Shi Potian travels through Linghu Chong

Chapter 83: Green Bamboo

Shi Potian finished talking about his experiences during this period, looked at Qu Feiyan beside him, and suddenly said: "Fei Fei, you are darker than before."

Qu Feiyan said angrily, "This is all your fault! You asked Grandpa Liu to go to Fujian to be a general to resist the Japanese pirates. I have been following Grandpa Liu in the wind and rain all day long. How can I not get tanned?"

Shi Potian's eyes lit up, and he asked happily, "Has Uncle Liu gone to Fujian to catch the Japanese pirates?"

Qu Feiyan said, "Not long after you left, Grandpa Liu brought us there. Grandpa Liu now has more than 2,000 soldiers and more than ten ships under his command. He has wiped out at least 800 Japanese pirates, if not 1,000. Many local people in Fujian have built a shrine for Grandpa Liu."

Qu Feiyan told Shi Potian how Liu Zhengfeng recruited soldiers, trained them, encircled and suppressed the Japanese pirates, and fished and caught whales at sea after arriving in Fujian.

Qu Feiyan's storytelling skills are far superior to Shi Potian's. Even some boring things can be very interesting when told by her, not to mention that the story of her and Qu Yang following Liu Zhengfeng in Fujian is already very exciting. Shi Potian also cooperated very well and kept exclaiming and asking questions.

Everything seemed to have returned to the way it was in Hengshan City.

Time flies by without us noticing.

It was not until the sound of the night watchman's bell was heard outside that Qu Feiyan stopped, took out two pieces of paper from her bosom and handed them to Shi Potian, saying, "Brother Gou, when you go back, give them to your master and Master Dingyi."

When Shi Potian opened it, he saw the words "Liu Kan, the Black General of Mangshan", "Wang Gan, the One Who Shocks the World with His Pagoda", "Gaoling Huangsha Gang", "Zhangjiazhuang, Weinan", as well as names of people, places, gangs, nicknames, nearly a hundred of them were listed.

Shi Potian asked curiously: "Fei Fei, what is this?"

Qu Feiyan said: "These are the gangs and individual people recruited by the Demon Cult in Shaanxi and Shanxi, as well as the pawns and spies they planted. Give this list to your master and Master Dingyi, and they will naturally know what to do."

Shi Potian had often been taught by his master and mistress that "good and evil cannot coexist" and "all the evil cult members are evil and heinous villains." He nodded quickly and carefully put the two lists of bad guys into his arms.

Qu Feiyan continued, "If your master and his friends doubt the authenticity of this list, tell them that the rules of the Demon Sect are very strict. Anyone who dares to disrespect the Sect Master for any reason will be punished by death."

"All they have to do is have the people on the list curse 'Dongfang Bubai is a coward'. If they dare to curse, just let them go. If they don't dare to curse, they must be members of the Demon Cult."

Shi Potian nodded and took note of it carefully.

Qu Feiyan added, "The 'famous doctor who kills people' Ping Yizhi that you met today is also a member of the Demon Cult. I pretended to be a member of the Demon Cult and frightened him. He will come to you soon and go back to Huashan with you to help the monk Bujie detoxify."

"Don't tell anyone about this for now, and try to treat them the same as before. When you get to Huashan, tell your master and Master Dingjing and the others. Just pretend that you don't know the identity of Ping Yizhi, and you can order him around as hard as you want. He will definitely do his best to help you heal your injuries. When this is over..."

Qu Feiyan wanted to say, "If we reveal his identity, we can just kill them directly," but thinking of Shi Potian's character, she changed her words and said, "You'd better keep them in Huashan forever and don't let them leave."

"Also, among those underworld people recruited by Zuo Lengchan, many were originally from the Demon Cult. The Demon Cult already knows about the internal strife in your Five Mountains Sword Sect."

"Yang Lianting has secretly sent many experts to join Zuo Lengchan, hoping to encourage Zuo Lengchan to fight with you to the point of mutual destruction, so that he can reap the benefits. You should also tell your master about this as soon as possible, so that he can prepare early and not fall into Yang Lianting's calculations."

Qu Feiyan finished speaking all the things in one breath, then stopped and asked, "Brother Gou, do you remember everything I said?"

Shi Potian nodded quickly, his face full of surprise and disbelief: "Fei Fei, how do you know all these things?"

Qu Feiyan chuckled, shook his head and said, "The secret cannot be revealed." Noticing that it was getting light outside, a hint of reluctance flashed in his eyes, but he still smiled and said, "Brother Gou, I'm leaving now. I'll come see you when I'm free later."

Shi Potian asked hurriedly: "Fei Fei, are you going back to Uncle Liu? Do you want to come to our Huashan to play? We have many fun places in Huashan."

Qu Feiyan shook her head and said, "Next time. I still have some things to do this time. Brother Gou, take care of yourself and we'll see you later." She waved her hand without looking back, not giving Shi Potian a chance to speak again, turned over and jumped out of the window, disappearing into the alley.

