Chapter 61

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It was a night suitable for murder and arson. A man in black sneaked into the royal inner courtyard quietly without alerting any guard.

Helian Kong, who was caught back to the palace, was sitting at the window with his face in his hands, sighing.

Chen Caiwei, the young lady of the Chen family, was taken by a flower-picking thief before. Although she was finally released back in a low-key manner, the incident had already reached the Emperor’s ears. And even though Buwei Buxing did not do anything to Chen Caiwei, but if she really marries into the royal family, it will be hard to avoid the gossips.

Coupled with Helian Tian’s words, he finally persuaded the Emperor not to give the second prince a marriage for the time being. So the marriage between the second prince and Miss Chen was dropped.

Although Helian Kong was very satisfied with this result, he felt very melancholy without a reason to stay outside the palace.

The Ling’er girl of Caiqing Garden, I haven’t redeemed her yet. I don’t know how she is doing now. Has she been bullied by the procuress?

Helian Kong thought of this and couldn’t help sighing again.

“Haa~”

Eunuch Li’s eyes twitched. “Second Prince, this is already the thirty-second time you sighed today.”

“Haaaa.” Helian Kong sighed again. “Xiao Lizi (little plum), I want to go out the palace.”

The other corner of Eunuch Li’s eye also twitched. “Second Prince, please stop for a while. The emperor is already very dissatisfied with you.”

Helian Kong flattened his mouth. “Father Emperor has never been satisfied with me.”

Eunuch Li said in distress, “Since the Second Prince knows, why not try to work hard and strive to make the country prosperous? If the emperor knows, he will be happy.”

Helian Kong sighed for the thirty-fourth time today and then said, “But I am only interested in eating.”

Eunuch Li burst into tears. “Second Prince, if you have half the enthusiasm for the court than you do in the kitchen, the Emperor will certainly look at you with new eyes!”

Helian Kong patted Eunuch Li on the shoulder. “Xiao Lizi, no one is perfect. You should learn to tolerate my little flaws.”

Eunuch Li: “……”

Helian Kong turned his head and continued to grieve over the passing of spring and the advent of autumn towards the moon.

Ah, the moon is so round and bright. I suddenly want to eat moon cakes.

Just as Helian Kong was in a trance, a black figure jumped up and passed in front of the round moon.

Helian Kong immediately stood up straight and pointed to the moon excitedly. “Xiao Lizi! I just saw a person flying over the moon!”

Eunuch Li: “……”

He looked at the full moon hanging in the sky, and cried a river in his heart. Second Prince, I was wrong. I shouldn’t expect you to be full of knowledge more than what could be contained in five golden wheeled cartloads of books. As long as you can be normal and don’t always cause trouble for this Zajia, this Zajia will be satisfied.

“Second Prince, the crab roe buns you want had just been made by the kitchen.” A little maid walked in respectfully carrying a steamer and placed it gently on the table. She lifted the lid, hung her head and retreated to the side.

As soon as Helian Kong heard the three words ‘crab roe bun’ he pounced on the food like a hungry wolf. When all of a sudden, a dark shadow flashed from the door and in a blink of an eye, everyone in the room was locked in place and couldn’t even make a sound.

Helian Kong, who could not speak, desperately glared at the black clothed man in front of him with complex and unpredictable eyes.

The man in black blinked and said, “Second Prince, even if you stare your eyes out, I still wouldn’t understand what you’re trying to say.”

The sound of his voice was low and pleasant. Helian Kong suddenly thought of the man in black who had robbed the Far East Escort Agency.

It’s just that the face of the person who robbed that consignment was covered with a black cloth, and this person was wearing a black mask, revealing only his eyes and…… mouth.

Helian Kong glanced at the steaming crab roe buns on the table, and suddenly he had a very bad premonition.

Eunuch Li and the other servants was so anxious that they were sweating profusely. They were deeply afraid that this person would harm the Second Prince. Helpless and unable to move or speak, they could only shout ‘There’s an assassin!’ in their hearts over and over again.

Fortunately, the man in black seemed to have no interest in Helian Kong. He just walked to the table and sat down. He picked up a crab roe bun with chopsticks, and ate it with relish. “En, the crab roe buns in the palace are really different from the ones sold outside.”

The man exclaimed as he ate. After eating one bun, he naturally picked up a second one.

Helian Kong watched as his beloved crab roe buns were brutally murdered one by one and was so anxious that he was about to vomit blood. He also shouted in his heart over and over again, ‘Let go of that crab roe bun! Let me do it!!!’

It’s a pity that the man in black still eats happily by himself. After the last crab roe bun was eaten, he even had a happy burp.

It seemed that he was finally satisfied. The man walked up to Helian Kong and smiled in a good mood. “Does the Second Prince know who I am?” After asking this, he answered himself, “Yes, I am the man who robbed the Emperor’s brother’s night pearl.”

Helian Kong stared at him without blinking, and the hatred in his eyes was about to overflow.

“Wait. There seems to be something wrong with the Second Prince’s room.” The imperial guards patrolling Helian Kong’s room finally noticed something fishy.

The man in black glanced at Helian Kong and while saying, “I will let you see my Lingchen Slight Step!”, he flashed and slid out of the window lightly.

