Comprehensive Martial Arts: Relying on Pili Martial Arts to Achieve Dimensionality Reduction Attack

Chapter 497 Duan Yu: Even if I starve to death, I would rather not eat a grain of your rice... It smells so good!
"The rest is not important."

"We are here to look for someone today. If the two girls are not free, we can find someone ourselves."

Lu Ping ignored Mu Wanqing's suspicious look and walked into the forest with Yang Guo.

But the Wanjie Valley was ahead, and whether out of normal defensiveness or for the safety of Lu Ping and Yang Guo, the two women could not sit idly by and watch them go in.

"Wait...wait! You can't go in there!"

Zhong Ling jogged after them from behind, and with one quick step stood in front of the two men, blocking their way.

"Why can't I come in?"

Yang Guo asked suspiciously, “Could it be that this forest is your family’s property?”

Zhong Ling blinked her big watery eyes and replied in a sweet voice, "This is indeed my home."

However, as soon as she finished speaking, she was questioned by Lu Ping: "Is this your home? Do you have the title deed to this forest?"

"Land... Title deed...?"

The innocent girl still didn't understand the seriousness of the matter. Facing Lu Ping's question, she actually thought about it carefully for a long time: "I have lived here since I was a child. Although I have never seen any title deed, there should be one, right?"

Lu Ping was very satisfied with this answer and said with a smile: "This place belongs to Dali, so it should be the land of Dali. The Dali royal family did not build a city or town here, which only means that this place is an undeveloped wilderness, but it is definitely not a personal property."

“Maybe your family has lived here for decades, but logically speaking, this place is definitely not yours.”

Zhong Ling was obviously confused by Lu Ping's words.

She was inexperienced and had never been exposed to this kind of knowledge. She became nervous when Lu Ping said this with such confidence.

In fact, Lu Ping was not lying. The place called "Wanjie Valley" was established after Zhong Wanchou and Gan Baobao got married, and it has only existed for about ten years.

But what he didn't say was that most of the people in the martial arts world can only be regarded as "savages", and the existence of Wanjie Valley in the martial arts world is very normal.

Seeing the girl standing there stupidly, Lu Ping said no more and continued walking forward, and Yang Guo followed him.

By the time Zhong Ling finally came to her senses, the two had already walked several hundred meters away. She immediately stamped her feet in anxiety, "Really? Why didn't these two listen to my advice? If they go in like this, if they are met by Daddy, won't they be dead?"

Mu Wanqing said coldly: "They don't know whether to live or die, so just let them be. If they die, it's their own fault. Why are you so anxious for them?"

Zhong Ling blushed when she heard this, but she was too embarrassed to say that she was secretly attracted to him. She just murmured in a low voice, "I just think it would be such a pity if they died."

"No, I have to follow them and see. I can't let them be killed by Daddy."

After saying that, Zhong Ling giggled, swung her two ponytails and ran towards the two people in the distance.

Mu Wanqing naturally couldn't leave such a simple girl like herself alone with two strange men, so she could only sigh helplessly, give up her original plan, and follow them.

Wanjie Valley is built in the huge forest in front of you. Although the way to enter the valley in the original book seems very complicated, the place is actually there, and there are no formations or mechanisms outside. As long as you spend some time, you can still find it.

The valley is not big, in fact, there are only a few houses and courtyards. It is not even as big as Guiyun Villa. Lu Ping just took a look, then bypassed the place and continued to explore deeper.

Wanjie Valley is where Gan Baobao's family lives. According to the conversation between Zhong Ling and Mu Wanqing just now, they haven't seen any outsiders coming in these days, so even if Duan Yu was really caught here, he couldn't be in the valley.

The place Lu Ping is looking for now is the stone house where Duan Yanqing imprisoned Duan Yu and Mu Wanqing in the original novel.

I still remember the record in the book that the stone house was built in a desolate and remote place outside the valley with few people. Even though Mu Wanqing had lived in Wanjie Valley for a period of time, she had never set foot there.

Such a secret place might not be easy to find.

Lu Ping and Yang Guo had no choice but to act separately, each relying on their lightness skills to search quickly in two directions, one on the left and one on the right.

The forest is very large, with dense branches and leaves that block the sun overhead. Without any reference points to identify directions, being in it is like entering a natural maze. Not only is it difficult to see the full picture, it is also easy to get lost.

As a last resort, Lu Ping had to jump to the top of the tree and move forward on the branches.

It turned out that one could see farther when climbing higher. This method was very effective. In less than half a cup of tea, Lu Ping saw an open space that was completely different from the terrain next to it.

"It's time to go here..."

When he got closer, the first thing Lu Ping saw was a wall of ancient trees crowded together to form a wall.

The tree wall was about two meters high, surrounding an open space in front, behind, left and right, with only one entrance and exit. Above the open space stood a lonely stone house.

The stone house has a strange shape. It is made up of pieces of granite weighing thousands of pounds. It is uneven and looks like a small hill from a distance.

