Chapter 834: The Peerless Twins

After Yu Liancheng and Zhang Jing left the Heavenly Fragrance Pavilion, the crowd of martial artists fell into a temporary silence, but soon erupted into a massive uproar.

What they had seen and heard today was truly too inconceivable. If they hadn't witnessed it with their own eyes, they would have feared it was nothing more than a tall tale.

Many people hurried out of the Heavenly Fragrance Pavilion, wanting to tell their friends and family what they had seen and heard here; this was undoubtedly excellent capital for bragging. There were others who lingered in the restaurant for a long time, but that was because a portion of the "Reward Good and Punish Evil" matters had yet to be handled. They had assumed Yu Liancheng would send other Divine Sword Envoys, but after waiting for a long time, no one came, and the crowd could only leave in frustration.

This was naturally a case of some being happy and others being sad.

Those who were happy were naturally the ones who had received a Punishment Order, thinking they had escaped a disaster.

Those who were sad were the ones who had received a Reward Order; they could have asked for martial arts or wealth, but now, although they had watched a lively scene, they hadn't received the slightest benefit.

But next, some inexplicable things began to happen to these people.

Some who had received a Punishment Order found that when they exerted their light-body techniques, their True Qi circulation would inexplicably stall, causing them to fall from the air and break their limbs. Others, while gambling, lost twenty-four hands in a row, losing everything they owned and turning from wealthy gentlemen into beggars...

And the martial artists who had received a Reward Order also had their own encounters; some dug up ancestral sword techniques from their own backyards, while others accidentally fell into a cliff, only to discover a chest of treasure at the bottom...

These events were strange and varied, and to outsiders, it was nothing more than a matter of their luck being good or bad for a moment.

If it were usual times, these people's miraculous encounters would have been passed from mouth to mouth and stirred up some waves in the Edo. But now, two extremely sensational major events had occurred in the Edo in succession, so naturally, no one paid them any mind.

The first of these two major events was naturally Yu Liancheng stepping back into the Edo.

This Hall Master Yu had disappeared for over half a year, and upon reappearing in the Edo, he revealed an extraordinary and refined mastery of martial arts, leaving people unable to discern his true depth.

The second event was the renewed clash between the Four Spirits organization and the Demon-Slaying Hall, which ended with the complete rout of the Four Spirits organization.

As it turned out, in recent times, the Four Spirits organization, led by Pang Long, had continuously dispatched experts to attack the various branch halls of the Demon-Slaying Hall. Within the Demon-Slaying Hall's main altar, all six Divine Sword Envoys except for Jiang Xiaoyu had been deployed elsewhere.

In reality, this was Pang Long's strategy of luring the tiger away from the mountain. After confirming that the main altar's experts had all gone out, Pang Long led a group of Four Spirits experts to attack the main altar, intending to leave no chicken or dog alive and turn the place into a river of blood.

However, all of this was within Jiang Xiaoyu's expectations.

The experts of the main altar had indeed been sent away, but in Jiang Xiaoyu's hands, there was still a force unknown to outsiders: a group of old men and old women with unfathomable martial arts.

Speaking of this group of old monsters, one must mention the "Mad Lion" Tie Zhan of the Ten Great Villains. In the past, he had obtained two items: one was a fake Treasure Map forged by Jiang Biehe, and the other was a mysterious object.

The fake Treasure Map was thrown by "Mad Lion" Tie Zhan to his daughter Tie Xinlan, thereby triggering a series of martial arts conflicts. The other mysterious object, however, concerned another legend.

No one knew when a rumor had begun to circulate in the Edo: there was a nameless isolated island overseas, and on this island lived a group of unfathomable experts. Whoever could find them and ask for their guidance would become invincible under heaven.

Ordinary people, upon hearing this, would mostly just laugh it off. But "Mad Lion" Tie Zhan was a man who loved fighting as much as his own life, and his brain was a bit off, so he believed it implicitly. He actually used the mysterious object to find that isolated island and the group of old monsters living there.

In reality, these old monsters were all seniors who had grown tired of the killing in the Edo and had run to the isolated island to hide and find peace. The mysterious object that recorded the location of Wumingdao was also something they had left behind casually; if someone really managed to land on the island, they wouldn't mind teaching them a trick or two.

Later, this group of old monsters followed Mad Lion Tie Zhan back into the Edo and even watched the duel between Jiang Xiaoyu and Hua Wuque (Chapter 218).

After that, under Jiang Xiaoyu's coaxing, this group of old monsters began to retire at the main altar, though except for a very small number of people, few knew of their existence.

Yet this group of seemingly frail old men and women were all top-tier experts, and they had attacked with preparation against the unprepared; how could the Four Spirits organization possibly contend with them? Naturally, they were defeated and suffered heavy casualties. In this battle, besides Pang Long, who was wounded and escaped with his life, the other two Spirits were beheaded on the spot, and countless other experts were killed or injured.

From then on, the Four Spirits organization was considered completely routed and could no longer stand on equal footing with the Demon-Slaying Hall.

In a dilapidated temple, a tall figure was sitting on the shrine, meditating and regulating his breath. As for the original wooden statue of the deity, it had long since been turned into a pile of firewood for warmth.

After about a quarter of an hour, the tall figure exhaled softly, slowly opened his eyes, and took out a pill from his bosom to swallow; his pale face finally regained some color.

"How dangerous. To think the Demon-Slaying Hall had so many experts. A fine Jiang Xiaoyu, this time you have outplayed me."

This person looked to be only about thirty years old, and cold, sharp glints flashed from time to time in his long, narrow eyes, making one's heart tremble.

On his right cheek was a blue dragon pattern, as if it were about to fly into the sky. His waterfall-like long hair hung down, his back was straight, and his whole person carried an air of superiority, as if he were born to sit on the shrine and be worshipped by others. This person was none other than the "Head of the Four Spirits," Pang Long. He had been severely injured in the battle at the main altar and had fled for three days and three nights until he reached this ruined temple, finally finding a moment to catch his breath.

"My old wounds have not yet healed, and those little brats are in hot pursuit; I must find a place to properly heal." A look of contemplation flashed in Pang Long's eyes. That day, he had been besieged by that group of old monsters; even though his martial arts were supreme, he was still one man against many. Although he finally broke through the encirclement and escaped, he was not lightly injured. And Jiang Xiaoyu and the others were pursuing him all the way, wanting to kill him to the last man, leaving him little opportunity to heal.

Pang Long took out a map and looked at it carefully.

A moment later, his eyes lit up, but then he showed a look of hesitation, though soon his expression hardened, and he made up his mind.

"This is the place: Jade Willow Villa!"

Jade Willow Villa was a very famous villa in the Edo.

Because the owner of this villa was called Sanniang.

"Jade Lady" Sanniang.

The greatest beauty of the Edo in her day, she was as famous as the world's most handsome man, "Jade Youth" Jiang Feng, and it was said she once had a lingering and poignant love story with the World's Number One Hero, Yan Nantian. Today, although Sanniang's reputation was not what it was in her youth, there were almost no people who had not heard the name "Jade Lady." Because she had a daughter named Tie Xinlan, and her son-in-law was Yu Liancheng.

During this period, Yu Liancheng was staying at Jade Willow Villa.