jdhmnovel Chapter 160 Old Friend
Chapter 160 Old Friend
Chapter 160 Old Friends
People who are in a frenzy are not able to hear anything, let alone Fei Xi, who was being choked to the point of suffocation, so she couldn't say a word.
The difference in strength between men and women is too great, and Fei Xi doesn't know martial arts.
No matter how much she struggled, she couldn't get rid of Chen Jinwang's hand that was choking her neck.
Her raised hand gradually lost its strength, and Fei Xi's consciousness slowly dissipated. As her consciousness separated from her body, the pain in her body seemed to leave her for the first time.
Perhaps, this is how it will end...
The moment the thought arose, a gust of wind, as swift as lightning, exploded beside her ear.
In an instant, she was transported from heaven back to the hellish reality.
Consciousness returned to the body, only endless pain remained.
Her neck hurt, her ears hurt, and the chest pain from lack of oxygen made Fei Xi feel like vomiting.
To counter the force of the punch, the hand gripping her neck loosened.
Losing her support, Fei Xi collapsed to her knees, powerless. Through her blurred vision, a burly man in a black cloak knocked Chen Jinwang back with two punches.
With just a quick glance, Fei Xi's physical discomfort prevented her from concentrating on what had happened.
She gasped for breath, wanting nothing more than to inhale the oxygen she had just lost.
The pain in her chest had not yet subsided, and her ears were throbbing with pain. The voice of the person who saved her sounded like thunder, booming in her ears.
"Who are you?! Are you in cahoots with her?"
"This is the final payment I promised, and I always keep my word. Although your grandfather has passed away, since she is in the hands of your Chen family, I accept it!"
"One hundred thousand taels?! What kind of promise is that?"
"The money is exchanged, she's mine now, does your Chen family dare to deny it?"
Clutching his most beloved banknotes, Chen Jinwang, his senses returning, knew he was no match for the burly man before him. He could only watch helplessly as the man picked up the woman from the ground and flew away.
After the burly man left, Chen Jinwang could no longer suppress the surge of blood in his chest and vomited a mouthful of blood.
What a fierce and domineering punch!
He realized that his opponent had not used his full strength, yet he had been injured to such an extent with just one punch!
The servants who rushed over hurriedly stepped forward to help him up, but he was pushed away violently.
"Young master, who was that arrogant person just now?"
Chen Jinwang ignored the servant's question. He racked his brains, trying to recall the boxing techniques they had just exchanged. After a long period of contemplation, he finally managed to dig out three words from the depths of his memory.
"Thunderbolt Fist!"
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The strong smell of alcohol mixed with the fishy odor was nauseating.
Fei Xi slowly woke up amidst the swaying, and the moonlight, like water, shone through the gaps in the bamboo strips of the boat's roof onto her hands.
She found herself on a small boat, alone in the cramped cabin.
Crimson blood, scorched earth, dead bodies—the events of the past few days flashed through her mind like a revolving lantern. Her last memory before waking up was of a rough, large hand reaching out to her.
Where did the people who rescued her take her?
Elder Miao, Elder Li!
Thinking of Elder Miao in the cellar and Elder Li, whose fate was unknown, Fei Xi immediately wanted to get up and leave the cabin to see how to get back.
As soon as she exerted force, Fei Xi's legs went weak, and her whole body fell heavily onto the deck.
She then realized that she had no strength at all, and was both hungry and in pain.
It turned out she wasn't awakened by the unpleasant smell, but by hunger.
He took out a pill from the brocade pouch in his bosom, which brought some comfort to his empty stomach, and he resumed his work.
The medicine flowed from her stomach to her limbs, and Fei Xi used both hands and feet to climb out of the cabin with difficulty.
As soon as she stepped out of the cabin, she saw a burly, middle-aged man with a thick beard sitting at the bow of the ship.
Staring blankly at the person she hadn't seen in so long, who was now her enemy, Fei Xi called out in a daze:
"Iron Order..."
As soon as the words left her mouth, Fei Xi realized that something seemed wrong with her ears.
She couldn't even hear her own voice.
