Book 13 Chapter 6 - Helping People Like Fighting Fire
Like a specter Wanwan was standing beautifully at the door, her pretty eyes were gleaming with unusual radiance that was hard to explain, as she fixed her gaze at the two boys.
Kou Zhong took a step forward; pointing the Moon in the Well at Wanwan, he said, "Your Bian Shishu has abandoned you and left. Today we are going to settle the old debt and new animosity between us once and for all.”
Wanwan knitted her jet-black eyebrows, her expression was very cute and moving, in perfect harmony with her beautiful and elegant physique, something that nobody could match, the bewitching beauty that came only from a certain school. Even though Xu Ziling and Kou Zhong were standing in opposition to her on the battlefield, they could not but admit that she was extremely moving.
Against his will, Kou Zhong's murderous intent decreased by thirty-percent.
Wanwan sighed lightly, as if she felt sorry for their ignorance. She said slyly, "How could Bian Shishu be easily deceived like that? It's just that he saw your extremely flourishing acute spirit, and decided to temporarily avoid you! It was nujia who told him not to show his face, so that nujia can chat with you for a moment!”
Then she burst out into a giggle and said with a tender laughter, "I did not know you wanted to vie over the world like other people!”
Frowning, Kou Zhong said, "Unless you release Yucheng and the others immediately, there will be no talk. We will decide life and death on fists and kicks, saber and sword.”
Wanwan slowly moved forward until she was about half a zhang away from the two boys. With a gentle, captivating laughter she said, "If we can cooperate honestly, releasing those four kids is not a big deal.”
Recalling the Flying Horse Ranch people like Shang Peng, Shang He, and the others, who lost their lives in her hands, Xu Ziling shook his head resolutely and said, "You don't seem to realize that there is this inextricable deep enmity between us. The only way to settle this is if one side was completely wiped out. Just call your Bian Shishu back! Otherwise, don't blame us for dealing with you two against one.”
As if nothing had happened, Wanwan simply turned her attention to Kou Zhong, and spoke indifferently, "What do you say?”
Astonished, Kou Zhong replied, "My Xiongdi's word is the same as my own. Did Miss Wan find out about it only today?”
Wanwan nodded and said, "I understand. There will come a day I will make you regret what you said today. Nujia takes my leave now!”
Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling pounced on her together.
Wanwan let out a burst of tender laughter. Producing a ribbon from the sleeve of her right arm, she separately brushed away Kou Zhong's Moon in the Well and Xu Ziling's incoming palm strike.
Borrowing the reaction force, like a burst of wind Wanwan flew to the top of the roof.
Kou Zhong laughed aloud and said, "Didn't you brag a few days ago that you were going to get rid of us within the next seven days? It's nearly seventy days now! How come your words remained to be unfulfilled?”
The two boys knew that even they fought together, killing Wanwan was still more difficult than ascending to the heavens. If she wanted to leave, there was no way they could stop her. But for the sake of Duan Yucheng, four people, how could they let her slip away?
Xu Ziling added, "Don't forget that next time you want to kill us, it will be even more difficult than this time.”
With a thousand tenderness and a hundred charms Wanwan laughed sweetly, her beautiful eyes looking deep into their eyes, she said, "Shizun [master] told me that if this time we still cannot get rid of you, she would personally undertake this task. Based on Shizun's usual practice, chances are at that time you will reach the state of ‘seeking life yet won't get it, seeking death yet can't obtain'. Can't you be a bit more patient?”
Both Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling shivered in their heart.
Wanwan was this formidable, wouldn't Zhu Yuyan be even more desperately serious?
Suddenly Wanwan sighed grimly and said, "Kou Zhong! If you are willing to work together with nujia's school, won't the world be in your bag already? Why do you haggle over every ounce with several human lives? Real men conducting themselves in life, why bother over trivial matter? Besides, when two parties battle each other, there bound to be people injured or even killed!”
Kou Zhong sighed and said, "Obviously you only have regards on my treasure, yet you said you have regards on me. Female demon Wan, why don't you go back to sleep with your Bian Shishu?”
A murderous aura flashed through Wanwan's beautiful eyes, which was quickly replaced by a more complicated emotion. Revealing a bitter smile on her face, she suddenly floated away and disappeared behind the roof.
The two boys exchanged glances; they both saw the heaviness in the other's heart.
The enemy was really too difficult to deal with.
Kou Zhong took a sharp intake of breath. "Did you smell something?” he asked in a low voice.
Xu Ziling nodded and said, "Some kind of a very strange fragrance. Female demon Wan is, after all, a woman.”
Kou Zhong giggled and said, "Whether Yucheng and the others are able to escape this calamity depends on whether the great tracking skill taught by Ol' Ba is really effective.”
The two boys became the Scarface Hero and the Pockmarked Face Big Bandit, respectively, and changed into warrior outfit commonly wore by Wulin people. They were sitting in a teahouse, sipping tea and carefully watch a magnificent mansion house diagonally across the street at the mouth of the Xinzhong Bridge.
Pointing at the said building, Kou Zhong asked the waiter, "Whose house is that? Looks a bit imposing.”
After casting him a sidelong glance, the waiter replied, "You must be new in Luoyang that you don't even know the mansion house of the Da Longtou [big boss] of Luoyang Bang [gang].”
When the waiter left to attend to the guest at another table, Kou Zhong leaned over and whispered to Xu Ziling, "Tonight, after meeting the Old Ba, we'll come here on a rescue mission. You don't have any problem with that, do you?”
Xu Ziling pondered for half a day; finally he replied in low voice, "I am afraid in her rage female demon Wan might execute Yucheng and the others right away. Do you think it's likely?”
Kou Zhong said, "This is called anxiety to the level of confusion. Did you notice that? The waiter that talked to us just now is slipping out. Perhaps he is going to tell Luoyang Bang people that we are stepping on their plate.”
"Isn't Luoyang Bang a big organization within the eight-gang ten-society?” Xu Ziling said, "If we can confirm which side Shangguan Long is leaning to, we might be able to exploit the delicate situation currently going on in Luoyang to deal with him.”
"I can always go back to Wang Shichong to find out the answer to that question,” Kou Zhong said, "Plus I can also take a look whether there is any development concerning Dugu Feng. We'll meet again at the appointed place we'll rendezvous with Ol' Ba! Ay! I wish I don't have to leave you alone.”
Xu Ziling burst out laughing, "Screw you!” he cursed, "Since when did I become your girl? Get lost!”
After Kou Zhong left, Xu Ziling pondered over a lot of things.
Ba Fenghan once mentioned that Yin Gui Pai had a man in Luoyang, someone who, on the surface, is an important figure [orig. have head, have face], while secretly he was a Yin Gui Pai's ‘undercover agent' working in the Wulin of the north, with specific responsibility of intelligence-gathering.
This perhaps explained why Duan Yucheng, four men, could not escape Wanwan's evil clutch.
Thinking to this point, he heard footsteps approaching. Five big men, wearing blue warrior outfit, were stepping into the teahouse. Their eyes quickly found him, and then they went straight toward him.
Without even casting a glance from the corner of his eyes, Xu Ziling continued drinking his tea.
Upon seeing this, one after another the other patrons of the teahouse paid their bill and left in a hurry. Even the waiters were gone.