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Chapter 103, Episode 118: The Male and Female Demons! The Great Wheel King! [Seeking Monthly Tickets!]

Amidst the vibrant and beautiful camellia grove, Lu Chen and Huang Rong strolled leisurely, occasionally whispering intimately to each other, like an innocent couple unaware of the dangers of the place, mistaking a demonic cave for a scenic wonderland.

In the distance, from a cluster of flowering trees, an old woman holding a cane watched the two with a cold smile and muttered:
"Where did these young masters and ladies come from? How dare they trespass on Mantuo Manor! They're courting death!"

According to the rules of Mantuo Manor, any man who arrives uninvited must have both feet cut off.

As for how to leave the island and Taihu Lake after having both feet cut off, that's none of Mantuo Villa's business.

If they die on the island, they'll become perfect fertilizer for the flowers.

As for women, they will also be punished if they trespass on the mountain villa.

However, the punishment could be a little lighter; simply cut off the right hand to use as fertilizer.

No one can break this rule.

Even Murong Fu's maids, Azhu and Abi, were caught by Madam Wang a few days ago when they brought a man surnamed Duan to the island. Madam Wang detained them both and wanted to cut off their right hands.

If Wang Yuyan hadn't been worried about hurting her cousin's trusted maid, causing him to harbor resentment towards her and run away with Azhu and Abi, the right hands of the two Murong family maids would already be buried under the flowering tree as fertilizer.

The old woman looked coldly at Lu Chen and Huang Rong. Seeing that Huang Rong was pretty and her appearance was not only no less than that of the young lady, but also more lively and charming, she felt even more disgusted.

He then coldly ordered the two maids in blue robes behind him, each carrying a long sword:
"Go, cut off the man's feet, chop off the woman's right hand, and slash her face."

The two maids in green nodded in agreement, drew their swords, and walked out of the bushes toward Lu Chen and Huang Rong.

Lu Chen and Huang Rong had already spotted the old woman and the two maids in green.

Seeing that the two maids had unfriendly expressions and were approaching with their swords drawn, he stopped and looked at them.

"The rules of Mantuo Manor state that anyone who trespasses without permission will have both feet cut off for men and their right hand cut off for women. I advise you two not to resist, so you can suffer less."

A maid in green spoke coldly, and with a clang, she drew her long sword.

Huang Rong blinked:
"But when we landed on the island, we didn't see any warning signs at the pier, nor were we stopped by guards who explained the rules... Can't we just leave the island immediately?"

Another maid in green also drew her sword and sneered:
"In the Taihu Lake area, who doesn't know the rules of Mantuo Manor? If you're an outsider who doesn't know the rules... well, you can only blame your bad luck and deserve this calamity!"

Huang Rong shook her head helplessly:

"Well, there's nothing we can do about that!"

Actually, Peach Blossom Island also has its rules.

However, the rules on Peach Blossom Island are far less domineering than those of Mantuo Manor.

Outsiders who are unaware of the situation and dare to set foot on Peach Blossom Island will at most be blocked by the Peach Blossom Forest Maze and unable to enter the core manor, and will then be driven away by the mute servants.

Given Huang Yaoshi's arrogance, he disdained to harm ordinary people. Even when creating mute servants, he specifically chose the most vicious and wicked, so that he could use "bone-piercing needles" without any burden, to torture and beat them.

However, to avoid outsiders disturbing the tranquility of Peach Blossom Island, the island's owner was publicly claimed to have a penchant for creating deaf and mute people.

Fishermen in the East China Sea avoid Peach Blossom Island like the plague, simply because they believe this propaganda.

Little did they know that ordinary fishermen, neither wicked nor malicious, could not enjoy Huang Yaoshi's methods.

The rules of Mantuo Manor were even stricter than those of Peach Blossom Island, which made Huang Rong marvel at how vast and wondrous the world was.

Mantuo Manor is so domineering, do they really not know the meaning of death?
With that thought in mind, she took out two chess pieces from her purse, flicked them with her finger, and the two maids in green who were approaching with swords immediately froze and collapsed to the ground.

However, the chess piece struck their foreheads, causing only a slight indentation in their foreheads. The internal energy attached to the chess piece had penetrated deep into their brains, instantly taking their lives.

The Lady Wang of Mantuo Manor is indeed a female demon, and her servants and maids are no better than the wicked.

After all, all of Madam Wang's cruel "rules" were carried out by the old women and maids of Mantuo Manor who knew martial arts.

Huang Rong would not hesitate to deal with the henchmen and lackeys of such a female demon.

Seeing that two maids with considerable martial arts skills had killed the seemingly frail Huang Rong with hidden weapons in a single encounter, the old woman with the cane was greatly surprised and turned to run away to call for help.

How could Huang Rong allow her to escape?

With another flick of his finger, a chess piece shot out. The old woman had only taken a few steps when the piece struck the back of her head, causing her to fall to the ground.

After easily shooting down the three wicked servants, Lu Chen and Huang Rong continued leisurely forward, following the path through the flowering trees towards Mantuo Manor.