She didn't know whether the Iron Order would respond; the other party didn't even lift his eyelids, only focusing on drinking in silence.
Fei Xi was overwhelmed with emotions and didn't know what to say for a moment.
The person in front of her was not a bad person, but she didn't know if his hands were stained with the blood of her sect members.
Back then, it was Tie Guxing, the lord of Thunderbolt Fortress, who led his men to slaughter her entire sect!
As the leader of Thunderbolt Fortress, how could Tie Liang not have been involved?
She's just fooling herself!
The word "but..." lingered in her mind for a long time. Before her brain could become confused, Fei Xi first noticed that her intestines were wandering around and getting knotted in her abdomen.
Suddenly, a package of oiled paper, smelling of meat, was thrown in front of her.
Fei Xi looked up and saw the burly man at the bow of the boat still maintaining his original posture, drinking silently.
Several meat patties were wrapped in oiled paper. Although the patties had cooled down, they still tasted good.
Fei Xi, who was already starving, had little appetite. She took small bites of the patty, holding the crispy meat patty in her mouth until it softened before slowly swallowing it.
She tried to swallow the meat patty to replenish her strength while her eyes darted around.
The river beneath her must be the Yu River. The surroundings were pitch black, and under the faint moonlight, nothing could be seen clearly. Fei Xi naturally did not recognize any familiar scenery nearby.
Unable to discern her current location, her thoughts drifted back to before she lost consciousness. She remembered overhearing the conversation between Tie Jiaoling and Chen Jinwang when she collapsed.
It seems that Tie Jiaoling is the person Chen family head was referring to as someone he wanted to buy with money.
Fei Xi never expected that she would be so valuable, with Thunderbolt Fortress willing to pay 10 taels of silver to buy her.
Previously at Beitian Peak, Cui Chou had said that Tie Guxing was dead, and rumors in the martial arts world said that Bian Yuan killed Tie Guxing for her.
Could it be that Thunderbolt Fortress captured her to avenge the Iron Fortress Lord?
But this was clearly a frame-up. She couldn't just let the Iron Order take her away like that. She had to go back; Elder Miao was still waiting for her in the cellar.
Having made up her mind, Fei Xi quickly finished the pancake in her hand. Then, she straightened her body as much as possible before looking at the Iron Decree at the bow of the ship and said solemnly:
"Iron Order, have you heard that a large ship has recently appeared in the martial arts world, trading various martial arts techniques?"
As soon as she spoke, Fei Xi still couldn't hear her own voice, but she had no time to worry about what was wrong with her ears.
In her sight, Tie Jiaoling was still drinking, as if he hadn't heard anything.
If she hadn't been keeping a close eye on him, she would have missed the fact that his hand holding the teapot had paused for a moment.
"Back in Sanhe Town, the disciples of the three sects stationed in Nanxuan City all claimed to have been ambushed by the other side. But I am certain that the disciples of my Qingcheng Sect are not the kind of petty villains who would launch a sneak attack on others, and I firmly believe that every disciple of Pili Fortress is an upright and honorable man!"
Last year, the Eagle Faction and the Leaping Sect accused each other of killing members of their own sect. Both factions denied the accusations. The once friendly sects now harbor hatred towards each other, just like the Qingcheng Sect and Thunderbolt Fortress in the past.
When the topic of the past relationship between the two factions came up, the person drinking suddenly turned around, his eyes flashing with cold light, and stared intently at Fei Xi.
Fei Xi was not intimidated by that piercing gaze. She calmly returned the look until the other person's fierceness subsided. Only then did she let out a slow sigh and continue:
"Iron Decree, I have never given up on finding out the truth about the Sanhe Town massacre. Now, I can confirm that someone in Sanhe Town must have used the secret manual purchased on that ship to impersonate members of the three factions and lure us into killing each other in Sanhe Town. In the end, all the disciples of our three factions died tragically in that mission to defend the righteous path."
"It was not my Qingcheng Sect that killed Young Master Tie, nor was it Thunderbolt Fortress that destroyed my Qingcheng Sect. Iron Sect Order, I hope you will help me find the real culprit. We must not let our loved ones suffer while our enemies rejoice."