Chapter 65: News of the Black Wind Twin Demons

The letter went on to describe the items sent this time: winter clothes made by He Zhiyu, some ham, tea leaves, and half a pig sent by Lu Zhiyi, a large pile of seasonings sent by Yu Xiaowu, and Niu Dajie was the most practical—since her family ran a distillery, she sent ten jars of wine directly, ten catties per jar.

Wu Chengyu was a bit speechless; he himself did not drink alcohol, let alone his current body still being a child—one hundred catties of wine in one breath would be enough for him to bathe in. As expected, it was Niu Dajie's usual style, the reserved type.

However, the final content of the letter caught Wu Chengyu's attention. It said that in recent days, a man and a woman had appeared in the Hangzhou area, both nearly thirty years old, with extraordinary martial arts. The man was skilled in the Hardening Technique, immune to blades and swords, while the woman excelled in Lightness Skill and struck with extreme ruthlessness.

Most importantly, both knew an extremely cruel and vicious Claw Technique, practicing on living people, cruel and fond of killing. They had committed several major cases near Hangzhou, offended local martial artists who then surrounded them in force, but unfortunately they still managed to kill several people and break out of the encirclement.

These two people should be the Black Wind Twin Demons that Wu Chengyu spoke of.

Afterward, these two drifted to who knows where, perhaps to Jiangsu, and he urged Wu Chengyu to be very careful. If he needed help, he only needed to send a letter to Jiaxing, and he would immediately gather the Yue Family Army Descendants to come and assist.

Last time Lu Zhiyi visited Wu Family Slope, Wu Chengyu had asked him to help find the whereabouts of the Black Wind Twin Demons. The Yue Family Army Descendants were spread all over Jiangnan and were well-informed.

He estimated that Chen Xuanfeng and Mei Chaofeng were not people who would remain content in obscurity, and it was absolutely impossible for them to hide and practice in silence. Moreover, these two fools were practicing with living human heads, so no matter where they went, they would cause a major incident locally. It was impossible for them to have no news at all.

Sure enough, not long after, Lu Zhiyi sent the news over.

Wu Chengyu's previous self had died with resentment, he himself had suffered the hatred of broken legs, and his closest aunt had died in childbirth. All of this was instigated by the Black Wind Twin Demons. No matter what, Wu Chengyu would start by dealing with these two.

Dealing with them was much easier than dealing with Huang Yaoshi. Pick the soft persimmon first.

Unfortunately, his divine art was not yet complete, and he did not want to drag in Wu Family disciples and cause casualties, so he only wanted to first grasp the whereabouts of these two and wait for an opportunity.

Besides revenge, Wu Chengyu was also eyeing the lower volume of the Nine Yin Manual. Now, besides the Internal Energy Heart Technique he had just created, he did not have many martial arts at hand; most were body-hardening techniques. The Bibo Palm Technique was long since useless, and Yan Qing Fist was too low-level.

With no trace of the Murong Family found yet, the only supreme art he currently had a chance to obtain was the martial arts on the Nine Yin Manual.

Leaving other matters aside, the Nine Yin Divine Claw, Great Subduing Demon Fist, and Spiral Nine Shadows—if he had these three arts, combined with his current internal energy, then in a short time, as long as he did not encounter the Five Absolutes and Qiu Qianren, he would fear no one.

The final news in Lu Zhiyi's letter was that another Lu Family Village had moved to the south shore of Jiaxing's South Lake at some unknown time, facing Lu Zhiyi's home across the lake. The owner of the manor lived in seclusion and rarely went out. He did not know if this was Lu Chengfeng, whom Wu Chengyu had mentioned.

Wu Chengyu calculated the time; Lu Chengfeng should appear by now. In the following years, he would recruit Jiangnan martial artists to encircle and suppress the Black Wind Twin Demons, but unfortunately his efforts fell short, allowing the Black Wind Twin Demons to escape. This led to the subsequent events of them practicing and leveling up in the Mongolian Desert.

So Wu Chengyu thought of finding an opportunity to intervene, making sure to completely leave the Black Wind Twin Demons behind, so as not to miss out on the Nine Yin Manual.

Regarding this senior brother Lu Chengfeng, Wu Chengyu felt very conflicted. Among the Peach Blossom Island disciples, the ones he had the best relationship with were Qu Lingfeng and Feng Mofeng. Lu Chengfeng usually focused only on practicing and on music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, with little time to pay attention to him.

