Wuxia: Become the 100-Victory Sword King at the Beginning

Enraged, the Jade-Faced Prince unleashed his ultimate move, "Dragon Soars Across the Eight Desolations," with eight sword shadows surrounding Shi Feiyang.

At the critical moment, Shi Feiyang activated the Mingyu Gong to the "Ice Soul Cold Prison" level, and frost flowers condensed on the surface of his glassy skin. The "Severing Reincarnation" of the Hundred Victories Blade Technique roared out, and wherever the palm wind went, space seemed to be torn apart. The moment it collided with the sword energy, it exploded with a deafening roar.

"Do you know why you lost?" Shi Feiyang waved the jade pendant he had taken from the assassin and said sarcastically, "Your formation looks impressive, but it's full of loopholes, just like Cheng Yaojin's three-stroke axe—good to look at but useless!"

He suddenly pulled out a pen and ink, and wrote in a flamboyant style on a large roadside rock, then chuckled and said, "The Jade-Faced Prince, a remnant of the royal family, is plotting to restore the country and has framed me. Fellow heroes, open your eyes wide!" The onlookers, all martial arts practitioners, burst into laughter at the crooked handwriting.

The Jade-Faced Prince watched the dispersing assassins, then saw Shi Feiyang embracing an old man and telling him his newly made-up story of "Qin Qiong Selling His Horse." Enraged, he dropped his longsword with a clang. As the sun set, Shi Feiyang dusted himself off, handed a sugar painting to a child by the roadside, and said with a grin, "Let's go! Next time you make up a story, remember to write me as 'A Handsome and Elegant Swordsman'!"

Blood seeped from the cracks in the Jade-Faced Prince's mask. Gazing at the gradually dispersing assassins behind Shi Feiyang, his eyes held a murderous intent like a venomous snake spitting its tongue.

He suddenly threw his head back and laughed, shaking off the fallen leaves on his head, and said viciously, "What a sharp-tongued scoundrel! But today you can't escape!" As soon as he finished speaking, the sound of chains rattling echoed from the surrounding woods, and thirty-six bronze puppets burst out of the ground, their eye sockets flickering with eerie green flames. They were the "Mechanical Xuanjia Soldiers," which had been lost for a hundred years, and were exactly the same as the "Shadowless Deadly Crossbow" of "King Yang Lin."

After finishing the last bite of the sugar painting, Shi Feiyang picked his teeth with a bamboo skewer and said sarcastically, "Is Your Highness going to open a puppet show troupe? You should have said so earlier, and I could have introduced you to the most popular actors in Yangzhou!" Before he finished speaking, the bronze halberds in the puppets' hands came slashing down with a bloody gust of wind.

He activated his Bright Jade Skill, causing icy blue patterns to appear on his glassy skin. Suddenly, his bamboo staff transformed into countless afterimages, precisely the "Interlocking Jaws" technique from the "Dog-Beating Staff Method," striking the puppets' joints with pinpoint accuracy. Amidst sparks flying, several puppets crashed to the ground, black poison gushing from their broken ends.

"This is the Western Regions' 'Bone-Rotting Gu'!" The Jade-Faced Prince clapped his hands and grinned maliciously, drawing his long sword to reveal a few cold stars. He gritted his teeth and said, "Shi Feiyang, if you kneel down and beg for mercy, I might spare your whole corpse!" Shi Feiyang suddenly took out a suona from his deerskin bag and began to play "Fengyang Flower Drum" on the puppet.

Strangely, the puppets began to sway to the rhythm, turning their originally fierce attacks into something comical. Shi Feiyang thrust out with both palms, unleashing "Shifting Flowers and Receiving Jade!" The vortex's suction force swept all the battle halberds toward the Jade-Faced Prince.

In his haste, the prince unleashed the "Nine Turns of the Dragon," causing the sword energy to collide with the shadow of the halberd, and the resulting shockwave overturned half a hillside.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Shi Feiyang stepped forward with a "hidden identity and reputation" gait, picked up the gold sash around the prince's waist with his bamboo stick, and said sarcastically, "This belt is really exquisite, it would be perfect as a hair tie for my wife!"

The Jade-Faced Prince was completely enraged. Golden dragon phantoms appeared around his body as he forcibly activated the royal forbidden technique, "Heavenly Dragon Technique."

Instantly, all the sand and gravel within a radius of ten feet were sucked up and condensed into a golden dragon shape in the air. The Jade-Faced Prince, his face contorted with rage, cursed, "Shi Feiyang, today I will show you what royal majesty is!" The dragon-shaped phantom opened its blood-red maw, and wherever it passed, the grass and trees turned to dust.

Shi Feiyang remained calm and unhurried. He suddenly produced a huge Kongming lantern, lit it, and tossed it high into the air. Taking advantage of the moment when the Jade-Faced Prince was distracted, he unleashed the "Breaking Heaven and Earth" move of the Hundred Victories Blade Technique, slashing out with his palm as if it were a blade.

The blade energy, crisscrossing with overwhelming force, collided violently with the golden dragon phantom.

