The Legend of the Condor Heroes: Starting from the Bodyguard

Chapter 143 A Rendezvous at Zhongnan Mountain

Li Mochou was concerned about Zhou Yan's injuries, so she didn't waste any words. With a flick of her left hand, more than ten jade bee needles shot towards Ouyang Ke's upper, middle, and lower body.

With the distance between them so close, and the jade bee needles shooting out silently, how could Ouyang Ke possibly dodge them completely?

His fan spun rapidly as he used his "instantaneous mileage" lightness skill to dodge to the side.

With a series of clanging sounds, five or six jade needles were swept away by the fan. He dodged several more, and at the same time, a pain spread between his legs and abdomen.

"Mr. Ouyang." Yang Kang rushed over, but Li Mochou had already leaped onto her horse and waved another jade needle.

Yang Kang's martial arts skills have greatly improved, and he is now quite far away from Li Mochou. He leaps up to a height of ten feet, and fine needles fly past his feet.

The green horse carried Li Mochou away.

Ouyang Ke felt pain, but his body felt normal. He knew that the needles had not been poisoned. He used his inner strength to speak, "Miss, I will accept these gold and silver needles. I will visit you at Zhongnan Mountain another day."

Li Mochou didn't reply. She was just annoyed, thinking that the despicable man had been hit by the Jade Peak Needle. It was a pity that the needle was not poisoned, otherwise it would have saved her trouble. What if this villain really took people to Zhongnan Mountain? Her master was old and her junior sister was young.

Thinking about this made her extremely distressed.

As dawn broke and few pedestrians thronged the long street, a swift blue horse galloped past the street where the Changfeng Escort Agency was located, heading straight for Tongluofang. Before the horse and rider even reached the carriage shop, a figure suddenly appeared beside Li Mochou on the street.

"How did you get into the city, girl?"

When Li Mochou saw that it was Hong Qigong, she said urgently, "Senior, please save people!"

Hong Qigong was taken aback.

He went to Changfeng and fought with Ouyang Feng. He learned from Ouyang Feng that Zhou Yan had escaped from Huayan Temple, so he searched for him all over the city. Unexpectedly, he encountered Li Mochou again.

Upon hearing Li Mochou's words, Hong Qigong hurriedly asked, "Is it that kid?"

"Yes, he's at the mountain god's temple, and his injuries are serious."

Hong Qi's heart tightened. "Old beggar, go ahead first. You catch up slowly."

Within Li Mochou's sight, Hong Qigong suddenly floated several feet away, his gray-white figure landing on a house by the street. In the blink of an eye, he roared like thunder and vanished into the distance.

……

The early sunshine shines on the high forest, and the mountain light is pleasing to the birds.

The gray-white figure soared through the air at high speed, scattering the forest birds, and Hong Qigong landed on the ground.

The "Jade Lion Illuminated by Night" stood guard outside the mountain god temple, snorting uneasily.

"Boy."

Hong Qigong leaped into the temple.

The morning light slanted in through the hole in the roof, falling on Zhou Yan's pale and weak face.

Hong Qigong helped him up.

This time, unlike when Li Mochou helped Zhou Yan, there was no bruising. Although he had fainted, the gentle energy of the Jade Guanyin continued to flow into his body, relaxing his muscles and tendons, and the effects were noticeable over time.

Hong Qigong placed his right palm on Zhou Yan's "Mingmen" point on his back, and an extremely powerful internal force was transmitted into Zhou Yan's body, quickly suppressing the chaotic and uncontrollable internal energy.

Hong Qigong began massaging and stroking Zhou Yan's acupoints with his left hand.

Zhou Yan's subconscious kept urging him to wake up. Hong Qigong circulated his internal energy to calm his blood and qi, and relaxed his meridians and acupoints for nearly half an hour. In his dazed state, he suddenly felt the tightness pressing on his chest loosen slightly, and the heat coming from behind him slowly spread into his body. The pain also began to lessen.

Zhou Yan gradually regained his senses and silently used the breathing techniques of the Quanzhen School taught by Wang Chuyi, as well as the art of meditation and concentration, to focus his mind and spirit, preventing his soul from wandering inward and his spirit from drifting outward. He slowly gathered his scattered internal energy into his dantian.

Hong Qigong exclaimed "Eh!"

The internal energy within Zhou Yan's body, which had been out of control but had been suppressed by himself, began to circulate slowly.

"This is the internal energy cultivation method of the Quanzhen School."

During the Mount Hua Sword Tournament, Hong Qigong and Wang Chongyang had fought each other, so Hong Qigong was familiar with the Quanzhen internal martial arts techniques.

Hong Qigong's heart, which had been hanging in suspense, finally settled down.

Zhou Yan's consciousness had completely cleared. He channeled every wisp of internal energy into his dantian like a hundred streams flowing into a river. When a warm feeling suddenly arose from his dantian, he knew that he could heal himself.