Actually, he did not want to have anything to do with Peach Blossom Island at all. But as fellow victims, it seemed he had no grudges with Lu Chengfeng.

How to handle this in between, Wu Chengyu still needed to think carefully.

Just after finishing reading the letter, the Wu Family servants brought in the items Lu Zhiyi had sent. Just the ten jars of wine directly filled Wu Chengyu's storeroom. Lu Zhiyi sent three hams. Besides rice, flour, grain, and oil, there were also over a hundred Gaoyou Salted Duck Eggs, all double-yolked.

A Ku hugged the winter clothes made by He Zhiyu, jumping around happily, and also discovered two cloth tigers. Her eyes rolled, she put down the winter clothes, hugged the cloth tigers, and ran out the door to find her girlfriends to show off.

"A Ku, come back early tonight. The weather is cold; let's eat something delicious." Wu Chengyu chased after her and shouted, not knowing if A Ku heard.

He arranged all the items properly, returned to the study, and prepared to write a reply to Lu Zhiyi.

Besides thanking Lu Dage and others for the items sent, he also emphatically asked Lu Zhiyi to continue investigating the news of the Black Wind Twin Demons and warned them not to act rashly.

Even without the martial arts of the Nine Yin Manual, the Black Wind Twin Demons had over the years on Peach Blossom Island gained some of the Eastern Heretic's true teachings. Lu Dage and others practiced battlefield martial arts and were not skilled in jianghu fighting. To rashly fight the Black Wind Twin Demons would surely result in a loss.

Additionally, Wu Chengyu asked him to help investigate the news of the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan. The Seven Freaks of Jiangnan were currently investigating the news of Guo Xiaotian's descendants, often running within the Jin Kingdom borders, but occasionally returning to Jiangnan. Until several years later, they went to the Great Desert to find Guo Jing, after which they stayed in the Great Desert for many years without returning.

As fellow martial artists of Jiaxing, Lu Zhiyi was actually quite familiar with the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan and had some friendship with them.

The timeline in Jin Daxia's original work is somewhat chaotic and cannot stand close scrutiny. According to Wu Chengyu's speculation, the Black Wind Twin Demons should have escaped from Peach Blossom Island, just started practicing with living people, and happened to run into Flying Divine Dragon Ke Bixie and Flying Bat Ke Zhen'e.

After one battle, Ke Bixie died and Ke Zhen'e was blinded, and both sides formed a great grudge.

Each of the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan did not have very high martial arts, but when they joined hands they were extremely well-coordinated and not to be underestimated. They could also be utilized.

If they could be found to join in surrounding the Black Wind Twin Demons, with multiple parties working together, how could Chen Xuanfeng and Mei Chaofeng still escape?

Wu Chengyu had never thought of relying on himself alone from the beginning. Although he had a top-tier Internal Energy Heart Technique, by the time he became a Yipin Gaoshou five years later, would he still have to travel far to the Mongolian Desert for revenge? The best method was to directly keep the Black Wind Twin Demons in Jiangnan.

When it was time to rely on outside help, he absolutely should not be pretentious. The martial artists under Lu Chengfeng, the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan, Wu Chengyu himself, plus Lu Zhiyi and other Yue Family Army Descendants—Chen Xuanfeng and Mei Chaofeng would have no chance of survival.

After finishing the letter, Wu Chengyu got busy. Eating hot pot in the middle of winter was simply a life enjoyment. Under the guidance of the instructions on the bamboo slips, he made top-quality hot pot base. Although this era had no chili peppers, Wu Chengyu was not that fond of spicy food; a bit of spiciness could be completely replaced by Cornus Fruit.

Washing vegetables, cutting meat, boiling water, stir-frying the base—Wu Chengyu was busy for a full half hour. After this bout of busyness, most of the irritability from painstakingly deducing martial arts techniques was gone.

When everything was ready, A Ku still had not returned. Wu Chengyu was just about to go out and catch her to bring her home when he heard someone knocking on the door.

The one who knocked and then pushed the door in on his own was always Wu Zhenghui. This uncle was always straightforward; his voice arrived before his person.

"Xiao Ershiyi, uncles have come to see you. Good fellow, where is this fragrance from? What delicious thing are you eating? The taste is so overbearing."

Thank you egg1961 for the reward.

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(Chapter End)