A thunderous roar seemed to explode between heaven and earth, golden light merging with the azure blade energy to form a blinding vortex. "Remember Li Mi's 'Fire Ox Formation'?" Shi Feiyang asked with a cold smile, then suddenly ripped open his shirt, revealing dozens of firecrackers strapped to his body, and said mockingly, "I've improved it a bit!"

He swiftly lit the fuse, and amidst the crackling explosions and billowing smoke, the Jade-Faced Prince's blood surged, and the puppets, confused by the noise, began to fight amongst themselves. In the chaos, Shi Feiyang's bamboo staff, like a venomous snake emerging from its hole, struck the prince's vital points.

At the moment of his final strike, he suddenly stopped, took out a sealed wax pill from his deerskin bag, and said righteously, "This is evidence of your collusion with the Demonic Sect. I had it sent to the authorities long ago. Does Your Highness want to continue the fight, or go and try your luck in prison?"

The Jade-Faced Prince stared at the broken sword in his hand, then looked at Shi Feiyang distributing osmanthus cakes to the onlookers, and was so angry that he spat out a mouthful of blood.

He angrily flung his sleeves and left, gritting his teeth as he went, "Shi Feiyang, I'll not be a gentleman if I don't avenge this!" Shi Feiyang brandished his bamboo stick and laughed loudly, "Remember to bring something new next time you fight. This puppet show was a disaster!"

The setting sun cast a long shadow of him, and the story of the "rogue knight-errant tricking the Jade-Faced Prince" had spread far and wide, carried by the rising dust. Shi Feiyang continued his aimless wanderings, thinking he could marry a woman whenever he wanted; after all, he was handsome, rich, skilled in martial arts, and exceptionally intelligent—he had no shortage of beautiful girls who would love him. That morning, he arrived at the Grand Canal, but suddenly heard the sound of a mechanism turning beneath his feet, knowing that the Jade-Faced Prince was up to his old tricks again.

Shi Feiyang grinned mischievously and waved the bronze token in his hand, the very same key to the array that he had swiped from the puppet earlier. He said mockingly, "Your Highness has forgotten? The flaw in this 'Mechanical Armor Array' is exactly the same as the trick Pei Yuanqing used to break the Copper Flag Array back then—once the array's core is broken, the whole game is lost! Hehe! Don't think you can bully me just because I'm unreliable. Traps don't fall from the sky for no reason!"

The thirty-six bronze puppets simultaneously emitted a piercing roar, and the eerie green flames in their eye sockets suddenly went out, turning into scrap metal scattered all over the ground.

The Jade-Faced Prince watched as his painstaking efforts went to waste. The golden phantom of the "Heavenly Dragon Technique" around him began to malfunction, and black blood spilled from the corner of his mouth—the backlash from forcibly activating the forbidden technique had taken hold. "Now it's my turn to make a move!" Shi Feiyang roared, circulating his Bright Jade Skill to the peak of "Ice Soul Cold Prison." Layers of frost appeared on his glassy skin, making him resemble an ice sculpture shrouded in icy mist. The ultimate move of the Hundred Victories Blade Technique, "Burning Heaven and Earth," was unleashed with a thunderous roar. The palm wind carried scorching heat and bone-chilling cold, causing the air to distort and explode wherever it passed.

With his last ounce of strength, the Jade-Faced Prince unleashed "Dragon Soaring Through the Nine Heavens," sending nine golden sword energies soaring into the sky. However, the moment they touched Shi Feiyang's palm strike, they melted away like snow meeting the blazing sun. Taking advantage of the opportunity, Shi Feiyang pressed forward, aiming his bamboo staff at the Prince's "Shanzhong" acupoint on his chest. But just before the blow landed, he suddenly changed his move, knocking off the Prince's purple-gold crown.

"Your Highness, the luminous pearl in your crown is even brighter than my wife's hairpin!" Shi Feiyang said mockingly, tossing the golden crown into the air. Suddenly, he pulled out a slingshot from his deerskin bag and teased, "Let me show you my 'Meteor Chasing the Moon'!" The pebble shot through the air, and the luminous pearl shattered with a crash, its brilliant fragments scattering like a meteor shower.

The Jade-Faced Prince stared at the scattered pearls and jade, his last shred of fighting spirit completely shattering. His eyes widened in fury, but he could no longer muster any inner strength, and he asked tremblingly, "You... are you a human or a ghost?!"

"I'm here to collect debts!" ​​Shi Feiyang said with a grin, pulling out an account book and adding jokingly, "From the money you spent hiring assassins to the expenses for making puppets, I've kept a detailed record! How about this, you lend me the cook from the Prince's mansion for three months, and the debt will be wiped clean?"

The martial arts heroes watching from all sides were already laughing together.

The Jade-Faced Prince's face turned from green to white, and he suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, staggering as he disappeared into the twilight.

As Shi Feiyang watched his departing figure, he clasped his hands in a fist salute to the onlookers and said loudly, "Fellow villagers, the play just now was called 'The Rogue's Clever Battle Against the Jade-Faced Wolf.' To find out what happens next, just watch which restaurant I go to for a free meal tomorrow!"

