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At this moment, his granddaughter was in someone else's hands, but Ding Busan became extremely vicious and determined to kill the three people here to vent his anger. As for the last one, he would kill him after midnight, so as not to break his "no more than three killings a day" rule.
Ding Busan puffed on his pipe, his gaze sweeping over Su Yuchen and Xie Yanke, the two from the Snow Mountain Sect.
He then looked at Xie Yanke and said, "Hey Xie, others may be afraid of you, but I, Ding Busan, am not. You'd better release my granddaughter, or else..."
Xie Yanke sneered and said, "I have been cultivating my character for the past two years, yet I am still being treated like a pushover. Any Tom, Dick, or Harry dares to provoke me."
As he spoke, he looked at Su Yuchen, because Su Yuchen had previously advised him not to be so radical, but Xie Yanke had dismissed his advice.
Xie Yanke's gaze seemed to say, "Kid, what do you think? These people in the martial world are all bullies who prey on the weak and fear the strong. They take advantage of your kindness."
As soon as Xie Yanke finished speaking, his murderous intent arose. His face turned bluish, and he waved his hand towards the river, drawing a stream of water like a dragon's shadow.
As he struck out with his right palm, the dragon shadow followed closely, carrying a domineering palm force as it struck Ding Busan.
The true energy of the Yi Jin Jing, when fully mastered, is condensed to the point of being tangible. With the river as its support, it becomes even more domineering, flying four or five zhang away and crashing into Ding Busan.
Ding Busan's expression changed drastically. He let out a strange cry and retreated while pointing his pipe at the dragon's head.
Xie Yanke laughed heartily, his palms forming a Tai Chi symbol. The immense suction of his "Crane Control Technique" drew the river water continuously into his palms, forming a rolling water ball.
As he waved his hands, the water sphere transformed into four dragon shadows, flanking Ding Busan from all sides.
Each dragon shadow was covered with azure true energy, and emitted bursts of dragon roars along its path.
Ding Busan's pipe struck the first dragon shadow, but his hand froze, and his arm snapped into several pieces amidst a series of cracking sounds.
At this moment, facing the four dragon shadows flanking from behind, Ding Busan, whose right arm was already crippled, had no way to avoid them.
Ding Busan was also ruthless. Faced with a certain death, he actually charged forward, wanting to fight to the death.
"Grandpa!" Ding Dang exclaimed, then looked at Su Yuchen and said, "Brother Tian, no!"
Su Yuchen sighed and said, "Never mind, old man."
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"Heh... You may escape death, but you can't escape punishment!"
Upon hearing this, Xie Yanke paused, and the force in his palm changed. The four dragon shadows transformed into a coiling force, sending Ding Busan flying and crashing heavily into the willow tree behind him.
With a "pfft," Ding Busan felt as if his internal organs had shifted from the blow. He spat out a mouthful of blood in pain, and his face turned as pale as paper.
Chapter 90 Su Yuchen and Shi Zhongyu
"Ding Laosan, you're lucky to be alive. If it were before, I would have crushed you to dust."
Xie Yanke looked at the half-dead Ding Busan with a frosty expression.
After saying that, he picked up the two women and headed towards the small town ahead. Su Yuchen grabbed Geng Wanzhong and followed. Neither of them glanced at Ding Busan again.
Once inside the town, Xie Yanke turned left and right, stopping outside a small courtyard with one entrance, and said, "The kid you mentioned is locked up here."
Su Yuchen nodded, reached out and ripped off the ox-tendon ropes binding Geng Wanzhong and Hua Wanzi. Then, he flicked his fingers to release the pressure points that had been sealed on the three of them.
He flicked his finger, the lock snapped, and he pushed the door open, walking inside. He asked, "Where's the courtesan? Is the baby in her belly alright?"
"I've had a doctor examine her, and she's perfectly fine. There are two old women and a maid here to take care of her," Xie Yanke said.
As the two were talking, they turned past the screen wall and entered the courtyard. The three people behind them looked at each other, wanting to escape but not daring to, so they followed them in.
"Let's go see what this kid's up to!" Geng Wanzhong whispered in Hua Wanzi's ear. Hua Wanzi looked around and nodded, then walked inside with Geng Wanzhong.
Although Ding Dang was worried about her grandfather, she remembered what Su Yuchen had said earlier, so she followed him inside, thinking to herself, "Once I'm sure it's Brother Tian, I'll go back to find Grandpa. He should be alright, right?"
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As soon as they entered the courtyard, the door to the left wing room was pushed open, and a burly female servant, carrying a thick wooden stick, clearly possessed some martial arts skills, glared fiercely at everyone.
Once he could see Xie Yanke clearly in the moonlight, he put away the wooden stick in his hand and said, "So it's the master who's here. I'll go and call the young lady right away."
Before Xie Yanke could answer, the candles in the main room were lit, and a burly, rough-looking old woman came out. The two whispered to each other for a while, and then the old woman turned and went back inside.
At this moment, the first old woman to come out said, "Master has brought people here so late. The young lady is already asleep. Yang Mama, go and help the young lady get up. Why don't you go to the side hall to serve tea first?"