Lu Ping was about to go forward to check, but he heard footsteps nearby. He stopped and decided to take a look at the situation first.

After a few breaths, three figures were seen coming towards them cursing.

The three people who came over were two men and one woman. One of the two men had a wretched face and weak steps, while the other had a face full of flesh and a fierce look. The woman had a ferocious face and was holding a baby in her arms. With such distinct features, Lu Ping immediately confirmed the identities of the other party - Ye Erniang, Yue Laosan, and Yun Zhonghe, among the four evil men.

Since they appeared here, Duan Yanqing must be not far away.

"It seems that this trip was not a mistake..."

Lu Ping walked around the tree wall and came to the other side of the stone house. As expected, he saw an old man in a green robe with long drooping beard, a dark face, and crutches, sitting in front of a stone table.

Ye Erniang and three others came to bring food to Duan Yanqing.

Yun Zhonghe placed the lunch box on the stone table and said with a chuckle, "Boss Duan, why do you have to stay here all the time? Even if the Emperor of Dali abdicates, you won't be able to receive any news."

Upon hearing this, Duan Yanqing glared at Yun Zhonghe without saying much. He looked like the poor guy in college who had to rely on his roommates to bring him meals because of his mobility problems.

Then he opened the lunch box, took out the food, and used chopsticks to divide out about one third of the food into a large bowl. Then he looked at Yue Lao San.

"Send it to the boy behind."

Duan Yanqing was seriously injured in his early years and could not speak, so he used ventriloquism when speaking. His voice was much deeper than that of ordinary people, and his tone was also colder.

But if he was really as evil and heartless as his nickname suggested, he shouldn't have given Duan Yu, a prisoner, food.

Sure enough, his actions aroused the confusion of the other three people.

Yue Lao San couldn't help but grumble: "Boss Duan really cares about that silly boy. If I didn't know that you captured him this time to exchange the throne for the Emperor of Dali, I would have almost thought he was your child!"

Before he could finish his words, he felt an icy cold gaze falling on him. His hair stood on end and his heart was trembling. He didn't dare to say another word. He obediently picked up his bowl and chopsticks and walked towards the stone house behind.

Lu Ping's gaze also shifted to the stone house following Yue Lao San's figure.

This stone house has only one door, but this door is blocked by a huge rock.

However, there were several gaps on the left and right sides of the huge rock. Some of these gaps were only two or three inches wide, while others were more than a foot wide. Not only normal people, but even children could not enter or exit.

If there are tomb-robbing experts in the world who have mastered the art of shrinking bones, they can give it a try.

Yue Lao San stepped in front of the stone house and shouted inside: "Boy, it's time to eat!"

As he said this, he placed the dishes and chopsticks in his hands in front of the gap at the door which was more than a foot wide.

A few seconds later, a weak voice rang out from inside the house: "Take it away, take it away... Even if I die of starvation, thirst, or suffocation in this stone house, I will never eat a single grain of rice from you!"

It’s Duan Yu’s voice!

"Hehe, do you want to eat or not?" Yue Lao San didn't care whether Duan Yu wanted to eat or not. He just put down his bowl and chopsticks and turned to leave.

Lu Ping sat on the tree wall, neither following the general to subdue the enemy nor rushing down to check on Duan Yu. He just thought to himself: "I didn't expect that Duan Yu would still be so courageous after being imprisoned?"

After confirming that Duan Yu was still alive, Lu Ping was completely relieved. He then carefully recalled the time he had spent with him over the past few days and couldn't help but secretly approve of his performance just now.

'Duan Yu is indeed not a weak and useless scholar. Although he is usually gentle and not easily angered, and seems to be willing to step on anyone, he will still show his tough side when it comes to relatives, friends, and justice.'

'At least when facing extremely evil people, he still has a lot of backbone.'

Just thinking about this, suddenly...

A pale, weak hand stretched out from the gap beside the door.

After touching the bowl and chopsticks containing the food, his fingers paused for a moment, as if hesitating and struggling. After several seconds, he seemed to finally make up his mind and took the food in.

Then, a voice so soft that it was almost undetectable came from inside.

"If these villains really wanted to kill me, they could have done it long ago. Now they are saving my life only to deal with my uncle and father later."

"Although I don't want to implicate them, if I die of starvation in there out of spite, causing my father, mother, and uncle to worry and regret, and even causing Dali to fall into turmoil, wouldn't that mean my plan will succeed, and my relatives will be sad and my enemies will be happy?"

"Yes, I should endure the humiliation and live in seclusion, and try every possible way to survive until my father and the emperor's uncle send someone to rescue me!"

After these words, the sound of eating could be heard.

"It's so fragrant!"

Lu Ping on the tree wall: “…”

If I didn't have excellent hearing, I probably wouldn't be able to hear the content of the sound.

I really want to turn around and leave now...

(End of this chapter)