Chapter 31: Exterminating Zhu Wu Twin-Ring Manor

Zhang Jie looked up and saw a youth with a rather decent appearance rushing over aggressively.

Although this youth's face couldn't compare to the likes of Takeshi Kaneshiro or Daniel Wu,

he was still handsome and pleasing to the eye.

It was just that his face was now full of anger, and even his handsome features were somewhat distorted.

Zhang Jie, already having some guesses about the newcomer's identity, feigned ignorance:

"Who is this?"

Zhu Jiuzhen replied in a soft, weak voice: "That is my cousin, Wei Bi.

He is my father's nephew and the senior disciple of Uncle Wu."

"Wu Lie's senior disciple? It seems he cannot be left alive!"

Zhang Jie, an actor at heart, revealed a murderous look, seemingly intending to cut the weeds and pull out the roots.

The killing intent he had shared from the Water Margin Zhang Jie—having killed Ximen Daguanren, the entire Wild Boar Manor,

and the hundreds of routed soldiers, Yuan troops, and bandits he had slaughtered on his way to Zhu Wu Twin-Ring Manor—was clearly revealed.

"Hiss~"

Zhu Jiuzhen, surrounded by Zhang Jie's immense killing intent, couldn't help but shiver.

She hadn't expected this youth, who was about her age, to be a murderous demon who killed without blinking.

Although she had raised fierce dogs over the years and enjoyed using them to attack people,

the number of human lives on her hands was likely not even a fraction of those Zhang Jie had killed.

Zhu Jiuzhen suddenly realized that Zhang Jie didn't seem as easy to control as she had thought.

But she was already on the pirate ship and couldn't get off.

Zhu Jiuzhen hurriedly expressed that no matter what, she stood on Zhang Jie's side:

"Do whatever you want, Zhang Shaoxia."

"That is very good."

Zhang Jie nodded, seemingly very satisfied, while his hands also began to get restless.

"What are you doing? You pair of dogs!"

At this moment, Wei Bi also walked closer and saw the scene that made his eyes split with rage.

"Jiuzhen, you have an involvement with him?"

Zhang Jie casually pointed at Wei Bi with one finger and asked with a frown.

"I was young and ignorant before, I liked Wei Bi and said silly things about not marrying anyone but him.

But now that I've met Zhang Shaoxia, I know that the only person I like is a heroic figure like you."

Zhu Jiuzhen calmly attributed the past to youthful ignorance,

and also straightforwardly flattered Zhang Jie.

"Cousin, don't come looking for me again in the future; I'm afraid Zhang Shaoxia will misunderstand."

Zhu Jiuzhen threw a sentence at Wei Bi, then leaned happily into Zhang Jie's arms.

"How is this any different from the 'husband watching' scenes in Japanese movies?"

Looking at Wei Bi, whose eyes were splitting with rage, Zhang Jie stroked his chin and sighed inwardly.

However, he felt absolutely nothing—like Germany struggling in WWII—about teasing Wei Bi.

As a descendant of the Zhu and Wu families, Wei Bi appeared gentle and scholarly on the outside, but was actually calculating on the inside.

Before Zhang Wuji arrived, he was adept at using the rivalry between Zhu Jiuzhen and Wu Qingying to consolidate his own position.

After Zhang Wuji arrived at Zhu Wu Twin-Ring Manor, he actively participated in Zhu Zhangling's plot to deceive Zhang Wuji,

and after the plan was exposed, he repeatedly pursued Zhang Wuji until he fell off the cliff, his life or death unknown.

To make the effect even stronger, Zhang Jie waved his hand as if shooing away a fly:

"Wei Bi, is it?

I'm in a good mood today, so I'll spare your life; get lost.

Remember, stay away from Jiuzhen in the future, or watch out for your life!"

"You, you, you pair of dogs!"

Wei Bi was burning with rage.

Zhu Jiuzhen was his childhood sweetheart, who grew up with him and, like Wu Qingying, said she would marry no one but him!

And Zhang Jie was even more blatant in front of him, already starting to explore the secret realm he had never reached!

"Ah! I'll kill you!"

Wei Bi, overcome with rage, "swished" and drew his long sword, stabbing straight at Zhang Jie's vital points.

The bright blade reflected a chilling light;

if Zhang Jie were hit by this sword, he would lose a layer of skin even if he didn't die.

"A petty trick."

Zhang Jie said the second "petty trick" of his day.

"Wudang Cotton Palm."

Zhang Jie didn't even draw his sword, extending his right hand, which looked like it was crafted from the finest mutton-fat jade,

and caught Wei Bi's sure-kill sword in his hand in one go.

"Hmph, hmph!"

No matter how hard Wei Bi tried, his long sword wouldn't move an inch.

It was as if the hand holding his long sword wasn't Zhang Jie's hand, but the legendary hand of the Buddha, which no weapon could injure,

and from which no weapon could escape!

"Ding!"

Zhang Jie channeled the fierce force of the Wudang Cotton Palm and flicked his finger,

and Wei Bi's precious sword, made of thousand-forged iron essence and costing a master blacksmith a hundred days of work,

and worth a thousand gold, shattered inch by inch, turning into a pile of fragments.

