The sky was slightly dark, but the Zhao Mansion was already brightly lit. Two rows of red lanterns hung high at the door, stretching for several miles to the street, to welcome the guests who came to congratulate them.
There was an endless stream of guests, some coming alone, some with their families, some with mules and horses carrying loads of gifts, some with treasures in their arms, all in all shapes and sizes.
The owner of the Zhao Mansion, Zhao Yinhu, is known as an invincible man. He has been practicing Kung Fu for decades and has dominated the world. He is definitely a man of the hour in the local area. As the birthday boy, he was sitting in the middle of the lobby, exchanging glasses with his relatives and friends.
"It is no exaggeration to say that Mr. Zhao has an invincible arm and is considered a hero today."
"Your vision is too narrow. How can a hero be worthy of Master Zhao? He is really a great hero."
"Yes, yes!" Someone toasted, "Even the swordsmanship of Feng Wu and Qiu Huang, which is said to be second to none, will be defeated by Master Zhao's iron arms."
"Thank you for your praise." Zhao Yinhu stroked his beard and said proudly: "However, this sword technique is all heard from hearsay. It is said to be the first sword technique in our Dawu Dynasty, but no one has seen it with their own eyes so far. Maybe it is just a rumor and it is not true at all. It doesn’t exist!”
"Master Zhao is very smart. I have never seen him travel all over the country. That swordsmanship of phoenix dance and seeking phoenix must be in vain." Someone raised a glass to propose a toast.
Zhao Yinhu picked up the wine glass and was about to drink when a disciple came over and whispered to him. After hearing this, Zhao Yinhu was stunned and whispered: "Seriously?"
"The disciple is short-sighted and cannot tell the truth from the false, so I have to ask the master to make a decision." The disciple knelt down and did not dare to speak louder.
Zhao Yinhu waved his hand: "Call him over."
The surrounding guests didn't know what was going on and turned around to watch. After a while, the disciple led a young man over. The young man held a small wooden box in his hands and followed behind him slowly, with steady steps and restrained energy.
The young man walked up to him and Zhao Yinhu looked him up and down, "Have you ever practiced kung fu?"
"Going back to Mr. Zhao, I have practiced kung fu in my family. I have admired Mr. Zhao's reputation since I was a child. When I learned that Mr. Zhao passed his birthday, I got this luminous pearl by chance. I sent it here specially to cheer up Mr. Zhao." After that, the young man said Opening the wooden box, he held it up with both hands.
The wooden box is wrapped in silk and satin, revealing the upper part of the luminous pearl. The part that can be seen of the luminous pearl is completely black and has no mottled color. It seems that there is some thin smoke inside, which is about to penetrate from the surface of the bead.
Zhao Yinhu couldn't help but widen his eyes, as if talking to himself: "There are rumors in the world that there are four top luminous pearls in the world, namely Mingyue, Xingluo, Zhaoye, Xuanqing, Mingyue is pure white, Xingluo is red, Zhaoye is yellowish, Xuanqing is black. Looking at the color of this luminous pearl, is it Xuanqing?"
The young man said, neither humble nor arrogant, "I just listened to what others said and didn't distinguish the truth from the false. Furthermore, I have low martial arts skills. I am very scared to get this orb. I am afraid of being deceived. Please be clear about it, Mr. Zhao."
Zhao Yinhu reached out and took out the luminous pearl and played with it in his palm. He stared at the pearl and asked, "Even if this pearl is not a treasure, it is still expensive. What do you want from giving it to me?"
The young man knelt down and prostrated himself at the feet of Zhao Yinhu. "Master Zhao is famous and admired by his disciples. I just want to take this opportunity to worship under Master Zhao. With Master Zhao's protection, I can feel proud and not be bullied by others."
Zhao Yinhu smiled slightly and ignored the young man. He ordered: "Turn out all the lights in the lobby. All my friends will witness it and come and appreciate the true appearance of this orb. Whether it is true or false, you will naturally find out."
A disciple whispered to dissuade him: "It's Master's birthday. Isn't it unlucky to turn out all the lights?"
Zhao Yinhu snorted coldly, with a fierce look on his face: "I don't think it's you who is unlucky!"
The disciple was so frightened that he knelt down and said tremblingly: "This disciple deserves to die. Please forgive me, Master."
"You bastard, you are still talking nonsense. On your birthday, you are violating taboos everywhere in your speech." Zhao Yinhu's face turned green.
Another disciple stepped forward, slapped the man who was confused because he said the wrong thing several times on the face, and cursed: "Shut up and listen to Master."
Zhao Yinhu suppressed his anger and ordered: "It's Wang Hao. Drag him out and lock him up first. Tomorrow he will be severely beaten and beaten with twenty big boards as a warning."
