Chapter 42: Don’t hurt anyone unless it’s absolutely necessary ( words~)

The whole hall fell silent instantly.

The crowd of more than a thousand people was completely silent.

Ding Mian, Lu Bai and Fei Bin are all junior brothers of Zuo Lengchan, the head of the Songshan School. They are also known as the Thirteen Guardians of Songshan. They have great prestige in the martial arts world, but they are hiding in the dark and spying.

These Songshan disciples were either hiding in disguise or forcing their way in. They were scattered throughout the Liu Mansion and it was obvious that they had ill intentions.

In addition, there is the flag of the Five Mountains Alliance leader, which is not easily displayed.

With such a big scene, I’m afraid today’s incident will not end well.

But no one could figure out how Liu Zhengfeng had offended the Songshan School and Zuo Lengchan. He was clearly preparing to retire from the underworld, yet he was treated like this.

Fei Bin also has his own troubles.

Although they found out that Liu Zhengfeng was colluding with Qu Yang, they did not find any conclusive evidence.

That’s why they didn’t go directly to arrest Liu Zhengfeng, but instead sent their disciples to disguise themselves and blend in with the guests to look for evidence.

But, nothing was found.

Seeing that the day to retire has come, they have no choice but to take the risk.

He, Lu Bai and Ding Mian led all the Songshan disciples to hide on the roof of the hall, and cooperated with Shi Dengda who held the flag of the Five Mountains Alliance to delay the time for Liu Zhengfeng to retire as much as possible.

Wan Daping led the remaining Songshan disciples to control Liu’s family members and search the back house of Liu’s house for evidence.

Unexpectedly, Tianmen Taoist suddenly threw out the teacup, knocking down a Songshan disciple who was hiding on the roof.

Then, Master Dingyi directly revealed their whereabouts.

Then, he noticed that Shi Potian and Yue Lingshan came in escorting the Liu family members, and Wan Daping and a group of Songshan disciples followed behind them, wanting to go forward but not daring to.

“Something that fails to accomplish anything but fails to accomplish anything!”

Fei Bin immediately thought of the scene where Shi Potian and Yue Lingshan came close to Yue Buqun, and guessed what was going on. While cursing Wan Daping in his heart, he also made a very decisive decision –

Not only does he have to show up himself, he also has to call out all the disciples of Songshan!
He knew that he had no evidence, but Liu Zhengfeng didn’t know that.

His only option now is to use his power to force Liu Zhengfeng to reveal his flaws.

“Brother Fei, Brother Ding, Brother Lu, what do you mean by this?”

Liu Zhengfeng tried his best to remain calm, but his voice was trembling slightly, and he was obviously panicking: “What does this order from Alliance Leader Zuo mean?”

Fei Bin continued to put pressure on him with a fake smile: “Junior Brother Liu, isn’t the intention of Alliance Leader Zuo very clear? You have to slow down your retirement ceremony.”

Liu Zhengfeng said, “Back then, the Five Mountains Sword Sects formed an alliance and agreed to help each other in attack and defense to maintain the righteousness of the martial arts world. When encountering matters related to the five sects, everyone must obey the orders of the leader.”

“But, retiring today is Liu’s personal matter. It does not violate the moral rules of the martial arts world, and it has nothing to do with the Five Mountains Sword Sect. Therefore, it is not subject to the banner order of the leader. Please forgive Liu for not obeying the banner order.”

As soon as these words were spoken, the already tense atmosphere in the hall became even more tense.

Everyone looked at Liu Zhengfeng in surprise.

What Liu Zhengfeng said is true, but no matter how great the truth is, we must see the situation clearly!

Now, the flag of the leader of the Five Mountains has arrived and the masters of Songshan Sect are approaching. What he said was a bit too tough and did not give face to the Songshan Sect.

Liu Zhengfeng didn’t care about all this. He just wanted to retire immediately. He didn’t want to waste even a second and walked towards the golden basin.