The guards only saw a flash of black passing by, and thought that their eyes were blurry because of patrolling the night for too long.

Only after they looked in through the window did they shout as if they had just woken up from a dream, “Someone come—— There’s an assassin!!”

At this time, the man in black had long since disappeared.

Helian Kong looked at the empty steamer and made an oath with tears. I, Helian Kong, from here on out, cannot live under the same sky with you!

*******

This incident soon spread throughout the Jianghu, and the mysterious man in black became famous from then on!

First, he single-handedly robbed a consignment of the Far East Escort Agency, and then broke into the palace alone at night to eat a plate of crab roe buns! This…… If you don’t admire this, Heaven will not tolerate it ah!

The Jianghu suddenly exploded. No one knows where this mysterious man in black came from. He has such superb martial arts. Looking at the whole Jianghu, it was likely that very few people can match him. And what he called ‘Forty-Two Ways of Exorcising Evil sword technique’ and ‘Lingchen Slight Step’ has even been rumored to be lost martial arts techinques!

The legend of the man in black did not end there, and soon, he did a third earth-shattering event.

He sent a challenge letter to the leader of the Dadao (Broadsword) Gang, saying that he was going to challenge him one-on-one.

Now the Jianghu was completely boiling. They all crowded in front of the Dadao Gang to watch the match.

The leader of Dadao Gang, Hu Dadao, knew that he was not the opponent of the man in black. He didn’t want to accept his challenge, but he didn’t know who leaked the news. If he refuses now, then he will lose his face in the Jianghu.

So Hu Dadao braced himself and accepted the challenge from the man in black.

But the time and place of the decisive battle are confidential, so when the crowds of onlookers moved their benches and ate melon seeds while waiting, they had already finished the competition silently.

The end result is, of course, Hu Dadao lost with his face covered in tears.

This is another surprise to the people of the Jianghu. Although Hu Dadao’s martial arts is not very good, but his strength is infinite. The broadsword weighing more than three hundred catties (180kg) in his hand is not a bluff.

This Hu Dadao once accidentally broke into a tiger’s den in Huya Mountain. The tigers wanted to eat him and launched a group attack. As a result, Hu Dadao killed a tiger in one blow. All five tigers were killed by only using his fist.

Once again, Hu Dadao, who wanted to worship under the Shaolin Gate, was turned away by the Shaolin Temple. In a rage, he tore down the two doors of the Temple that weighed more than 500 kilograms!

And Hu Dadao became famous for these two things. There is a legend in the Jianghu that once you fall into Hu Dadao’s hands, it was only a matter of minutes before he tore you in half!

Therefore, although Hu Dadao is not an expert in martial arts, he broke into the bloody world of the Jianghu with his brute force. And the Dadao Gang he founded also occupied a place in the Jianghu.

All the Jianghu people would not pass such a big gossip without digging, and so they asked Hu Dadao how the man in black had won.

“Did he use lightness skill to cheat and tried to drag you to death?”

“Or did he attack you with his fast sword technique while you are unprepared?”

Everyone asked him, but Hu Dadao just kept shaking his head.

“It’s neither this nor that. Then what the hell happened?!” The short-tempered Jianghu people finally became impatient.

“He…… he said he wanted to compare strength with me!!!” Hu Dadao yelled aggrievedly.

Then the audience was silent.

After a long time, someone opened his mouth with a trembling voice, “He compared his strength with you, and you…… lost?”

Hu Dadao was ashamed and angry. He turned his head and remained silent.

Then someone said, “I saw the portrait on the imperial city. The man in black is a tall young man. How could he be…… stronger than Hu Dadao!”

Hu Dadao looked back and said with tears, “He said that he had practiced a martial arts called ‘Stretch the Mountains and Rivers’, and it is not a problem to split mountains and open paths when one practiced it!”

There was deathly silence again.

Who is this man in black -someone sacred?! And where did all these martial arts he practiced come from?!

With these questions, everyone left the Dadao Gang with surging emotions.

And Hu Dadao, who was physically and mentally hit, returned to his room to lick his wounds silently.

But just when the man in black became a constant topic of the Jianghu people, he suddenly disappeared, just as suddenly as he had appeared.

Many young martial artists who wanted to learn from him all beat their chests and feet: Master! Why didn’t you wait for me!!

*******

About a month after the storm of the man in black had passed, Lian Xianlai, the Sect Leader of the Jiuhua (Nine Birch) Sect, came to find the Spider Web.

The Jiuhua Sect is a small sect in the Jianghu. It has few disciples and has no unique martial arts. It has also never had any status in the Jianghu. Be that as it may, as the one in charge of the sect, he rushed from Jiuhua Mountain all the way to the capital, so Ling Long decided to meet him in person.

He ordered someone to offer tea to Lian Xianlai, then Ling Long asked straightforwardly, “I don’t know what is going on that even Sect Leader Lian have to come here this time?”

Lian Xianlai was also not polite with him. “I wonder if Young Master Ling Long has heard about the famous man in black recently?”

Ling Long nodded and said, “I’ve heard a little.”

Lian Xianlai said, “I am here this time for the man in black.”

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