Who among the gangsters wants to fall in love?

Chapter 163 The Way of Time, the Unity of Heaven and Man
The snow was flying, and the fire in the palace was getting more and more intense. The sky in the early morning was full of fiery clouds, and the whole city was covered with red.

Wu Ming, wearing a white robe snatched from the street, sped past Ning'an Street in the west of the city. In the blink of an eye, he hid in a house, holding his breath.

Under the white robe, his flesh and blood were a mess, his body was charred black, blood was floating as he flew, and the clean white robe was soon stained red.

Prince Jin buried all the gunpowder under the study. When the explosion occurred, the black iron plate blocked it for a moment, allowing Wu Ming to react and rush forward several feet away from the center of the explosion, so he was not smashed to pieces on the spot. However, even so, he lost an arm and was pierced into his body by several pieces of iron plate fragments. His injuries were too severe. Unless he had the healing medicine that Shen Xiangge had taken out to save Zhao Wumian, he would have no chance of survival.

But Wu Ming was Luo Shuzhi's loyal follower, who was not afraid of pain or death. The reason why he survived and escaped in a panic was for another purpose.

As a double agent planted by Luo Shuzhi in the grassland, Wu Ming's biggest mission is to lure Wudamu into the interior for encirclement and suppression. Now that the mission has been accomplished, it doesn't matter if he dies, returns to Beijing to receive his reward, or hides in the underworld. However, Luo Shuzhi gave him one last mission.

Most of the pills, letter tube, money and other external items on his body were burned by the flames, but only one thing was still intact.

In his hand he held a porcelain bottle made of unknown material, with a pitch-black bead inside.

This bead is the poison pill given to him by Luo Shuzhi. This poison pill does not need to be taken, as long as it touches the skin, it will be absorbed into the body... There are many treasures in the court of Dali, but there are very few poisons that can hurt Wu Kui. Currently, there is only one known in the world.

One hundred years ago, the Lord of Guixuan Valley refined the Cold Jade Gu for those with innate all-poisonous bodies.

The poisons of other Gu Kings might be able to harm Wu Kui, but there is no actual example... So far, I haven't heard of any Wu Kui being poisoned to death or injured by poison.

But a hundred years ago, the master of Guixuan Valley created the Cold Jade Gu, which killed hundreds of people. Among them was a master who could communicate with the Bridge of Heaven and Earth who went to kill him, but was killed by the Cold Jade Gu instead. It is unknown where the master of Guixuan Valley went after that.

But ten years ago, when Luo Shuzhi asked Wu Ming to be a double agent, he stuffed a porcelain bottle into his hand and said, "This is the cold jade Gu. There is only one like this in the palace. When my father dies, I will lure Wudamu into the pass. That will be when he is the weakest. You will act accordingly."

Wu Ming didn't know where Luo Shuzhi found this poison that had not been seen in the world for a hundred years, but the advantage of a death warrior is that he never asks too many questions.

Luo Shuzhi had sent his assassins to massacre the entire Dong family since the time of the Jingnan Rebellion, and had placed the two Dong brothers next to the Prince of Jin. This was a plan he had made seventeen years ago to reduce the power of the feudal lords, so naturally he would not forget Wudamu at this moment.

At this moment, Wu Ming thought that this was the "opportunity" that the prince had mentioned.

Zhenren Guiyi and Chen Qiyuan were fighting with Wudamu, and he couldn't intervene. If he stayed inside, he would die there, and everything would be in vain.

If Wudamu died at the hands of the two martial masters, everyone would be happy, and from then on Dali would no longer have to fear the grassland... Without Wudamu, the grassland was not worth mentioning at all, and no one had been able to break into the pass for a whole sixty years.

For Luo Shuzhi, as long as he could kill Wudamu, it would be fine even if the Prince of Jin's fiefdom was not abolished... However, Luo Shuzhi was extremely ambitious and he wanted it all.

But if Wudamu didn't die and survived...then the only chance would be when Wudamu escapes.

Wu Ming rushed into the house, knocked the owner unconscious with a slap, then went straight to the third floor, stood at the window, and looked towards the direction of the palace through the gap.