Although the Wudang Cotton Palm is named "Cotton Palm," it is not all soft, insidious, and feminine force,

but rather takes the meaning of being continuous and vast like smoke.

The Wudang Cotton Palm created by Zhang Sanfeng, famous for his Yin-Yang Taiji, naturally also combines water and fire, hardness and softness.

"Impossible! How is this possible?"

Wei Bi, still holding the hilt, muttered in disbelief.

Zhu Jiuzhen, in Zhang Jie's arms, had eyes full of brilliance:

It was already incredible that Zhang Jie could shatter Wei Bi's long sword with one finger,

but the most incredible thing was that Zhang Jie only shattered Wei Bi's long sword without injuring the hilt in Wei Bi's hand.

According to common sense, at the same time the long sword was shattered,

Wei Bi's arm should have been twisted into a twist.

The only explanation was that Zhang Jie's mastery of the Wudang Cotton Palm had reached the ultimate realm,

with not a bit too much or too little force!

"Be on your way."

Zhang Jie didn't look at the soul-lost Wei Bi, flicked his toes,

and a fragment of the long sword on the ground shot toward Wei Bi like a sharp arrow leaving the string.

Wei Bi, who had already lost the confidence to resist, was instantly pierced through the heart by this fragment.

As bright red blood stained his pale yellow satin robe,

this cousin—like the others in Mr. Jin's works, with a decent appearance,

gentle and compliant on the outside, but actually cruel, vicious, and heartless—went to see the King of Hell.

"Miss Zhu, how do you think I should deal with you?"

After finishing off Wei Bi, Zhang Jie asked with interest.

"Young Zhang Shaoxia, don't, don't scare me."

Sensing the change in Zhang Jie's attitude, Zhu Jiuzhen hurriedly grabbed Zhang Jie's sleeve,

and changed her address from "Zhang Shaoxia" to "Young Zhang Shaoxia," attempting to draw closer.

"Young Zhang Shaoxia?"

Hearing this address, Zhang Jie couldn't help but think of a disgusting creature called a cockroach.

All creatures in this world should have their own place, except for cockroaches and mosquitoes.

It was just that he didn't have the ability; otherwise, Zhang Jie would definitely have wiped out both of these disgusting creatures.

"Zhang has a principle when killing: that is, not to kill women and children."

Zhang Jie pushed Zhu Jiuzhen away and spoke slowly.

Before Zhu Jiuzhen could breathe a sigh of relief, Zhang Jie changed the subject:

"It's just a pity that you don't count as a child."

Zhu Jiuzhen instantly had a black person question mark face: "??"

Shouldn't I count as a woman?

"Bang!"

Without waiting for Zhu Jiuzhen to argue, Zhang Jie had already slapped her on the head.

Under this palm, which was the same style as Ximen Daguanren's, Zhu Jiuzhen successfully ascended to immortality.

"Sigh!

If your heart weren't so vicious, I really wouldn't be able to bear destroying the flower with a ruthless hand."

Zhang Jie looked at Zhu Jiuzhen's corpse, which died with eyes wide open, and sighed.

He considered himself a person who cherished flowers, but this cherishing didn't mean he would blindly cater to someone.

Zhu Jiuzhen was beautiful, but her heart was like a queen bee.

Not only did she wantonly beat and scold servants at Zhu Wu Twin-Ring Manor,

but she also raised dozens of fierce dogs, taking pleasure in letting them chase living people.

One had to know that in this world without rabies vaccines, once you got rabies, there was no other way but to wait for death.

Not to mention that three years ago, she was instructed by her father Zhu Zhangling to feign kindness to Zhang Jie's good junior brother Zhang Wuji,

using his infatuation with her to lure him into revealing the location of Xie Xun and the Dragon-Slaying Saber.

After the conspiracy was exposed, she followed Wei Bi, Wu Lie, Zhu Zhangling, and others to hunt down Zhang Wuji, forcing him to jump off the cliff.

Zhang Wuji was Zhang Jie's beloved friend and brother; seeking justice for him and avenging him was truly Zhang Jie's duty.

Zhang Jie picked up the corpses of Zhu Jiuzhen and Wei Bi and went to the edge of the cliff,

throwing them down the cliff along with Wu Lie's corpse to destroy the evidence.

"Hmm. It seems the previous plan is unreliable!"

Zhang Jie looked at the bottomless, mile-wide cliff, which seemed like a scar on the earth,

and immediately knew that his previous plan to shout and call for Zhang Wuji at the edge of the cliff was unreliable.

With such a large cliff, even if he shouted until his throat broke, he likely couldn't get his voice into Zhang Wuji's ears.

Plans couldn't keep up with changes; the original plan having failed, Zhang Jie had no choice but to return to Zhu Wu Twin-Ring Manor to look for supplies like ropes. ===== CHAPTER 32 =====

With such a large cliff, even if he shouted until his throat broke, I fear he could not transmit his voice into Zhang Wuji's ears.

Plans could not keep up with changes; Zhang Jie, his original plan having fallen through, had no choice but to return to the Zhu-Wu Manor to look for supplies like ropes.