."

"I did not abduct anyone," said Huang Yu again. "Do you think the descendants of Yumen have nothing better to do than abducting girls?"

"Anyone knows that your sect like to sacrifice girls to practice your manual." Shixiu Daozhang had already attacked Huang Yu, the weapon in his hand aimed directly at the Chailang descendant, either just wanting to test or really trying to catch him first and get information later.

"Daoshi, please don't be careless," Xiaohu said, she and Xiaoshan suddenly pulled the taoist priest, holding his shoulders with the flow of internal energy. The movements of the two servants were so calm, it was like catching a little thief. Even though the taoist priest just now performed a pretty dangerous movement.

"We can break both of your arms at once, but it will make our ershaoye unhappy," Xiaoshan also said.

At the same time, Jinshui also moved swiftly to the side of the weapon master Peng Yang, touching the special device in his hand before being used to release the next arrowhead. Jinshui's movements were so agile, it surprised the weapon master because he didn't expect a group of youths to have such abilities.

"Daoshi please don't be angry." Huang Yu said. "Zaixia really didn't abduct anyone. Can you tell us what really happened?"

Shixiu Daozhang realized the two women holding him could break his arm easily, but they just held back without hurting him, and Huang Yu still spoke politely to him. Peng Yang knew that Jinshui could have used his sword to at least sever his hand and retrieve the special device that was there, but Jinshui just casually resisted him. The two of them moved their fingers the same way to signal, but the receiver of the signal wasn't clear.

"We came to Yiling District to see who the eight Yumen descendants who were said to be gathering at Yongshi Bei on the fifteenth were. But we came a long way, and we didn't arrive in time. Everyone had left that day," Shixiu said. "Just now we were here, recognizing the heirloom demon sword, xuanlong jian, so we suspect that you are some of the descendants. Are you really Hua Jinshui?"

Jinshui let go of Peng Yang, then folded his hands toward the taoist priest. "Yes, I am Hua Jinshui, the primary descendant of Yumen."

"Xiaohu, Xiaoshan, let the man go," Huang Yu said to his two servants. The two girls let go of their grip and immediately retreated, guarding Xu Qiao's sides.

"Just now you had the chance to kill us, or at least injure us, but you didn't do it," Shixiu said, "my experience in the martial world is still low, but I can still see quite clearly. It is said that if high-skilled members of the demonic sect got a direct attack, they would retaliate immediately by slaughtering people. But seeing that you didn't do so, pintao is forced to admit my admiration."

Jinshui smiled, and glanced around, knowing that the taoist priest and the weapon master didn't come alone, among the trees there were already dozens of people, possibly their comrades, and they had their weapons ready.

If just now Jinshui and the others had attacked or injured the taoist priest or his friend, a bigger fight would break it would be difficult to escape after. But Jinshui just now, as well as Xiaoshan and Xiaohu, had all acted cautiously only, making Shixiu and Peng Yang at the same time signal to their friends not to attack.

"We Yumen descendants will not repeat the sect past reputation," Jinshui said, "I hope the two of you are also not hostile or think that we from the heretic sect need to be exterminated."

"My master ordered me to come to Yiling District fulfilled Yuan Wancui, Yuan Zhangmen's invitation to take action against the descendants of Yumen," said Shixiu, "but enshi (noble teacher) also gave orders to try to settle peacefully, not to cause new disputes in the martial world."

"Yumen in the past committed atrocities a lot, but I have also received a special message from Meng Zhuangzhu, the leader of the Dayue Mansion, to give the descendant a chance," continued Peng Yang. "Because the threat from Liu Songqiao and his sect is still there, and only Yumen Jiao can face them."

"Dayue Mansion can be said to be the leader of the martial world in this era," Jinshui said, "it turns out that the news about us eight descendants had reached Meng Zhuangzhu."

"Daoshi said that someone saw me abduct Lin Daren's daughter," Huang Yu said, "I just arrived here, and was on our way from Yiling District to Wuzhang City to help a friend, abducting Miss Lin is the work of someone else."

"Two days ago someone brought Lin Daren's daughter here, a young man, claiming to be Huang Weiqun's son from Hailang Biaoju," said the Taoist priest as well. "And you claimed to be the son of Huang Family just now."