Shi Potian watched Qu Feiyan coming and going in a hurry, and vaguely felt that something was wrong, but he didn't understand what was wrong. He could only close the window reluctantly and sit back on the bed.

After a while, there was a knock on the door. Master Dingjing called out from outside, "Nephew Linghu, are you up? We don't know what's going on with Mr. Yue, so we should leave as soon as possible and return to Huashan as soon as possible."

Shi Potian responded "OK", got up, opened the door, and went downstairs with Master Dingjing to have some breakfast.

Master Dingjing noticed that Shi Potian was looking around all the time, and couldn't help asking, "Nephew Linghu, what are you looking for?"

Shi Potian didn't expect Master Ding Jing to ask him this suddenly. He was at a loss for what to do. He remembered Qu Feiyan's instructions, but he didn't want to lie. He said with embarrassment, "I... I can't say."

Master Ding Jing burst out laughing. She just felt that Shi Potian was really innocent and cute. She did not ask any more questions and said softly, "Then there is no need to say it. Wait until you feel you can say it."

Shi Potian's face was full of gratitude and he nodded repeatedly.

After they finished their breakfast, they took the well-fed horses from Xiaoer's hand, mounted them, and headed west of the city.

Not long after leaving the city gate, I suddenly heard a burst of hurried horse hooves sounds behind me. Looking back, I saw two people riding their horses galloping towards me. They were Ping Yizhi and his wife.

As soon as Ping Yizhi saw the two, he shouted, "Master Dingjing! Young Hero Linghu!"

Master Dingjing stopped her horse and waited for Ping Yizhi and his wife to catch up. She clasped her hands together and saluted, saying, "Mr. Ping, Mrs. Ping, what is the matter with you two?"

Ping Yizhi said: "I looked through the medical books last night and found that the venom of the red wave snake does not need to be cured within three months, but must be cured within one month."

"If it lasts more than a month, the poisoned person will lose their vitality and life span. Although Monk Bujie is a bit of a jerk, he and I have some friendship. My husband and I will go with you to Mount Huashan."

Nun Dingjing didn't know the inside story and was overjoyed. She kept saying, "Great, great! Thank you, Mr. Ping!"

Shi Potian kept Qu Feiyan's instructions in mind, pretending not to know the identity of Ping Yizhi Demon Sect, and treated the two of them with the same attitude as before as much as possible.

His acting skills weren't that great, but luckily the four of them were in a hurry to get on their way and spoke very little along the way, so they didn't reveal any flaws.

On the other hand, after Qu Feiyan separated from Shi Potian, she returned to the Demon Cult's branch in Kaifeng City and summoned a group of Demon Cult members. On the grounds that "the Saint Lady was offended by the disciples of Songshan Sect in Luoyang a few days ago", she ordered them to send people to keep a close eye on the movements of Songshan Sect and find an opportunity to retaliate against Songshan Sect and vent the anger for the Saint Lady.

Afterwards, she left Kaifeng and came to Luoyang, where she once again summoned the Luoyang branch church members, and issued the same order for the same reason. Then, it was Runing, Nanyang, Huaiqing...

Not only the members of the Demon Cult, but also individual people like the Yellow River Patriarch, Ding Jian, the Electric Sword Master, the Poisonous Grass Fairy, and You Xun, the Slippery Hand.

For a while, the whole of Henan was in chaos and people were in panic.

Not only were the disciples of the Songshan School frequently attacked by the evil sect members, suffering heavy losses, but even the Shaolin Temple, as the leader of the righteous sect, was inevitably affected, and many lay disciples died in the chaos.

The instigator of all this, Qu Feiyan, was in Luoyang City, bored and listening to Green Bamboo Old Man playing the piano for him.

She was able to do all this so smoothly, not only because she had the badge representing Ren Yingying's identity, but also because of the cooperation of Lu Zhu Weng, Ren Yingying's close confidant.

After playing the song, Green Bamboo Elder couldn't help but ask, "Miss Feifei, how did the Songshan Sect offend you?"

Qu Feiyan threw the preserved fruit in her hand high up, caught it with her mouth, and ate several of them in a row. When Green Bamboo Old Man became a little anxious, she said slowly, "Are you really confused, or are you pretending to be confused? You know there is a word "fei" in my name, so can't you guess my identity?"

Seeing that Green Bamboo Old Man still had a confused look on his face, Qu Feiyan snatched the zither from the table and started playing it.

Green Bamboo Old Man cried out, "No. This zither belongs to a great master of the previous dynasty..." Before he could finish his words, he was stunned.

Qu Feiyan just casually plucked the piano for a while, and pleasant and melodious sounds flowed out, sometimes passionate, sometimes gentle and elegant, showing the beauty of music.