Fei Bin flashed and rushed to block the golden basin: “Junior Brother Liu, why are you panicking! Senior Brother Zuo did this not only to take into account the friendship of the Five Mountains Sword Sects, but also to maintain the righteousness of the martial arts world. It is also for your own good. You’d better follow the flag order.”

Liu Zhengfeng sneered, “I just can’t figure this out. I have already respectfully sent someone to Songshan to invite Liu to his wedding banquet to retire from the underworld. I have also sent a long letter to report to Senior Brother Zuo.”

“If Senior Brother Zuo really had such good intentions, why didn’t he stop us beforehand? He only issued the flag order to stop us now, and even made such a big scene. If I, Liu, give in today, how can I still live in this world with dignity?”

“Today, Liu will wash the golden basin.”

As Liu Zhengfeng said this, he was about to walk around Fei Bin and continue washing his hands.

“stop!”

Fei Bin stretched out his hand to stop him, but Liu Zhengfeng had anticipated this and dodged by gently moving his body to the side, reaching his hands into the basin.

At this moment, there was a sudden sound from behind, and a silver light broke through the air.

Liu Zhengfeng subconsciously dodged to the side, but the golden basin in front of him was knocked over, and the clear water spilled all over the floor.

Fei Bin seized the opportunity, took a step forward, and stepped down with his right foot, crushing the golden basin into pieces.

Liu Zhengfeng’s face changed. His golden basin was destroyed, and he could no longer continue his plan to retire from the business world.

Just at this moment, Liu Zhengfeng’s youngest son Liu Qin shouted “Dad” and ran towards Liu Zhengfeng.

He is Liu Zhengfeng’s late-born son and is very doted on. Today, he was forced by Wan Daping and others to stay in the back hall. He was frightened and full of grievances and anger.

At this time, seeing Liu Zhengfeng, his powerful backer, he chose to complain immediately.

“Dad, those bad guys arrested me, mom, my brother and sister, locked us in the house and wouldn’t let us go out.”

Everyone looked in the direction where his finger pointed and saw Wan Daping and others, and their faces changed drastically.

It would be fine if the Songshan Sect crushed the golden basin and prevented Liu Zhengfeng from retiring!
They even sent people to arrest Liu Zhengfeng’s family?
This is no longer a question of good or not, but it has touched the bottom line of justice in the martial arts world!

Liu Zhengfeng had not expected the Songshan Sect to do such a thing. He was shocked and angry, and asked in a stern voice, “Is this what Alliance Leader Zuo asked you to do?”

Master Dingyi could no longer hold back and said loudly, “Brother Liu, you have retired from the underworld and become an official of low status. I do not agree with this at all.”

“But everyone has their own aspirations. He wants to get promoted and make money. As long as he doesn’t harm the people and doesn’t destroy the loyalty of fellow martial artists, no one else can stop him. What you, the Songshan Sect, are doing is a bit too much!”

“Master Dingyi, you are a wise person in the Buddhist sect, and you cannot understand the evil tricks of others.”

Fei Bin cursed Wan Daping again in his heart, but he calmly skipped over the issue of his family being in trouble and said, “Liu Zhengfeng’s retirement is not as simple as it seems.”

“If his conspiracy succeeds, not only will countless fellow jianghu people be killed, but kind people all over the world will also be harmed.”

“Master Dingyi, fellow martial artists, aren’t you curious as to why Mr. Liu Zhengfeng, who is such a famous figure in the martial arts world, would degenerate and accept the filthiness of those filthy officials? With the Liu family’s enormous wealth, would they care about getting promoted?”

Liu Zhengfeng calmed down at this time and said, “If you want to accuse someone, you can always find a pretext! If you are instructed by someone to harm me, just come here. Why do you have to go through all these twists and turns? You even want to implicate my wife and children!”

Master Dingyi asked, “Brother Liu, do you know what’s going on?”