The setting sun gilded his figure, and a sachet he had taken from the prince hung on the green bamboo stick.

Shi Feiyang sniffed it, curled his lips in disgust, and teased, "This fragrance is too strong. My wife's osmanthus scent smells much better."

As he spoke, he hummed an off-key tune and continued his journey to find Yaoyue, bathed in the afterglow of the setting sun, leaving behind only a legend about the "most unreliable hero," which became more and more legendary in the martial arts world.

In March, Yangzhou is bursting with spring, and the Slender West Lake is especially breathtaking. The lake's surface glistens like a giant mirror, reflecting the blue sky, white clouds, and surrounding scenery. Willows sway gently along the lake shore, their tender green buds dancing in the spring breeze like the soft hair of the Spring Maiden.

Strolling along the shores of Slender West Lake, one can see a few small boats occasionally gliding leisurely across the lake, with boatmen gently rowing their oars, creating ripples.

The Five Pavilion Bridge in the distance spans the lake. Its unique design, with its upturned eaves and golden splendor, shines brightly in the sunlight.

The flowing water under the bridge complements the surrounding scenery.

In the lakeside garden, flowers of all colors bloom in competition, attracting countless bees and butterflies to dance among the flowers. They blend into the scenery of the lake and mountains, together forming this beautiful picture.

Shi Feiyang, who arrived riding on the Vermilion Bird, floated down and gazed at the beautiful scenery of Slender West Lake. He lingered there, reluctant to leave, as if he were in a fairyland on earth.

Suddenly, a sinister chanting arose from the "Blazing Fire of the Heavens" of the Burning Flower Sect, and eighteen bronze Buddhist banners burst forth from the ground, each embroidered with a burning mandala. The leader of the Burning Flower Sect, "Flame King," walked on a carpet of lava, his arms, exposed beneath his robes, covered in fiery scales, and dripping from his fingertips not with blood, but with wax.

"Shi Feiyang, you stole my sect's 'Return of All Poisons', today is your death anniversary!" Mingwang cursed viciously, waving his hand, and raging flames surged from the Buddhist banners, which were actually "Hellfire" made from the oil of living people.

Shi Feiyang pulled out a kaleidoscope, using Mingyu Gong to refract the sunlight into a seven-colored light sword, and said with a grin, "Your Majesty, how come your flames are even more vibrant than the rouge of the Yangzhou slender horses?" Before he finished speaking, the karmic fire had already reached his feet.

Shi Feiyang unleashed his "Hundred Victories Blade Technique: Burning Heaven and Earth," his palm strikes swirling like blades, splitting the flames in two. Even more astonishingly, he seized the opportunity to toss out rose-scented cakes from his deerskin bag; the honey on the cakes sizzled upon contact with the fire, releasing a sweet fragrance from the raging flames.

While Ming Wang was stunned, Shi Feiyang sneered, "I heard that your sect's 'Fire-Swallowing Divine Skill' can prolong life? I'll borrow some fire energy—" Ming Yu Gong's cold energy was injected, and Ming Wang was instantly in a state of "ice and fire". The wax froze into ice crystals, but his cassock was still smoking.

Just as Shi Feiyang was kicking the Ming King Ice Sculpture on his way, suddenly the sky above his head was covered—the Five Poisons Sect's Holy Maiden Zi Die was attacking on the "Ten Thousand Poisons Flying Carpet," and the carpet was crawling with tens of millions of Yin-Yang butterflies.

She held a snake-shaped whip in her hand, and seven glass beehives hung from her waist, each emitting a sickening buzzing sound. "Young Master Shi, did you miss me?" Zi Die said in a flirtatious tone, her eyes sparkling. Suddenly, the beehives exploded, releasing countless fluorescent Gu worms like dark clouds pressing down on the city.

Shi Feiyang pulled out a cricket cage, and the silkworm silk flowing from his palm magnified it into a giant insect-catching net. He said mockingly, "Sister Zidie, your butterfly is far inferior to my concubine's headdress—look at this!"

Suddenly, a colorful "heavenly silkworm moth" flew out of the cage. It was a strange species that had been raised with the secret medicine of the Yihua Palace. With a flap of its wings, it released a bewitching fragrance.

The swarm of Gu worms instantly panicked and began to devour each other.

Zi Die was both shocked and furious, and her soft whip struck Shi Feiyang's face directly. Shi Feiyang neither dodged nor evaded, but instead used the "Shifting Flowers and Jade" divine skill to redirect the whip's momentum toward the flying carpet.

With a "rip," the Gu worm on the flying carpet was cut in two by the silkworm's silk, and the purple butterfly screamed as it plummeted towards the Slender West Lake.

