Twin Heroes

Chapter 35

Xiao Yu’er was surprised on seeing that palm bearing down at him, and in his haste blocked the palm and shouted, “You are Jiang Bie He in disguise, who are you trying to trick?”

That man in black also shouted, “You are Jiang Bie He in disguise, who are you trying to trick?”

Xiao Yu’er rolled his eyes, and scolded, “Jiang Bie He, you evil thief, you son of a b*tch, as*hole, turtle!”

He thought that Jiang Bie He is quite a character, and would not scold himself.

Who knew that the man in black also shouted, “Jiang Bie He, you evil thief, you son of a b*tch, as*hole, turtle!”

Xiao Yu’er laughed loudly, “Even if I can’t force you to reveal your true colors, hearing you scold yourself, is enough to release my frustration. Ha ha, scolding yourself a turtle, so funny, oh so funny.” That man in black also laughed, “Even if I can’t…”

And he actually repeated what Xiao Yu’er said, not changing a word, saying everything as it is. Xiao Yu’er was happily scolding, but he was not too bad himself.

The two of them scolded as they fought, and everyone looked at them in astonishment.

Murong Shanshan commented, “Jiang Bie He’s martial arts is said to be Number One in Jiang Nan, so it can’t be bad.”

But the two of them, with their flying fists and legs, not only were their strength intense, even their moves were every changing and strange. They are both highly skilled!

For a moment, no one can tell who is stronger or weaker.

The continuous sounds of fighting rung in their ears, and everything that came into the path of their blows, will immediately be shattered into pieces.

The two of them fought from the inside to the outside, from near to far.

It must be known that the person in black does not want others to guess his background, and neither does Xiao Yu’er. With the same thoughts in their mind, they naturally brought the fight further and further.

Their strokes may be fierce, but actually none of them wants to drag the fight any longer. Suddenly, they stopped, and one went towards the east while the other went towards the west.

They were so fast that by the time Murong Shuang and the others caught up, they were too late to go after them. Besides, the two of them fled separate ways, and no one knows who they should be going after!

Right at this moment, a man suddenly flew out from the forest and blocked Xiao Yu’er’s path. Pointing at Xiao Yu’er, he gave a weird smile and said “This is Jiang Bie He, this is the real one.”

It was clear under the moonlight, this person turned out to be ‘Harming others without benefit to oneself’ Bai Kai Xin!

Xiao Yu’er was both startled and livid, and shouted “Are you mad? Don’t you want the antidote to save your life?”

Bai Kai Xin giggled, “Who’s saving who? You harmed me, why should I not harm you?”

Suddenly with a somersault, he disappeared into where he came from.

By then, the Murong Sisters have caught up, and a few swords were already surrounding Xiao Yu’er.

Murong Shuang cried out heatedly, “Jiang Bie He, if I let you escape today, then my surname is not Murong.”

Xiao Yu’er hopped in frustration and asked “Who is Jiang Bie He? Only an as*hole is Jiang Bie He!”

Murong Shanshan smiled icily, “If you are not Jiang Bie He, why are you fleeing?”

Xiao Yu’er was stunned; he really has no answer to this question.

Murong Shuang immediately continued, “That’s right, if you are not Jiang Bie He, why don’t you let us examine your face!”

They have been tricked once, and will no longer be tricked again. As they spoke, their hands were not idle, the swords in their palms striking out with increasing viciousness.

Xiao Yu’er replied, “I am a man, how can I let you girls touch my face. As the saying goes: There’s gold on a man’s face, there’s shit on a girl’s hand. How can I let my face be smeared with shit.”

In his anxiety, he started sprouting nonsense, with the intention of antagonizing them, so that he can find a chance to escape.

As expected, Murong Shuang was incensed and scolded, “What fa*t, you face is the one with shit.”

Little Fairy cried out, “If you end up in my hands, see if I don’t soak you in a container of shit!”

Xiao Yu’er replied, “Even if I soak in a container of shit, I can’t let women touch me as well.” Everyone else has guessed his intention, and knew that he is trying to distract them with his nonsense, so they ignored him. Only that Yan Ren Yu was most na?ve, and he can’t help but ask, “I’m not a woman, why not you let me examine you?”

