Chapter 204: Dark Night and High Wind

"Fierce winds swirl, galloping clouds drift!"

Duan Fengyun hummed a little tune as he walked into Long Er's room. Watching Long Er lying leisurely on a chair, Duan Fengyun teased:

"Yo, Young Master Long Er, feeling so relaxed?

Do you want me to help you add some leisure activities?"

Long Er laughed:

"Dad, you seem to be in a pretty good mood too, humming a little tune and all.

Why did you take so long? I've been waiting here for an hour since I finished eating."

Duan Fengyun found Long Er's response somewhat unbelievable; was this guy a masochist?

Without waiting for Duan Fengyun to speak, Long Er stood up directly from the chair and walked toward the door.

"Dad, let's go, what are you waiting for!"

This sequence of actions from Long Er left Duan Fengyun a bit dazed; was he here to train Long Er, or was Long Er directing him on what to do?

The sky had already darkened. With the help of torchlight, the two arrived at the Back Mountain.

Duan Fengyun was in no rush to drill Long Er; he sat down cross-legged and gestured for Long Er to sit down as well.

"Long Er, after learning the Cloud-Dispelling Palm, Wind God Leg, and Heaven Frost Fist today, did you discover anything?"

Long Er nodded. After finishing the moves and internal cultivation method for the Heaven Frost Fist, he had made a startling discovery.

Duan Fengyun smiled and asked:

"So, what did you discover? Tell your dad about it."

Long Er replied:

"I discovered that there seems to be a relationship of mutual restraint between the Heaven Frost Fist, Cloud-Dispelling Palm, and Wind God Leg.

Dad, I didn't discover it wrong, did I?"

Duan Fengyun nodded, expressing his agreement:

"You didn't see it wrong. The Fist Palm Leg Three Peerless do indeed check and balance each other.

Heaven Frost Fist restrains Cloud-Dispelling Palm, Cloud-Dispelling Palm restrains Wind God Leg, and Wind God Leg restrains Heaven Frost Fist.

Back then, our master Xiongba deliberately taught these three martial arts to the four of us.

And when he taught us, he didn't forget to hold something back, keeping the strongest moves of the fist, palm, and leg for himself.

Later, through a stroke of luck, I obtained the remaining moves and passed them on to your three uncles.

I believe you have also noticed that when your three uncles taught you, they did not hold anything back from you.

We are all teaching you with our whole hearts, and we hope you will not let down our expectations."

Long Er nodded obediently and replied:

"Long Er knows."

Regarding Long Er's swordsmanship, Duan Fengyun had nothing to guide him on.

As the third reincarnation of Jiansheng, if Long Er still needed Duan Fengyun to guide his swordsmanship, that would truly be a disservice to that talent.

Long Er's swordsmanship had indeed reached a level of maturity, but his combat experience was still too lacking.

Duan Fengyun's training plan for Long Er was: take Long Er along to perform chivalrous deeds.

Duan Fengyun took out the bundle from behind his back and gestured for Long Er to open it.

Long Er had seen the bundle in Duan Fengyun's hand when he first saw him, but since Duan Fengyun hadn't brought it up, he hadn't asked about it either.

Now that Duan Fengyun told him to open it, he opened the bundle with curiosity to see what was inside.

The contents of the bundle disappointed him; there was nothing much inside, just two sets of black clothes.

Long Er asked suspiciously:

"Dad, what are these two sets of clothes for?

Aren't you going to guide me in sword practice?"

Duan Fengyun picked up the larger set of Night-Walking Garment and said:

"Change into the clothes first. After you change, I will tell you."

Because he knew Long Er had never worn a Night-Walking Garment, Duan Fengyun put his on in front of Long Er and fastened the face mask.

Compared to the masks Duan Fengyun had seen before where others just pulled a piece of cloth to cover their mouths, this mask of Duan Fengyun's completely covered the entire head, leaving only two eye holes.

Long Er followed suit, also turning himself into a black-clad figure with only two eyes exposed.

Long Er looked at Duan Fengyun and himself, who had blended into the night, and asked suspiciously:

"Dad, what is the meaning of this?

Do you want me to wear these clothes to practice sword?"

Duan Fengyun patted Long Er's head and said:

"Regarding your swordsmanship, Dad has nothing left to teach you.

But your techniques and experience in combat with others are truly too poor.

Don't you dream of performing chivalrous deeds one day?

Dad is taking you to perform chivalrous deeds right now.

However, this time you cannot use your Liangji Sword; our weapons have very distinct characteristics, so we cannot use our own swords.

This is a refined steel sword I have prepared for you; change to this one."

Duan Fengyun took the sword stuck behind his back and handed it to Long Er.

Long Er took the sword, feeling both excited and afraid in his heart.

He was excited that he could hold a sword to perform chivalrous deeds, but he was afraid of having to kill people later.

Duan Fengyun saw through Long Er's thoughts and comforted him:

"Rest assured, Dad won't force you to kill anyone this time.

If you want to let them go, then let them go.

Dad will accompany you for the whole training session this time and watch you perform."

Upon hearing Duan Fengyun's guarantee, Long Er's heart finally calmed down.

Duan Fengyun, however, secretly laughed to himself:

"You brat, if you don't kill others, others will kill you.

Let's see how you stop your hand when the time comes."

After giving instructions to Long Er, the father and son disappeared into the night.

