Chapter 66
Zheng Feng-er’s voice fell, and all eyes turned to Elder Wang Yue .
Cold sweat dripped down Wang Yue’s face . In a panic, he shouted, “You, you– bullshit! You slut!” Baring his fangs and brandishing his claws, he flew towards Zheng Feng-er .
“Boom!” Before Wang Yue could even get close to Zheng Feng-er, he flew backwards . No one knew what happened . It turned out that Han Changsheng had landed a kick right at his stomach . His feet were like thunder and lightning . Wang Yue had no time to dodge him .
“You!” Furious, several disciples drew out their swords, shouting, “You evil deviants dare lay hands on our master?”
Han Changsheng regarded them coldly . His anger had been piling up for a long time . When he and Gu Mingxiao sneaked into the Mingyue Sect, they tried their best to encourage the elders to plant things on their Tianning Cult . Unexpectedly, they called to arrest him, which was really hateful .
“Come back!” The Mingyue headmaster scolded the disciples . Just then, he saw Han Changsheng’s move and knew he could take them out with a single kick . This person’s martial arts were very good . Let alone that of the young disciples, even the elders weren’t good enough to be his opponents . Who were these people and what was their origin?
The headmaster, Man Yue, said, “Please explain your words . ”
Wang Yue lay on the ground with his stomach in his arms and groaned, “Sect head, don’t listen to their deceitful nonsense…”
Zheng Feng-er said, “My young master’s house was kind-hearted, always defeating evil and protecting the way . ”
“Since he heard that your sect’s elder had been prosecuted by the demonic cult and had your sword script stolen, he was very sad . He wanted to claim justice for your sect, so he began to investigate . ”
“According to my young master’s investigation, a few months ago, someone heard a fight in the bamboo forest outside the city . Later, I saw Elder Wang Yue of your sect sneaking out of the bamboo forest, the same forest where Elder Yuan Yue died that night . ”
“The young master of my family continued to investigate and got this sad result——this is not the work of the demonic cult at all, but a murderer from inside the sect!”
The crowd burst into an uproar .
The full moon headmaster hesitated . “Girl, what evidence do you have to say that?”
Wang Yue grabbed the headmaster’s trouser leg in horror, “Headmaster, headmaster, how can you listen to the nonsense of a group of swindlers? They intrude into our Mingyue Sect without respecting us . They are here to make trouble . Maybe they’re from the demonic cult . We should catch them quickly!”
Hearing the words “maybe they’re from the demonic cult”, An Yuan couldn’t help but look at Han Changsheng . Unfortunately, he couldn’t see the expression under his veil .
“The evidence is under your shoe cabinet!” Zheng Feng-er called, “The lost Moon Sabre Manual!”
When she said it, they were surprised!
Wang Yue trembled . “You, you damn woman, you are a liar, you…”
The headmaster frowned at Wang Yue and said, “Xiaohua, go to Wang Yue’s room to check . ”
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The disciple named Xiaohua took the command and immediately went to elder Wang Yue’s room .
After a moment, he rushed out with a book . “Headmaster! Found it!”
In his hand was the sword script that had been missing for several months .
Running up to take the script, Headmaster Man Yue looked it over . His face contorted with fear and anger . “Wang Yue?”
Wang Yue had risen from the ground, covering his chest as he said, “This… this is a framing! These people must be from the demonic cult! They hid the script in my room and designed it to separate me from the Mingyue Sect . You can’t be fooled by them!”
The headmaster’s eyebrows creased as he looked between Wang Yue and Han Changsheng . After all, the man under the veiled straw hat was from unknown origins . Even if they found the sword script, the sect couldn’t fully believe their one-sided words .
Sneering, Han Changsheng drew his sword and ran towards Wang Yue .
Looking at the headmaster, Wang Yue took out his knife to resist it and shouted, “Look! This demon will kill people to silence the witnesses! Catch them quickly!”
When several disciples saw Han Changsheng start running, they immediately came forward to help . But, Zheng Feng-er drew out her whip from her waist and stopped them .
Han Changsheng was neither too fast nor too slow . He stabbed Wang Yue with one sword, but with no intention to harm . Every time he struck, Wang Yue could block it . Even if Wang Yue showed a flaw, he didn’t pursue it . Every time he stabbed, it was somewhere Wang Yue was uncomfortable, but it could be blocked . It was like guiding him to attack .
After a few hits, Han Changsheng sheathed his sword, then retreated . Coldly, he said, “Man Yue leader, what do you think?”
Looking back, Wang Yue caught his vicious gaze . He was shocked, but still a little confused . After a while, he recalled the moves he’d made when he was forced to hurry, and his face turned pale . Some moves were sabre techniques that he couldn’t have learned at his current status, but he’d forgotten and used them, anyway .
The Mingyue Sect paid special attention to their seniority backup . Wang Yue had been in the sec for over ten years . Although he’d become an elder, he’d only learned half of the highest sword techniques of the sect . He repeatedly tried to bribe Elder Yuan Yue, who looked after the secret script, to give him new techniques .