On Ning'an Street, many martial artists in white were gathering to search... They were the disciples of the Sword Sect. Wu Ming couldn't escape from this and would be discovered sooner or later.

But Wu Ming just glanced at the Sword Sect disciples for a few times and then looked away, continuing to stare at the palace.

Wu Ming didn't remember who his parents were. He only knew that he had been learning martial arts in the Shang family since he could remember.

The Shang family is the family of Emperor Jingzheng’s first wife, Princess Qin, and the head of the Shang family is Shang Xuesheng.

Wu Ming was a death warrior trained by the Shang family since childhood. His duty at that time was to protect the eldest daughter of the Shang family, the Princess Qin... But he failed. In order to protect the late emperor, the Princess Qin was assassinated. She gave birth to two sons. The eldest son died in the Jingnan Campaign, and the second son was Luo Shuzhi.

Wu Ming liked the eldest daughter of the Shang family, but as a assassin, he didn't really know what it meant to like her or not. He only knew that she was assassinated because he failed to protect her well.

She died, but she still had a son...For her, no matter what orders Luo Shuzhi gave him or how many people he killed, he was willing to do it.

He was going to die now, but at least before he died, he wanted to kill Wudamu.

After a while, the fighting in the palace stopped, and Wudamu jumped out of the palace and fled to the west.

Wu Ming's eyes were gloomy, but he was not dead... Neither Guiyi Zhenren nor the Gun Master could do anything to him! ?

Never mind, it's worth it to be able to test out his real strength which is roughly equal to that of the four martial arts champions.

Wu Ming jumped out of the house. A lone disciple of the Sword Sect heard the sound and looked at him. He was surprised, but saw that Wu Ming was surrounded by the smell of blood and burnt food. He kicked the disciple out suddenly. The disciple fell into a house and fainted with his head tilted.

He flew over, took the letter tube from the waist of the Sword Sect disciple, and lit it up to the sky without hesitation.

With Wu Ming's injuries, he could not leave the city, and based on his understanding of Wudamu, if he lit the Sword Sect's message tube, he would definitely come to take a look. If for no other reason, he would be willing to do so just to kill a few Sword Sect disciples with good talents.

Wudamu regards the restoration of the previous dynasty and the return of the old capital as more important than anything else. In his eyes, there is no room for talented Central Plains warriors.

If Wudamu hadn't come... Wu Ming could only blame himself for his bad luck. He never expected that the King of Jin would be so heroic and ruin Luo Shuzhi and Wudamu's plan.

After lighting the letter tube, Wu Ming flew up and looked from a distance. He saw Wudamu flying towards him... He breathed a sigh of relief, "I'm glad I made the right bet."

"What is Rong Gou mumbling about!?"

Before he finished speaking, dozens of disciples from the Sword Sect flew over and surrounded Wu Ming, holding weapons and with cold eyes.

Wu Ming is from the Central Plains, but let him be called a Rong dog.

He opened his hands, indicating that he had no hostility, and said, "I have the Rong army report..."

Wu Ming no longer has much strength left. If he really fights with these Sword Sect disciples, he will die here on the spot... He cannot die. He wants to poison Wudamu. He wants to eliminate this great threat for the sake of the young lady's last son.

Hearing this, the Sword Sect disciples really did not take action immediately. They said coldly: "Tell the truth!"

Wu Ming felt helpless. As a double spy and not leading troops to fight, he didn't know much about military intelligence.

But in order to save his life, Wu Ming still put on a confident look while begging for mercy and lied to these Sword Sect disciples.

The Sword Sect disciples had no one in charge at the moment, and could not tell what was true or false for a moment. They were just waiting for Mu Lier to see the letter tube and come over to take charge of the situation.

Soon, Su Qingqi and Guan Yunshu flew over.

When Guan Yunshu saw that Wu Ming had been subdued, a hint of extreme disappointment suddenly emerged in his eyes... All the Rong people had been captured, who could she vent her emotions on?
She couldn't help wanting to stab Wu Ming with a sword, but she was afraid of stabbing him to death, which would cause Su Qingqi's Qingming Sword to disappear without a trace. Besides, Wu Ming might know a lot of information, so she couldn't just kill him casually.