During the day, Duan Fengyun had people collect information on many gangs near the Dragon Gate; he wanted to take this opportunity to root out those gangs that committed all kinds of evil.

The father and son's first stop was a gang called the Great Blade Gate.

Rather than calling this Great Blade Gate a gang, it would be better to call them local ruffians and hooligans.

The Great Blade Gate had only twenty-some people from top to bottom, and every single one of them was a notorious ruffian.

The Gate Master of this Great Blade Gate, Liu Er, relied on having an uncle who was an official in the imperial court and a little bit of martial arts skill to bully men and women and act recklessly in the town.

The county magistrate had long found him an eyesore, but since Liu Er had backing, the magistrate could only endure it in silence.

When Duan Fengyun brought Long Er to the Great Blade Gate, the twenty-some people of the Great Blade Gate were still drinking with Liu Er.

Dressed in black, Duan Fengyun and Long Er walked into the Great Blade Gate and looked at Liu Er, saying:

"Liu Er, you have committed many evils; today we have come to settle your Karma."

Looking at the suddenly appearing Duan Fengyun and his companion, Liu Er said, full of drunkenness:

"You really have the guts of a leopard to dare come to my Great Blade Gate to cause trouble.

Little ones, go and tie them up for me!"

After hearing Liu Er's words, the twenty-some ruffians and hooligans grabbed their weapons from the side and surrounded Duan Fengyun and his companion.

Duan Fengyun leaped up and landed on a beam, saying:

"Long Er, the rest is up to you."

Seeing Duan Fengyun fly onto the beam, the twenty-some ruffians and hooligans swarmed toward Long Er.

But how could this group of good-for-nothings and rabble be Long Er's match?

Long Er drew his sword, and with just a few streaks of Sword Qi, he knocked this group of people down.

Seeing Long Er's remarkable skills, Liu Er fell to his knees on the ground with a thud and begged for mercy:

"This hero, I know I was wrong.

Please, hero, show mercy beyond the law and spare my life; I will definitely act with chivalry and righteousness in the future."

Seeing that he had defeated the enemy without drawing blood, Long Er raised his head and looked at Duan Fengyun with a proud face, showing off his battle achievements.

But what Long Er did not notice was that the eyes of Liu Er, who was kneeling in front of him, were flashing with murderous intent; he quickly pulled out a dagger hidden on his leg and prepared to stab Long Er in a vital spot.

This move had never failed him; how many times had he relied on this trick to turn the tables in a desperate situation.

Just as the cold, gleaming, and razor-sharp dagger was about to pierce Long Er's vital spot, Duan Fengyun made his move.

Duan Fengyun had long since discovered that something was wrong with this Liu Er and had kept his entire focus on him, and Liu Er indeed did not disappoint him.

Duan Fengyun struck Liu Er's wrist with a single blow of Duanmai Sword Qi, and the dagger in his hand fell to the ground with a clatter.

Even if Long Er was slow, he understood what had just happened.

Had he not just promised to let this person go?

Why did this person still try to harm him? Is this what the Jianghu is? A kill-or-be-killed Jianghu?

Long Er's beautiful longing for the Jianghu collapsed, and he gradually began to see through the essence of the Jianghu.

Seeing his conspiracy exposed, Liu Er stood up and prepared to run for his life.

But how could Duan Fengyun let him run? Duan Fengyun jumped down directly from the roof beam and blocked Liu Er's path.

"Great hero, spare my life!

I really won't dare to do it again!"

Seeing his retreat blocked, Liu Er begged for mercy with all his might.

Duan Fengyun looked at Long Er and said:

"Long Er, now you know what the Jianghu is, right?

Not everyone will return kindness with gratitude; there are many people who will stab you in the back, and you must learn to judge them one by one.

I said before that I wouldn't interfere with how you act; this group of people is left for you to deal with.

By the way, if you don't want to kill anyone, they might continue to kill others after today.

If you really can't bring yourself to do it, then cut off their ability to act."

After saying this, Duan Fengyun flew away directly; he believed that after the lesson just now, Long Er would give him a satisfactory answer.

"Little hero, please let me go; I have old parents above and young children below, I won't dare to do it again, I beg you."

Seeing Duan Fengyun leave, Liu Er dragged his body to Long Er and begged desperately.

An old fox like Liu Er saw at a glance that Long Er was the kind of newcomer who had just started out, so he put on a miserable act, hoping Long Er would spare his life.

"If you let them go today, others will die at their hands tomorrow!"

Duan Fengyun's words repeated constantly in Long Er's mind, and Long Er gripped the sword in his hand tightly.

In the end, Long Er bowed his head to reality; he raised his sword and stabbed directly at Liu Er.

"Ah!"

Liu Er's voice pierced the sky, and as the other dozens of ruffians and hooligans saw this and were about to flee, they were caught up by Long Er one by one.

"Ah!"

"Ah!"

A series of painful cries rang out incessantly as Liu Er and more than twenty hooligans rolled continuously on the ground.

In the end, Long Er still softened his heart and did not kill them, only severing their hand tendons so that they would be unable to commit evil again in the future.

Watching Long Er walk out calmly, Duan Fengyun did not ask how Long Er had handled it.

"Let's go, let's head back!

It is getting late, let's go back and rest early; tomorrow morning your Uncle Yun will wake you up.

From now on, I will bring you out every night."

Long Er nodded, and he and Duan Fengyun returned to Dragon Gate under the cover of night.

And the notorious Great Blade Sect was dismantled overnight.

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