However, Elder Yuan Yue was a stubborn old man who was unmoved by force or persuasion . Yuan Yue even threatened to tell the leader to remove him from his position of elder, and as a result Wang Yue killed him in a rage . Later, he thought of blaming the demonic cult for fear of being caught .
It was true that the missing Mingyue sword script was found in his room and he was caught for trying to frame them . But, on top of everything, the sword technique he used was authentic, proof of his misdeeds .
His legs going soft, he knelt towards Man Yue, tears running down his face . “Headmaster, headmaster, I was muddled for a while . I didn’t expect that…”
With hands composed behind his back and a black face, the headmaster cried, “Disciples! Seize this villain!”
Several disciples ran up and cut back Wang Yue .
“Master, please forgive me… Shou Yue, please help me beg for help…”
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The headmaster waved . “Drag him to the fire room and lock it up!”
Han Changsheng called, “Wait!”
It stunned everyone, even the man who escorted Wang Yue waited for Han Changsheng’s words . Han Changsheng went to Wang Yue . In a hurry, he begged, “Young hero, I’m in shambles . Please speak to the headmaster for me . ”
Han Changsheng bent down, picked up his collar, and stared into his eyes . Coldly, he asked, “Did you ever visit the western regions, fifteen years ago?”
“Fifteen years ago?” Wang Yue stared blankly . “Back then, I was only twenty years old . I’d been practicing martial arts in the Mingyue Sect . I’d never been to the western regions . ”
The headmaster also looked at Han Changsheng curiously . He didn’t know what that meant . Han Changsheng looked back to the headmaster, and he nodded his head to testify for Wang Yue . “The disciples could not leave the sect without permission . ”
Han Changsheng frowned . It was less than a month to go back and forth from here to the Tiandao Prefecture . If he slipped away for two days, no one would know . If he slipped out for an entire month, of course someone would know .
Also, Wang Yue was the youngest elder of the Mingyue Sect . Fifteen years ago, he was only twenty, so he would’ve had nothing to do with the Tianyuan Villa . And it seemed the murderer of the Tianyuan Villa had nothing to do with him .
It was just a coincidence that both murderers used knives to kill people and steal secret scripts . Han Changsheng was the one who saw similarities in the murders together . It was a pity to discover that the Mingyue Sect’s affair was only an internal disorder caused by its own sect’s intrigue .
It had nothing to do with the Tianyuan Villa fifteen years ago .
The headmaster asked, “Young hero, what’s wrong?”
Han Changsheng released Wang Yue, shook his head, and returned to An Yuan . It was a pity that after spending so much effort, they still couldn’t find the murderer of Huangfu Tugen, who had also pretended to be a Tianning Cultist .
The howling Elder Wang Yue was dragged away .
The headmaster went to Han Changsheng and the others and arched his hand, saying, “Unfortunately, I’ve let some people witness such a messy scene . I haven’t asked what school our heroes follow?”
Zheng Feng-er and An Yuan didn’t answer, they just looked at Han Changsheng .
“Where we come from is not important,” Han Changsheng said, “Just remember that our little Lord Huangfu is a great hero that can rid people of demons and protect the way and the good from the evil!”
An Yuan pulled his sleeve . “Why me?”
Han Changsheng pinched his hand to indicate he needed his cooperation .
The action didn’t escape the eyes of the headmaster .
The headmaster, the Full Moon, hesitated for a moment . Rather than ask their origin, he said, “Thank you for helping the Mingyue Sect to find the culprit . I’ll ask my disciples to arrange accommodation for you . Please stay in our sect for a few days . How did you find out who did it? I have some questions about the details . ”
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Zheng Feng-er and An Yuan once again looked to Han Changsheng .
“No need,” Han Changsheng waved . “The case has been solved, you’ve caught the murderer, and your sword script has been found . What’s left is all your own business . It’s inconvenient for us to intervene . We had best be off . ”
“But…” The headmaster started .
Han Changsheng didn’t listen to him at all . He pulled An Yuan along and left, with Zheng Feng-er immediately behind him . The three passed through the crowd in a short time and walked farther away .
Shou Yue said, “Headmaster, do you want to stop them?”
The headmaster hesitated and shook his head . “Don’t, they are very good martial artists and are determined to go . We may not be able to stop them . It seems they have no malice against our sect . Let them go . ”
Another elder said, “It’s not right to let them go like this . Since they knew the whereabouts of the Mingyue sword script, they might have peeked at it…”
The headmaster said, “I don’t think so . The men used swords, and the woman used a whip . None of them used knives . If they really coveted our sword script, they would’ve stolen it . They didn’t need to catch our own villain sect member for us . ”
“What’s more, maybe you didn’t see it clearly, but I did . They one with the straw hat defeated Wang Yue . He had a high level of martial arts . Even I may not be a suitable opponent . If you try to stop them with force, it may cause more damage . ”
The elder shrugged . “The girl named Feng-er who used the whip and the mysterious man in the straw hat were so good at martial arts . Their master didn’t play at all . How powerful is he?”
