The Legend of the Condor Heroes: Starting from the Bodyguard

Chapter 288 The Twin Swords Combined, A Disgrace to the Monk

Moonlight streamed down through the gaps in the clouds, casting silvery light that illuminated the surrounding area for miles around.

Yang Kang watched Zhou Yan about to disappear into the distance, his expression complex.

There are too many unpredictable things in life.

The first time I met Zhou Yan was in Zhongdu City. At that time, Zhou Yan could only use lime and poisoned iron rings to block Ouyang Ke's attacks.

If Wang Chuyi hadn't shown up, he would have surely died a violent death.

But now even Ouyang Ke doesn't dare to stand in his way, while Zhou Yan can get along with people like the Vajra Sect leader and Qiu Qianren.

Yang Kang gripped the folding fan tightly, took a breath, and calmed his somewhat turbulent emotions, keeping them within a range that he could rationally control.

He whispered to the dozen or so skilled martial artists he had recruited at great expense beside him, "Stop him."

Helian Chuncheng, Yin Kexi, and Nimo Xing joined forces because they all had personal grudges against Zhou Yan, so the dozen or so skilled fighters who had not received orders did not make a move.

At Yang Kang's command, more than ten men roared and attacked Zhou Yan.

Ouyang Ke and Yin Kexi were overjoyed and leaped after him. Helian Chuncheng, who had rolled up from the ground, coughed up blood, took out a porcelain bottle to take the pill, and then rushed over with his spear.

After Zhou Yan sparred with the Fire-Worker Monk and suffered internal injuries, he felt the strong, gentle energy emanating from the Jade Guanyin and chuckled softly. He sheathed his Qingfeng Sword and strode forward, trying to block the path of two skilled fighters. However, just moments before, Zhou Yan was seven or eight zhang away, but with just two simple steps, he swept past, leaving behind his tall back carrying a long sword. The skilled fighter known as "Shura Blade" chased after him in shame and anger.

"Where do you think you're going?" Using his "Instant Thousand Miles" lightness skill, Ouyang Ke, who was chasing after him, waved his hand and launched several silver shuttles. Upon seeing this, the group of skilled fighters who were chasing and intercepting him threw hidden weapons one after another.

Zhou Yan's forward-moving figure landed and rolled, and the mostly poisoned hidden weapons whistled past from above with a sharp whooshing sound before hitting the ground, stirring up mud.

The entire patch of grass was slammed to the ground by Zhou Yan's sudden sweeping leg. With a loud "bang," two skilled fighters who had tried to intercept him were sent flying into the air, flailing their arms and legs.

"Boy, don't be so arrogant." A skilled "monkey fist" practitioner leaped into the air like a monkey, kicking his feet at Zhou Yan's chest and striking his forehead with both hands.

Behind Zhou Yan, a burly man approached. The already imposing man seemed to double in height as he reached within a few feet of Zhou Yan, his muscles and bones creaking. The force of his punch started from the left, moved to the right, traveled through his entire body, and then converged to strike Zhou Yan's "Dazhui" acupoint on the back of his neck.

Zhou Yan retreated quickly, unleashing a "Dragon Tail Sweep" strike with his right hand.

With a loud "bang," the burly man stumbled backward, and Zhou Yan, using the force of the recoil, suddenly appeared, closing in on the man who was attacking with both hands and feet using "Monkey Fist." The man's attack missed; he had barely unfolded a Monkey Fist stance when Zhou Yan struck him back with a "Heart-Shattering Palm" blow to his "Shanzhong" acupoint on his chest.

With a squeak, the man curled up and was then violently knocked over by Zhou Yan's knee, his body flying several feet away.

"Go side by side and kill him!" The two men only held them off for a few breaths before "Shura Blade," who had caught up, shouted at the other seven or eight men. The blade flashed down with each step he took.

Zhou Yan turned around, took a step back, and slashed down at Zhou Yan's heart with the tip of his blade. He pinched the back of the blade with his right thumb and forefinger and pulled it, while his left hand grabbed the wrist of the "Shura Blade". With a pull and a twist, the "Shura Blade" spun half a circle and leaned against Zhou Yan's chest. The long sword that he had snatched was pulled at the other's throat with a smooth motion.

"Zhou thief!" Gongsun Li, whose chest was broken and whose hair was disheveled, rushed over, brandishing her precious sword and slashing angrily. Zhou Yan swung his sword from below, and with a snap, the long sword was cleaved in two, and half of the blade flew up.

Gongsun Li was overjoyed and was about to reverse her wrist to slash Zhou Yan's abdomen with the knife when Zhou Yan stepped forward, grabbed half of the blade with his left hand, and viciously plunged it in.

"Father!"

"Mr. Gongsun, be careful!" Gongsun Zhi, standing several feet away, looked ferocious. Ouyang Ke, who had arrived first, shouted a warning. Gongsun Li dodged to the side with all his might, and with a "thud," the broken blade pierced the old valley master's shoulder.

Zhou Yan took a step forward and used the broken sword in his right hand to slash at Ouyang Ke with lightning speed.

The moment Ouyang Ke unfolded his iron-bone fan, it was cleaved in two by the broken blade.

“Your fan won’t do,” Zhou Yan said with a smile.