Shi Feiyang caught her, whispering in her ear, "Sister, why don't you come back to the Yihua Palace with me to raise butterflies? The nectar there is sweeter than Wang Shichong's imperial treasury." The withered lotus leaves of Slender West Lake rustled in the night breeze. Shi Feiyang, holding Zi Die in his arms, spun and landed, his emerald bamboo stick extinguishing three Kongming lanterns. As Zi Die broke free, the glass beehive at her waist clanged, making the vermilion mole at the corner of her eye appear as if dripping blood. She angrily shouted, "Let go! How dare you treat the Holy Maiden of the Five Poisons Sect so lightly?"

"So the beauty is from the Five Poisons Sect!" Shi Feiyang asked rhetorically, then suddenly understood what was going on. He swung his bamboo stick and retreated, then suddenly pulled out a handkerchief embroidered with a chubby baby from his deerskin bag, and teased, "If I had known this, I should have used this as a token of our love!"

As soon as he finished speaking, countless Yin-Yang butterflies flew out from the flying carpet, spewing out purple mist as their wings opened and closed—the Five Poisons Sect's "Bewitching and Bone-Corroding Mist".

Shi Feiyang covered his nose and quickly used the "Puppy Playing with Ball" technique, his bamboo stick dancing and turning into a green light to protect his body. He then jokingly said, "This smell is even more pungent than the osmanthus cake that's gone bad in my kitchen!" He suddenly shook out hundreds of toads from a brown paper bag.

It turned out he had been prepared all along, imitating the "Fire Ox Formation" used when he impersonated "Li Er" and led his troops in battle. He fed the toads with realgar wine, specifically to deal with the yin and soft Gu worms. Zi Die clenched her silver teeth, and her snake-shaped whip suddenly transformed into thousands of phantoms.

Shi Feiyang remained calm and composed, circulating his Mingyu Gong to create a vortex of suction, his glassy skin shimmering with a faint blue light. The whip tip had barely touched the hem of his clothes when it was pulled back, causing the Gu worm box on the flying carpet to explode with a deafening roar.

"What a brilliant scheme!" Zi Die exclaimed, leaping onto the tattered flying carpet, and all seven beehives opened simultaneously. In an instant, poisonous bees swarmed in like a dark cloud, their stingers flashing with an eerie glow. Shi Feiyang, however, pulled out a suona (a traditional Chinese wind instrument) and began playing the melody of "Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix."

What's even more ingenious is that he somehow tied a piece of silk smeared with honey to the bamboo stick, causing the poisonous bees to change course and buzz around the silk.

"You!" Zi Die was both shocked and furious. She formed hand seals and unleashed the "Three Yin Heart-Eating Gu". The invisible Gu worm burrowed into Shi Feiyang's meridians along his toes, but he suddenly pulled out a copy of "The Art of War" to cover his face and said sarcastically, "Beauty, your 'secret crossing of the Chencang' move is brilliant, but I already have a 'golden cicada shedding its shell' plan!"

As he spoke, he rolled on the spot and flung out thirteen scarecrows from his sleeve, each with a talisman bearing the birth date and time of Zi Die.

The Gu worms were instantly disoriented, darting wildly among the scarecrows. Taking advantage of the moment, Shi Feiyang unleashed the "Slaying the Mortal World" move from his Hundred Victories Blade Technique, slashing out with his palm like a blade, the blade's energy cleaving the flying carpet in two. As Zidie plummeted, Shi Feiyang used a bamboo stick to lift her skirt, and amidst gasps from the crowd, swept her up in a princess carry, teasingly saying, "Be careful not to fall; this pose is even more beautiful than 'Lianxing's Drunkenness'!"

Three days later, the largest inn in Yangzhou, Yuelai Inn, was filled with a strange fragrance.

Shi Feiyang, who was sitting with his legs crossed, gnawing on a roast chicken, suddenly slammed his hand on the table and stood up, cursing, "Oh no! This incense smells wrong, it smells exactly like the bewitching incense that Qin Qiong smelled when he was trapped in Wagang Village!" Before he finished speaking, black blood seeped from his seven orifices—Zi Die's Heart-Eating Gu had finally taken effect.

He endured the excruciating pain in his meridians and suddenly grabbed a jar of vinegar from the table, gulping it down. It turned out that the secret manual "All Poisons Return to Their Source" stated, "Fight poison with poison," and he had already ordered the waiter to prepare three jars of aged vinegar.

The Gu worms became agitated upon encountering acid, and he seized the opportunity to circulate his Mingyu Gong to the "Ice Soul Cold Prison" realm. Frost flowers condensed on the surface of his glassy skin, freezing the Gu worms into ice beads that rolled down his lips. Zi Die, hidden among the beams and pillars, witnessed all of this, her silver teeth almost drawing blood.

She raised her hand and summoned the poisonous spiders, setting up the "Thousand Spider Poison Array".

Instantly, the entire inn was swarming with venomous spiders the size of bowls, their silk weaving into a web that gleamed eerily green in the moonlight. Suddenly, Shi Feiyang pulled out a rattle-drum and began shaking it loudly, deliberately asking, "Little spiders, have you ever heard of the 'Empty City Stratagem'?" Strangely, upon hearing the drumbeat, the spiders began to dance in formation. Taking advantage of the moment, Shi Feiyang unleashed the "Dog-Beating Stick Technique"—the "Gathering of Dogs Fighting for Food"—his bamboo stick moving like a nimble snake, dislodging the spiderweb's focal points. In the heat of battle, he inadvertently glimpsed the hand seals of Zi Die, his pupils shrinking sharply—the trajectory of her circulating inner energy perfectly matched the incantation of the Mingyu Gong taught by Yaoyue!

