Film & TV: Public Enemy of Justice

If the girl is indeed Zhang Wuji's friend, and knows this leg technique, then she must be right.

Even if the other party had not heard Zhang Wuji say it, they would definitely not make things up.

The fact that she sneaked onto the island, and even used a combination of deception and trickery, in itself shows that the girl's motives were impure.

Xie Xun was originally second only to Yin Tianzheng among the four great protectors of the Ming Cult. During his twenty years on Icefire Island, he could only deepen his internal strength when he had nothing else to do.

With a swift movement, he arrived in front of the girl in the blink of an eye.

The girl's face was covered by a black veil, obscuring her features. Half of her face was vaguely visible, its color a dark black, the reason for which was unknown.

Given the girl's martial arts skills, she would have no chance against Xie Xun's butcher's blade.

However, Xie Xun had no intention of harming the girl with a single strike. He knew very well that the other woman beside the girl was the real threat to him.

Sure enough, when the butcher's knife was still some distance from the girl, a long-headed cane suddenly appeared from the side.

The long-headed cane was used to prop up the butcher's knife, and the cautious Xie Xun used the leverage to flip back.

"Hmm?" Xie Xun hummed softly after landing, savoring the internal force exerted by the opponent after the collision.

Xie Xun sensed that the opponent's parry of the Butcher's Blade contained pure Sacred Flame Technique. Although it was inferior in terms of the sheer volume of internal energy, it was far superior in terms of purity.

"You are, you are Dai Si Mei?" Xie Xun asked, unable to believe it, yet quite certain.

Among the four Dharma Kings, the Purple-Robed Long King Dai Qisi was the youngest and came from the Persian religion, which is why Xie Xun asked this question.

"Brother Xie, it's been so many years, how have you fallen to this state?" The old woman leaning on her cane spoke in a warm, middle-aged woman's voice, making it hard to tell if the voice and the scene were incongruous.

"Hahaha, so it really is Fourth Sister." Xie Xun laughed heartily upon seeing an old friend, but only for a moment before he stopped laughing. With a wary expression, he asked, while holding the Butcher's Blade horizontally in front of his chest: "Fourth Sister, did you come here today for the Butcher's Blade in Third Brother's hand?"

The Purple-Robed King wiped his face with his hand, and the old woman's face transformed into that of a stunningly beautiful woman.

Although she was actually in her early forties, Dai Qisi looked no more than thirties. Being from Persia, she possessed a strong exotic charm, especially her two colored eyes, which shone with a captivating brilliance.

However, Xie Xun could not see all of this, but someone else could.

“That’s right, Third Brother.” Dai Qisi’s voice also turned cold: “Back then, when you left Qianye to die, I said that I would have nothing to do with the Ming Cult anymore. After all these years, I have finally found the Dragon-Slaying Blade. Thank you, Third Brother. Considering that you didn’t make things too difficult for me and Qianye back then, I will give you a way out.”

"No need to say anything more!" Xie Xun interrupted the Dragon King. "You want me to hand over the Dragon-Slaying Blade, right? Let me tell you, that's impossible. This blade is my child, it's my life. If you want the blade, you'll have to kill me."

Dai Qisi pointed to the masked girl beside her, but at the same time realized that Xie Xun couldn't see her: "Third Brother, I know your skills have improved greatly in the past twenty years. My martial arts were once on par with yours, but after all these years, I'm naturally no match for you. But do you know who this person beside me is? Her name is Yin Li, the granddaughter of Brother Yin Tianzheng. However, like me, she no longer recognizes the Ming Cult. I'm telling you, she has mastered the Thousand Spider Poison Hand. With us, master and disciple, joining forces, do you think you have a chance of winning?"

Even though Xie Xun had already put everything out of his mind, he was still very surprised: "Thousand Spider Venomous Hand, such a vicious martial art, you actually let a little girl practice it? This is an evil and unorthodox art that sacrifices a woman's precious appearance, how could you let—"

"Stop talking." It was Dai Qisi's turn to interrupt Xie Xun: "For revenge, it's all worth it. Because Yin Li has a very strong will. Just like your godson, he was willing to sacrifice himself to eliminate evil and protect the righteous. Although, in the end, he didn't succeed."

"Wuji? You mean my Wuji child? What happened to him?" Xie Xun became agitated, his hands gripping the Butcher's Blade trembling slightly.

"You don't know yet, do you?" Dai Qisi recounted, her voice tinged with sorrow: "To conceal the news of you and Tu Longdao, your sworn brother Zhang Cuishan and his wife apologized more than ten years ago. As for Zhang Wuji, he was lucky enough to survive. But in the end, he sacrificed himself in battle when the Ming Cult disbanded."