The young master of White Camel Mountain reacted quickly, throwing out his Iron Bone Fan. As Zhou Yan dodged to the side, a powerful punch carrying masculine energy enveloped him.

Zhou Yan scoffed, saying that Ouyang Ke would be better off using the White Camel Mountain martial arts, at least he was unfamiliar with them and could exchange a few dozen moves with him before using the "Great Subduing Demon Fist" from the Nine Yin Manual. This would be asking for trouble.

Zhou Yan had never practiced this set of boxing techniques, but he remembered the moves perfectly. He threw the broken sword at Gongsun Zhi, and with a simple punch from his right hand, he charged like an iron cavalry, directly piercing through Ouyang Ke's fist.

Ouyang Ke was shocked and retreated hastily, but his hurried steps could not avoid Zhou Yan's seemingly ordinary stroll. With a "thud," a fist landed on his face. An astonishing pain instantly exploded in his mind.

"Ah!" Ouyang Ke let out a scream.

"Ke'er!" Ouyang Feng's angry roar seemed to explode in Zhou Yan's ears. Zhou Yan glanced into the distance and saw Ouyang Feng rushing over at lightning speed, with Huang Yaoshi following closely behind Ouyang Feng.

Qiu Qianren also abandoned Zhou Botong and followed Huang Yaoshi closely, while the old rascal shouted and chased after him relentlessly.

He turned and ran away.

A few steps later, from a more distant direction, a roar came as fast as lightning.

"Zhou Yan, prepare to die."

"They're out so quickly," Zhou Yan muttered to himself. He hadn't expected the crocodiles in the crocodile pond to devour Huo Gong Toutuo, after all, even Yang Guo, whose martial arts were not yet fully developed, was able to escape in The Return of the Condor Heroes.

The rock walls around the pool can be climbed, but when they are about seven or eight zhang above the ground, the rock walls become smooth as a mirror. It is unknown how Huogong Toutuo got up there; perhaps Baoshu brought a rope.

As Zhou Yan recited this, he used the "Golden Goose Skill" technique, and his body suddenly soared into the air, dodging the swords and knives in front of him. He flew straight up to three zhang (approximately 10 meters) and landed with a clear whistle. In a moment, the sound was already more than a li (approximately 5 kilometers) away.

Instead of joining up with Yanbo Diaosou and the others, Zhou Yan headed straight for the stream leading out of the valley. With Huogong Toutuo and Ouyang Feng's lightness skills, he was sure they could catch up with the group and use ropes to climb and buy them time. Once they were caught, the chance to escape that he had gained through his injuries would be wasted.

Zhou Yanqing's whistle carried far and wide. Huang Rong, after discerning the direction, said, "Zhou, the镖头 (bodyguard), is trying to escape through the valley entrance. There are boats over there, so don't worry."

Qiu Qianchi breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's right, we shouldn't waste the opportunity that Chief Escort Zhou fought for."

Hearing her words, Yanbo Diaosou, Liu Qingzhou, and Baicao Xianweng all felt at ease, with no more worries, and sped away with all their might.

Huang Rong was in a great mood, but she didn't realize at the time that Zhou Yan was rescuing Qiu Qianchi, who turned out to be an old friend.

……

On the cliff where ropes were suspended, a figure in green lightly glided down. Just as she was about to leap forward, she heard the voices of the Fire-Worker Monk and Zhou Yan. The figure in green was overjoyed, exclaiming, "Zhou the Escort is here too!"

Li Mochou followed the route taken by Zhou Yan, Liu Qingzhou, and others to the cliff. She heard fighting in the distance, but she couldn't get down the cliff. After searching around, she found a rope.

As soon as she landed in the valley, she heard Zhou Yan's clear whistle. Using her ancient tomb lightness skill, she darted diagonally away following the sound of the whistle.

……

In less than the time it takes to eat a meal, Zhou Yan arrived at the valley. There were seven or eight small boats in his sight. He jumped on one, and in the night, a joyful cry came from behind him.

"Zhou, the head镖师 (bodyguard/escort)."

The moonlight was suddenly broken, and the woman who solidified in Zhou Yan's vision was slender and graceful, not thin but plump and healthy. Her face was rosy and fair from running, and under her curved eyebrows were a pair of watery almond eyes.

"Miss Li!"

Zhou Yan was genuinely surprised.

"My master allowed me to go down the mountain, so I went to Zhongdu to play. Chief镖头 Zhang said you went to Yueyang. Since I had nothing to do anyway, I decided to travel south and see if I could run into you..."

“Zhou Yan, where are you going?”

Li Mochou tried her best to be concise in her language, but was still interrupted by the Fire-Worker Monk who used his light-footed skill to chase after her while she was using "Crossing the River on a Reed".

"How is your cultivation level now?" Zhou Yan asked hurriedly.

"I have already completed the fifth stage of the martial arts technique that the head镖师 (bodyguard/escort) gave me."

Zhou Yan was overjoyed, thinking that it must be the effect of the Cold Jade Bed, otherwise it would not have progressed so quickly. He combined his two swords and used the "Jade Maiden's Pure Heart Sword Release" to deal with the Fire-Worker Monk.

(End of this chapter)