"So that's how it is!" Shi Feiyang said with sudden realization, then laughed three times. Suddenly, he took out a kaleidoscope from the deerskin bag and refracted the moonlight into seven-colored light blades.

Zi Die hurriedly dodged, her veil slashed open by the light blade, revealing her jade-like profile. Taking advantage of the moment, Shi Feiyang used "Transferring Flowers and Jade" to pull her into his arms, whispering in her ear, teasingly saying, "My beauty, shouldn't we have a good chat about the connection between your Gu technique and the Bright Jade Skill?"

Zi Die was both ashamed and angry, only to discover that her Gu worms had been trapped by the other party's Heavenly Silkworm Silk at some point. As she struggled, Shi Feiyang had already taken out a piece of osmanthus cake and stuffed it into her mouth, teasingly saying, "Try it? It tastes much better than your poisonous Gu!"

In the vast world, this confrontation, fraught with tension, inadvertently sowed the seeds of love.

As the purple butterfly detached itself from the stone and flew away, the silver bells in its hair jingled, startling the night heron that was perched on the withered lotus.

She lightly touched the gunwale with her toes, leaving behind the gritted teeth, "Next time I'll take your life," before disappearing into the mist of the canal.

Shi Feiyang gazed in the direction she had gone, picked up the handkerchief stained with rouge with a bamboo stick, and chuckled as he tucked it into his pocket, saying with a grin, "This is a token of love from a beautiful woman; I can't throw it away!" Half a month later, at the third quarter of the hour of Xu (7:45 PM), the imperial waterway of Emperor Yang of Sui emitted a strange, eerie blue light.

Shi Feiyang stood at the bow of the boat, fanning herself with a folding fan, when she suddenly caught sight of a purple butterfly appearing on the water's surface on the opposite bank. With a flick of her sleeves, countless yin fire insects gathered into the phantom of Yaoyue, and she sternly rebuked, "Shi Feiyang has betrayed the Yihua Palace; everyone has the right to kill him!"

"This water screen magic trick is even more spectacular than the shadow puppetry of Yangzhou!" Shi Feiyang laughed loudly, shaking his bamboo stick. Suddenly, he pulled out a copper gong from his deerskin bag and banged it loudly. He then teased, "But my old sister doesn't know how to use the Yin Fire Worms of the Five Poisons Sect!"

Before the words were finished, the real Purple Butterfly burst from the water, its serpentine whip carrying a deadly water arrow. Shi Feiyang used his "Leave No Trace for a Thousand Miles" lightness skill, leaping and bounding among the sails, his bamboo staff wielding a defensive stance of "interlocking fangs."

The water arrow struck the green awn and exploded with poisonous smoke. He took the opportunity to pull out a sack soaked in realgar wine, lashed it at the soft whip, and asked, "Remember last time the toad countered the Gu worm? This time, we'll use wine!" Zi Die gritted her teeth and suddenly took off the glass beehive from her waist and threw it into the water.

In an instant, thousands of piranhas surged forth, their sharp teeth gleaming coldly, turning the canal crimson. Shi Feiyang activated his Bright Jade Technique, his glassy skin shimmering with icy blue patterns, and the suction force in his palms swirled like a vortex, drawing the fish toward the shore.

As he dodged, he shouted, "This 'fishing in troubled waters' move was learned from Cheng Yaojin. You should call me master, young lady!"

In the heat of battle, a muffled roar suddenly came from underwater. The entire stone bridge collapsed with a crash, and Shi Feiyang and Zi Die were simultaneously swept into the whirlpool. When the two surfaced, they found themselves in a cave covered with fluorescent moss—the very "Netherworld Gu Cave," a forbidden area of ​​the Five Poisons Sect.

A giant spider hanging from the cave ceiling suddenly launched an attack. Zi Die swung her whip and severed the spider's legs, but then an even more terrifying ancient Gu beast, the "Taotie Spider King," burst forth from the ground. Its eight compound eyes shimmered with an eerie purple light, and its mandibles spewed corrosive venom.

Shi Feiyang unleashed the "Demon-Slaying Cloud" technique of the Hundred Victories Blade Method, his palm strike colliding with the venom to create a cloud of poisonous mist. "This beast is even more difficult to deal with than Yuwen Chengdu!" Shi Feiyang cursed angrily, then pulled Zi Die to dodge, but accidentally stepped into a spider web trap.

In the nick of time, Zi Die wrapped her soft whip around his waist, but was pierced through the shoulder by the Spider King's tail stinger. The poison spread rapidly, and strange bluish spots appeared on her pale face. "Don't be foolish!" Shi Feiyang advised, picked her up and ran, suddenly remembering the strategy of "putting yourself in a desperate situation to survive".