Liu Zhengfeng smiled bitterly and said, “Master Dingyi, I feel really ashamed to talk about this matter. It is originally a matter within my Hengshan Sect, but I have troubled you, my good friends, to worry about it.”

“Liu has understood everything clearly in his mind now. I think it must be my Senior Brother Mo who went to Songshan Sect’s Left Alliance Leader to complain about me and said all kinds of bad things about me, which led to the senior brothers from Songshan Sect coming to question me.”

All the people in the martial arts world have heard about the discord between Liu Zhengfeng and Mr. Mo Da, but this is the first time that it has been laid out in the open like this.

For a moment, attitudes once again tilted towards Liu Zhengfeng, and even the gazes towards the Songshan School changed.

Fei Bin looked around and said loudly, “Is Mr. Mo Da here? Please come out so that we can talk things out.”

After he said these words, the hall fell silent. But after a while, Mr. Mo Da, the “Xiaoxiang Night Rain”, still did not show up.

Yue Lingshan noticed that Shi Potian suddenly looked up at the roof. Her heart skipped a beat and she asked hurriedly, “Big Brother, is there someone on the roof?”

Shi Potian said: “Yes. There were two before, but now there is only one left. The old man who played the huqin passed away.”

Yue Lingshan was stunned, then suddenly realized who Shi Potian was talking about.

Before she could ask again, Fei Bin saw that Liu Zhengfeng was still dragging the matter onto Mr. Mo Da and the Songshan Sect, and said to Shi Dengda, “Raise the flag.”

Stenda said: “Yes!” He raised his command flag and stood next to Fei Bin.

Fei Bin said sternly, “Senior Brother Liu, today’s incident has nothing to do with Mr. Mo Da, the head of the Hengshan Sect. You don’t need to involve him.”

“Leader Zuo has ordered us to find out from you what kind of collusion is there between Senior Brother Liu and the Demon Cult leader Dongfang Bubai? What kind of conspiracy have they set up to deal with my Five Mountains Sword Sect and all the upright fellows in the martial arts world?”

The expressions of the people in the martial arts world suddenly changed, and many of them even cried out in surprise.

Most of those who could come to participate in Liu Zhengfeng’s retirement ceremony were righteous people from the martial arts world, and many of them had deep hatred for the Demon Cult.

When they heard Fei Bin accusing Liu Zhengfeng of colluding with Dongfang Bubai, their dissatisfaction with the Songshan Sect for bringing harm to Liu Zhengfeng’s family instantly dissipated.

Liu Zhengfeng said: “In my entire life, I have never seen the Demon Cult leader Dongfang Bubai. How can you talk about collusion and conspiracy?”

Lu Bai said softly, “I’m afraid what Senior Brother Liu said is a little untrue. There is a guardian elder in the Demon Sect named Qu Yang. I wonder if Senior Brother knows him?”

Liu Zhengfeng was trying to remain calm, but when he heard the word “Qu Yang”, his face suddenly changed color, his lips tightly closed, and he did not answer.

The fat man Ding Mian had not uttered a word since he entered the hall. At this moment, he suddenly asked in a stern voice: “Liu Zhengfeng! We have found evidence of your collusion with Qu Yang. Are you still going to deny it?”

Everyone’s eyes were focused on Liu Zhengfeng’s face. There was no need for Liu Zhengfeng to answer or observe his expression.

Just from the fact that Liu Zhengfeng did not deny the matter immediately, he had actually acquiesced.

Liu Zhengfeng sighed and said, “I and…”

At this moment, a little girl’s clear and surprised voice rang out: “Do you know my grandfather?”

He interrupted Liu Zhengfeng’s words forcibly.

The voice of this sentence was not loud, but it was like a thunder, instantly attracting everyone’s attention.

Liu Zhengfeng was shocked and shouted, “Fei Fei, stop talking nonsense!” But it was too late.

“Are you Qu Yang’s granddaughter?”

