novelhk Chapter 35 It's Unspeakable!
Chapter 35 It's Unspeakable!
there.
The woman in the yellow shirt paled upon seeing the twin sisters being murdered.
Without a word, she turned and ran, pulling a signal flare from her sleeve and shooting it into the sky.
Squeak~~~
The signal flare made a sound like a cannon salute in mid-air.
It exploded with a bang, and a cloud of red mist drifted away in the air with the wind.
Upon seeing this, Zhong Yuan thought to himself, "This is bad."
Without a word, he quickly walked forward to catch up.
Fortunately, the woman in yellow was injured in the abdomen by his sword energy from a distance, so she didn't run very far.
He took three steps in two, flipped forward, and raised his hand, unleashing a torrent of sword energy from his fingertips.
Three zhang away.
The sword energy struck the woman in yellow precisely in the back of her heart with lightning speed.
The woman in yellow stumbled and fell forward, collapsing to the ground.
Zhong Yuan strode forward, touched the woman's neck, and confirmed that she was completely dead.
Only then did he turn back, walk to the tree, and release Ma Ruoyan's pressure points.
Amidst his panic and gratitude, Ma Ruoyan clasped his hands in a fist salute and said to Zhong Yuan, "My benefactor, I will surely repay your life-saving grace!"
"However, my benefactor killed the envoy from Lingjiu Palace, as well as Fu Minyi, the leader of the Yangtian Division!"
"This is a huge deal!"
"Fu Minyi just threw out a signal flare!"
"If those demonesses from Lingjiu Palace see this signal flare, they will surely swarm here in no time!"
"We need to get out of here right away!"
Zhong Yuan nodded slightly, not expecting that the woman in yellow was actually Fu Minyi, the leader of the Yangtian Division of Lingjiu Palace.
Lingjiu Palace is under the jurisdiction of the Nine Heavens and Nine Departments, who are the powerful henchmen of Tianshan Tonglao.
In addition, he also killed two of the four maids, Mei, Lan, Zhu, and Ju.
This has really stirred up a hornet's nest.
Although he is currently able to kill the Lingjiu Palace maid and Fu Minyi by relying on the power of his sword finger!
But if he were surrounded and attacked by the other members of Lingjiu Palace, his mediocre lightness skills would be useless.
Furthermore, his internal energy wasn't very strong, so it wouldn't last long at all.
If so, the Heavenly Child Granny is also nearby.
That would be an even bigger disaster.
"Walk!"
Zhong Yuan didn't waste any words.
He grabbed Ma Ruoyan and waved to Fang Liuyi, who was hiding behind the rocks.
Fang Liu hurriedly ran over here.
The three left quickly.
They rushed towards Shuanglin Temple nestled in the mountains.
at this time.
The sky gradually darkened.
The green pines sway in the mountains, and the emerald bamboos stand tall and graceful.
Under the golden glow of the setting sun, the yellow walls and green tiles of Shuanglin Temple exude a unique charm.
When the three of them were almost at Shuanglin Temple.
The mountain path outside Shuanglin Temple was like a ribbon, and the pond was like a mirror. Not far away, there seemed to be village houses, set up like chess pieces.
Outside Shuanglin Temple, people were coming and going, making it far from quiet.
Fang Liu wanted to go forward and scout ahead, to enter Shuanglin Temple first and see what was going on.
Zhong Yuan pulled Fang Liu back and said directly, "We can't just go in like this."
"With so many people around, if the people from Lingjiu Palace come after us, it'll be fine for the two of us, but Master Ma will be recognized."
A look of shame flashed across Ma Ruoyan's face.
"I don't know which branch of the Ming Cult you two belong to; I've dragged you down!"
Zhong Yuan glanced at Ma Ruoyan and saw that he was wearing monk's robes and a Taoist crown.
This is too eye-catching.
He immediately said, "Master Ma, now is not the time to say such things."
"In Lingjiu Palace, besides the three who just died, how many people recognize your face?"
Ma Ruoyan said, "Besides Mei Jian, Lan Jian, and Fu Minyi, there shouldn't be anyone in Lingjiu Palace who recognizes me."
"However... if Xun Siyan, the cave master of Tianmu Mountain, is also with them, he might recognize me!"
Zhong Yuan did not press Ma Ruoyan about how he had been targeted by the people of Lingjiu Palace.
Instead, he said directly, "Your outfit is too eye-catching."
"It needs a complete overhaul."
Upon hearing this, Ma Ruoyan immediately turned to Zhong Yuan and said, "My benefactor, how should it be changed?"
Zhong Yuan looked at Ma Ruoyan's feet, then at Fang Liu's feet beside him.
Then he said directly, "Fang Liu, you and Master Ma should switch shoes."
Fang Liu didn't hesitate and took off his shoes.
He handed it to Ma Ruoyan, who, upon seeing this, also took off his own shoes and handed them to Fang Liu.
The two exchanged shoes; their feet were about the same size, so there was nothing wrong with them.
Zhong Yuan then said, "Master Ma, you can't keep this hair."
"You have to shave your head first."
"There will be a Dharma assembly at Shuanglin Temple tomorrow."
"Judging from this, there are quite a few people coming to Shuanglin Temple tonight."
"If we infiltrate Shuanglin Temple, we should be able to evade the people from Lingjiu Palace."
"If you disguise yourself as a wandering monk, even if people from Lingjiu Palace come and force their way into Shuanglin Temple, you can still blend in with the monks there."
Ma Ruoyan looked distressed and said, "I will listen to my benefactor."
Zhong Yuan did not hesitate and had Fang Liu take out the dagger that Fang Liu usually carried with him from his bundle, remove the Taoist crown on Ma Ruoyan's head, and start shaving Ma Ruoyan's head.
Before long...
Ma Ruoyan had long since shaved off all the three thousand strands of hair on his head, leaving only a bald head.
Currently, it is the Northern Song Dynasty. Monks do not need to have ordination scars on their heads. To become a proper monk, one needs an ordination certificate.
However, he has nowhere to get a certificate right now.
He didn't need a certificate to sneak into Shuanglin Temple, since he didn't plan to enter through the main gate anyway.
The monk's robes Ma Ruoyan wore already made him look like a real monk.
Ma Ruoyan touched his round, bald head, his eyes darting around.
"My benefactor."
"As long as Xun Siyan doesn't come to Shuanglin Temple, no one in Lingjiu Palace should know that I am Ma Ruoyan."
Zhong Yuan glanced at the tear in Ma Ruoyan's sleeve, then reached out and ripped the other half off.
Then he added, "I need a reason to enter Shuanglin Temple through the main gate."
"Master Ma, since you are a monk, you must have a Dharma name. Let's call you 'Unspeakable'."
Ma Ruoyan grinned, scratched his head, and chuckled, "Can't I say?"
"My benefactor, this Buddhist name is a bit strange."
Zhong Yuan said, "The so-called 'unspeakable' means cultivating the Zen of silence."
"Once you enter the temple, if you encounter anyone, just keep your mouth shut and be a mute."
Ma Ruoyan nodded and said, "Alright, I will follow your arrangements, benefactor."
Zhong Yuan said, "Stop calling me 'benefactor' all the time."
"We are from Qingxi Altar. Before we came, Altar Master Wang specifically instructed us to come and find you. If there is anything we cannot do, we can ask you for help."
"We went to the coffin shop before, but we didn't find you."
"I never expected to run into you here."