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

Chapter 471 Two Women Fighting
Ah Ku's thoughts are sometimes very simple, or rather, when it concerns Wu Chengyu, her IQ drops to a basin level.

In her opinion, there was only one reason why Fang Yaning asked to meet Wu Chengyu: she must have been attracted to Wu Chengyu's face and couldn't help but want to throw herself into his arms.

Anyway, her brother is the best and the most handsome. Isn't it normal for women to like him? Women are lustful too, you know. Ah Ku herself sometimes gets a little dizzy when she sees Wu Chengyu's face.

Taking the initiative to pursue one's own happiness is the proper conduct for a female knight-errant.

As for Wu Chengyu remaining unmoved, it was naturally because she was being arrogant again; it was Wu Chengyu who taught her the word "arrogant."

Wu Chengyu said that A Ku was arrogant, but A Ku thought that Wu Chengyu was the most arrogant person in the world. A beautiful woman was offered to him. She was good-looking and came from a good family. He might as well accept her.

This girl's thought process is a bit off. When she was little, she followed Master Mo to beg for food. She was young and only thought about filling her stomach every day. She had no concept of men and women.

After arriving at Wujiapo, he continued to live with Wu Chengyu and gradually came to regard Wu Chengyu as his only support.

The problem is that the Wu family is a powerful and wealthy clan in Suzhou. Especially the direct descendants of the clan, after they come of age, they all have a lot of wives and concubines. Even Wu Chengyu's most respected fourth uncle, Wu Zhengliang, is considered to have one wife and three concubines.

As for the Beggars' Sect, it's a group of beggars. The elder beggars are one thing, but the lower-ranking beggars, despite being poor, have many ideas the poorer they are. They fantasize all the time about how they would marry several wives if they ever became rich.

Growing up in this environment, and with the same customs of the entire feudal society, A-Ku was as if he had been completely brainwashed, naturally believing that it was perfectly normal for a man to marry multiple wives.

Especially her brother, who is kind-hearted, highly skilled in martial arts, and the most handsome man in the world. Marrying a dozen or twenty wives would be a loss for such a man.

However, she herself never felt jealous. First of all, she thought Wu Chengyu was worthy of her, and at the same time, she was not worried at all that Wu Chengyu would neglect her if he had more wives and concubines.

A-Ku's faith in Wu Chengyu was unbreakable; she firmly believed that Wu Chengyu would never betray her in this life.

After Mo Ku returned to Wu Chengyu's side, Wu Chengyu did not hide anything from her and told Mo Ku about her relationship with Hong Niangzi.

Ah Ku, who was in the Beggars' Sect, had long heard of Hong Niangzi's deeds. She was definitely the number one woman in the world. She led the righteous army against the Jin Kingdom for many years without being defeated. "Heroic and valiant" is not enough to describe her. She deserves to be called a woman of great talent and strategy.

As for such a woman, A-Ku naturally admired her and assumed that Hong Niangzi was the head wife of the Wu family, the matriarch of the household. Although he had never met her, he already called Hong Niangzi "elder sister".

The reason she secretly went to the dock tonight was very simple: to check on Sister Hong Niangzi and see if Fang Yaning was qualified to enter the Wu family.

A-Ku believes it is her responsibility to help her brother find more wives in the absence of the matchmaker, but she must carefully examine each one to ensure quality over quantity.

Wu Chengyu was unaware of these thoughts. If he had known, he would have praised them highly. He believed that when looking for a woman, one should look for someone like A-Ku who actively helps her husband take concubines; otherwise, his time travel would have been in vain.

But what A-Ku didn't know was that, besides beauty, the most important thing Wu Chengyu wanted in a woman was obedience, like A-Ku, who believed everything he said and followed his orders.

Or like Hong Niangzi, who is powerful and commanding of thousands of troops outside, but gentle and considerate when she is by Wu Chengyu's side, thinking of everything in advance and taking care of everything, treating Wu Chengyu like a little bird clinging to her.

People like Fang Yaning, you don't need to get to know them much. After just a couple of meetings, you can tell they're used to being the young mistress of the Ming Cult. They're bossy, don't respect men at all, and it's no wonder they're so willful and capricious.

Even if she were to be somewhat attracted to Wu Chengyu, she would still take the initiative and keep him firmly under her control. Unless she were to deny everything after taking advantage of him, Wu Chengyu would not bother to get close to such a woman.