Green Bamboo Old Man was listening with fascination when the sound of the zither suddenly stopped. With a swish sound, Qu Feiyan had already pushed the zither onto the table.

Green Bamboo Old Man sucked in a breath of cold air with distress, picked up the Yaoqin and carefully checked it, fearing that it might have been dented, until he heard Qu Feiyan ask, "Now do you know why I want to cause trouble for the Songshan Sect?"

Green Bamboo Elder suddenly came back to his senses, opened his eyes wide, and stammered: "You...you...you are..."

Qu Feiyan smiled and said, "Yes, you guessed it right, it's me."

Green Bamboo Old Man's face changed drastically, and the jade harp in his hand fell onto the table with a "bang", but he didn't care about it. His brows were furrowed, his face was full of worry, and he was extremely worried.

Qu Feiyan suddenly asked, "What do you think the chances of success are for Saint Auntie?"

Green Bamboo Old Man answered subconsciously: "Three... No, the matter of Master Ren is of great importance, and there is only one chance. Auntie will not try it lightly unless she is 70% sure. Since she has found your grandfather, she will definitely find someone who is good at chess, someone who is good at painting, and someone who is good at calligraphy. If these people can beat Huang Zhonggong and the others, there will be at least 70%..."

Suddenly, Green Bamboo Old Man realized something was wrong, stopped abruptly, looked up at Qu Feiyan, and saw that Qu Feiyan was listening seriously, his expression changed again.

Green Bamboo Old Man smiled bitterly and said, "Miss Feifei, since your grandfather doesn't want you to get too involved, why do you have to find out the truth? Once you know some things, you can only move forward and cannot retreat. You can only choose one between life and death."

Seeing that Green Bamboo Master had discovered that he was trying to trick her, Qu Feiyan snorted coldly and said, "Why can't I know? I want to know! Green Bamboo Master, I already know this much. Even if you don't tell me, I can still find out!"

The experiences that Qu Feiyan told Shi Potian were all true, but she only talked about the good things in the first half and did not tell about what happened in the second half.

Just a month and a half ago, Ren Yingying took advantage of the opportunity when Liu Zhengfeng and Qu Yang were out to suppress the Japanese pirates and sent people to capture Qu Feiyan. She used Qu Feiyan as a hostage and forced Qu Yang to do something for her.

However, Qu Yang has always been a person who would rather die than live in disgrace. Even when his only granddaughter was arrested, he refused to give in and accept threats.

Ren Yingying had no choice but to play the emotional card and talk about how much her father Ren Woxing valued Qu Yang back then.

She then swore an oath to all the gods and demons of the Demon Cult, promising that as long as Qu Yang was willing to help her, regardless of whether the matter succeeded or not, she would no longer cause trouble for Qu Yang and his grandson, and would try her best to help them escape from the Demon Cult's pursuit.

If you break this oath, your brain will be eaten by the three corpse worms and you will die.

This is the most severe oath of the Sun Moon Sect. Qu Yang agreed only after seeing Ren Yingying said so.

The only condition he put forward was that Qu Feiyan must not know anything related to the matter.

——Ren Yingying, as the Holy Lady of the Demon Cult, holds a position second only to the first person in the Demon Cult.

For her to make such a solemn vow, it must be a life-or-death situation, or even a zero chance of survival.

Not to mention getting involved, even knowing a little more could put your life in danger.

For this reason, Qu Yang also made a solemn vow that as long as what Ren Yingying asked him to do did not violate the oath he made to Liu Zhengfeng not to harm righteous people, he would help Ren Yingying this time even if it cost him his life.

Ren Yingying agreed.

Afterwards, Qu Yang found an excuse, took Qu Feiyan to say goodbye to Liu Zhengfeng, and disappeared with Ren Yingying.

As agreed, Ren Yingying did not tell Qu Feiyan anything. Before leaving, she asked Qu Feiyan to take her badge to Luoyang to find Lu Zhu Weng, and asked Lu Zhu Weng to pretend that she was in Henan.

Qu Feiyan directly falsely conveyed Ren Yingying's order, changing "let Green Bamboo Old Man disguise" to "let Green Bamboo Old Man assist her in disguise", which led to the subsequent events.

At this time, having learned the key information, Qu Feiyan did not want to waste any more time and stood up to leave.

Green Bamboo Old Man was anxious, and stretched out his hand to stop Qu Feiyan, saying: "Miss Feifei, you can't leave. You can't go anywhere before this matter comes to a conclusion!"

Qu Feiyan said, "I want to go." She threw out a handful of silver needles, trying to force Green Bamboo Old Man back.

However, the Green Bamboo Old Man simply swung his sleeves, and with the surge of his true energy, he knocked away all the silver needles thrown by Qu Feiyan. Then he took a step forward, with a bamboo flute in his hand, and pressed it on Qu Feiyan's acupoints.

(End of this chapter)