Chapter 56

While Zhang Jie was thinking, Zhang Wuji, who had been resting in the cabin, also came to the deck.

Compared to Zhang Jie, whose Nine Yang is completed, *Great Yin-Yang Art* is protecting his body, and his physical fitness is still like a beast,

Zhang Wuji, whose *Nine Yang Divine Art* has not yet been completed, was obviously very tired after the long journey of thousands of miles.

However, at this time, an undisguised excitement appeared on Zhang Wuji's face:

"Senior brother, in a few more hours, I will be able to see my godfather!"

For him, Godfather Xie Xun is the only person in the world who watched him grow up.

"Junior brother, be patient."

Zhang Jie gently comforted the excited Zhang Wuji.

But Zhang Wuji was like an excited monkey,

unable to suppress the excitement in his heart, almost jumping up and down.

Zhang Jie had no choice but to ignore him and continue to look at Ice-Fire Island.

Two hours later, the sun had shifted to the west,

and the ship, under the control of the boat captain, found a shallow beach where they could land.

"Young Master, do you need us to clear the way for you?"

The boat captain asked Zhang Jie for instructions.

Although it was not agreed to go ashore when booking the ship,

the boat captain, who knew Zhang Jie was extraordinary, still said it, hoping to leave a good impression on Zhang Jie.

"No need."

Zhang Jie shook his head slightly.

Unlike him and Zhang Wuji, who have internal energy to protect their bodies,

the boat captain and others are ordinary people who have never practiced martial arts.

There are many snakes, insects, and beasts on this uninhabited Ice-Fire Island,

and letting them clear the way is undoubtedly using their lives to pave a path.

Zhang Jie is not yet that reckless with human life.

"You wait for us here; this is the other part of the deposit."

Zhang Jie said to the boat captain while taking a gold ingot from the pocket in his sleeve and handing it to him.

According to the agreement, the boat money is divided into three parts: a part of the deposit is given before the ship sails,

a part is given upon arrival at the destination, and the last and largest part is given when returning.

"Yes!"

The boat captain, having received the gold, happily agreed.

The other crew members, looking at the gold in the boat captain's hand, also had their eyes shining.

Why do they risk their lives on the sea where the situation is unpredictable and storms come unexpectedly?

Isn't it for the white silver!

After this voyage, the boat captain, as the owner, will inevitably take most of the silver,

but each of them, as crew members, can also get dozens of taels of silver.

You must know that in the Great Yuan, a rich farmer who has more than ten acres of cultivated land,

and doesn't have to pay rent to the landlord, has an annual income of only twenty or thirty taels of silver.

Although this voyage is farther than their previous voyages, and the second half of the route is new,

as long as there is money, they dare to break into the Dragon King's palace!

Zhang Jie didn't care about the excitement of the crew members.

The so-called "under heavy rewards, there must be brave men" is just like this.

"Junior brother, let's go."

Zhang Jie greeted Zhang Wuji, who had calmed down a bit.

"Yes, senior brother."

Zhang Wuji still had undisguised excitement in his eyes.

Zhang Jie and the other operated the Wudang Ladder-Cloud Step, lightened their bodies and accelerated, and disappeared into the jungle in an instant.

"These two are indeed not ordinary people!"

Seeing the inhuman speed of Zhang Jie and the other, a trace of luck rose in the boat captain's heart.

He was glad that he had not been moved by a confidant to take advantage of the fact that Zhang Jie and the others were only two people,

and were outnumbered in front of more than ten crew members, to do them in.

If they really dared to do it, I'm afraid they wouldn't need Zhang Jie to take action,

and that kind little brother Wuji would probably kill their whole ship of people.

Zhang Jie knew about the restlessness of some of the boat captain's subordinates.

His Nine Yang is completed, *Great Yin-Yang Art* is in his body, and there are no secrets on the whole ship in his eyes.

Given that the boat captain was not overwhelmed by greed, Zhang Jie didn't expose them.

On this vast sea, everyone who dares to go to sea is a desperate person.

The identity of pirates and merchant ships is not fixed,

and it is common for powerful merchant ships to encounter small merchant ships and do them in.

Even the naval fleets belonging to the Great Yuan, Korea, and Japan often go down to do some business that is profitable without capital.

Big fish eat small fish, small fish eat shrimp; these merchant ships and

warships are a living ecological chain.

Of course, Zhang Jie didn't do nothing.

On the day of the biggest storm, a small thing happened on the ship:

One of the boat captain's confidants fell into the water by accident and could not be rescued, so he could only be left to be submerged in the ruthless giant waves...

"Senior brother, we are here!"

After more than two hours of rushing, led by Zhang Wuji who knew the way,

Zhang Jie and the other came to a cave that was clearly inhabited.

"This blindness in both eyes has a huge impact on life."

Zhang Jie looked at the small flat ground covered with uneven weeds in front of the cave and thought to himself.

It can be seen that even with internal energy, the Golden-Haired Lion King's quality of life is still not high.

But fortunately, he has internal energy; otherwise, if it were an ordinary person,

he would probably have died on this uninhabited Ice-Fire Island long ago.

Not everyone can be like Robinson Crusoe and engage in wilderness survival.

That's only because Robinson had muskets and gunpowder to protect himself.

"Godfather, Godfather!"

While Zhang Jie's thoughts were turning, Zhang Wuji, who could no longer suppress his inner emotions, had already run into the cave quickly.

Zhang Jie followed slowly behind Zhang Wuji and entered the cave.

The cave is neither big nor small, about thirty or forty square meters,

and the cave is full of pots, bowls, ladles, and basins, containing a strong atmosphere of life.