Wang Hao obeyed the order and forced the disciple out.
How dare the rest of the people dissatisfied, they extinguished all the lights in the hall. The night pearl in Zhao Yinhu's hand suddenly lit up. The huge hall seemed to be shrouded in the light of the full moon, and the figures of people were clearly distinguishable.
"Xuan Qing, it's really Xuan Qing." Zhao Yinhu couldn't restrain his excitement and blurted out.
"Congratulations, Mr. Zhao, for getting this treasure!" Some guests immediately congratulated loudly.
The disciples were happy to see Zhao Yinhu, so they turned on the lights again, and the hall became bright again.
Zhao Yinhu played with the night pearl and couldn't put it down. After a cup of tea, he remembered the young man kneeling at his feet and said with satisfaction: "Get up. You have a filial piety, so I accepted you as a disciple. Tonight is a birthday banquet for my master. Let's meet again tomorrow. Let’s officially become a disciple!”
"Thank you, Master!" The young man was overjoyed, holding the wooden box in both hands and about to step aside.
"Wait a minute." Zhao Yinhu stopped him, "Let's put this Xuan Qing back into the box first. I'll ask them to give it to your junior ladies to see later. In a few days, your junior junior brother's 100-day banquet will be held. Just treat it as a gift to them. Give me a gift!”
Another guest complimented: "Master Zhao, this is a double happiness. It's a joy to congratulate. Let's come back in a few days to join in the fun."
The young man stepped forward happily, respectfully held the box and handed it over. Zhao Yinhu played with the orb again and couldn't put it down. Although he was reluctant to part with it, he finally put it on the silk in the box. When he was about to put the bead down with one hand, something unexpected happened, and a sleeve arrow suddenly shot out from the bottom of the wooden box and flew straight between Zhao Yinhu's eyes.
It was so close that there was no way to avoid it, but Zhao Yinhu was very powerful and when the tip of the arrow was close to his eyebrows, he stretched out his other hand and grabbed the arrow in time.
Zhao Yinhu was furious and was about to stand up when he felt a chill in his stomach. A dagger had already penetrated into the Tianshu point and disappeared into the handle.
As soon as the young man succeeded in the attack, he turned over and was about to jump out. Zhao Yinhu opened his hands and threw the precious luminous pearl aside, not knowing where it fell. He raised his right foot and kicked the young man's abdomen firmly. The young man grunted, flew out, hit the beam hard, and then fell down. Blood gushed out of his mouth and dyed his front red.
"Who are you? How do you know where my destiny is?" Zhao Yinhu's whole body's true energy collapsed. He was already dying and had no strength to speak. He was invulnerable and practiced kung fu, but his only weakness was the vital gate in his abdomen. If he didn't know the root, there was absolutely no way to know it. Even the lady next to him didn't tell him this secret, so how did the young man know about it.
The young man raised his spirits and realized that his Dantian was shattered and all his cultivation was gone. He sneered: "Zhao Thief, you were the housekeeper of this house. You killed my parents and took over my family's property. I wanted to cut you into pieces. I only regret that I escaped in a hurry, and my parents were young and ignorant. You don’t have time to teach me any skills, so I have to come up with this last resort to kill you.”
"You are, Gu Shengchao..." Zhao Yinhu pointed at the young man named Gu Shengchao. He tilted his body and died. His eyes widened, presumably because he was unwilling to do so.
"Who, who killed Master?" Many disciples of Zhao Yinhu's sect rushed towards him with their swords in hand, staring at Gu Shengchao with eager eyes.
Ancient Sage Chao looked down upon death and said coldly: "It's me. I killed this old thief. My great revenge has been avenged. You can kill or behead him as you wish!"
Zhao Yinhu is dead, and many disciples have no backbone and don't know what to do.
"Eldest Brother, where is the Eldest Brother?" At this time, some disciples thought of the Eldest Brother. After all, they usually obey other people's orders.
A disciple ran over panting, out of breath and said: "Go to the backyard quickly, senior brother, senior brother..." He didn't take a breath and started coughing violently.
"What's wrong, Senior Brother?" A disciple gently patted him on the back.
The disciple came over slowly and said: "The senior brother is rummaging through the gold and silver treasures stored by the master in the backyard. He has already wounded several senior brothers."
"This traitor has rebelled against him. Let's deal with him together and clean up the family for Master." After the disciple finished speaking, he held Zhao Yinhu's hand and said sadly: "Master, please be patient. I will catch the traitor for you soon." Come and apologize to Master." He rushed to the backyard angrily. The gemstone ring Zhao Yinhu was wearing on his finger had disappeared. The disciple took it off and hid it in his palm.