Xie Yanke nodded, and the old woman led them to the side hall.
Su Yuchen and Xie Yanke sat at the head of the table, while the other three sat in the guest seats on the right.
A moment later, footsteps were heard, and a woman who was beautiful even without makeup entered with a maid.
Upon seeing Xie Yanke at the head of the table, the woman immediately came over to greet him: "Greetings, Mr. Xie. May I ask what brings you here so late?"
Xie Yanke waved his hand, pointed at Su Yuchen, and said jokingly, "It was this kid who came looking for you. I'm just someone who takes orders!"
The woman glanced at Su Yuchen, first showing a hint of fear, then subconsciously took a few steps back, almost falling.
The maidservant reached out to support her, but was also frightened and hid back, lowering her head and not daring to look at him.
Su Yuchen remained calm and simply nodded. The woman then seemed to remember something, her face showing gratitude. She curtsied and said, "I am Su Ziye, and I thank you for your great kindness, young master."
Su Yuchen nodded and said, "Hold out your hand."
Su Ziye (stage name Su Xiaoxiao) was puzzled. She first glanced at Xie Yanke, and seeing that he was unmoved, she stretched out her right hand.
Su Yuchen grasped her wrist and carefully took her pulse for a moment. After a while, a look of joy appeared on his face: "The pulse is strong and powerful, the pulse rate is deep and fast, the rhythm is disordered but orderly, good, good, it's a boy."
Su Ziye withdrew her arm, revealing a shy expression, but Su Yuchen did not mind. He said, "Miss Su, although you cannot marry into the Shi family with a grand wedding procession because of your background, I can guarantee that you will be the matriarch of the Shi family in the future."
"Ah...this...is this what you mean, young master?" Su Ziye asked in surprise.
Su Yuchen gestured for him to sit in the chair on the left and said, "I came here today to take care of some chores, so I'm afraid I'll have to take up a little of your time."
Su Ziye simply nodded upon hearing this and quietly awaited instructions.
At this moment, Geng Wanzhong, Hua Wanzi, and Ding Dang were still completely bewildered, not knowing what these people were up to in the middle of the night.
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"Where's that bastard?" Su Yuchen picked up his teacup, took a sip of cold tea, and looked at Xie Yanke.
Xie Yanke seemed to have thought of something, chuckled and went out. A moment later, he came back in carrying a limp, muddy figure and casually threw it on the ground.
The figure lay motionless on the ground, its bones dislocated, its hair disheveled and obscuring its face. It was making muffled noises but couldn't utter a complete sentence.
Su Ziye, standing to the side, showed a hint of worry on her face. She tried to get up several times, but after touching her stomach, she resisted and sat back down.
Seeing Su Yuchen's questioning gaze, Xie Yanke sneered...
“That little bastard is utterly inhuman. When I arrived that day, he actually forced this girl to drink abortion pills. If I had arrived any later, you wouldn’t have been able to keep the child you wanted.”
"When he saw me appear, he first flattered me, then scolded the girl for trying to use her child to climb the social ladder. When he saw that I didn't believe him, he immediately knelt down and admitted his mistake."
"When he saw that I was going to take him away, he resorted to poison and hidden weapons, using every means possible. What's most hateful is that he actually pushed this girl over with his own hands. If it weren't for my superior martial arts skills, I would have accidentally killed two people."
"Hehe... You only told me to capture him, but you didn't say I couldn't deal with him. So naturally I had to teach him a lesson. I dislocated all his bones, making him suffer excruciating pain every moment."
“I was afraid he would frighten the girl, and you would blame me for not being able to protect even a fetus, so I sealed his acupoints so that he could not shout or make a sound.”
"Finally, they ordered someone to throw him into the cellar in this courtyard, and had the old woman give him some food, water, and dry rations."
"Heh..." Su Yuchen pinched the bridge of his nose, shook his head helplessly, and muttered to himself, "I must have had the worst luck in eight lifetimes to have a karmic connection with this thing."
He pointed to the figure on the ground and said to Ding Dang, "This is your Brother Tian. You can turn him over and take a look."
Ding Dang, who was sitting to the side, was stunned when she heard this. She then rushed forward, helped the man up, and brushed his hair aside to reveal a face that, although dirty and messy, looked exactly like Su Yuchen's.
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"Ah... what... what... what's going on?"
As soon as the man's face was revealed, Geng Wanzhong and Hua Wanzi of the Snow Mountain Sect stood up, looking at the man on the ground and then at Su Yuchen.
Even Su Ziye secretly glanced at the two of them, and upon comparison, their appearances were indeed extremely similar.
The man on the ground had a panicked yet fierce and ruthless look in his eyes, and his face was twisted and vicious, like a bloodthirsty beast.
Su Yuchen, however, remained calm and his eyes were cold, as if he didn't care about anything and was more like a god looking down on the mortal world.
Chapter 91 Su Yuchen Cuts Through the Gordian Knife 1
Ding Dang seemed still unconvinced, but suddenly she seemed to have thought of something. She reached out and tore open Shi Zhongyu's left shoulder, revealing a row of fine teeth marks and bite marks, the scars still clearly visible.