"The Ming Cult has disbanded? Wuji is dead?" With a clang, Xie Xun's Butcher's Blade slammed to the ground, his body swaying violently. At this moment, he looked nothing like a lion king, but rather like a weary old man on the verge of death.

"Who did this?" Xie Xun's voice was much more desolate: "To uproot the Ming Cult, could it be Cheng Kun?"

Chapter 186: Golden Flower Remains, Silver Leaf Dies [Fourth Update]

“No, Cheng Kun is dead too.” Dai Qisi’s voice was dreamy: “I didn’t see the specifics myself. But it’s widely rumored in the martial arts world that the person who killed Cheng Kun, Yang Xiao, and Brother Yin Tianzheng was Lin Yaoxie, who was known as the Demon Emperor a hundred years ago.”

Xie Xun's body trembled violently: "The Demon Emperor Lin is a demon? He? He killed Wuji and disbanded the Ming Cult?"

Xie Xun looked up at the sky and sighed, tears streaming down his face, his eyes wide with shock: "Demon Emperor, Demon Emperor, how far are you going to torment me? If I had died in the vast ocean twenty years ago, it would have been over."

After crying for a while, Xie Xun suddenly stopped crying and asked Dai Qisi with unusual seriousness, "Fourth Sister, how did you know about my situation on Icefire Island?"

Upon hearing this, Dai Qisi's delicate brows furrowed slightly: "Third Brother, your question is indeed quite strange. A few days ago, I suddenly received a note with information about Icefire Island and the Dragon-Slaying Blade on it,"

She suddenly realized, "Could it be that someone deliberately leaked the information to me?"

“That must be it.” Xie Xun threw the Butcher’s Blade on the ground, raised his hands high, and said dejectedly, “Now that Your Majesty has arrived, please show yourself.”

Dai Qisi also turned to look at the sea. Although Yin Li beside her did not understand what was happening, he also nervously looked back.

"Ahem, beauties, your husband is here." An annoying voice came from behind.

Yin Li and Long Wang reacted at the same time. Yin Li unleashed the Thousand Spider Poison Hand under his armpit, while Long Wang leaped forward and swung out countless golden flowers and silver leaves with his backhand.

Yin Li's blackened right hand was grabbed by the wrist by someone. No matter how much Yin Li tried to use his internal energy, he was unable to expel the poison, and he couldn't even pull his hand away.

Looking up, she saw a young man in white standing in front of her, looking at her tenderly with slightly pouting lips, gently pecking her forehead.

Before she could speak, she slapped the young man's thick face with her left hand again.

The outcome was the same; the young man grabbed their wrists.

Then Yin Li heard a clanging sound behind her, followed by the unique sound of her master's golden flower falling to the ground.

As Lin Yaoxie subtly captured Yin Li with a slight movement of his hand, Dai Qisi was also stunned.

She unleashed all her golden and silver hidden weapons with all her might. But when she darted ten meters away and looked back, she was surprised to find that Yin Li had already been captured by the young man in white.

Since the Battle of Bright Peak, no one in the martial arts world dared to wear a white robe anymore. The Yuan Dynasty court had decreed that anyone who wore the same robe as the Demon Emperor would die.

Although this was on Icefire Island, the ghostly figure easily blocked the Thousand Spider Poison Hands, and the person dressed in white was undoubtedly the Demon Emperor Lin Yaoxie, whose power shook heaven and earth.

Golden Flower and Silver Leaf were the hidden weapons that Dai Qisi was skilled at using when she used the alias Granny Golden Flower. Golden Flower represented herself, while Silver Leaf represented her deceased lover, Xiao Zhao's biological father, Mr. Silver Leaf Han Qianye.

Golden flowers and silver leaves filled the sky, attacking Lin Yaoxie and Yin Li from every angle.

However, once she confirmed that the man in white was indeed the Demon Emperor, her concerns disappeared.

As expected, the Demon Emperor, despite his great reputation, did not disappoint the Purple-Robed Long King.

Just as the ruthless hidden weapon entered within three meters of Lin Yaoxie and Yin Li, the area began to change.

Lin Yaoxie half-grabbed and half-held Yin Li, without moving an inch, not even his white robe swaying.

Countless tiny flying swords, roughly the size of golden flowers and silver leaves, materialized out of thin air in front of Lin Yaoxie and behind Yin Li.

Each flying sword struck a golden flower and a silver leaf. Although it was a collision, the flying swords treated the gold and silver differently.

The flying sword that struck Jin Hua instantly turned into a cloud of mist, enveloping her and causing her to fall helplessly to the ground.

The flying sword that struck the silver leaf continued its unstoppable charge, smashing the leaf to pieces. After pulverizing it, the flying sword vanished, leaving only a sky full of silver dust.

As the dust settled, Lin Yaoxie still smiled and held Yin Li's hands tightly.

