Unparalleled Double Harmony

Chapter 632 Trap
Now, let's turn our attention back to Wudang.

Several days had passed since Chunxin discovered Chunkong and Shuangxie the night they met.

During this period, Chunxin really did as he had promised, sneaking into the forbidden area around midnight every day to deliver food, drink and other necessities to the three people, and also exchanging supplies with them.

The Wudang disciples responsible for guarding the forbidden area were indeed quite stable... dozing off every day, which greatly facilitated Chunxin's actions.

What? You're asking why this guy hasn't made a move yet? Didn't he already decide that night to devise a plan to lure those three out and trap them? Has several days passed and he still hasn't come up with one?
Yes, he just couldn't figure it out.

Of course, this can't be blamed on him. After all, this is Wudang territory, and there are many things he doesn't know. To ensure the success of his plan, he needs to find out more about them first. But this "finding out" is much more troublesome than he imagined...

Because the three senior monks of the Ji generation who led the group were all seasoned veterans and very thoughtful, they warned the monks from the second day after they settled in not to wander around other sects at will. During the day, it was best for everyone to gather together to recite scriptures and practice their skills, and to reduce individual actions to avoid any friction with others, which could lead to unclear situations later.

What other choice did Chunxin have? He could only save all the bad things for the night.

But... that's difficult too. Not all the guards in Wudang are asleep at night. How can you come and go so easily? If you were caught wandering around on your first night, you could say you got lost while going to the toilet. But if you've been staying for several days and you still say that, who would believe you?

Of course, if it were just a matter of insufficient understanding of the situation in Wudang, it wouldn't be enough to make Chunxin delay taking action for so long. This... can only be considered a secondary reason.

The main reason was that on the night Chunxin first delivered things to Sun Huang and Chunkong, which was also the second time he entered the forbidden area to see them, he was tempted by the offer.

That night, after he returned from delivering the items, he was shocked to find a neatly folded piece of cloth in the food box he had brought back.

Chunxin opened the cloth and saw several sets of words painted with black stone powder on it: Tomorrow, bring paper and ink, under the poplar tree in the southeast, the secret of the scriptures, I know, the deep sea.

Chunxin could easily understand the meaning of these words, and why someone would write them on cloth and secretly give them to him... at least he felt he understood.

So, the next night, when Chunxin sneaked into the forbidden area, in addition to carrying a food box, he also hid a small cloth bundle containing paper, pens, and ink in his arms.

Chunxin first placed the bundle at the designated location before going to meet the three people. However, when Chunxin returned that day, there was nothing extra in the food box.

This is not surprising, since he just delivered the pen and ink today, so he won't see "Deep Sea's" reply until at least tomorrow.

And so, he was delayed for another day.

On the third night, Chunxin arrived at the forbidden area and first went to check under the tree where he had hidden his things the night before. He then discovered that the bundle had been taken away, but the other party had not left the reply there.

Chunxin thought for a moment and guessed that the "Deep Sea" felt that leaving the reply here was not reliable and that it should be delivered in another way. So after hesitating for a while, he still pretended to be nonchalant and went to deliver the food.

And when he returned this time, there was indeed an extra letter in his food box.

With paper, pen, and ink, one can write much more than scribble on rags with charcoal, so this letter contains a lot of information.

In summary: Buddha Shrine, Buddha Shrine, I am Deep Sea. I've realized you're just as much of a scoundrel as I am, and you've also discovered, like me, that the scriptures in that cave hold a hidden secret… So why don't we cooperate? I have plenty of time to see those scriptures every day, and I can decipher some of their mysteries. However, I haven't practiced martial arts long enough, so even if I decipher them, I don't know how to practice them. Your martial arts skills as a Shaolin monk are certainly superior to mine, and you can definitely help me organize the deciphered content into practice formulas… If we exchange information and help each other, it won't be long before we can secretly learn those divine skills without the knowledge of that Huang fellow and Chun Kong. Wouldn't that be wonderful? As for things like "protecting Wudang," that's just talk in front of those idiots. You and I are both smart; those who understand, understand.

After reading the letter, Chunxin thought to himself, "As expected... that guy surnamed Sun and the other two weren't on the same page either. I knew this guy had shifty eyes and knew so many espionage methods that even I didn't know. He doesn't seem like a proper young hero at all... So it seems he was planning this when he suggested we get a 'codename'... Heh, that's perfect. Anyway, I'm not very confident about using this trick now. I might as well wait until he finishes translating the martial arts hidden in this scripture for me."

He meant well, but as you all probably already realized, this letter, although its content seems to be in Sun Yixie's voice, was written by Huang Donglai (Chun Kong's handwriting has a certain risk of being exposed).

In other words, this was clearly just one step in a coordinated effort by the other side to "fish" for Chunxin.

As for the idea of ​​"I will decipher the scriptures for you, and you will teach me the practice in return," it was naturally a hook that Sun Huang tailored for Chunxin after discovering that Chunxin had been secretly glancing at the scriptures that night.

Neither of them believed that the scripture contained any martial arts techniques, because Chun Kong said there were none, so there were none.

Even if they hadn't hidden it, they wouldn't have been able to tell; and even if they had, they wouldn't have told Chunxin the real thing.

So... what exactly does this so-called "deciphered scripture" that the "deep sea" delivers to the "Buddhist shrine" intermittently every day contain?

It's very simple—the Reversal of Heaven and Earth Technique.

Sun Yixie had practiced this internal energy cultivation technique for quite some time. While he wouldn't say he could recite the entire text by heart, he could at least transcribe many of the similar-sounding incantations based on his own understanding. As for whether it mattered if he leaked part of the technique to Chunxin, that was naturally irrelevant. Everyone should remember... that this unique skill of the Sun family, like the Heavenly Silkworm Divine Skill, could only be practiced by those without internal energy. Those who already possessed internal energy would suffer a qi deviation if they tried to practice it. Furthermore, what Chunxin received was only an incomplete version of the technique dictated by Brother Sun, which occasionally contained vague expressions like "that...that." It would be a miracle if he understood it correctly.

Then on the other side...

Chunxin, that bastard, naturally wouldn't relay his understanding of the "correct practice method" to "Deep Sea," because he wanted to trick him into revealing the secret technique and keep it for himself. So, he had another brilliant idea: "I'll send him the translations that this kid sent, practicing them in reverse order. That way, by the time I've collected all the translations, he should be going into a state of demonic possession."

Thus, a pattern has been formed between the two sides: "I will send you fragmented mental cultivation techniques that will cause you to go mad if you practice them. You will read them in their entirety, sort them out, and then give me a reverse version that you think will cause you to go mad if you practice it."

In the past few days, Chunxin had been dutifully delivering things to Sun Huang and Chun Kong every day under the guise of this scam, which was essentially a "spam exchange" scheme, and had unknowingly fallen into a trap...

The day to "hook the hook" came not long after.

At noon that day, a report came from the gate of the mountain that Zheng Dongxi, the great hero, and Jiang Shouzheng, the great hero, along with a group of martial arts heroes, were escorting a "person who knows the truth about Shaoshi Mountain" to Wudang for a visit.