The Villain's Counterattack

Chapter 419: Xiao Azi, I will help you practice

Nan Murong's marriage, even if it was just a concubine, caused quite a sensation. The wedding was attended by many people, including Northern Qiao Feng, Shaolin Xuannan, Master Xuanbei, Beggar Gang Deputy Leader Ma and several elders, Iron-faced Judge Shan Zheng and his son, Dali Zhennan Prince Duan Yu and other figures in the martial arts world. There were also Confucian scholars, literary circles, local officials, etc. For a time, the whole city of Suzhou became lively.

Old Madam Murong was smiling constantly. When Li Qingluo saw Zhong Ling calling Wang Yuyan "sister", she cast a smug look at Gan Baobao, which made her feel a little unhappy. As for Zhong Wanchou, his expression was even more complicated, needless to say, his mood was very complicated.

Three days after the wedding, Murong Fu, at the urging of Qiao Feng, selected twenty guards and took the newlywed Zhong Ling, Qiao Feng, Xuan Nan, and Master Xuan Bei to Shaolin. Also accompanying them was Ma Dayuan, the deputy leader of the Beggar Gang.

Ma Dayuan has never left Gusu City since Qiao Feng resigned from the position of gang leader. He spends half of his time hanging out in Gusu Academy and the other half working in the Beggar Gang branch. He is planning to move the headquarters from Luoyang to Suzhou. News from the outside world continues to come in, but the intelligence he pays attention to is slightly different from that of Murong Fu and Qiao Feng.

"Mr. Tan and Mrs. Tan died a violent death."

"Zhao Qiansun was killed."

"Master Zhiguang passed away."

As the news came in one after another, Ma Dayuan's gaze towards Qiao Feng suddenly became a little strange. The two masters Xuan Nan and Xuan Bei were also a little suspicious, but they all knew that Qiao Feng had never left Suzhou in more than a month, so it was naturally impossible for him to run thousands of miles away to kill these people.

Not to mention that Master Zhiguang had lost all his martial arts skills, the other three were all truly first-class masters, and they were easily killed, which shows that the murderer had high martial arts skills. "Could it be the same person who killed Master Xuanku?" Murong Fu suddenly made a guess. Well, in fact, he was very sure in his heart that the murderer was most likely the person in the original work: Xiao Yuanshan, the biological father of Xiao Feng.

Ma Dayuan looked at Qiao Feng deeply, then shook his head gently. "While no one knew about the murders of Mr. Tan, Mrs. Tan, and Zhao Qiansun, everyone saw Master Zhiguang's death. The murderer is you, Boss Qiao."

Qiao Feng was stunned when he heard this, then he burst into laughter and said, "Could it be that I have a method of killing people in dreams, and can kill people from thousands of miles away?"

Ma Dayuan shrugged helplessly and said, "If I hadn't known that the gang leader had been staying at Chanhe Villa the entire time, and that not only did Master Murong testify, but Master Xuanbei was also by his side, I'd have believed this nonsense. But the fact that the gang leader was a Khitan had already spread like wildfire, and some disciples witnessed you killing Master Zhiguang with your own hands, so they pinned the deaths of Mr. Tan, Mrs. Tan, and Zhao Qiansun on you."

"I'm no longer the leader of the Beggars' Sect. Can you please change the title to 'Brother Ma'?" Qiao Feng said helplessly. "The Beggars' Sect needs some internal restructuring. My outsider status doesn't matter, but it would be disastrous if other sect secrets were easily leaked. Now I understand how difficult it is for Brother Murong, and why he keeps exposing his whereabouts to others."

"Although there may be a risk of being ambushed, I am not afraid of being framed. The previous incident of Ma Dayuan did not receive much response from people in the martial arts world, which has a lot to do with the inconsistent whereabouts of Master Murong. Now that I have exposed my whereabouts, it can at least make those who are interested understand that I am innocent." As Qiao Feng spoke, his eyes cast towards the two Shaolin masters, Xuan Nan and Xuan Bei.