At night, the laborers who had been loading and unloading during the day have all left the Hankou Wharf. Apart from a few boats docked and their dim lights, there are hardly any people to be seen, and the only sound is the rushing river.

Wu Chengyu is right. Such a large dock has no specific location. Even if it's 7-9 PM, it's still a two-hour period. Who knows exactly what time it is?

A-Ku's lightness skill is not bad, mainly because it comes from the movement technique of the Free and Easy Wandering taught by Hong Qigong. Wu Chengyu has already taught her the Lingbo Weibu, but this girl has excellent talent and is not stupid, but she is too lazy to move.

Simply following footsteps is not enough to master Lingbo Weibu; one must understand the I Ching. However, Aku gets sleepy whenever he sees a book, so he cannot master Lingbo Weibu in a short time.

When A-Ku arrived at the dock, he found no one around and didn't know where to look for Fang Yaning.

Fang Yaning was also dumbfounded. She had just come down from Bright Peak and had little experience in the martial arts world. She arrived at the dock at 7 PM, only to find that the huge place was pitch black and deserted, and there was still a long time to go.

In a moment of inspiration, she took a gas lamp from a boat on the shore, looked around, and quickly found the tallest tree by the dock, where she hung the lamp high up.

At that moment, A-Ku was also searching around aimlessly not far away. After turning around several times, he suddenly noticed that in the direction he had just looked at without any abnormalities, there was a lamp that had suddenly appeared high up.

And so, the young lady of the Ming Cult and the matriarch of the Beggars' Sect bumped into each other on the quiet dock late at night.

"It's you, Aunt Jianglong Moku! Where's Wu Chengyu? Why isn't he here?"

Lower-ranking disciples of the Beggars' Sect usually jokingly refer to Mo Ku as "Grandma Mo," but through misinterpretation in the martial arts world, she became known as "Grandma Mo."

A-Ku has risen to prominence in the last two years. She is tall with slightly broad shoulders and a fit but not overly striking physique. You can't tell from her appearance how strong she is.

However, she had cultivated the skills of "Bear in the Woods," and in terms of foundational knowledge, even Wu Chengyu before his transformation was somewhat inferior to her. In A-Ku's hands, the Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms were incredibly powerful and fierce.

In terms of skill and experience, Ah Ku is not yet as good as Hong Qigong, but in terms of physical strength and the ability to exert force of over a thousand pounds, Hong Qigong is no match for her.

According to Hong Qigong, Aku's Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms already showed the shadow of Qiao Feng from a hundred years ago, belonging to the type that becomes stronger with each battle and is unstoppable.

When she first discovered the secret of the Clean Clothes Sect, their initial plan was to silence her. Qiu Qianren's first surprise attack failed to capture her, allowing her to escape. After that, they changed their strategy to only pursue her without killing her, using her as bait to lure Hong Qigong.

In the past two years, A-Ku has made life miserable for the young talents of the Jiangnan martial arts world. There is no one under her command who can withstand ten blows. She is recognized as the number one expert of the younger generation, so she has earned the nickname "Grandma Dragon Subduing".

Ah Ku didn't feel anything about it. People who come from beggar backgrounds aren't so particular, and she didn't think the nickname was inappropriate for a young woman like her.

"My brother didn't come. If you want to see him and enter my Wu family, you'll have to get past me first. My brother is a man of great stature; he doesn't want just any woman."

"Pah! Who wants to enter the Wu family? I have something to discuss with Wu Chengyu. What are you thinking?" As she said this, Fang Yaning's mind conjured up Wu Chengyu's handsome face, and a rare blush rose to her cheeks. Fortunately, no one noticed under the cover of night.

"My brother once said that this is how you women are; you say no, but in your hearts you really want it."

Let me tell you, if you want to enter the Wu family as a concubine, you must always obey my brother, put his preferences first in everything, know how to serve him, and make him happy.

Otherwise, not only will I not agree, but my sister-in-law won't agree either. I can't tell you who my sister-in-law is, but she's the most extraordinary woman in the world. Being able to be her sister is your good fortune.”

"Your brother got married? Bah, why am I telling you this? You're talking nonsense. Let me ask you, is your brother coming tonight?"

