Chapter 10: Chapter Ten: You Must Die! Even the Liang Emperor Can't Keep You!

Although due to different physique, practicing this Flowing Cloud Yin Sword is not as light and natural as the paper person, but there is no doubt that I have not only learned it, but also become quite proficient.

Even if I keep imagining the scene of me and the paper person employing a two-pronged approach, this sword technique I just learned can still be executed smoothly.

Immediately afterward I also tried the Breaking Heaven Spear Technique; although I had no weapon in hand, using a needle as a spear to practice gathering strength was still no problem.

It seems that if the paper person learns it, I can learn it too!

This way, wouldn't the path of cultivation achieve twice the result with half the effort?

As long as I train with this naturally talented paper person, I can follow along and increase my proficiency.

However, using the paper person to train at home is not the best option.

On one hand, it's easy for family members to discover, which would be hard to explain at that time.

On the other hand, my master clearly knows the existence of this paper person, so from childhood he had me focus on practicing Yang-Grand Internal Energy and not distract myself with other techniques, knowing that this paper person can let me achieve twice the result with half the effort, therefore he doesn't want me to waste energy on useless practice.

Since my master has protected the identity of this paper person so well, even his close brother Dong Yun hasn't spoken about it, which shows that my master definitely wants me to make good use of this.

If I give this paper person a second identity and let it go out...

Not only can it accumulate combat experience in fights, letting me improve along with it, but if I do something inconvenient, I can also use this paper person's identity to take the blame.

Good! Just need to give it a suitable human persona.

And the greater the contrast with myself, the better, so that if something happens, no one will suspect me.

Dong dong dong!

I was sitting and resting, thinking about how to use the paper person's identity, when suddenly a knocking sound came from outside the door, even though just now I clearly hadn't heard any footsteps.

"Who is it?"

No one responded.

Dong dong dong!

But the knocking did not stop.

Although it was broad daylight, Jiang Yunzhou still felt his heart sink, especially since he had just received his master's relic; could it be that someone has already followed him so soon?

I controlled the paper person to first hide in the bedroom and set up an ambush, then I checked that the needles and poison on my person were present before coming to the front to open the door.

Click!

I opened the bolt, but the empty courtyard had no one.

As soon as Jiang Yunzhou, sensing something amiss, turned his head, a black, sharp hand spike was pressed against his neck.

"Don't move, don't speak!"

The man's voice was slightly hoarse.

Looking toward the sound, it was a young man with disheveled hair wearing coarse cloth clothing, his skin somewhat dark, the clothes ill-fitting, obviously not his own.

Although his throat was being held, Jiang Yunzhou showed no panic at all.

Having followed my master in medical practice for over ten years, it's not just medical experience.

Moreover, at this distance, if I retreat and launch a surprise attack with a hairpin, even if I can't kill the man before me, I can still force him back to the bedroom door, where the paper person can then slay him.

Furthermore, I didn't hear any weapon swinging just now, which means this guy intended to intimidate me from the start.

So although it appears the opponent seized the initiative, in reality the initiative is in my hands.

The reason I didn't act directly is partly to figure out what's going on, and partly because I heard another person jump down from the roof behind to the right.

It was a woman, similarly wearing ill-fitting coarse cloth clothing, with disheveled hair and a few black tattoos on her face, and she didn't look like someone from Liang.

Her right arm was wrapped with cloth as a bandage, still bearing some bloodstains.

The hoarse-voiced man coerced Jiang Yunzhou into entering the house, and the woman immediately shut the door after coming in.

When the two entered, Jiang Yunzhou noticed:

Both of them had a cloth bundle at their waists, and when they made larger movements just now, one could hear the sound of small porcelain bottles colliding.

Although the cloth bundle was covered by clothing, Jiang Yunzhou could still see from the exposed edge at a glance: it was a poisonous Insect Pouch of the Southern Witchcraft Rebels.

The Southern Witchcraft Rebels, originating from overseas, have no benevolence toward the people of this land; vicious cases of massacring villages and households to capture people for gu cultivation occur from time to time.

However, they usually only operate in the southern provinces; I don't know why these two are so bold as to dare come to Shangyang City.

Southern Witchcraft Rebels, right? The poisoned Zhou Zhen from last night was injured by the Southern Witchcraft Rebels; could it be that we've run into them?

They aren't hiding properly; what are they doing running around here in broad daylight?

The bloodstains on their bodies.

Oh, I see, they're treating wounds!

The Cang Medical Clinic, as a medical clinic, is located in a relatively remote area, and my own small courtyard is the nearest to it.

With that, everything makes sense.

In just a few breaths, Jiang Yunzhou already had a rough understanding of the situation he faced.

Nevertheless, under the hoarse-voiced man's coercion, he still appeared very startled and anxious.

The good news is that these two fellows are probably not after my master's relic.

The bad news is that the paper person is inside the house; if one of them pushes the door open, it could be awkward.

Jiang Yunzhou and the paper person working together could easily deal with these two; neither of them can directly rush in to kill or subdue me, indicating their strength is ordinary or they're not suited for combat.

But if I act rashly, the relationship between me and the paper person will be exposed; once the Pacification Bureau personnel come to inspect the scene, they will definitely discover that I have an accomplice.

The woman was sitting in the room looking around, while the man led Jiang Yunzhou toward the bedroom.

Knowing that now is not the best time to act, Jiang Yunzhou could only control the paper person inside the room to hide the paper sword under the quilt, and at the same time, to prevent them from seeing the paper person's heroic attire, he controlled the paper person to first take off its clothing.

But I had never taken off the paper person's clothes before, so in my haste I only removed part of its upper body; seeing the bedroom door about to be pushed open, I could only control the paper person to grab the quilt and cover its body, hiding in the corner of the wall.

Squeak!

Sure enough, when the door opened, the hoarse-voiced man was unusually alert; seeing the effeminate young man shrunk in the wall corner, he immediately stepped forward and whispered a threat:

"Stay silent and I'll let you live!"

Jiang Yunzhou controlled the paper figurine, which trembled with fear and nodded.

The smoky-voiced man pressed the needle against Jiang Yunzhou's neck and inquired:

"Are you healers?"

"As he had guessed, Jiang Yunzhou hastily spoke in a humble voice:"

"Yes, yes, what help does the great hero need?"

The smoky-voiced man alertly pointed to the paper figurine on the bed that seemed to be naked and continued asking:

"First answer my question: who is he?"

"He is...... he is......"

"Seeing Jiang Yunzhou's embarrassed and awkward expression, and the handsome young man on the bed also looking somewhat reluctant, the smoky-voiced man seemed to recall something and hehe-ed with a laugh:"

"You men of Great Liang are truly... disgusting. You, come out wrapped in the blanket; you, go treat that woman's wounds. Obey me and I'll let you live; otherwise you'll all die!"

Jiang Yunzhou sighed and walked outside, thinking, 'No matter what, you two are doomed.'

Whether his identity is exposed or not is secondary; if word gets out that the newly arrived healer of the Azure Medical Hall, Jiang Yunzhou, has a liking for boys......

You two must die today; as I said, even if the Emperor of Great Liang came, he couldn't keep you alive!