Along the way, they also encountered several maids who were pruning flowers and trees, watering and weeding.

But they were just ordinary maids who didn't know martial arts. When they saw the two of them, they looked at them with curiosity, as if wondering how these two dared to walk around Mantuo Manor and were still unharmed after walking all the way here.

A young maid, no more than thirteen or fourteen years old, secretly gestured to the two of them, signaling them to hurry up and leave.

The two men would not indiscriminately kill ordinary maids who did not know martial arts, and they even smiled at the kind-hearted maids.

As we walked and admired the flowers, we unknowingly emerged from the flower forest and arrived at a manor.

Just as I saw the manor gate, a shout rang out:
"Who dares to trespass on Mantuo Manor?"

Amidst the shouts, another old woman carrying a single-edged sword arrived with four maids in green. Without a word, she swung her sword at Lu Chen, but this time it wasn't to cut off his legs, but his head.

The four maids in green also drew their swords, stabbing Huang Rong in the brow, throat, heart, and lower abdomen.

Lu Chen watched coldly as the old woman brought down her single blade. Just as the long blade was about to strike, he raised his right hand with a seemingly slow but actually swift motion, flicked his finger, and his fingernail struck the blade squarely.

clang!
With a sharp crack, the old woman's single-edged sword snapped in two. The broken blade spun rapidly and flew back, striking the old woman's head with a thud, embedding itself deeply into her skull. The old woman's eyes bulged, and she fell backward to the ground in disbelief.

As the son-in-law of Peach Blossom Island, Lu Chen naturally also possessed the "Finger Flicking Divine Skill".

However, he didn't have time to delve into the Finger Flicking Divine Skill, and his remote acupoint striking was not as precise as Huang Yaoshi's or Huang Rong's.

However, with his skill level, plus the added bonus of his "beggar's version of the Qilin Arm" which enhances his unarmed combat output, his sheer brute force can create miracles, making his pure destructive power even surpass that of Huang Yaoshi.

When Lu Chen flicked his finger and killed the old woman.

Facing four long swords thrusting towards her, Huang Rong used the Lingbo Weibu (a martial arts technique) to easily dodge the four swords' thrusts, moving like a phantom. She then approached a maid and used the "Orchid Finger Technique" to strike the maid's wrist holding the sword. The maid's wrist immediately went numb, and the long sword slipped from her hand.

Huang Rong caught the longsword and stabbed the maid with a backhand strike. Then she struck three more times, each strike aimed at the weaknesses in the swordsmanship of the other three maids, easily piercing their defensive stances and striking their throats.

Since Lu Chen had already mastered the Dugu Nine Swords, Huang Rong, with her greedy and novelty-loving nature, naturally followed suit and learned it as well.

With Huang Rong's comprehension and Lu Chen's close guidance, the high difficulty of the Dugu Nine Swords was not a challenge for her.

However, Rong'er practiced too much kung fu and was too playful. She only had a three-minute attention span for any kind of kung fu. She didn't even study the Dugu Nine Swords in depth. She could only say that she had learned it, but she was still not "proficient" enough, let alone "mastered". However, she was always successful at crushing novices.

After stabbing down the old women and maids who were blocking his way, Lu Chen walked into the manor gate with his hands still empty.

Huang Rong, carrying the long sword she had seized, walked beside him.

The people of Mantuo Manor were numerous and powerful. Upon discovering these two uninvited guests, the old women and maids who knew martial arts all brandished weapons and charged forward, shouting and cursing.

Lu Chen and Huang Rong showed no mercy, killing any old women or maids who dared to brandish their swords at them.

As for the ordinary maids who didn't know martial arts, they didn't make things difficult for them and let them escape.

Soon, the two men had slaughtered their way through Mantuo Manor, leaving corpses strewn everywhere and plunging the manor into chaos.

Many of the old women and maids who knew martial arts saw that the two were unstoppable. Even though they were afraid of Madam Wang's long-standing power and dared not abandon their weapons and flee on the spot, they hesitated and began to brandish their swords from several feet away, making a lot of noise.

They didn't even dare to shout or curse, otherwise a chess piece would immediately fly over and take their lives from afar.

When he was running rampant and unhindered.

Suddenly, the main entrance of a large hall in front of them opened.

A beautiful woman in her forties emerged, accompanied by eighteen maids in green robes.

Upon seeing the corpses strewn across the ground, the beautiful woman's eyes widened in rage, her cheeks flushed red. Seeing the servants and maids cowering in fear, their bodies trembling with rage, she pointed a finger at Lu Chen and Huang Rong:
"What are you all standing there for? Kill them! If they dare to back down again, chop them all up and use them as fertilizer!"

After years of accumulating power, Madam Wang finally overwhelmed the fear that the old women and maids had of Lu Chen and Huang Rong. One by one, they mustered their courage, shouted, and charged forward, only to fall quickly under Huang Rong's sharp sword and Lu Chen's palm strikes.

Seeing how skilled the two men were in martial arts, with no one able to withstand a single blow and killing people as easily as chopping melons and vegetables, Madam Wang's face, which had been flushed with anger, instantly lost its color and turned pale. Her eyes also showed fear and panic. Although she was ruthless towards others and felt no remorse for killing innocent people, she still cherished her own life.