Xiao Yu’er rebutted, “Aren’t you originally a girl? And I thought you were their sister.”

As he spoke, he himself found the thought funny, and he had just laughed when the front of his shirt was sliced open. If not for his superb martial arts, his intestines would have been carved out.

Since by now, he is going all out in his fight, and on seeing Qin Jian and Nangong Liu not making any moves, but just watching the fight from the side, he laughed and said, “Everyone in Jiang Hu envies the son-in-laws of the Murong Family, saying that you have married well. From what I see, you might be better off if you have married a pock marked or crippled woman.”

He was happily talking, when his shoulder suffered another strike, and although it did not strike his bone, but where the sword passed through, the fresh blood is already oozing out from the wound.

Qin Jian replied with a frosty smile, “I actually did not want to win you by numbers, but since you are like that, I shall have no arguments.”

As he spoke, he has already struck out thrice, and these three strikes were just right in terms of strength and depth, well complementing the lack of steadiness in the Murong Sisters’ swordplay.

Although he is secretly lamenting in his heart, but his words were scathing, and he laughed “Nangong Liu, why don’t you attack as well, unless your martial arts cannot be seen, and you are only roaming about Jiang Hu with your wife’s backing?”

Nangong Liu’s expression changed slightly, and he said with a low voice, “Fu Jie, Fu She… Shi Feng, Xu Zhong… Huan Tiao…” (various acupuncture points)

He has not finished his sentence, but there were already three swords attacking the acupuncture points he mentioned, and with a ‘whoosh’, the position next to Xiao Yu’er’s ‘Huan Tiao’ point has been sliced open!

As he watched coldly from the side, he spoke calmly, telling them the areas where Xiao Yu’er has difficulty avoiding and blocking. Xiao Yu’er was busier than ever.

Nangong Liu continued, “Ling Men, Zhong Fu, Yin Shi, Liang Qiu… Cheng Fu!”

‘Swish, swish, swish’, three strikes later, Xiao Yu’er’s ‘Cheng An’ point was slashed, as expected. He was thinking to himself, “Once I hear you calling out the position, don’t tell me I can’t avoid it?”

But who knows that when it was spoken, he just cannot avoid the attacks.

Nangong Liu was controlling the whole situation, and is well aware of Xiao Yu’er’s moves, so the positions he mentioned are naturally Xiao Yu’er’s fatal points.

Nangong Liu continued, “You Men, Tong Gu… Fu Hui, Gui Lai… Tong Quan!”

This ‘Tong Quan’ point is at the bottom of the feet, and Xiao Yu’er was surprised on hearing it, and thought to himself, “Your swords can’t possibly can attack the bottom of my feet?”

Murong Shanshan’s sword came attacking straight at his ‘Fu Hui’ and ‘Gui Lai’ points, and he could have avoided it, bit another sword was blocking his path.

In his haste, he did not spare a thought and his leg flew up to kick Murong Shanshan’s sword holding wrist. Murong Shanshan might have retreated, but with a ‘swish’, Murong Shuang attacked, directly on his ‘Tong Quan’ point. Xiao Yu’er was wearing leather boots, and although this strike did not cause any serious injury, he couldn feel beads of cold sweat dripping down.

Nangong Liu continued calmly, “Shen Tang, Xin Yu… Wei Zhong, Yin Gu… Que Xuan!”

This time, Xiao Yu’er was even more attentive, and concentrated on protecting his ?Que Xuan’ point, but he did not expect to feel a cold rush of air behind, and his ‘Hui Yang’ point was struck.

Right at the same time that Nangong Liu called out, “Hui Yang!”

Xiao Yu’er can’t help but secretly sigh, “Forget it…”

Who would have expected that right at this time, Murong Jiu’s screams can be heard from afar, “Help…. Jiang Bie He… you evil villain…. Third Sister… Second Sister…. Help….”

Her cries were getting further and further.

Murong Shanshan cried out, “Oh no, we forgot about Ninth Sister at the ancestral hall…”

Little Fairy replied, “Jiang Bie He is there.”

