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

Chapter 388 Rescue
Hong Niangzi was a renowned and resourceful leader of the rebel army. After she took command, the rebel army became an even tougher nut to crack, causing the Jin people to suffer many losses. The Jin people had long regarded her as a major threat and wanted to get rid of her as soon as possible.

If this guy really manages to catch Hong Niangzi, he'll be promoted and ennobled, and might even become the Jin Dynasty's secret agent commander.

At this moment, the head of the secret service's eyes gleamed, and he was somewhat impatient.

Old Liang bent over even deeper as he slowly made his way toward the other side, appearing hesitant and indecisive. His legs began to tremble, and the closer he got to the other person, the more violently they shook.

Wu Chengyu's assessment was that this old man was quite shrewd and had excellent acting skills. The trembling on his body made everyone lower their guard and even want to laugh at him, but why did you put your hands in your sleeves, old man?

When Old Man Liang reached the head of the secret service, he was still bent over, barely raising his head, with a fawning yet tearful smile, and the wrinkles on his face seemed to curl up.

The head of the secret service couldn't help but lean forward and ask, "Tell me quickly, any information about Hong Niangzi will do, even if you've only seen her face. I'll have someone draw it, and you'll have done a great service."

"My lord, I have indeed seen Lady Hong. She looks... how dare you even know her?"

Old Liang abruptly changed the subject, suddenly standing up straight and reaching out with both hands from his sleeves. With his left hand, he attempted to grab the spy chief's throat, while with his right hand, he struck the man's chest with all his might.

Although he was in shackles, he had still cultivated internal energy techniques and his moves were extremely fast, clearly using all his strength.

Wu Chengyu immediately recognized that the old man was using the Thousand Machine Hand technique, the sect's signature move that he had bought from the Yandang Sect for a small sum of money years ago.

This 'ultimate skill' is not particularly powerful, but it excels at sudden attacks at short distances and is extremely agile.

Among the martial arts manuals left behind by Wu Chengyu at the Qinling base was this one. Now that I think about it, the number of people in the rebel army who know this sect's ultimate technique is probably more than the entire Yandang Sect.

The head of the secret service also possessed martial arts skills. He had been blinded by the words "Red Lady" just now, but he managed to regain his senses at the critical moment. He barely managed to pull himself back and avoid Old Man Liang's hand that was grabbing his throat, but he couldn't avoid the palm strike to his chest no matter what.

Unfortunately, a clang was heard, and the sound of metal hitting metal came from his body. This guy was actually wearing a breastplate. Old Man Liang's internal strength was very average. This palm strike was blocked by the breastplate and did not hurt the opponent in the slightest.

The head of the secret service used the momentum to retreat, and in a fit of rage, shouted, "Kill him! Kill them all!"

Old Man Liang's palm strike failed, and knowing he had no more chances to kill his enemy, he sighed deeply and closed his eyes to await his death.

However, he suddenly heard two screams, but did not feel any sharp blades approaching. He hurriedly opened his eyes and saw two men with long knives rushing towards him. When they were less than a foot away from him, their heads suddenly flew into the air.

At the same time, he looked up and saw two beams of light, one black and one white, hovering in the air and constantly changing direction, completely defying normal physical trajectories.

These two beams of light seemed to be remotely controlled, constantly circling and flying at extremely high speeds. In the blink of an eye, they killed six or seven golden figures in succession.

"Black and White Impermanence?" Old Man Liang exclaimed in surprise, his heart filled with joy, and he immediately recognized this unique weapon that belonged only to Wu Chengyu.

He was ordered to transport supplies to Qianlong Cave when he happened to see Wu Chengyu practicing this strange weapon, with two Qiankun Rings flying around in Wu Chengyu's hands.

Back then, Wu Chengyu could only make the flying Qiankun Ring return along its normal trajectory, or use his lightness skill to catch it back. It was far from being as agile as it is now, as if it had a life of its own.