The more he thought about it, the colder Guan Yunshu's face became.

Su Qingqi didn't have the same complicated thoughts as Guan Yunshu. Seeing Wu Ming being captured, she forced herself to overcome her fatigue and walked forward. She didn't make any sarcastic remarks, but just asked calmly, "Where is my Qingming Sword?"

Wu Ming looked at the two women, his eyes slightly moved... How could these two people appear in Taiyuan? Su Qingqi is here, so is Zhao Wumian here too? Why did Zhao Wumian come to Taiyuan at this moment?
Wu Ming had a bad feeling that anything that involved Zhao Wumian would not be successful.

If it weren’t for Zhao Wumian, who captured Luo Chaoyan in Qinfengzhai, how could so many things have happened?

He couldn't understand. Ever since he and Wudamu entered the palace and were bombed, he couldn't understand any developments. But he had no time to care about anything else at the moment. Apart from poisoning Wudamu, he could no longer do anything else.

He then honestly lowered his eyebrows and answered, "I don't use the sword, Qingming is useless, so I presented it to the national teacher... The national teacher admired Su Zongru very much, and Qingming was the sword he used when he was alive, so the national teacher hung Qingming in his tent and kept it as a collection."

Su Qingqi took a deep breath and her face sank a little. She didn't want to care about anything except Zhao Wumian at the moment, but she still couldn't help but want to stab this guy to death with a sword.

One of them came to kill Wu Ming to vent her anger, and the other came to look for the relics left by her biological father... In the end, neither of the two women achieved their goals, and their moods were extremely bad.

An indescribable atmosphere lingered in the air, and some of the Sword Sect disciples nearby felt a chill down their spines, with sweat on their foreheads in the middle of winter.

Until the sound of horse hooves rang in their ears, coming from outside the street. Several people were alert and turned their heads to look, only to see Mu Li'er riding on the Zhaoye Jade Lion, galloping towards them from outside the long street.

Su Qingqi and Guan Yunshu frowned slightly, not understanding why Mu Li'er found a horse to ride over after going out... Until they got closer and saw Zhao Wumian sitting behind Mu Li'er, Su Qingqi was stunned at first with her cold expression, and then the fatigue and gloom on her face melted away like the first snow, and she showed an irrepressible surprise.

Even someone as indifferent as Guan Yunshu, his expression suddenly relaxed and the corners of his mouth curled up subconsciously.

The surrounding Sword Sect disciples felt that the atmosphere was not so tense. They were not sweating in the winter. It was really strange... Eh? Why is there a man sitting behind Master Mu? Hey, brother, are you trying to kill yourself? That's the Little King of Hell. If she touches anything sitting so close, she will draw her sword and chop you!
Wu Ming turned around and saw Zhao Wumian. His heart skipped a beat. It was him again?
Su Qingqi and Guan Yunshu had a lot of things they wanted to say to Zhao Wumian, and a lot of things they had to say, but they didn't want to tell anyone except Zhao Wumian.

Just as they were about to fly over to meet him, a figure suddenly blocked the way between the two women and Zhao Wumian. He stood on the long street, with an upright figure, eyes like an eagle, and an elegant temperament, yet exuding an unusual presence.

Mu Lier pulled the reins suddenly, and the Jade Lion of Zhaoye raised its front hooves high and stopped in a hurry.

Ten steps ahead, Wudamu was standing in the snow. He was covered in blood, but his posture was casual. On the house behind Wudamu were Su Qingqi, Guan Yunshu and others.

He was like a natural barrier, standing between the few people.

There was a hint of astonishment in Mu Li'er's eyes. She glanced towards the palace, then her beautiful eyes turned cold. Without hesitation, she got off the horse and pressed the hilt of the sword at her waist. Her voice was extremely cold and contained a hint of readiness. "Wudamu...you are not dead yet."

Su Qingqi and Guan Yunshu hurriedly stopped, their overjoyed expressions turning into uncertain ones.

Zhao Wumian was sitting on his horse, breathing slightly rapidly. He had not recovered yet from the fight with Master Guishou... He stared intently at Wudamu who was standing in the snow.