Yan Ren Yu added, “This person is really not Jiang Bie He!”

Amidst the cries, they have already flown towards the direction of Murong Jiu’s cries. Nangong Liu was the slowest to leave, and he clasped his fist towards Xiao Yu’er, and said “You have amazing skills, and seems to have combined all the best points of various sects into your own skills. However, you were not able to apply the moves seamlessly, and revealed your weak points. I assume that it’s because you had things on your mind, and were not concentrating on the fight. If you can change this habit in future, it would have been useless for us even if I was giving pointers from the side.”

Xiao Yu’er was surprised, and asked, “Why are you telling me all these?”

Nangong Liu replied, “You are definitely not Jiang Bie He, Jiang Bie He’s moves would not have been so raw.”

Xiao Yu’er fumed, “Since you have realized it, why didn’t you say so earlier?”

“I may have realized it, but at that time I wanted to see who you really are, so I did not mention anything. But now that Ninth Sister is in trouble, it’s another matter altogether.”

Xiao Yu’er sighed, and asked “It’s because I scolded you, so you deliberately let me suffer.”

Nangong Liu smiled, “If it is not because I was feeling troubled as well, I would not have been affected…”

With a slight clasp of his fist, he turned around and gave chase as well.

Nangong Liu may have left, but Xiao Yu’er was still digesting what he had said earlier, and the more he thought, the more he savored the thought.

“…I assume that it’s because you had things on your mind, and were not concentrating on the fight…”

With another sigh, Xiao Yu’er mumbled “His words struck right to my core. Seems like this descendant of the aristocratic Wu Lin family is really quite capable, and is not one to be taken lightly.”

Dazed for a while, he then walked forward with a large step, thinking of looking for that ‘Harming others without benefit to oneself’ Bai Kai Xin so that he can settle some scores with him.

As he walked, he can’t help muttering to himself, “Why is that Bai Kai Xin suddenly not afraid of death, that he did not even want the antidote? … And what is it with Murong Jiu? Has she really been captured by Jiang Bie He?”

The more he thought, the more confused he became, so he might as well stop thinking. However, he started feeling the pain on all the wounds on his body, so he found a large tree in the forest and sat down for a rest.

By now, the stars are fading, and rays of sunlight are slowly emerging from the east. Birds are starting to chirp in the forest and the earth seems so quiet and peaceful.

Xiao Yu’er closed his eyes and mumbled, “I’m afraid I’ve been too much of a busybody, but one cannot just eat and not do anything. Besides, once trouble comes knocking, there’s no way one can hide.”

Who would have expected that right then, a voice suddenly called out, “Xiao Yu’er… Jiang Xiao Yu… where are you?”

Xiao Yu’er jumped up, and said with a bitter laugh, “Trouble really came a knocking… but I wonder who this person is? And how would that person know I am in this forest?”

That voice called out again, “Xiao Yu’er, I know you’re in this forest, come out quick, I have something important to tell you… aren’t you coming out?” This voice sounded like Murong Jiu.

Xiao Yu’er’s eyes brightened, and smiled “If it’s Murong Jiu, she came at the right time. I wanted to look for her, and she’s here.”

A person with long hair and a long robe, was floating towards him among the misty morning fog, looking like a forest goddess flying on clouds. It is Murong Jiu.

Xiao Yu’er suddenly jumped right in front of her and shouted, “Hey!”

Murong Jiu was startled, and with her hands raised to her chest, gently chided, “You want to scare me to death again?”

Xiao Yu’er looked her up and down, and grinned, “I have not seen you for half a day, and you seem to be getting prettier.”

Murong Jiu pursed her lips and smiled, “I have not seen you for half a day, and you seem to be getting more handsome as well.”

Xiao Yu’er grinned, “You don’t hate me anymore.”

Murong Jiu replied, “A girl’s heart is ever changing, don’t you know?”

Xiao Yu’er answered, “I have been tricked by women before.”

Murong Jiu laughed, “Who tricked you! Who lied to you? Could it be… that Miss Tie?”