The headmaster shrugged . “That’s not necessarily true . Although the young man named Huangfu was called their young master, didn’t you notice the one with the straw hat was their backbone? The other two kept asking him questions with their eyes when they were acting and speaking . Only with his consent did they dare continue talking . ”
“Just now,” He went on, “I heard the young man named Huangfu ask the man with the straw hat Why? The man in the straw hat pinched his hand, then he calmed . I suspect that the young man named Huangfu is just a cover . The real tough role is the one in the straw hat . ”
Shou Yue nodded . “I think you’re right . He must be an important person– some important people like to remain anonymous . They don’t want to get credit even if they do good deeds . Those who really like to stand up and ask for credit are often those who love their false names . The youth in the straw hat is really unfathomable!”
Han Changsheng, who had been sent out by the Mingyue Sect, knew nothing of the fact that he had been talked about behind his back . He felt that the day’s plan had been perfectly executed . He was proud .
When he arrived at the inn, An Yuan asked, “Tell me, what’s your scheme?”
That day, An Yuan was totally in a fog . Before he left, Han Changsheng suddenly removed his disguise and told him the murderer was named Wang Yue, and that he found the lost sword script . But, he didn’t expect to go to the Mingyue Sect, and he suddenly became the young master of eliminating tyranny . He didn’t want to get rid of the tyranny; it had nothing to do with him at all . From the beginning to the end, it was Han Changsheng and Zheng Feng-er who pushed the reputation on him .
“There will always be someone to expose them,” Han Changsheng said, “As a teacher, I’m a low-key person . Feng-er will suffer a lot of criticism . You did your best when it happened . You can bear it . ”
An Yuan frowned . If it had been, he might not have understood it . But, now that he knew Han Changsheng was from the Tianning Cult, he understood his intentions behind remaining hidden in public . Zheng Feng-er and her Fufeng stronghold may have been annexed by the Tianning Cult, so they pushed her out .
Suddenly, Han Changsheng took An Yuan’s hand and looked at him affectionately . “I have said for a long time that I want to give you the best things in the world . As a teacher, I only hate that I am not good enough . Otherwise, I would help you become the leader of the Wulin Alliance to express my feelings . ”
Dazed, An Yuan looked at him, his eyes slightly confused .
Han Changsheng’s face suddenly turned hot . After seeing the Dog Lord’s pig face for so long, for him to be restored to his original appearance was shocking . He was easily impacted by his beauty . Their eyes met for a moment, making his heart beat faster . He immediately looked away and cursed the motherfucker in his head, thinking there must be a screw loose in his brain . He actually had an impulse to kiss him just then .
“Cough . ” Zheng Feng-er was discontented . “I haven’t been idle at all these days . Have you forgotten me?”
Han Changsheng quickly released An Yuan’s hand, then turned to Zheng Feng-er and said, “Thank you for your hard work . What do you want in return?”
Zheng Feng-er stared at An Yuan and smiled . “If I could spend a night with the most beautiful man in the world?”
Han Changsheng kicked Zheng Feng-er away, his face dark . Zheng Feng-er dusted away the footprints on her body, then rolled her white eyes and groaned, “You won’t let me sleep with him . So, are you trying to sleep with him, yourself?”
Han Changsheng pulled her aside and hissed, “Don’t talk nonsense . Don’t give An Yuan any more ideas . I’m telling you, he’s very wary . Don’t provoke him if you can’t defend yourself . I only dug up a grave last time, and he almost killed me with his sword . ”
Zheng Feng-er was silent . So, it was actually like that? Was Han Changsheng the one getting stabbed?
Han Changsheng waved and hurried, “Go, go out first . I have something to say to An Yuan . ” Then, he whispered in Zheng Feng-er’s ear, “I want to ask you to spread the news . ”
Zheng Feng-er nodded exasperatedly . “Yes, I know . ”
“Oh, and one more thing! Never say that guy is the most beautiful man in the world! Otherwise, this won’t be over between the two of us!” Then he shoved her out the door .
Going back to An Yuan, Han Changsheng saw his face was bright red . He thought that Zheng Feng-er’s earlier request provoked the shy expression from the amnesiac immortal and said, “Zheng Feng-er used to be the apprentice of Beihai Goddess Gu . The goddess absorbs men’s essence to strengthen her body . You can’t sleep with her . ”
“I won’t,” An Yuan interrupted him .
It stunned Han Changsheng, and An Yuan’s eyes made him want to escape involuntarily . So, he gave him a dry smile and said, “That’s good . That you won’t, that is…”
An Yuan lowered his eyes, bit his lip, and took a deep breath as if he had made up his mind . Then he said, “I… I admit, I’m not completely unmoved . But I will not give you the answer you want until you confess and reveal the truth to me . ” With that, he stood up abruptly, opened the door, and left .
Han Changsheng was confused and stood still .
The answer I want? Was An Yuan going to say he’d wash my socks and underwear tonight?
Translator(s): Empress
TL Check: Teo
Editor(s): Nadialuxxor
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