The man covered in blood in front of him was the person Luo Shuzhi wanted to kill.

Wudamu glanced around and said, "Two Yuan Kui, a top master, and..."

He cast his gaze on Zhao Wumian, "...you who now command an army of 200,000."

"I came here this time just to try my luck, but I never thought that God would bless Dakun," Wudamu said with a smile, "After I kill you and capture Su Qingqi, will it be possible for Chief Constable Su to make the same mistake again and leave the prison alone?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Guan Yunshu and Su Qingqi drew their swords with a clang, their faces extremely cold.

Su Qingqi's eyes were filled with hatred, and she thought of her father and grandfather who had died tragically, and her eyes were slightly red. A few drops of cold sweat flowed down Mu Li'er's forehead. Although Wudamu looked extremely miserable at the moment, she could sense the extremely long internal energy in Wudamu's body. If he wanted to kill everyone present, he would still be able to do so with ease.

What should we do? Neither the explosion nor the gun master could kill Wudamu. All of them combined were not enough for Wudamu to defeat with one hand. And Wudamu was not a stupid person. He made his intention very clear... It was to kill Zhao Wumian, capture Su Qingqi, and lure Chief Constable Su.

My disciple had just fought a bloody battle with Gui Shou, and now he can only exert 30% of his strength. So the strongest and best-condition people in the field at this moment are only Mu Lier and Guan Yunshu.

Will Mu Lier and Guan Yunshu be Wudamu's opponents?
No, as long as the bridge between heaven and earth is not established, it will be impossible to defeat Wu Kui.

What's more, Wudamu is already a top martial arts master. He even took a trump card pill before coming here. His strength, which was less than 10% originally, has been restored to 50%. His injuries have healed at a speed visible to the naked eye because of the characteristics of his internal strength.

Everyone present did not know Wudamu’s specific condition, but the difference in strength was obvious enough to be felt without further explanation.

Wudamu stood with his hands behind his back. When he didn't move, no one dared to move. When he didn't speak, no one dared to make a sound. The only sound in the whole place was the breathing of the people present. The atmosphere was extremely stiff, and the fine snow falling from the sky seemed to solidify a little.

The dozen or so weakest disciples of the Sword Sect didn't even dare to breathe. Their faces turned purple, and they didn't dare to take a breath.

In this almost frozen space, Zhao Wumian turned over and dismounted, and was the first to speak, "Grassland State Master Wudamu... Did you kill Miss Su's father and grandfather?"

Once these words were spoken, the tense atmosphere was broken, and the Sword Sect disciples who were almost suffocated took this opportunity to breathe heavily.

Wudamu glanced at Zhao Wumian.

Mu Lier and Su Qingqi were startled. What are you saying at this time?

Zhao Wumian was also helpless. He didn't know whether Queen Canghua had a head-on battle with Wudamu... Anyway, since Wudamu was fine at the moment, Queen Canghua was either killed or hiding aside and didn't find an opportunity. Anyway, he couldn't count on that witch.

But just now a figure rushed into the palace. If nothing unexpected happens, that person must be Xu Ran sent by Luo Chaoyan for support... At this moment, we can only hope that Xu Ran saw the signal from the Sword Sect, realized something was wrong, and flew over.

It can only delay time.

Mu Lier subconsciously stood in front of Zhao Wumian, blocking Wudamu's sight. Her expression kept changing. She wondered if she could delay Wudamu for a while and let her disciple escape riding on the Zhaoye Jade Lion?

The hope is not very great... Wudamu's lightness skill is much faster than Zhaoye Jade Lion.

Wudamu looked Mu Lier up and down and smiled. "You are quite courageous and your strength is pretty good. I'm afraid you are only one push away from building the bridge between heaven and earth. Judging from your bone age, you are only 26 years old. When I first realized the breakthrough of the Qingying Jade Clothes, I was only 20 years old... Join my Great Kun, and when the previous dynasty is restored, I will make you a king of a different surname. How about that?"

Twenty years old? What kind of monster?
Mu Lier's pretty face was extremely cold, and she gritted her teeth and said, "Four days ago, Chen Qiyuan was already in front of me, and I was unable to stop him from being kidnapped. Now, I can't make the same mistake again."