He pressed the purple butterfly against the cold jade wall, circulating his Bright Jade Skill to the "Ice Soul Cold Prison" level, his glassy skin almost transparent. When he pressed on her major acupoints, the two of them suddenly trembled simultaneously—in the instant their inner forces merged, memories flooded back like a tide.

Shi Feiyang saw the young Zi Die locked by the Gu Pool, where elders forcibly poured poisonous insects into her mouth; Zi Die, on the other hand, witnessed the young Shi Feiyang being tempered by Yaoyue with ice in the forbidden area of ​​the Yihua Palace. In the fragmented scenes, both of them struggled in pain, yet stubbornly fought for survival in their desperate situation.

"So we're all just unfortunate souls..." Zi Die sighed, coughing up black blood, but a bitter smile appeared on her lips. Shi Feiyang used a bamboo stick to shave off some antidote herbs and stuffed them into her mouth, teasingly saying, "From now on, you'll be in charge of poisoning, and I'll be in charge of antidotes. If we open a clinic together, we'll definitely become famous throughout the martial arts world!"

Outside the cave, the roars of the Gluttonous Spider King grew ever closer. Shi Feiyang gripped his bamboo staff tightly, shielding Zi Die behind him. His inner strength surged like a river beneath his fair skin as he chuckled and said, "My beauty, watch closely! My 'Severing Reincarnation' move will surely send this beast to meet the King of Hell!" Zi Die, nestled in his arms, gazed at his resolute profile and, for the first time, felt that perhaps fighting alongside this rogue wasn't such a bad thing after all.

Spiderwebs, like a giant black curtain, covered the dome, with sticky spider silk hanging down and piling up on the ground into heaps of putrid slime.

Shi Feiyang fled, carrying the poisoned Purple Butterfly, his feet occasionally treading on the skeletons of unknown creatures, producing a sickeningly crisp sound. From the countless holes in the rock wall, eerie green lights flickered, like countless pairs of peering eyes.

The roar of the Gluttonous Spider King shook the cave, sending rocks tumbling down. Its massive pincers scraped against the rock walls, scattering sparks. Purple Butterfly's venomous blood dripped to the ground, corroding deep, sizzling pits. "This monster's venom is even more potent than the Five Poisons Sect's Thousand Spider Poison Array!" Shi Feiyang said cautiously, activating his Bright Jade Skill. Layers of frost appeared on his glassy skin, yet Purple Butterfly's lips grew increasingly bluish-purple.

Suddenly, hundreds of palm-sized vampire spiders descended from the cave ceiling, their bright red abdomens flickering like will-o'-the-wisps in the darkness.

Shi Feiyang brandished his bamboo stick, unleashing the "dogs fighting for food" move. As the bamboo shadows danced, the spider swarm was turned into a bloody rain.

But the smell of blood enraged the Gluttonous Spider King, which simultaneously sprayed purple poisonous mist from its eight compound eyes, instantly turning the rock walls into pus wherever it passed.

"Behold my 'Burning Heaven and Earth'!" Shi Feiyang roared, slashing out with his palm like a blade. The blade's energy surged with overwhelming force, colliding violently with the poisonous mist. The shockwave from the explosion sent debris flying, but it also revealed the eerie totems on the rock wall—the "Netherworld Sacrifice Diagram," a lost art of the Five Poisons Sect, densely covered with countless living Gu worms.

Zi Die suddenly grabbed his wrist, her voice weak but urgent: "These are... ancient Heart-Eating Gu, you must not..." Before she could finish speaking, the Gu worms on the rock wall surged in like a tide.

Shi Feiyang activated the Mingyu Technique to create a vortex of suction, drawing the Gu worms towards the Taotie Spider King. However, the Spider King's carapace was indestructible, and the Gu worms' frantic devouring only made it more violent.

The sound of dragging chains echoed from the depths of the cave, and Shi Feiyang's pupils constricted sharply—slowly emerging from the cracks in the rock wall was a "corpse gu giant" pieced together from countless corpses. Ghostly blue flames flickered in its empty eye sockets, and with each step it took, black venom seeped from the ground.

Remembering Yang Lin's "Dragon-Trapping Formation," Shi Feiyang immediately activated his Heavenly Silkworm Divine Skill. Silkworm threads from his palms formed a large net, placing Zi Die high up. Then, Shi Feiyang loudly proclaimed, "Zi Die, watch closely!" He used the "Flower-Shifting Jade" technique, cleverly diverting the attacks of the Gluttonous Spider King and the Corpse Gu Giant towards each other. The two monsters collided with a deafening roar, splattering flesh and venom across the cave.

But Shi Feiyang knew this was only a temporary measure; he had to find a way to counteract the poison before the Purple Butterfly took effect.

Suddenly, the Netherworld Sacrifice Diagram on the rock wall emitted an eerie light. Shi Feiyang had a flash of inspiration and used a bamboo stick to pry open the wound on Zi Die's shoulder, dripping his own blood into it. "Back then, Qin Qiong broke the formation with blood, and today I'll try it too!" he joked, pushing his Mingyu Gong to its limit. His glassy skin became almost transparent, and his true energy surged into Zi Die's body like a raging river.