A disciple noticed the huge pearl necklace on Zhao Yinhu's chest and was about to step forward to take it off when he saw that many guests were paying attention. He did not dare to make a mistake, so he pretended to help the master and said, "Master, take care." After saying this, he hurriedly said He ran to the backyard, afraid that he would be late and not grab anything valuable.
All the guests looked at me and I looked at you, and they all looked at each other.
Finally, some guests could not restrain their desire for treasures and bent down to look for the night pearl that Zhao Yinhu had thrown away.
"Strange, it seemed like you fell here just now?"
"No, I saw you go over there."
One, two, three...
More people joined in the search. Someone discovered it first, picked up the night pearl and jumped out of the hall.
"Wait, that's mine." Several people chased him out. The rest knew they were outmatched and couldn't compete with each other, so they ran to the backyard in an attempt to get a piece of the pie. The last few people pushed Zhao Yinhu down, looted all the jewelry he was wearing, and walked away.
The instigator of the entire incident, Gu Shengchao, was completely forgotten and stayed alone in the local area, accompanying the dead Zhao Yinhu.
After a while, there was the sound of footsteps, and Wang Hao ran in. He saw the messy scene and saw the dead master without any trace of sadness. He asked Gu Shengchao: "Where have all the people gone?"
"We all went to the backyard to grab things. Maybe it's not too late to go now." Gu Shengchao coughed a few times.
Wang Hao didn't dare to stay, for fear that he would be late, so he hurried away. Wang Hao came to the backyard. Except for a few junior brothers with low martial arts skills who had not grabbed anything and were still rummaging hard, most people had obtained what they needed and left this place of right and wrong.
The buildings were deserted, and the once bustling house had never been so desolate.
Wang Hao strolled upstairs to Zhao Yinhu's dormitory, where a young woman with disheveled hair was watching helplessly while holding her child. When she saw Wang Hao come in, she stood up quickly and asked: "What's going on outside? People are going crazy and grabbing things everywhere. They even took off the gold and silver jewelry on my wife, my master. Tell me, who is your master?" Didn't something really happen?"
"He was killed by his enemy." Wang Hao nodded.
The young woman slumped down on the bed. She looked at Wang Hao and had an idea, "This old immortal deserves to die!"
"Why did the master's wife say this?" Wang Hao was stared at and his heart went crazy.
The young woman suddenly smiled brightly: "What's going on, don't you know?"
Wang Hao took a step back, "What's the matter?"
"This child, don't you plan to recognize the father and son?" The young woman put down the child and approached Wang Hao.
Wang Hao was stunned: "How is it possible? It has only happened to us a few times. It can't be such a coincidence."
The young woman smiled charmingly and said: "Zhao Yinhu has married many wives and concubines without having any children. The problem naturally lies with him. You and I are destined to have this child, so we should cherish it, right?"
Wang Hao looked at the child on the bed and said hesitantly: "But Master Wife, the entire house has been robbed of all valuables. How can I support you mother and son?"
The young woman was noncommittal and said expectantly: "The old immortal is no longer here, what should you call me?"
"Teacher...teacher..."
Wang Hao hesitated for a moment, walked towards the young woman and whispered: "Madam."
"Mr. Lang." The young woman leaned on Wang Hao's chest and said softly: "From now on, we, mother and son, will all rely on you, Lang Jun."
Wang Hao hugged the young woman: "The days are going to be long. How will we live in this empty house?"
The young woman smiled coquettishly and said, "Look, Sir."
She came to the dressing mirror, turned on the lamp, and with a creak, the dressing mirror turned aside, revealing a three-foot-square space filled with gold bars, silver ingots, and all kinds of gold and silver.
"That old immortal was so thoughtful that he built such a treasure cave here a long time ago without even telling me. Thanks to an accident, I discovered this secret. With these treasures, we will be able to live in the future. I’ll give you another boy and a half girl…”
The young woman was still immersed in the yearning for a happy life, when her neck suddenly tightened and Wang Hao clamped it with both hands.
"you you……"
The young woman was so frightened that she could no longer speak. No matter how much she struggled, it was in vain. Soon she stopped breathing, straightened up and died in Wang Hao's arms.
"Hmph!" Wang Hao threw away the young woman, stood up and said angrily: "Now this house is mine, and these gold and silver are also mine. With these, you are afraid that you will not be able to marry a wife, so you can just follow that old immortal with peace of mind. Bar."
The child on the bed couldn't find his mother and cried loudly. Wang Hao was upset when he heard this. He grabbed the child and threw it out of the window, throwing it downstairs and falling to death.