The two men chanted the Buddha's name simultaneously, understanding that the words were also directed at them. It seemed that one of the disciples had mentioned that the man who had attacked and killed Master Xuan Ku looked quite like Qiao Feng from behind. If Master Xuan Bei had not been constantly by Qiao Feng's side, and Master Xuan Nan had not been keeping a close eye on him during this period, and if news of the deaths of Tan Gong, Tan Po, Zhao Qiansun, and Master Zhiguang had not yet reached him, they would probably have harbored suspicions.

After a few days of walking, a charming figure came floating up from the front amidst a string of silver bell-like laughter. "A bunch of idiots, you still have tens of thousands of years to catch me."

"Little A Zi." Murong Fu's eyes were extremely sharp. Seeing the person coming from a distance, he couldn't help but say hello. The person was dressed in purple clothes and had a small leather bag wrapped around his waist. The leather bag was well-made and was made by Murong Fu himself. When she heard the voice, her eyes lit up, and her body suddenly accelerated and came closer in the blink of an eye. She jumped high and threw herself into Murong Fu's arms, calling him husband sweetly.

Murong Fu controlled the horse with one hand and hugged A Zi with the other, carefully feeling the coolness coming from her body. He immediately knew that her Xuanming Divine Palm had achieved some success. With such an achievement in such a short time, she must have found the ice silkworm.

A Zi and Zhong Ling knew each other before. It was not in vain that they were classmates at Gusu Academy. The two greeted each other. Although A Zi had entered the school early, she was only a concubine, so she called Zhong Ling "sister" and greeted Qiao Feng, Master Xuan Nan, Master Xuan Bei, and Ma Dayuan. Then she told them about her experiences during this period.

"The peak of Kunlun Mountain isn't a good place for ordinary people. It's perpetually covered in snow and ice, and incredibly cold. If it weren't for my husband teaching me the 'Mysterious Nether Palm,' I wouldn't have been able to hold out for that long. I tried to find the ice silkworm, using the poison gathered in the Mysterious Nether Furnace (Nine Yin Furnace) as bait, but I couldn't find it. The little creature is incredibly fast, crawling like the wind, leaving only a trail of burn marks. It might be okay elsewhere, but on Kunlun Mountain's peak, amidst the white snow, it quickly vanished."

"I've been searching for it for a long time, but I couldn't catch it. The snowy mountaintops are fraught with danger. If it weren't for my decent martial arts skills, I'd have fallen into a snow cave and turned into an ice sculpture. I'm not one to stand loneliness, so I have to go out and restock my supplies every few days. I didn't expect to run into a fat monk. I think his name was Huijing or Jinghui, I can't remember. He was extremely fat, like a big ball of flesh, and he loved drinking and eating meat. When I heard the words 'Ice Silkworm' from him, I became wary, and sure enough..."

Sure enough what?

"Sure enough, he also went up to Kunlun to search for the ice silkworm. We met several times because of the ice silkworm, but neither of us could do anything to the little creature. It was only twice the size of an ordinary silkworm, and it could find any hole to crawl into and leave us helpless. One day, other people came to the mountain, seemingly also to catch poisonous creatures, but they were quite domineering, ugly in appearance but beautiful in ideas. I gave them a good lesson."

"Those people were beaten so badly that they fled, leaving behind the reputation of the Xingxiu Sect. I did learn some tricks using poison from them. While they're not exactly aboveboard, they're still quite valuable. Using these new tricks, I lured the ice silkworm out again, set a trap ahead of time, temporarily trapped it in the ice, and slowly led it into the Xuanming Furnace."

Originally the story would have ended here, but unexpectedly the fat monk jumped out and wanted to pick the peaches, but was beaten up by little A Zi. The fat monk seemed to know a lot about ice silkworms, and when he failed to snatch them away, he stayed with A Zi all the way and taught her a lot of knowledge, allowing her to build a good relationship with the ice silkworms and communicate with them to a certain extent.