Fei Bin was overjoyed and leaped towards Qu Feiyan.

Now the evidence is conclusive!
Liu Zhengfeng wanted to step forward to stop them, but Ding Mian and Lu Bai had already blocked his way from the left and right.

Liu Zhengfeng knew that he was not afraid of either of the two men in a one-on-one fight, and had basically no chance of winning in a one-on-two fight. However, Qu Feiyan was entrusted to him by Qu Yang, so he gritted his teeth and rushed forward.

The result was just as he expected.

With the joint efforts of Ding Mian and Lu Bai, he couldn’t advance even a single step. After a few moves, he could only retreat.

“Brother Qu, I’m sorry for you.”

Liu Zhengfeng felt extremely regretful and blamed himself. He should have sent Qu Feiyan away earlier.

Qu Feiyan doesn’t think so.

Fortunately, she stayed here.

Otherwise, given Grandpa Liu’s character, he would have been dead today.

And given her grandfather’s temper, if Grandpa Liu died because of him, he would not live alone.

According to the plan she had already thought of in her mind, Qu Feiyan screamed “Oh my God”, staggered back, and burst into tears.

It was as if he was a young, ignorant and frightened child.

Fei Bin showed no mercy and reached out to grab Qu Feiyan’s arm.

Even though Qu Feiyan had expected this scene to happen, her body still closed her eyes instinctively.

“stop!”

There was a loud shout in front of him, followed by a muffled bang.

However, Shi Potian saw Fei Bin was about to attack Qu Feiyan, so he jumped forward and used his grappling skills to grab the acupoints on Fei Bin’s wrist.

Fei Bin’s nickname was “Big Songyang Hand” and all his martial arts skills were in his palms. Realizing how powerful Qu Feiyan was, he immediately gave up on her and slapped Shi Potian in the chest with his backhand.

Shi Potian directly changed his claws into palms, placed them across his chest, and blocked Fei Bin’s palm.

The two palms collided, making a dull sound like spring thunder. The scattered true energy rolled up the dust on the ground and forced the people around them to retreat several steps.

“Dog brother……”

Qu Feiyan opened her eyes and her heart trembled when she saw the familiar figure.

She had never expected that Shi Potian would stand in front of her without hesitation under such circumstances!
Surprise, shock, fear, gratitude, worry…

Countless emotions surged into her heart, making it difficult for her to control herself, and her tears could not stop flowing.

Fei Bin’s face changed, he felt that the man’s palm power was not inferior to his own at all.

After seeing Shi Potian’s appearance clearly and recognizing his identity, he was shocked again and felt murderous.

“What Lao Denuo said is correct! Linghu Chong has mastered the Purple Cloud Divine Art at such a young age. His internal strength is so profound. If we can’t get rid of him as soon as possible, he will definitely be a great threat to our Songshan Sect in the future!”

A cold light flashed in Fei Bin’s eyes. He pretended not to know Shi Potian and shouted loudly: “Who are you! How dare you protect this evil witch from the cult!” He waved his palm and slapped Shi Potian.

The martial arts of the Songshan School are different from those of the Huashan School. They follow a dignified and majestic style with a solemn and awe-inspiring aura. Once used, they are like thousands of troops galloping at you, unstoppable.

Fei Bin’s Great Songyang Divine Palm is naturally no exception.

Every move was powerful and strong, and the wind created by the palm when it turned over was dull, giving people the feeling as if the palm was swung underwater, seemingly slow but actually fast, seemingly light but actually heavy.

This palm strike on a person is like a huge rock hitting him. Not only will his internal organs be shattered, but half of his body will probably be smashed to pieces.

This was the first time Shi Potian saw this kind of palm technique and he couldn’t help but let out a light exclamation.

He doesn’t like fighting with others, but is very interested in martial arts and regards them as fun toys.

Shi Potian did not dodge, but directly waved his palm to meet it, wanting to personally feel the special features of this wonderful palm technique.