"Ah," replied Huang Yu, "did this young man abduct the girl alone, or he was with a rather lunatic girl, and two middle-aged men, one was tall, the other was skinny, both of whom liked wearing wide hats and didn't like people looking at their faces?"

"How did you know?" asked Peng Yang.

"If I'm not mistaken, Young Master Lin said that his father Lin Tongtian shuts himself off from the world in order to practice his beifeng qi every eight months," Huang Yu said again. "At this time if someone abducted her daughter, he couldn't get in the way. Daoshi, Peng Dage, the one who abducted Lin Guniang, if I'm not mistaken, is in fact my elder brother, Huang Zhe."

"Your brother?" asked Shixiu.

"Anyone knows Huang Weiqun from Hailang Biaoju has two sons," said Huang Yu. "I am the second son, while my brother has recently been with a girl who is a bit lunatic, also becoming the disciple of two traitors."

"Then it's wrong to accuse Huang Gongzi," said Peng Yang. "But this Miss Lin is in the hands of her abducter, her situation is also not very good, we hope that Huang Gongzi can meet your brother and ask him to release Miss Lin."

"I'll try," Huang Yu said, then thanked the information provided, letting Shixiu Daozhang and Peng Yang and their men leave.

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Shixiu Daozhang and Peng Yang's statement that Lin Xiaoyan had been abducted by Huang Zhe worried Huang Yu. He still remembered that Lin Xiaoyan had helped him when he was caught by Lin Tongtian a while ago, gave him medicine, and even asked him to use her as a hostage in order to escape. This debt had not been repaid, Huang Yu certainly didn't want anything to happen to Lin Xiaoyan.

"Huang Erge, what did your brother abduct Lin Guniang for?" asked Xu Qiao.

"Lin Guniang is Lin Dabo's beloved daughter," said Huang Yu. "Lin Dabo is currently shutting himself off in order to practice his manual. If he hears that his beloved daughter has been abducted, the result could be harmful to him."

"What did Huang Zhe harm Lin Tongtian for?" asked Jinshui.

"I don't know," replied Huang Yu. "My brother is a wicked man, I really couldn't tell what kind of rotten idea he has in mind."

They continued their journey and still had time to spend the night in an inn and rented the two best rooms for the night. Huang Yu said that although they wanted to help people, they also needed to rest and it was impossible to travel day and night continuously.

One room was for Huang Yu and his two servants, while Jinshui and Xu Qiao occupied the second one. The Yumen descendants always said that members of their sect did not care much about the rule and custom norms of the Han people at that time, and Xu Qiao had adjusted to their way. Ever since Mangren Gong, Jinshui had also kept Xu Qiao in the same room several times, and they got used to it.

"Jinshui Gege, maybe tomorrow you will meet Liangtian Jian Shen, will you then fulfill your promise to Shuiyao Ying-fei not to take revenge on him?" Xu Qiao asked Jinshui. "Your father was killed in a fair duel. Although there was a misunderstanding there was no actual enmity between them. I also hope you don't hold a grudge against Liangtian Jian Shen."

"I've never even known my father, until now I still can't figure out how to deal with his enemies. It's just that I also can't ignore that because of him, I never had a chance to meet my father either," Jinshui said truthfully. "Qiao-er, Xie Tianhu killed your parents. If he ever regrets his actions and has also been punished, can you forgive him and not take revenge?"

"It's different," said Xu Qiao. "Liangtian Jian Shen deeply regretted killing your father, this was obvious, but Xie-shu at that time almost took my life too, his eyes were completely devoid of remorse, only hatred. Xie-shu had betrayed his master, and killed his best friend, all done soberly, without any misunderstanding, without any regret."

"Yes, you're right, indeed the situation cannot be considered the same," said Jinshui.

"After all, I know you and Liangtian Jian Shen won't get to the point of having to kill each other," Xu Qiao said confidently.

"How'd you tell?" asked Jinshui.

"Because I believe Jinshui Gege will definitely make the best decision," Xu Qiao said. "If Liangtian Jian Shen finds out that you are the son of Wu Youwei, Wu Laojiaozhu, he will greatly appreciate you, try his best to make up for the mistakes of the past, maybe even support you and the descendants."