This is also a new breakthrough in Wu Chengyu's martial arts. He uses the turbocharging principle to compress the internal force, and then uses the Star Shift technique to attach this internal force to the Black and White Impermanence, extending the time the internal force can be used. He also has the method of remotely controlling internal force with the White Rainbow Palm.

Now, the Black and White Impermanence are in his hands as easily as swordsmanship, controlled at will.

The next step is to find a way to melt those two magnetic swords into the Black and White Impermanence, and then use the Yin-Yang rotation technique to make the two Qiankun Rings react with each other. Only then will this weapon technique be considered complete.

When Wu Chengyu was chasing the old monster, he didn't take anything he got in Xixia except for these two swords, which he has always kept with him. However, he hasn't had the chance to put his ideas into practice yet.

However, the current method of manipulation is more than enough to deal with ordinary Jin soldiers or second- or third-rate experts. Wu Chengyu moved quickly and arrived next to Old Man Liang. While controlling the Black and White Impermanence to kill enemies, he made some sarcastic remarks.

"You old man, you're such a worry! You're always getting scammed or kidnapped, and I always have to come and rescue you. Why should I?"

Old Man Liang was extremely excited. He had thought he was doomed, but Wu Chengyu suddenly appeared out of nowhere. In his haste, he didn't have time to ask Wu Chengyu why he was there, but he knew that with Wu Chengyu's appearance, this crisis would surely be over, and these few golden dogs in front of him were definitely no match for Wu Chengyu.

"Stop talking nonsense, kill these guys quickly and get the brothers out of here."

Wu Chengyu nodded, his figure blurred, and seven or eight shadows rushed towards the surrounding Jin people. These people were basically not experts, and they were not even qualified to fight Wu Chengyu.

Wu Chengyu then used his most proficient technique, the Bone-Dislocating and Capturing Hand. As soon as he unleashed it, the Jin man felt a hand grabbing towards his throat. Although it looked very slow and the trajectory was very clear, his body could not keep up and was completely out of his control.

Then came a snap, and Wu Chengyu broke the Jin man's neck bone. In fact, more than a dozen snapping sounds were heard on the field.

There were also the Black and White Impermanence, who were controlled by Wu Chengyu. Dealing with these people was even easier than cutting melons and vegetables. With their repeated cooperation, Wu Chengyu eliminated all the Jin people and city guards on the training ground in less than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea.

The only Jin survivor present was the head of the secret service. When Wu Chengyu was wreaking havoc, the man turned to run when he sensed danger. But Wu Chengyu wasn't about to let him escape. He flashed behind him and quickly twisted all the man's joints. The head of the secret service collapsed to the ground like rotten flesh, his expression suddenly turning terrified and somewhat crazed.

"It's you, it was you all along. This bone-dislocating technique is your favorite. Many of us died from this technique back then."

Wu Chengyu recalled briefly, and it was true. Back in Chang'an, when he fought with those Jin spies, he had indeed killed quite a few people using this method. It seemed that the Jin spies had been trying to find him through this clue all these years.

The spy, panting heavily, grinned menacingly and said, "Those who fall into your hands are worse off than dead. You're a devil."

We, the secret agents of the Great Kim, have a rule now: if we encounter you, the best outcome is to commit suicide first.

As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly foamed at the mouth, his face turned black, and he died on the spot.

Wu Chengyu pried open his mouth and was shocked to find a poison sac hidden inside. Just now, after confirming Wu Chengyu's identity, he bit through the poison sac without hesitation and died.

They were terrified of Wu Chengyu. Back then, the three bandit leaders, known as "One Wind," suffered the most inhumane torture at Wu Chengyu's hands. It's likely that from then on, these spies would carry poison sacs in their mouths, preferring death to being tortured by Wu Chengyu.

Good heavens, Wu Chengyu silently scratched his head, wondering what kind of image he had in the eyes of these Jin spies. Wu Chengyu had always thought of himself as a great man, but unfortunately, the world did not understand him.