Zhou Yan's martial arts skills are now approaching those of Zhang Wangyue, the chief镖头 (bodyguard) of the Fu'an镖局 (escort agency). In the battle on the Lantern Festival, Zhang Wangyue took three moves from Ouyang Feng and suffered severe internal injuries, but he quickly regained his composure.

Zhou Yan withstood two moves from Ouyang Feng at Huayan Temple, but Ouyang Feng's last move used the internal force of "Toad Stance". Therefore, Zhou Yan's injuries were comparable to those of Huang Rong when he took the hit head-on.

Fortunately, he had the protective jade Guanyin, which possessed profound internal strength, and with the help of Hong Qigong, he was able to regain consciousness in a short time.

Zhou Yan stopped his cultivation technique and asked weakly, "Is it a senior?"

"What do you think?" Hong Qigong removed his hand from the acupoint on his back and said irritably, "You brat actually provoked that old poisoner. You even threw lime at him." "If it weren't for the lime, you would have been doomed."

Hong Qigong was amused and said, "That old poisoner has been arrogant all his life, yet he suffered a loss at your hands because of lime. It's gratifying, but if you encounter him again, remember that running away is the best policy."

"I understand," Zhou Yan chuckled softly, then asked, "Where is Miss Li?"

"They're behind us, they should be here soon."

I must have scared her.

"What do you mean?" Hong Qigong took a sip of wine from his gourd.

“I escaped the city and fell unconscious in the woods. After I woke up, I found my way and rushed to the mountain god temple. She said she thought I had broken my promise. I was about to explain when she coughed up blood and fell unconscious again.”

"cough……"

Hong Qigong choked for a moment, then said after he realized what he meant, "Don't even mention that girl, even an old beggar would be scared half to death."

Zhou Yan smiled helplessly.

Hong Qigong moved to his side. "That bow was brought to you by the maid."

Zhou Yan looked over and saw a giant bow with ox horns placed in one corner of the dilapidated temple.

His cultivation level had increased, and the snake gall he had consumed also had the effect of strengthening bones and increasing strength. The iron bow he used was no longer suitable for him. Judging from that giant bow, it was probably at least a few stones heavier than the iron bow.

Zhou Yan sighed, saying that Wu Santong's wife in the Condor Heroes world was right; Li Mochou was indeed a good woman when she first debuted.

Hong Qigong's voice suddenly rang out, "That girl is here."

Zhou Yan listened intently, hearing the sounds of the wind and birdsong, but not the sound of horses' hooves. After a few breaths, the sound of hooves finally came, and footsteps landed. Li Mochou, dressed in a long blue dress, appeared at the entrance of the mountain god temple.

"Thank God, thank you so much, senior, you're awake."

Li Mochou breathed a sigh of relief, stared at Zhou Yan for a moment, and then chuckled, "You scared me to death last night."

"I guess so."

"Thank goodness you woke up. Who hurt you? You helped me, I'm going to settle the score with them."

Hong Qigong pulled out the stopper from the wine gourd and drank it down in one gulp.

"How could I trouble you? I have my own plans." Zhou Yan changed the subject. "How about we go down the mountain this time?"

Li Mochou took a straw mat, sat down sideways with her legs together, and laughed, "Having heard your experience, it will be smooth sailing."

"That's good. As for the competition?"

Li Mochou was about to say that she would wait until Zhou Yan recovered from his injuries, but then she remembered that Ouyang Ke had said he was going to Zhongnan Mountain. She said, "Then we will choose a day, but not here."

Where?

“Zhongdu or Zhongnan Mountain are also acceptable.”

"What about Zhongnan Mountain?" Zhou Yan asked.

Li Mochou was overjoyed, "It's a deal."

"Never break a promise."

Li Mochou looked at Hong Qigong, "Senior, you are my witness."

Hong Qigong thought of Wang Chongyang and decided it would be good to visit the place of his old friend, so he said, "This old beggar is joining in the fun."

"Thank you, senior." Li Mochou then asked Zhou Yan, "The six-month period?"

"it is good."

"Okay." Li Mochou stood up. "Please wait a moment, Senior. I'll go find some food."

"You know how to do that, kid?"

"Don't underestimate him, senior."

Li Mochou smiled as she left the mountain god temple, disappearing into the forest in a few leaps.

Zhou Yan felt that although Li Mochou's skills could not compare to Huang Rong's, they were probably not too bad, after all, she had young children and elderly parents to care for while living in the Zhongnan Mountain Ancient Tomb.

Li Mochou's master was Lin Chaoying's maid, who had long since passed away in the world of The Return of the Condor Heroes, and therefore must have been quite old. Granny Sun was perhaps someone who, after encountering Lu Zhanyuan while adventuring in the martial world, underwent a drastic personality change and went to Zhongnan Mountain instead of returning to the Ancient Tomb.

Zhou Yan made this guess.

(End of this chapter)