He then gave instructions to his eighteen most loyal maids in blue robes:
"Charge together! Slash them all!"

As she spoke, she grabbed the two maids closest to her, and after the other sixteen maids fearlessly rushed forward, she whispered to the two maids in blue:
"Quickly, escort me away!"

The two maids responded in hushed tones and returned to the main hall with Madam Wang, intending to escape through the back door.

But just as they passed through two courtyards and crossed a garden, before they had completely escaped the manor, two chess pieces shot out, hitting the back of the heads of two maids in green with two soft thuds, causing the last two maids in green to fall to the ground without uttering a sound.

Madam Wang, who was helping them run, also stumbled and fell to the ground. Several of her fingernails were broken, and her palms were scraped raw and bleeding.

She endured the pain, pushed herself up with her hands, and just as she stood up, she saw two shadows projected from behind, enveloping her.

Madam Wang froze, slowly turned around, sat on the ground, looked up at Lu Chen and Huang Rong, her lips trembling slightly, and asked unwillingly:

"Who exactly are you people? When has my Mantuo Manor ever offended you?"

Lu Chen remained expressionless and silent, while Huang Rong's lips curled into a mocking smile:
"Mantou Manor has broken my rules, don't you know that?"

"Rules?" Madam Wang was taken aback. "What rules?"

Huang Rong, with her hands behind her back, spoke in a serious and leisurely manner:

"When I landed on the island just now, I suddenly made a rule: anyone who has long hair and doesn't wear a hat in front of me will be killed. Look, all the women in your Mantuo Manor have long hair, but none of them wear hats. Doesn't that violate my rule?"

Seeing Huang Rong's serious demeanor and hearing her utterly absurd words, Madam Wang felt a surge of anger rush to her head, her cheeks flushed red, and she glared and screamed:

"Absurd! Utterly absurd! To kill someone just because they have long hair and don't wear a hat... What kind of rule is this?"

Huang Rong waved her hand with a smile:
"There was no such rule in the world before, but I suddenly made one. However, I am timid and dare not promote this rule to the whole world, so I only dare to implement it on this small island."

As he spoke, his smile turned playful again:

"Compared to my meager rules that are limited to this island, Madam Wang's rules are much bigger. I've heard that Madam Wang's rules allow her to govern wherever the people of Mantuo Manor go. Such power and domineering authority is truly enviable."

Upon hearing this, Madam Wang immediately realized that this young girl had not followed any rules at all.

The point is to let her taste what it's like to be punished by inexplicable "rules"!

For a moment, Madam Wang was filled with regret.

But she didn't regret that her rules were too domineering and cruel.

Instead, he regretted indulging in pleasure in his youth, focusing only on romance and not practicing martial arts properly. In his later years, he became complacent and relied on his power to oppress others, thinking that he didn't need to practice martial arts hard at all and could get whatever he wanted.

Despite having such excellent resources—the martial arts manuals from the "Langhuan Blessed Land" of Wuliang Mountain had all been moved to the "Langhuan Jade Cave" of Mantuo Manor—she almost never looked at them…

If she had even half of her mother's martial arts skills—no, just thirty percent of them—how could these two brats dare to act so arrogantly in front of her? She would have beaten them to death and turned them into fertilizer long ago!

Lady Wang was filled with remorse, and her voice trembled as she said:

"My nephew is Murong Fu, the Murong family..."

"Didn't you look down on the Murong family? Why are you bringing up Murong Fu to bluff people now that you're about to die?"

"My godfather is Ding Chunqiu, the Star Immortal..."

"Even if you're as far away as the Starry Sea in the Western Regions, no matter how long your reach is, you can't possibly reach Jiangnan right now, can you?"

Lady Wang's face paled; she never imagined there would be such a reckless person who wasn't even afraid of Murong Fu and Ding Chunqiu.
"What exactly do you want?"

"It's nothing special. I just admire Madam Wang's prestige and want to learn from her and set some rules."

Huang Rong chuckled softly:
"Madam, being on this island with long hair and without a hat, has violated my rules and deserves this calamity."

As soon as he finished speaking, he pointed a finger, striking Madam Wang squarely between the eyebrows. The force of the finger penetrated to the bone and marrow. Madam Wang's expression froze, her eyes dimmed, and she died instantly.

Lu Chen watched calmly as Huang Rong killed Madam Wang with a single finger strike, his heart unmoved. Only after Madam Wang lay on the ground did he turn around and look at a small building behind him.
"Since the Great Wheel King is here, why not come out and have a chat?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a monk appeared from the side of the small building.

The monk, dressed in a yellow robe, was not yet fifty years old. His face was radiant, with a faint glow that seemed to flow like precious jewels, shining naturally. He was truly handsome and had a refined demeanor.

Those who appreciate Buddhism would likely feel a great liking for him at first sight.

This monk, whose appearance and demeanor were described as "dignified and majestic," was none other than the Great Wheel King Kumārajīva!

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