Seeing that the head of the secret service was dead and useless, Wu Chengyu turned back and used the Black and White Impermanence to cut off all the shackles on Old Man Liang and all the rebels. Old Man Liang said urgently in his ear.

"This place is remote, and no one will discover what's going on here in a short time, but we must leave immediately."

“I know nothing about Shangzhou City. My brothers are all injured and can’t walk fast. I’m afraid we’ll be discovered soon when we leave.”

"It's alright, let's change into their clothes first. In addition to the original liaison station, there is a secret passage in Shangzhou City. This place has never been used since it was built. Apart from the brothers who are specifically guarding the passage, even the people in the base don't know about it."

"We'll get there first, give the brothers something to eat, apply some medicine, and then leave immediately through the passage at night. The passage leads directly outside Shangzhou City. Once we're out, I'll have a way to contact the rebel army."

"Alright, let's not delay."

Following Old Man Liang's instructions, the rebels changed their clothes, then helped the seriously wounded onto horses, and quickly left the training ground.

The secret passage that Old Man Liang mentioned was located in a dyeing workshop only two miles away from this training ground. It occupied a considerable area, and its location was not particularly conspicuous. Moreover, the dyeing workshop was large enough to accommodate all these people.

The dye shop seemed to be poorly managed, with only two or three people looking after it. The leader was overjoyed to see Old Man Liang and quickly led everyone into the dye shop.

Wu Chengyu let everyone go in first, then used his lightness skill to search the surroundings, confirmed that there were no tails, and cleared away some traces before returning to the dyeing workshop.

At this time, the manager of the dye shop first arranged food and medicine for the injured brothers, and then urgently informed Old Man Liang.

“Commander Liang, I knew about the incident at the base as soon as it happened, but according to the rules of the rebel army, I can only contact the higher-ups from here, and I cannot get close to the base.”

After the incident at the base, news spread from Jin Gou's side that all the surviving brothers were to be sent to Chang'an to be beheaded. I immediately relayed this message.

This morning, I received a reply from the Grand Commander, saying he would lead men to rescue all the brothers when they were being escorted to Chang'an. Who would have thought, by some miracle, that you all managed to escape.

Upon hearing this, Wu Chengyu immediately told the two of them about the Jin Kingdom's plan that he had overheard the previous night. Only then did Old Man Liang, still shaken, speak.

“These Jin dogs treat us Han people like dirt. I was wondering why they suddenly wanted to kill us today. It turns out they don’t care who will be beheaded in Chang’an.”

Fortunately, you appeared suddenly. Otherwise, even if the president knew it was a trap, he would have tried to save us, and we would have really suffered a loss.

Who would have thought that these spies would even deploy heavily armored cavalry to transport us?

The spies couldn't mobilize so many cavalry, especially heavy cavalry. It just so happened that Wanyan Honglie was also involved in this matter, which gave Hong Niangzi the opportunity to suffer a loss.

Even the cleverest woman, Hong Niangzi, has her weaknesses. Her comrades always come to her aid, which is how the Jurchens deal with her. But Hong Niangzi is determined not to change, and Wu Chengyu is helpless. Fortunately, with him as her backup, Hong Niangzi has managed to escape a calamity this time.

The manager of the dye shop added, "The Grand Commander has issued an order to eliminate traitors, commanding all righteous armies in the land to kill that Zhang Ahu."

Old Liang spat dismissively: "What Zhang Ahu? His real name was Zhang Agou, but he changed it because he didn't like the sound of it."

Wu Chengyu thought for a moment and said to Old Man Liang, "This Ah Gou has already gone to Daxing with Wanyan Honglie."

"So, after we leave Shangzhou City, you should immediately contact Chunyu and tell her everything. The trap will then be useless. I'll take this traitor. Perfect timing, I want to make a trip to Daxing to see the capital of the Jin Kingdom."

(End of this chapter)