The Legend of the Condor Heroes: From Being Expelled from Peach Blossom Island

Chapter 265: Outnumbered and Enemy
Wu Chengyu paid no attention to the people surrounding him. He continued to use the 3D model to observe his surroundings, looking for someone with a similar build to Qiu Qianzhang. However, he quickly determined that Qiu Qianren was not hiding among these people.

So either Qiu Qianren is not at the Great Ci'en Temple at the moment, or he has never come to Chang'an at all, and this cooperation with the Jin Kingdom's spies was entirely Qiu Qianzhang's own doing.

The people surrounding him, on the other hand, were now arrogant and domineering, each with a cold smile and a murderous aura. They all regarded Wu Chengyu as fish on a chopping board, ready to be slaughtered at their mercy.

Most of them were so-called experts recruited by the Jin Kingdom's secret agents in recent years, but in Wu Chengyu's eyes they were nothing more than a rabble, at most reaching the level of Zhang Asheng or Quan Jinfeng among the Seven Heroes of Jiangnan, and not even as good as Zhu Cong and Ke Zhen'e.

The only thing worth noting is the four experts standing at the very front.

Wu Chengyu had already learned their details from Qiu Chuji and from the interrogation of Number One.

There was only one expert among them who could be considered a master of the Jin Kingdom itself, namely the Tantric lama who used the Great Vajra Pestle, whom Qiu Chuji mentioned. Qiu Chuji was the first to be injured by him. The Great Vajra Pestle was incredibly powerful, and it injured Qiu Chuji with a single blow.

This great lama is two meters tall, a rare double-door refrigerator-like figure like Wu Chengyu back then. He is wearing lama robes, with his two arms exposed, his muscles and bones bulging and veins showing. His upper arms alone are as thick as an adult's thigh.

The vajra in his hand was about one and a half meters long and ten centimeters in diameter. It was too big to hold if your hand was small. It was made of some kind of metal. When the lama put it on the ground, the stone slab on the ground shattered instantly. Its weight was absolutely astonishing.

According to Number One, this high lama was called Manxiang Shangren. He was a representative of the Western Regions Tantric sect sent to serve the Jin Dynasty. He was also a top expert in the Jin Dynasty's imperial palace. It was only after Heshi Lie Liangping begged his noblewoman sister that this person was invited over.

The other three were all dressed as Han Chinese and had only recently been recruited by Jin Dynasty spies. It was also Wu Chengyu's fault that the Jin Dynasty court had to take the power of martial arts masters seriously after the Shi Miyuan assassination case, which is why they started recruiting martial arts masters decades earlier than expected.

These three men were all scoundrels in the martial arts world of the Jin Kingdom, each utterly wicked, yet renowned for their infamous deeds. They were recruited by Jin Kingdom spies at great expense.

Wu Chengyu looked at the man on his left. He was dressed as a scholar, in his thirties, and was somewhat handsome. However, he was heavily made up, acted frivolously, had a pale face and dark circles under his eyes, and stood crookedly with his back bent. He looked like a lecherous and debauched person.

This man, named Chang She, was once a student at a certain academy in the Song Dynasty. He repeatedly failed the imperial examinations, but somehow learned martial arts skills. He was fond of women and preyed on respectable women everywhere. He was hunted down by martial arts practitioners in Jiangnan and had no choice but to flee to the territory of the Jin Dynasty.

At this moment, this guy looked at Wu Chengyu with disdain, his eyes slanted. Perhaps it was because Lei Datou's appearance was so deceptive that Wu Chengyu, despite having killed several people, was still looked down upon.

"I thought it was some master from the Seven Immortals of Quanzhen who had come. We've been lying in wait here every day, waiting for someone to come to us. But it's just some nobody. What a disappointment. Granny Tiger, this fellow is a young man. I wonder if he'll suit your taste."