It's just that these pots, bowls, ladles, and basins are all made of pottery and wood,

and obviously the Golden-Haired Lion King, who is already blind, cannot burn ceramics.

"Senior brother, my godfather is not here!"

Zhang Wuji, who searched the whole cave and didn't find the Golden-Haired Lion King, said anxiously.

"Junior brother, be patient."

Zhang Jie comforted Zhang Wuji.

He came to the stove, touched the charcoal ash with his hand, and found that it still had residual heat,

it should have been used this morning, so obviously the Golden-Haired Lion King was still alive.

Zhang Wuji learned from Zhang Jie and stretched his fingers into the charcoal ash, feeling the residual heat on his fingertips, and then breathed a sigh of relief.

"Senior brother, where do you think my godfather went?"

Zhang Wuji, who was still a bit lost, subconsciously asked Zhang Jie, who was very reliable in his heart.

"Hmm~ The Lion King probably went hunting."

Zhang Jie pondered for a while and speculated to give an answer.

The blind Golden-Haired Lion King obviously cannot farm,

so he can only rely on hunting to live on Ice-Fire Island for so many years.

Zhang Jie and the other, fearing they would miss the Golden-Haired Lion King, simply waited for him in the cave.

"Who dares to invade the home of the Golden-Haired Lion King?"

About half an hour later, a sound like a lion's roar suddenly echoed in Zhang Jie's ears.

Zhang Jie looked closely and saw a tall and burly man with golden hair scattered on his shoulders,

eyes full of whites, and eyes without spirit, walking in vigilantly.

"Is it you, Teacher Xu Jinjiang who is good at using whips to supplement whips?

No, it's the Golden-Haired Lion Wang Xiexun!"

According to that iconic golden hair, Zhang Jie recognized the person's identity at once.

The Golden-Haired Lion King was also holding a sword about three feet long, with a black and shiny blade,

engraved with the inscription "Dragon-Slaying Precious Saber" and winding dragon patterns,

and the handle was an alloy material based on gold and inlaid with emerald beads.

This sword is naturally the target of Zhang Jie's trip, the famous Dragon-Slaying Saber.

"Fortunately, fortunately. This Dragon-Slaying Saber is not the one in the game 'Hello everyone,

I am Zha Zha Hui, if you are brothers, come and cut me,'

the kind that is as gorgeous as it can be, as exaggerated as it can be,

wishing to carve a dragon directly on the sword."

Zhang Jie's raised heart finally let go.

That kind of Dragon-Slaying Saber is too exaggerated and doesn't fit his low-key personality at all.

"Godfather, I am Wuji! I finally see you again, Godfather!"

The moment he saw Xie Xun, the emotions accumulated in Zhang Wuji's heart exploded like a volcano, and he rushed toward the Golden-Haired Lion King.

"Wuji child, are you Wuji child?"

Hearing Zhang Wuji's voice, the Golden-Haired Lion King could no longer care about vigilance.

Zhang Wuji was watched by him as he grew up, and he had long regarded Zhang Wuji as his child,

and Zhang Wuji's voice had long been engraved in his soul.

Even after many years of separation, he recognized Zhang Wuji at once.

The Golden-Haired Lion King put down the Dragon-Slaying Saber in his hand and rushed in the direction of Zhang Wuji.

"Godfather!"

"Wuji child!"

The longing in the hearts of the old and the young gushed out.

"Godfather!"

Zhang Wuji hugged the Golden-Haired Lion King tightly.

"Wuji child!"

The Golden-Haired Lion King kept rubbing Zhang Wuji's face with his hands.

At this moment of deep father-son affection, Zhang Jie didn't go to spoil the scenery, but stood quietly to the side.

"Wuji child, are my second brother and sister-in-law doing well?"

As the excitement subsided slightly, the Golden-Haired Lion King asked eagerly.

"Godfather, my parents have passed away."

Mentioning Zhang Cuishan and Yin Susu, Zhang Wuji couldn't help but burst into tears.

"Impossible, impossible! My second brother is only in his forties,

and sister-in-law is only in her thirties; how could they have passed away?"

The Golden-Haired Lion King said in disbelief.

It is possible for ordinary people to pass away in their thirties or forties,

but it is not strange for people who have achieved success in martial arts to live to sixty or seventy.

On Wudang Mountain, there is an old Daoist who lived to be a hundred years old and is still full of vitality!

Even if they might suffer from a terminal illness that is difficult to cure with internal energy,

it is impossible for Zhang Cuishan and Yin Susu to have terminal illnesses at the same time, right?

"Who killed them?"

The Golden-Haired Lion King asked angrily.

Since Zhang Cuishan and Yin Susu couldn't have died of old age, the problem is very simple:

If a person is killed, they will die!

"It was the Six Great Sects, they..."

Zhang Wuji cried and told Xie Xun about the time of Zhang Sanfeng's hundredth birthday, when Western Shaolin, Emei,

Kongtong, and the Beggar Sect and other major sects came to Wudang to force the palace together.

They demanded that Zhang Cuishan and Yin Susu hand over the whereabouts of the Golden-Haired Lion Wang Xiexun and the Dragon-Slaying Saber.

Zhang Cuishan and Yin Susu were deeply affectionate and righteous, and they told Xie Xun that they would rather commit suicide than keep Xie Xun's secret.

"Ah! Ah!

Emei, Western Shaolin, I, Xie Xun, will not share the sky with you!"

Upon learning the truth, Xie Xun was furious, and under the operation of his majestic internal energy,

his golden hair danced wildly, like an angry lion king!