Zi Die's consciousness floated in the chaos. She saw the veins bulging on Shi Feiyang's forehead, but he still couldn't help but tease her: "Miss... my blood is more precious than the snow lotus of Tianshan..." The eerie terror of the Netherworld Gu Cave seemed to disappear at this moment, leaving only the sound of their intertwined heartbeats, playing the symphony of life in the darkness.

The moment Shi Feiyang's blood seeped into Zi Die's wound, the cave suddenly trembled violently. The Netherworld Sacrifice Diagram on the rock wall emitted a blinding red light, and countless tiny Gu worms burrowed into Shi Feiyang's body along his smooth skin.

Zi Die exclaimed, "Stop! This is the 'Twin Gu King' ritual of the Five Poisons Sect. You will be..." Before she could finish speaking, Shi Feiyang suddenly revealed a sly smile, lightly tapped Zi Die's brow with his bamboo stick, and said in a serious tone, "Have you forgotten, young lady? My Mingyu Gong 'Ice Soul Cold Prison' can freeze all the poisons in the world." His body was filled with cold air, which actually froze the Gu worms that had burrowed into his body into ice crystals, which were then expelled through his pores.

Even more shockingly, the Gluttonous Spider King and the Corpse Gu Giant stopped attacking in the chilling aura and bowed their heads to Shi Feiyang. "How is this possible..." Zi Die murmured to herself, staring at the scene before her in disbelief.

Shi Feiyang waved the bronze token he had taken from the rock wall, which was clearly engraved with the twin totems of the Yihua Palace and the Five Poisons Sect. He suddenly realized and said, "When I was practicing my cultivation just now, I discovered that the Gu King of this forbidden area actually recognizes the bloodline of the Yihua Palace as its master. It seems that Sister Yaoyue had made an agreement with the Five Poisons Sect back then."

From the depths of the cave came an aged cry of alarm, and three humanoid cocoons burst forth from the earth—the three elders of the Five Poisons Sect. Their bodies were crawling with Gu worms, and their voices, hoarse as night owls, shrieked, "How dare you ruin our sect's millennium-long plan!"

Shi Feiyang chuckled and pulled out the antidote he had taken from them, saying disdainfully, "The three elders were quite skilled in using the 'Turtle Breath Gu,' but unfortunately, they encountered my 'Substitution Technique.'"

As Shi Feiyang's inner energy merged with Zi Die's, he cleverly transferred the Gu worms of the three elders to his own body and used the Mingyu Gong to control them in reverse. The three elders collapsed like puppets with broken strings, and the top of the cave slowly opened, revealing the dazzling lights of Yangzhou City.

Zi Die gazed at Shi Feiyang in her arms, noticing the faint purple markings beneath his glass-like skin—a sign that the twin Gu Kings had recognized each other as masters. Shi Feiyang gently stroked her nose and said teasingly, "Congratulations, from now on, all the Gu worms you cultivate will have to address me as 'Master'."

As the two smiled at each other, the familiar sound of a flute drifted from afar.

Shi Feiyang's pupils suddenly contracted; the melody was none other than Yaoyue's secret code. He gripped Zidie's hand tightly, his eyes gleaming with cunning and determination, and said teasingly, "It seems our story has only just begun..."

What appears to be a life-or-death crisis is actually a scheme orchestrated by Yaoyue years ago. Shi Feiyang's lineage from the Yihua Palace and Zi Die's status as a saintess of the Five Poisons Sect happen to trigger the "Twin Gu Kings" recognition ceremony.

The three elders' so-called "manipulation" was nothing but a futile struggle. Even more shockingly, from the very beginning of his encounter with Zi Die's Gu techniques, Shi Feiyang subtly planted a seed for reversing the situation through the characteristics of the Mingyu Gong, making this thrilling adventure a crucial step in his journey through the mysteries of the martial world.

In the late spring, apricot blossoms were falling in a small town in Jiangnan. Shi Feiyang was picking out red silk in a silk shop, fanning himself with a folding fan. Suddenly, he lowered his voice and said to the shopkeeper, "Boss, would this fabric be suitable for making a bellyband for my wife?"

Before he could finish speaking, three cold glints of light pierced through the air outside the window. Without turning his head, he swung his emerald green bamboo staff out with a backhand motion, using the "Dog-Beating Staff Technique" to "Steal the Staff from the Mastiff's Mouth," driving three bone-piercing nails into the beams and pillars, startling the silks in the room into a flurry of snowflakes.

Zi Die leaped lightly from the second floor, the glass beehive at her waist humming dangerously. Trembling, she said, "The Jade-Faced Prince's assassins are here! Eighteen men each in the east, west, south, and north." As soon as she finished speaking, blood-red banners suddenly rose along the entire cobblestone street, and three hundred assassins formed the "Nine Luminaries Trapping Dragon Formation," a modified version of the killing formation Yang Lin used to besiege Wagang Village. "Perfect timing!" Shi Feiyang roared, pulling a rattle drum from his deerskin bag and shaking it loudly. He said disdainfully, "Last time we used a rattle drum to fool the demonic monk; this time, let's try breaking the formation!"