Wudamu sighed softly, "You are so brave. That's why I want to recruit you... But what the little Taoist said is true, the clouds are in the sky and the water is in the bottle..."

These words showed his murderous intention.

At this moment, Wu Ming jumped down from the roof, but he was so weak that he lost his balance and fell into the snow, blood splattering everywhere, attracting the attention of everyone present.

Wu Ming had been watching coldly, wanting to wait for Wudamu to kill Zhao Wumian and resolve Luo Shuzhi's biggest concern before taking action... But his consciousness was getting heavier and heavier, and he couldn't even see things three meters away... He suddenly realized that he was going to die, and he couldn't even wait for a few minutes.

Wu Ming stood up with difficulty and walked towards Wudamu. The cold jade Gu in his sleeve was ready to go. He used all his strength to say, "National Master...save, save me..."

Wudamu tilted his head to look at him, frowning slightly, "Wu Ming...it turns out you are not dead yet."

He walked towards Wu Ming with his hands behind his back, then raised his hand slightly and pierced his heart in an instant, causing blood to splatter everywhere.

Wu Ming’s pupils widened and he stood there in a daze.

Wudamu suddenly pulled out his hand, leaving a bloody hole on Wu Ming's chest, and said calmly: "Luo Shuzhi wanted to test me, but I also wanted to kill the Central Plains Wu Kui by this opportunity? I also wanted to recruit King Jin. Have you ever thought about why I brought you to Taiyuan?"

Wu Ming fell to the ground with a thud, and his blood dyed the snow beneath him red.

The cold jade Gu wrapped in cloth hidden in his palm also rolled out and fell into the snow. His eyes were horrified... He died with his eyes open.

Wudamu wrapped the Cold Jade Gu with his sleeves, took a look at it, and smiled faintly, "Cold Jade Gu... This is something I made during the Dakun years. I have seen it when I was the national teacher. It's naive to use this thing against me... But I can use it against you..."

As he spoke, Wudamu suddenly raised his hand, and the poison pill that could merge into the human body as soon as it touched the skin instantly shot towards Mu Lier.

There is no time to waste at this moment. Seeing that surrender is failing, we naturally have to start killing. Do we have to continue chatting?

However, he used the Cold Jade Gu, obviously wanting to save some energy, which also proved that even after taking the elixir, Wudamu was not in a very good condition... After all, he was a human being, not an immortal monster.

Wudamu's sudden move caught everyone present by surprise...except Zhao Wumian who had been observing silently.

He was standing next to Mu Li'er, and seeing the poison pill shooting towards her, he immediately mobilized the Naraku Red Silk, grasped Mu Li'er's little hand and pulled her back, then raised his hand to catch the Cold Jade Gu.

When the cold jade Gu touched Zhao Wumian's palm, it melted away instantly. The poison ran along Zhao Wumian's arm and spread throughout his body in less than a breath.

The Cold Jade Gu is also an old friend to Zhao Wumian... He took it as the material for his innate all-poison body, so naturally he is not afraid of it.

This thing sounds intimidating. It can even kill Wu Kui, but it obviously can't kill Zhao Wumian.

But Zhao Wumian's body still trembled suddenly, and a look of surprise appeared in his eyes. Something was wrong!
This is indeed the Cold Jade Gu, but something is wrong. Something is wrong. It’s not him that is wrong, it’s Naraku Hongsi that is wrong!

Mobilizing the Naraku Red Silk and the Cold Jade Gu in his body, the two happened at the same time, making Zhao Wumian feel an instinctive sense of familiarity.

When he first snatched Naraku Hongsi and fled from the capital, it was also like this. This familiar feeling...

Wudamu suddenly appeared in front of Zhao Wumian with a cold look in his eyes. He didn't know what had happened to Zhao Wumian, but there was no need to show mercy at this moment, and he would naturally not sit idly by and watch any changes in Zhao Wumian's body after he was infected with the Hanyu Gu.

He slapped out with his palm, and Zhao Wumian almost instinctively slapped him back.