"Brother Tian, are you really Brother Tian? What happened to you?" Ding Dang asked, cupping his face in her hands.
Shi Zhongyu looked at her, his body trembling, mumbling incoherently.
Ding Dang reached out to release his pressure points, but when she touched him with her finger, she was bounced back by a strong force, and her fingertip became visibly red and swollen.
Xie Yanke, sitting at the head of the table, sneered and said, "Little girl, you're just as naive as your old devil Ding Laosan. I personally applied the pressure points; you'd be a ghost if you could undo them!"
Upon hearing this, Ding Dang turned around and looked at the person at the head of the table who was sneering and the other who was aloof. She couldn't help but plead, "Could you please release his pressure points first? He's in so much pain!"
"Ha ha……"
Xie Yanke sneered, closed his eyes, and completely ignored her.
Su Yuchen held his teacup, remaining silent until everyone had calmed down before speaking, "Now that everyone has calmed down, please sit back down!"
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Once everyone was ready, Su Yuchen looked at Su Ziye, pointed to Shi Zhongyu who was convulsing on the ground, and said...
“Miss Su, I don’t know how he introduced himself to you, and you don’t have to pay any attention to those words.”
"I'll only tell you that his real name is Shi Zhongyu, and he is the only son of Shi Qing and Min Rou from Xuan Su Manor in Jiangnan."
"Shi Qing sent him to Lingxiao City in the Great Snow Mountain to learn martial arts, hoping that he would become the head of both the Snow Mountain Sect and Xuan Su Manor, so that he could deal with a major enemy."
"As for what this kid did in Lingxiao City of the Great Snow Mountain, those two over there are Geng Wanzhong and Hua Wanzi from the Snow Mountain Sect. They are the most qualified to speak on this matter."
"I don't want to say more about these things. If you want to know, you can ask this Miss Hua Wanzi afterward."
"After he escaped from the Great Snow Mountain, he was afraid of the Snow Mountain Sect and also afraid that Shi Qing and Min Rou would hand him over to the Snow Mountain Sect for punishment, so he wandered the world ever since."
"A few years ago, for some reasons that need not be mentioned, he was chosen by Bei Haishi and others from the Chang Le Gang and served as the leader of the Chang Le Gang for a period of time."
"You know what happened next. He escaped from the Chang Le Gang and hid in the Qun Cui Yuan until you became pregnant."
“Miss Su, the child in your belly will likely be the only bloodline of Xuan Su Manor, and also the only grandson of Shi Qing and Min Rou.”
"If Mr. and Mrs. Shi knew, they would definitely let you into the family and have this child. So you don't need to worry."
"As for that idiot on the ground, I will deal with him and also send a letter to Mr. and Mrs. Shi Qing to explain that you will never see him again!"
"Once you give birth to your child, he will be the sole heir of the Jiangnan Xuansu Manor. Mr. and Mrs. Shi Qing will definitely take good care of you and your child."
"As for their character, you don't need to worry. Just ask any martial artist, and you'll know. Of the people here, the Snow Mountain Sect can be considered enemies of Xuan Su Manor, but they know very well what kind of people Shi Qing and his wife are."
Upon hearing this, Geng Wanzhong chuckled and said...
"Brother Shi, Sister-in-law Shi's character is truly impeccable. Even I, surnamed Geng, cannot find fault with her."
"It's a son he had, hey... it's really outrageous."
Hua Wanzi cursed, "Isn't what this wicked man has done outrageous? He's worse than a pig or a dog. Shi Qing and Min Rou have such good reputations, and the century-old foundation of Xuan Su Manor has been completely ruined by him."
Seeing the myriad colors of the flowers, even the most naive Su Ziye knew that this was probably no small matter.
Su Yuchen picked up his teacup, took a sip, and said...
"Therefore, Miss Su, I hope you will consider this carefully and it would be best to give birth to this child. I can guarantee that you and your child will live a carefree life."
"Perhaps you can make a decision after you have met Mr. and Mrs. Shi Qing."
"Don't worry, I will arrange for this Mr. Xie to accompany you to see Mr. and Mrs. Shi Qing. If you are unwilling, I guarantee you will live a peaceful life and even marry a good husband."
Seeing Su Yuchen's words, Su Ziye only said she would consider it.
Su Yuchen breathed a sigh of relief. As long as they were willing to consider it, that was good. He was afraid that they would refuse outright and leave no room for negotiation.
"Heh...you really know how to cause trouble for this old man. I might not agree to it," Xie Yanke said unhappily from the side.
Su Yuchen didn't even look at him, and said, "Old man, I'm just saying this because you're getting on in years. How can you stay cooped up in the mountains all the time without moving around? Only by moving around can you live a long life."
"Bullshit!" Xie Yanke cursed.
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"Alright, Miss Su, this matter is now concluded." Su Yuchen clapped his hands and said...
"Next up is Miss Ding!"
He looked at Ding Dang and said...
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