He activated his Bright Jade Skill, his glassy skin glowing with a ghostly blue light. He used his bamboo staff to perform the "Puppy Playing with a Ball" movement, seemingly dancing a Yangzhou lantern dance amidst the enemy ranks. When the assassins' swords came at him, he casually deflected them with "Shifting Flowers and Jade," redirecting the attacks to his comrades. Instantly, screams filled the air within the ranks.

With a gentle wave of her hand, Zi Die summoned thousands of Yin-Yang butterflies from the beehive, releasing a bewitching poisonous mist as their wings opened and closed. But the enemy was prepared; the lead golden-armored warrior lashed out with a nine-section steel whip, the tip wrapped with exorcising realgar.

Seeing this, Shi Feiyang suddenly pulled out a giant kite and shouted with a grin, "Miss Zidie, let's have a Jiangnan version of 'Borrowing Arrows with Straw Boats'!"

He used his "Leave No Trace for a Thousand Miles" light-footed skill, pulling on the kite string as he charged towards the enemy ranks. When the assassins' arrows came flying, he used "Shifting Flowers and Receiving Jade" to deflect the rain of arrows, and then took out a handful of chili powder and sprinkled it into the air.

Instantly, chaos erupted within the formation. Taking advantage of the situation, Zi Die activated the "Thousand Spider Poison Formation," sending hundreds of poisonous spiders climbing up the armor of the golden-armored warriors along the steel whip, biting them until they screamed in agony. Amidst the fierce battle, the Jade-Faced Prince's double suddenly appeared.

The man held a soft sword adorned with golden silk, its tassel decorated with eighteen skulls. It was a weapon modified from the "Soul-Locking Bell." He threatened, "Shi Feiyang, today I'll let you taste the bitterness of being trapped in shallow waters!"

Before he could finish speaking, Shi Feiyang had already pulled out a kaleidoscope, refracting the setting sun into seven-colored blades of light. Even more amazing, he had somehow tied a bronze mirror to his bamboo stick, reflecting all the attacks from the soft sword.

"Your Highness's swordsmanship is softer than my wife's embroidery needle!" Shi Feiyang teased as he unleashed the "Breaking the Universe" move of the Hundred Victories Saber Technique, slashing out with his palm as if it were a saber. The saber energy, crisscrossing the air, carried an overwhelming momentum, and the shockwave that erupted when it collided with the soft sword tore the wine flags on the street to shreds.

Taking advantage of the situation, Zi Die unleashed a rope made of Gu worms, which wrapped around the opponent's ankle. But a real crisis suddenly descended—on the rooftop of the teahouse in the southwest corner, twelve Tang Clan experts simultaneously unleashed a rain of pear blossom needles.

Shi Feiyang's pupils contracted sharply, and he suddenly grabbed Zi Die, using his "Hidden Body and Name" light-footed skill. In the nick of time, he used a bamboo stick to knock away the peddler's carrying pole on the street and threw the sack full of flour into the air.

The pear blossom needle disappeared into the flour and instantly turned into a white mist.

"Run!" Shi Feiyang shouted, carrying the wounded Zi Die on his back and running wildly, only to find that he was surrounded by enemies on all sides. He suddenly remembered the brilliant plan of "Qin Qiong selling his horse," and tore off his brocade robe and threw it to the pursuers: "Heroes, this is a piece of Yun brocade from Persia!"

Taking advantage of a lull in the enemy's scramble, he pulled out his last smoke grenade, grabbed Purple Butterfly, and disappeared into the depths of the alley.

Late at night, Shi Feiyang placed the unconscious Zi Die in a dilapidated temple.

He was about to use his internal energy to heal her wounds when he heard a rustling sound outside the temple. Looking at the pale-faced beauty in his arms, he gritted his teeth and took out a treasured osmanthus cake from his pocket—a treat he had saved for his unborn child.

"Sorry, little darling, I need to borrow your food for a bit," Shi Feiyang said jokingly, crushing the osmanthus cake and scattering it outside the temple. He then used a bamboo stick to draw a giant Bagua formation on the ground. When the pursuers followed the fragrance, Shi Feiyang suddenly jumped out from the shadows, waving a bamboo stick covered in honey and shouting, "Try my 'Honey-Hidden Dagger'!" He cleverly used the "luring the dog into the stronghold" tactic to lure the enemy into the formation, and then pulled out a thunderbolt bomb he had smuggled from the Tang Clan.

The explosion resounded through the night sky. Shi Feiyang gazed at the flames, patted the top of Zi Die's head in his arms, and teased, "Girl, when you wake up, we'll go to the Yihua Palace to ask for wedding candy. And then, I'll have Sister Yaoyue use her Mingyu Kung Fu to bake osmanthus cakes for us!"

At this moment, Zi Die, who was not completely unconscious, subtly smiled. (End of Chapter)