Fei Bin was overjoyed.

The Great Songyang Divine Palm seeks to overwhelm the opponent with momentum and force, so it is inevitably slower in speed and can only be compensated by changing moves, leaving the opponent with no way to hide or avoid.

He thought Shi Potian would dodge by himself, or pull Qu Feiyan to dodge with him, and he had already made plans to pursue him further.

Unexpectedly, Shi Potian foolishly chose to confront him head-on.

Fei Bin naturally would not miss such a good opportunity. He mobilized all his strength and poured it into his right palm. He did not expect to kill Shi Potian with one palm, but at least he wanted to seriously injure him so that his meridians were damaged that he would never be able to recover in his lifetime.

boom!
As the two palms collided, Fei Bin felt happy again.

The power coming from Shi Potian’s palm was so strong that it was somewhat terrifying. It was far beyond what a man of his age should possess, but it was still far inferior to the Great Songyang Divine Palm that he had practiced for many years!
When it comes to palm power confrontation, a slight difference is enough to be fatal, let alone this much!

No wonder Yue Buqun was so eager to make Linghu Chong famous and designate him as the successor to the Huashan Sect’s leader. Such talent is truly terrifying!
However, that’s it!
When Fei Bin thought about cutting off the hope of Huashan Sect’s revival, he couldn’t suppress his excitement, and the two whiskers on his upper lip trembled slightly.

But as soon as the excitement arose, Fei Bin noticed something wrong.

“Why did his palm power suddenly become stronger?!”

In just this instant, Fei Bin discovered that Shi Potian’s palm power had gone from being much weaker than his to being almost on par with him!

What should have been a crushing victory turned into a stalemate.

Fei Bin was shocked and angry. He gritted his teeth and, regardless of the risk of damaging his meridians, he took a breath of true energy and poured it into his arms again, exerting his palm power to the maximum of twelve points.

but……

“Becoming stronger again?!”

Fei Bin was a little confused. He had performed above his level but still failed to gain any advantage.

Could it be Zixia’s true qi?
Fei Bin suddenly remembered what his master had mentioned to him: when it first starts, it is vague and as soft as clouds, with accumulated strength that is extremely tenacious, overwhelming and unstoppable.

In that case, I won’t give you the chance to accumulate strength!

Fei Bin immediately retracted his palm, and swung it out again, giving up the idea of ​​a fatal move, and prepared to win with palm techniques.

However, Shi Potian had experienced his palm skills before, so he was unwilling to fight him. He pulled Qu Feiyan back and said, “I am from Huashan Sect. We are family. We don’t fight.”

These days, Shi Potian has heard many times that “the Five Mountains Sword Sects are of the same blood and as close as one family”, and he has already memorized it.

Fei Bin was unwilling to let the tiger go back to the mountain just like that. Before he could go forward, he heard Yue Buqun’s voice coming from the side: “Senior Brother Fei, this is my disciple Linghu Chong.”

When Qu Feiyan revealed her identity, Yue Buqun had already realized that this would happen, and he kept thanking himself for having given Tianmen Taoist, Master Dingyi and others a heads-up in advance.

Otherwise, it would be hard to explain.

Yue Buqun said: “Chong’er, I haven’t met your Uncle Fei yet.”

Shi Potian hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: “Uncle Fei.”

Fei Bin knew that he had no chance to make a move, so he said, “So you are Junior Brother Yue’s top disciple. No wonder you are so powerful. You performed very well just now.”

Shi Potian said, “My junior sister taught me this. She told me to be more restrained when I take action and not to hurt anyone unless it is absolutely necessary.”

Fei Bin: “???”

Many people in the underworld: “???”

Yue Buqun: “…”

Yue Lingshan: “…”

　I just came out of the confinement center these days. I have to get up every night to make milk powder. My condition is a bit bad… I will adjust as soon as possible~ I will also remember the extra chapters I owe~

　
(End of this chapter)