He was like the Mona Lisa's smile; both Dai Qisi and Yin Li felt that he was looking at them tenderly.

"How long do you plan to hold onto me?" Yin Li was the first to attack. She couldn't pull her hands away, but her attitude was uncompromising. Like an enraged little beast, she snorted and roared at Lin Yaoxie.

Lin Yaoxie showed no inclination to let go, instead pulling her even closer: "Let go? Why should I let go? You've been all alone, unloved by your father and uncared for by your master. Isn't it good that I'm here to care for and love you?"

Lin Yaoxie's voice was magnetic, like a lullaby.

Yin Li suddenly burst into tears. Lin Yaoxie's few words touched her heart, making her nose tingle, her chest feel heavy, and her eyes involuntarily well up with tears.

Her mother died when she was very young. Her father, Yin Yewang, soon married a younger stepmother and showed her little care from then on.

A young heart is most easily hurt, and Yin Li felt that all the love from her father had been stolen by that mean woman. Therefore, she did something very irrational and poisoned her stepmother.

It was because of this incident that King Yin Ye was furious. Although he spared Yin Li's life out of consideration for their father-daughter relationship, he treated her as a complete stranger from then on.

You can kill me, but you can't ignore me. Enraged, Yin Li left home. On her journey, she encountered Granny Golden Flower, who was plotting revenge against the Ming Cult.

Both harbored deep resentment towards the Ming Cult or the Eagle Cult, and they quickly became master and disciple.

However, Yin Li soon discovered that her master did not genuinely care about her, but only used her as a tool.

But Yin Li had no regrets. As long as she could avenge her father, she didn't care what she had to do.

But in a young girl's heart, at her age, is the blossoming season when she needs the most care and protection.

So how could she not be moved to tears when she heard Lin Yaoxie's caring and gentle words?

Chapter 187: Love Me, Love My Dog [First Update]

Lin Yaoxie took the opportunity to pull Yin Li into his arms and said softly, "Don't worry, it's all over. Your father, who was bad to you, died in the battle at Bright Peak. From now on, you can let go of the past and immerse yourself in the ocean of happiness."

Yin Li hugged Lin Yaoxie's neck and cried even more intensely.

She had already heard the news that the Eagle Sect, which had gone to assist in the battle at Bright Peak, had been completely wiped out.

To be honest, Yin Li was really heartbroken when she learned that her grandfather and father would never see each other again.

The loss of loved ones is heartbreaking, but what is even more heartbreaking is the purpose of having painstakingly developed the Thousand Spider Venomous Hand technique at the cost of disfigurement.

Before coming to Icefire Island, she, like Daisy, had lost the courage to live.

Coming to Icefire Island to steal the Butcher's Blade was meaningless to them, because their enemies were already gone.

Yin Li hugged Lin Yaoxie's neck and cried. Suddenly she remembered something, screamed, and tried to let go of Lin Yaoxie's neck.

But Lin Yaoxie's powerful hand pressed firmly on Yin Li's back, not letting go for even a moment.

"Let go of my hand right now, or the Thousand Spider Poison Hand will kill you!" Yin Li shouted in terror.

It turned out that after unleashing the Thousand Spider Venomous Hands, she hadn't withdrawn her internal energy in time. By the time she realized it, it was too late.

The Thousand Spider Venomous Hand technique involves extracting the venom of poisonous spiders and accumulating it in the body, then unleashing it when necessary.

Because the toxins are compressed to the extreme, the person struck by the palm will die within a short time. Furthermore, because the toxins remain in the body for a long time, especially on the face, they will corrode and turn black.

Her hands remained wrapped around Lin Yaoxie's neck, the poison on her palms having stained Lin Yaoxie's neck black.

"Let go! Let go!" Yin Li was really anxious this time, desperately trying to pull her hand back.

Ke Lin Yao Xie simply looked at her face gently. Her face, hidden behind a black veil, remained motionless, her hands as still as mountains.

"You're going to die, you're really going to die." Yin Li cried again.

If her tears just now were for her own tragic past, then her tears now are entirely for Lin Yaoxie.

Lin Yaoxie still wouldn't let go, completely ignoring the black toxin that had spread to his chin and collarbone.

"You cried because of me?" Lin Yaoxie started spouting some inspirational platitudes: "If so, what does it matter if I die? To have won the favor of a beauty, even death is happiness."

"You fool, you fool! We've never met before, you don't need to die for me!" Yin Li was on the verge of collapse. No one had ever loved her like this before, no one would be willing to die for her.

At this moment, Yin Li felt nothing but warmth in her heart.

Not far away, Dai Qisi froze. Sometime, many years ago, the person she loved had uttered similar words to Lin Yaoxie. Not long after, that person died.

The demonic Lin standing before me looks so much like that person!