Xiao Yu’er felt a sharp pain in his heart, and shouted “No! It’s Murong Jiu.”

Murong Jiu giggled, “When have I lied to you?”

Xiao Yu’er’s eyes gleamed, and said each word clearly, “You are not Murong Jiu!”

Murong Jiu laughed loudly, “Who else could I be if not Murong Jiu? Don’t tell me you are feeling faint, and can’t recognize me anymore.”

Xiao Yu’er stared at her with big eyes for a while, and suddenly jumped up, turned a somersault, rolled on the floor, and rubbed his eyes before laughing loudly, “I thought it could not have been you, but it must be you.”

Murong Jiu smiled, “Who are you talking about?”

Xiao Yu’er grabbed her and laughed, “You’re Aunty Du… Du Jiao Jiao!”

That ‘Murong Jiu’ also stared at him for a while, and suddenly burst out laughing, “Little imp, you’re smart, you actually saw through my disguise. I’m afraid there’s no one else in the world besides you who can see through my disguise.”

Xiao Yu’er replied, “That’s right, but… I don’t believe that Aunty Du would really come here. Never in my dreams would I think that you would leave the ‘Valley of Evil’.”

Du Jiao Jiao actually sighed, and said slowly, “There are many things in the world which is unexpected.”

Xiao Yu’er widened his eyes, “I did not expect that even Aunty Du would sigh, and I can’t imagine why you would leave the ‘Valley of Evil’, and the most puzzling is how did you know about my matters, and disguised yourself as Murong Jiu?”

There are too many questions in his mind, and he can’t help but ask them all at once.

Du Jiao Jiao smiled, “You are rattling off your questions like a cannon, how am I supposed to answer you?”

Xiao Yu’er replied, “For the past two years, no one knows where I am, so how did you find out, and why did you disguise yourself as Murong Jiu?”

Du Jiao Jiao smiled, “After I left the valley, I heard about some of your antics, but I did not know where you were actually hiding! And I can’t even find out.”

Xiao Yu’er blinked in satisfaction, and grinned, “Of course you couldn’t find out, if I wanted to hide, no one can find out where I am.”

Du Jiao Jiao continued, “I couldn’t find you, but I bumped into you a few days ago! Not only did I see you, but I talked to you as well.”

Xiao Yu’er scratched his head, and asked with a bitter smile, “That’s weird… I actually spoke to you…?”

Du Jiao Jiao giggled, “You were so fierce then, staring at me and asked me to scramble off. I was really afraid of offending you, so I had to obediently scramble far, far away.”

Xiao Yu’er jumped up, and with widened eyes, laughed, “I know, you are that… that…”

Du Jiao Jiao smiled, “I am that silly maid at the Luo Brother’s house.”

Xiao Yu’er chortled, “I must really hand it to you, you were really good, I can’t even imagine it in my dreams.”

He laughed heartily for a while, and stopped, asking “But before that day, you did not see me?”

“No.”

“So you would not have guessed that I will be at Luo Jiu’s house.”

Du Jiao Jiao giggled, “I’m not god, of course I couldn’t have guessed.”

Xiao Yu’er asked, “Then why were you disguised as a silly maid, waiting for me there?”

There was a sudden flint of anger in Du Jiao Jiao’s eyes, and she bit each word out “I was there for the Luo Brothers!”

Xiao Yu’er was enlightened, “I know, they originally had some enmity with you.”

Du Jiao Jiao replied, “I left the Valley, besides to look for you, it’s also to look for two other people.”

“The ones you are looking for, is them?”

Du Jiao Jiao did not reply, but slowly continued, “20 years ago, among the ‘Ten Evils’, five were forced to enter the ‘Valley of Evil’. The situation then was very urgent, and they left in haste, so they did not have enough time to bring with them several important things.”

Xiao Yu’er nodded, “That’s right, you and Uncle Li, Uncle Du and the rest have roamed in Jiang Hu for so many years, so naturally you would have gathered some things, and those things that you actually took a fancy to, naturally must be very precious.”

Du Jiao Jiao added, “You know, we do not have friends in Jiang Hu, only the other five of the ‘Ten Evils’ can be considered birds of a feather.”