Wudamu's palm strike should have exploded Zhao Wumian and killed him, and Wudamu would have killed Mu Lier. But in fact, Zhao Wumian did spit out blood after the palm strike, but he did not die...

Why? After Wudamu took the elixir, his strength has been restored to 50%. With one blow, Zhao Wumian will have no chance of survival! ?
At this moment, Wudamu suddenly realized that his state had returned to the time before he took the elixir. He even had no idea why he was here, why he attacked Zhao Wumian... He had lost his memory of this short period of time! ?

"The Red Thread of Naraku, the method of tracing back!" Wudamu had such a broad knowledge that he grasped the key with just a thought.

The notes left by Chen Qiyuan once said that the essence of Naraku Red Thread is "the way of time". Since it is time, it should be divided into "past", "present" and "future". However, when Naraku Red Thread is deduced backwards, it is obvious that it only stands in the "future", so what about the "past" and "present"?

I don't know about the 'present', but as for the 'past', when Zhao Wumian took the red silk of Naraku and escaped, through actual combat experience, coupled with talent and luck, he obviously mastered what Wudamu called 'retracing'.

When Zhao Wumian woke up, he thought he had traveled through time to this world. However, this might not be the case… He had come to this world twenty years ago.

However, he was poisoned by the Cold Jade Gu and suffered a fatal injury. When he was dying, he used Naraku Hongsi's "Rewind Method" to try to "rewind" the Cold Jade Gu and his injuries to a time when he was healthy. But perhaps because he was not skilled, or perhaps he encountered an accident, or perhaps his memory, martial arts, and injuries did not rewind at the same time.

That's why he has no memory of what happened twenty years ago.

That's why he was able to crawl out of the snow... In fact, it was just that Naraku Hongsi reverted his situation from 'just one breath away from death' to 'seriously injured, but not dead'.

So when he woke up, he thought he was reborn and that his soul had traveled through time and space.

Zhao Wumian, it was always Zhao Wumian from beginning to end.

This is his true self.

Thinking of this, Zhao Wumian felt that a mysterious barrier in his body was like the snow in winter melting in spring, and he would naturally break through it.

Heaven and man are one!

I am my true self, my heart is here, my spirit is in my body, so what is the point of time and place, what is the point of external things? This is the way of heaven and earth, and it is the unity of heaven and man!

Everyone has slightly different methods of achieving the unity of man and nature, and the barriers are naturally different...but for Zhao Wumian, the self is his barrier.

Because he has not realized his true self, he is "incomplete". He does not even know who he is. How can he achieve the unity of man and nature?

But the unity of man and nature is still one step away from building a bridge connecting heaven and earth. Why?

Because Zhao Wumian did not rely on comprehending the Nine Bells to prove the Great Dao...what he proved was himself.

Although one can obtain the Way of the Nine Bells by comprehending the Nine Bells, that is not one's own Way... Since it is not oneself, there should be side effects, and one should become neither human nor ghost.

This is the fundamental reason why Taoist Guishou would rather not connect the bridge of heaven and earth and be the number one under the martial arts champion for ten years than to comprehend the Nine Bells.

It is equivalent to realizing that the Nine Bells are connecting the bridge between heaven and earth. It is a shortcut, while other warriors only need the 'Grandmaster' - the bridge between heaven and earth.

However, Zhao Wumian's process of realizing his true self, keeping his feet on the ground and taking things step by step, is actually slower. He must first achieve the unity of man and nature, and then break through upwards to "bridge the communication between heaven and earth", which means Grandmaster - unity of man and nature - bridge between heaven and earth.

What benefit would there be in having one more level stuck in the middle than others?
Is his limit the immortal who can ascend to heaven after gathering nine bells as rumored?

Zhao Wumian didn’t know… He had no time to think about these things at the moment.

Even though Wudamu was retraced back to the time when he was severely injured and his strength was less than 10% of what it was before, and he made a breakthrough in the battle, he vomited blood after receiving a palm strike from Wudamu and was almost slapped to death.

Behind Zhao Wumian, Mu Lier's mature and beautiful face was stunned for a moment, then she became furious, and her aura suddenly changed.

Also give you a glimpse into the unity of man and nature!

(End of this chapter)