“If he says he won’t come, he definitely won’t. My brother said he prefers to be passive with women; he won’t make a deal if you’re too eager.”

Fang Yaning was so angry at A-Ku's words that she was completely baffled. She couldn't understand A-Ku's thought process: "I'm not going to waste my breath on you. Since your brother isn't coming, I'll take you down."

"You're always with Hong Qigong, so I can't do anything about you. But since you're all alone today, if I can catch you, I won't have to worry about your brother not submitting."

As soon as she finished speaking, Fang Yaning immediately took action. She was not qualified to learn Fang Yu's Great Nine Heavens Hand, and this martial art was not suitable for women to practice. However, there were many extraordinary skills in the Ming Cult. In addition to her pair of daggers, she was most proficient in another skill: Heavenly Serpent Covering Clouds Hand.

His hands are shaped like a snake, his arms are like a snake's body, and his attacks are swift, flexible, and varied, which is similar to the Spirit Snake Fist of White Camel Mountain.

However, the most important aspect of this palm technique is the word "Covering Clouds." Although it is called "Covering Clouds," it actually creates clouds. As she waved her arms and circulated her power, she actually gathered the water vapor in the air, and a layer of cloud gradually appeared between her palms, which was more like the external manifestation of Wu Chengyu's "Neither Yin nor Yang Cloud-Touching Hand."

However, Wu Chengyu's Cloud-Piercing Hand technique utilizes the interplay of Yin and Yang energies, generating cloud-like energy through the interaction of hot and cold; it is a product of his own internal energy.

The Heavenly Serpent Covering Clouds Hand is a water-attribute technique that gathers water vapor. It relies on the external environment, which is why it was performed at the dock, next to the Yangtze River, where there was plenty of water vapor. If it were in a drier place, this technique would be less threatening.

At this moment, the clouds gradually spread, obscuring the view of others, while Fang Yaning's palms, like two venomous snakes, appeared and disappeared in the clouds, often launching a sudden attack when people were not prepared.

But A-Ku was not afraid. Her combat experience far surpassed that of Fang Yaning, the young lady who had lived on Bright Peak for a long time. In particular, although her martial arts had not improved much after being chased for thousands of miles, her ability to react in battle and anticipate the enemy's moves had greatly improved.

In terms of skill, the two are evenly matched; in terms of physical strength, A-Ku is far superior to Fang Yaning.

She remained calm and unhurried, and used the "Double Dragons Taking Water" move from the Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms. Fang Yaning's arms were snakes, while A Ku's arms were two hidden dragons.

Both her palms were rounded, one clockwise and the other counterclockwise. Two vortexes of energy spread out from her arms, immediately dispelling the moisture in front of her.

The cloud energy in Wu Chengyu's Moyun hand remained condensed and unyielding, even Fang Yu's Qiankun Great Shift could not harm it.

The cloud of energy that Fang Yaning had gathered was like water without roots, extremely ethereal, and could only serve as a cover. This cloud of energy was immediately scattered by A Ku's palm strike.

Without the clouds to conceal her, Fang Yaning's two elusive arms, which had been moving nimbly in a snake-like motion, suddenly became dry and hesitant, like a dancer gracefully posing to music, only to have the background music disappear just as she was getting into position, leaving behind only pale movements.

Fang Yaning hesitated for a moment, but A Ku pressed his advantage and launched a sudden attack. His right hand formed a claw and grabbed at Fang Yaning's face, while his left hand emerged like a strange peak. It was incredibly fast, but he used his internal force to neutralize the sound of the wind and made the attack silent.

Fang Yaning had not expected A Ku's attacks to be so fast. There was no time to dodge, so she had no choice but to turn her hand into a snake-shaped fist and punch A Ku's palm with all her might.

With a muffled thud, Fang Yaning was knocked back ten feet, her chest felt tight, and several joints in her right hand were bruised from the punch.

Ah Ku merely took two steps back, slightly shook his hand, and then showed no further unusual behavior. Although their martial arts levels were similar, their combat strength was clearly superior.

Their internal strength accumulation was similar, but their arm strength was far inferior. Fang Yaning had always won by using exquisite moves and alternating between feints and real attacks. This time, she was forced to fight against the fierce and unparalleled Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms. After one move, she was immediately injured and at a disadvantage.

(End of this chapter)