Xiao Yu’er smiled, “Of course I know about this point.”

Du Jiao Jiao continued, “So, we can only hand our things to them, but that ‘Mad Lion’ Tie Zhan was always crazy, and once he gets mad, he can disregard even his own life, much less things that others had given him. That ‘Harm others without benefit to oneself’ Bai Kai Xin is not only untrustworthy, but he is at loggerheads with Li Da Zui.”

Xiao Yu’er smiled, “And if you give it to ‘Compulsive Gambler’ Xuanyuan San Guang, you’re afraid he will lose it all.”

Du Jiao Jiao can’t help but laugh, “That’s right, this ‘Compulsive Gambler’ may have gambled all his life, and considers himself a better gambler than everyone else, but he often loses until even his pants are gone. He will only stop when ‘the light breaks (Tian Guang), the man is empty (Ren Guang), and the money is gone (Qian ye Guang)’. His name Xuanyuan San Guang arose because of this saying.”

Xiao Yu’er smiled, “As the saying goes, even a god will lose in a long gamble. And he’s only a compulsive gambler, not even qualified to be a god, so how could he not lose.”

Du Jiao Jiao continued, “That time, everyone initially decided to hand our things to ‘Charm to Death without Compensating with Life’ Xiao Mimi, but we didn’t know where she has hidden herself, and could not find her.”

She continued, “So after much thought, we can only hand our things to the Ouyang Brothers.”

Xiao Yu’er commented, “From what I seem these two brothers are even more unreliable. Since these brothers likes to take advantage of others, by handing your things to them, is akin to walking straight into a lion’s den.”

Du Jiao Jiao smiled bitterly, “We did think of that point, but these Ouyang Brothers were most afraid of ‘Bloody Hands’ Du Sha, who never takes advantage of others, but only kill them. Therefore we thought they won’t dare to cheat us, but who would have expected that these brothers, once they thought that since ‘Bloody Hands’ Du Sha had escaped to the ‘Valley of Evil’ and would not dare to come out, they need not fear him. So they stole our things.”

Xiao Yu’er said, “Which is why you came looking for them once you left the valley.”

“That’s right!”

Xiao Yu’er blinked, “Are that Ouyang Brothers somewhat related to the Luo Brothers?”

Du Jiao Jiao emphasized each word, “The Luo Brothers, are the Ouyang Brothers!”

Xiao Yu’er cried out hoarsely, “No wonder their styles are so vicious, I’ve long suspected that their background is strange… but, from what I know, they do not look like the Ouyang Brothers at all!”

Du Jiao Jiao explained, “Over the years, they deliberately made themselves fat, and appear swollen. They were originally skinnier than ghosts, so once they put on weight, the looks on their face would have changed, and no one would be able to recognize them. These two brothers are really smarter than others, to think of such a perfect way to disguise themselves.”

Xiao Yu’er clapped, “That’s right, using natural fats to disguise themselves, is the best way, trust them to think of such a brilliant idea!”

Du Jiao Jiao continued, “Therefore, I chose one of the silly maids they hired, killed her and disguised myself as her. They could not see through me, but I could see through them, and have already known that they are the Ouyang Brothers. However, if I were to reveal them, I’m afraid they will escape, or they would not tell me the whereabouts of our things.”

Xiao Yu’er guessed, “Which is why you have to wait until you find out the location of those things before you strike.”

Du Jiao Jiao said, “Although I did not know initially that the dim witted girl was Murong Jiu, but I found her a bit weird. So while I was feeling bored, I made a mould of her face, or else how could I have disguised myself as her in such short notice earlier, and without any tools as well.”

Xiao Yu’er rolled his eyes, and suddenly laughed coldly, “You made this mask, not out of boredom I think.”

Du Jiao Jiao smiled, “Then, what do you think I made it for?”

Xiao Yu’er continued, “You must have thought to kill her if the need arises, disguise yourself as her, and since the ‘Luo’ brothers would not be on their guard against her, it would be easier for you to investigate.”

Du Jiao Jiao smiled, “You’re a smart little imp after all, only you can guess what is in my heart.”