The fat monk was a cunning man. Although little A Zi was skilled in martial arts and smart, she lacked much experience in the martial arts world. The ice silkworm in her hand was eventually exposed, and she was surrounded and intercepted by a group of disciples from the Star Sea. If it weren't for her good lightness skills, and the fact that she practiced the Mysterious Nether Palm with the ice silkworm, her poison resistance had increased, and she was proficient in medicine and poison techniques, she would have been ambushed by them.

"Those cowards from the Xingxiu Sect are numerous and good at poisoning. I defeated them one by one, stole their poison, extorted information about their martial arts, and then used their poison on themselves. They are indeed very vicious." After hearing what Xiao A Zi said, everyone couldn't help but secretly click their tongues. Who is more vicious, you or those disciples of the Xingxiu Sect?

However, little A Zi grew up in the Murong family and did not grow up astray. Although she was a little naughty, she knew the difference between good and evil and knew the limits. Moreover, the reputation of the Xingxiu Sect was so bad that a large number of them would slip through the net even if they were attacked. However, the leader of the Xingxiu Sect, Ding Chunqiu, was an extremely skilled martial artist, and his poison skills were comparable to those of a top-notch master.

"The Ice Silkworm is truly extraordinary and can be considered the king of poisons. It eventually alerted the Xingxiu Sect's leader, Ding Chunqiu. The old thief shamelessly attempted to steal it. I was outnumbered and had to flee alone, but the fat monk was captured. Even so, they refused to give up and relentlessly pursued me all the way to the Central Plains. My husband, you must stand up for me."

"If your bright eyes could be filled with tears, perhaps I, your husband, would believe you. Then Ding Chunqiu and I have some connection. If we really meet, and he's determined to die, I'll help him. Otherwise, wait until you've mastered the Mysterious Nether Divine Palm, and then you can go and find him yourself. This old fellow's martial arts has reached a bottleneck. Without opportunity, his life will be like this. You're currently in a period of rapid strength improvement. I'll help you practice for the next few days. In less than half a month, you'll be able to compete with him."

Murong Fu spoke casually, and little A Zi smiled happily. Qiao Feng, Master Xuan Nan and Master Xuan Bei were speechless. That old monster from the Star Constellation has been famous for decades, and you are an absolute master with superb poison skills that are feared in the northwest. Yet you have the ability to improve your concubine who is less than 20 years old to the same level as him within half a month.

What a monster!

Murong Fu said nothing more. As the saying goes, "Yin alone cannot produce life, and Yang alone cannot thrive." The human body is like a miniature universe. Little A'Zi, using the Ice Silkworm, had pushed her Mysterious Nether Divine Palm to a minor level of success. Her martial arts were already top-notch, and now she was even more resistant to common poisons. However, the Ice Silkworms were both her success and her failure. The excessive cold poison, while making her Mysterious Nether Divine Palm incredibly powerful, caused her body to resist it, reaching a bottleneck in her cold energy cultivation, which would require time to gradually resolve.

Normally this is true, but Murong Fu happens to have another poison king in his hand: the Manggu Zhuha. This thing is of the fire element, which just counteracts the properties of the ice silkworm. It is used to dissolve the cold poison in Xiao A Zi's body, so that her physical condition can be restored without affecting her cultivation, and she can quickly resume her cultivation.

It can even be said that Murong Fu, who uses the Manggu Zhuha to increase his strength, and Xiao A Zi, who uses the Ice Silkworm to increase her strength, are a perfect match. They don't even waste excess energy in their bodies, but instead increase their strength faster and resolve hidden dangers.

You said to practice with Manggu Zhuha and Ice Silkworm at the same time?

Haha, you wouldn't dare to commit suicide like this. How can it be so easy to enjoy the dual worlds of ice and fire? Aren't you afraid of becoming a hermaphrodite like Zen Master Kuruo?