The old woman next to me was hunched over, with a full head of white hair and wrinkles on her face that could trap flies, yet she was wearing rouge, looking just like the ghostly old woman who appears at night in ghost stories. She was only about 1.5 meters tall, and she was holding a metal cane that was a head taller than herself.

"I only like handsome young men, preferably those who are educated and have a strong backbone. Then I make them kneel on the ground and fawn over me. When I'm tired of them, I watch them beg and beg as I kill them."

This guy looks pathetic, with a big head and a small body, drooping eyes and a listless demeanor. He's not exactly my type.

The young man Miss Qiu brought back a couple of days ago was truly irresistible, but unfortunately, Miss Qiu kept a close eye on him, and I didn't have a chance to make a move. Thinking of that young man, and then looking at this person before me, I feel utterly uninterested. I won't make a move today; you can have him."

This person is called Granny Ghost. Her origins are unknown. She suddenly appeared in the Jin Kingdom a few years ago. She enjoys torturing and killing young men. She is ruthless and was once hunted down by the Seven Masters of Quanzhen, but she managed to escape unscathed from Wang Chuyi's clutches.

Wu Chengyu was currently in the crowd confirming Qiu Qianren's whereabouts, completely ignoring the comments and gossip of these demons and monsters. In his eyes, these people were already dead.

However, upon hearing that this old hag dared to plot against his true form, Wu Chengyu might very well be the first to attack her.

However, there was someone even more impatient than him. That Manxiang Shangren had always looked down on Chang She and the Ghost Granny, those two inhuman creatures, and had no patience for their pre-battle rambling. He had only come at the request of Heshi Lie Liangping, and now that Heshi Lie Liangping had been killed, he didn't know how to explain it to the Imperial Concubine.

"Boy, prepare to die!" Manxiang strode into the arena and swung his giant demon-subduing pestle, smashing it down hard on Wu Chengyu's skull.

Wu Chengyu stood still, letting the Great Demon-Subduing Pestle smash down, but the howling wind brought by the Great Demon-Subduing Pestle actually made his figure sway, and then he disappeared like a bubble being popped.

Before Manxiang could react, he heard Chang She shout from behind, "What excellent lightness skill!"

Wu Chengyu's primary target remained unchanged; he left an image in place while his real body bypassed the barbarian elephant and went straight for Granny Ghost.

The first person to react was Chang She. Since ancient times, all flower thieves must have been skilled in light-footed skills, such as Yun Zhonghe, Tian Boguang, or Chu Xiangshuai, who was good at stealing fragrance.

Chang She was extremely confident in his lightness skill, often saying that his lightness skill was the best in the world. He believed that he could also leave a shadow to confuse the enemy like Wu Chengyu. Now, seeing a master of lightness skill, he was overjoyed and immediately pounced on Wu Chengyu.

But Wu Chengyu ignored him completely, his target still being Granny Ghost. In the blink of an eye, he arrived beside Granny Ghost, unleashing the Nine Yin Divine Claw, which seemed to cleave the distance between them, and directly stabbed towards Granny Ghost's head.

The old hag was experienced in combat. Although she was surprised by Wu Chengyu's lightness skill, she reacted quickly. She swung her cane, the tip of which was extremely sharp, more like a spear. With a cold, sharp point, she aimed straight for Wu Chengyu's heart.

This move was not only fast, but also powerful and heavy. Wu Chengyu did not expect that a thin and short old woman would fight so fiercely. Her cane contained profound internal strength, and it was a direct head-on collision. No wonder Wang Chuyi could not do anything to her back then.

In Granny Ghost's view, her cane was longer, and she would surely be able to pierce Wu Chengyu's heart with a single blow before Wu Chengyu could attack her.

Unexpectedly, Wu Chengyu neither dodged nor evaded, but directly reached out and grabbed the top of the cane, sparks flying as his palm rubbed against the tip of the cane.

The next moment, Wu Chengyu actually bent the cane, which was originally made of pure iron, into a straight bend.

(End of this chapter)