Narration System for the Journey of Martial Arts

"Chen Taolong, I didn't expect you to be such a fast runner. We almost lost you."

"If you know what's good for you, hand over the stuff and we'll leave immediately. Otherwise, you won't live tonight."

As he spoke, the leader of the men in black flipped his right wrist, and several willow-leaf knives appeared in his palm. With a move called "Heavenly Maiden Scattering Flowers," the willow-leaf knives were as fast as lightning, flashing silver streaks in the night.

Several screams of "Ahhh..." were heard, and then five more members of the escort team fell to the ground.

Chen Tao's eyes widened in fury as he roared, "Who are you people?"

The man in black did not answer, but instead burst into unrestrained laughter.

One of them, with a voice like a night owl, cried out, "We're dressed in black and masked, so naturally we don't want to tell you. Chen Taolong, you're supposed to be a seasoned veteran, how could you ask such a stupid question?"

The leader of the men in black waved his hand and said, "Chen Taolong, hand over the goods, or you should know that you will definitely not live past tonight."

Chen Taolong's face was grim, but he knew he was telling the truth. Just based on that hidden weapon skill he had just used, he was on par with him.

Judging from their voices, the internal strength displayed by those people's laughter was beyond our ability to handle. If things went wrong, we could face total annihilation tonight.

Chen Taolong flicked his fingers at his waist, and the nine-section steel whip sprang up, wrapping around his arm. He looked at Yi Yuchen and said, "The three of you, since they've come to rob the caravan, they're destined not to let you go. If you don't make a move now, they'll pick you off one by one, and none of you will survive."

Yi Yuchen didn't react at all, but the master and servant exchanged a glance and moved closer to Yi Yuchen.

Upon seeing this, the man in black let out a sinister laugh and waved his hand. Immediately, three men in black rushed towards Yi Yuchen, while the others headed towards the escort agency.

The leader of the men in black leaped into the air, his arms outstretched, each hand holding a gleaming steel needle.

With a flick of his wrists, dozens of flying needles shot towards Chen Taolong, while the others charged towards the bodyguards, creating chaos in the air.

Faced with dozens of steel needles, Chen Taolong's expression changed. He wielded his nine-section whip like a dragon, its movements unpredictable. With each clang, the steel needles were either knocked down or bounced back into the crowd, indiscriminately injuring many.

The bodyguards, who were initially at a disadvantage, were given a chance to catch their breath after a shower of steel needles, as they had temporarily hindered the men in black.

For a moment, they were evenly matched. Chen Taolong wielded his steel whip with great skill and power, while the man in black circled around him, constantly throwing hidden weapons into his hair, belt, cuffs, and even the soles of his feet.

Just as the fight was raging on this side, three men in black came charging towards Yi Yuchen and his two companions with sinister smiles.

Even as the steel blade was already at his neck, Yi Yuchen remained motionless, watching the fight unfold on the other side of the escort agency.

With a flick of her wrist, the woman sent a speck of crimson powder flying towards the man in black's face. The man's sinister grin remained unchanged as he collapsed with a thud beside Yi Yuchen.

The other two men in black were stunned. They exchanged a glance, then felt a sweet fragrance in their noses. Suddenly, everything went black, and the three of them lay together, dead beyond any doubt.

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"You've been poisoned by my Nine Crane Powder. This is the antidote; just take one pill," the woman said, tossing over a porcelain bottle.

Without turning his head, Yi Yuchen felt a suction force emanate from his palm, and the porcelain bottle landed lightly in his hand. He smiled and looked at the woman, saying, "You're quite kind."

The woman pulled her maidservant to squat beside him and said, "Aren't you going to eat? My poison is very potent."

Yi Yuchen smiled and said, "The medicine is good; ordinary people can't concoct this kind of poison. Are you from Medicine King Valley?"

“Hmm, Bingxin from Medicine King Valley, I am the successor of Medicine King Valley in this generation. You really aren’t going to eat it? Don’t blame me if you die later,” Bingxin said.

Yi Yuchen smiled and said, "This little bit of poison is useless against me."

"Are you somehow immune to all poisons?" Bingxin asked curiously.

"I guess so!" Yi Yuchen nodded. "Chen Taolong is going to lose."

The next moment, the man in black threw three throwing knives in each hand. The knives collided with each other in the air and changed their positions, covering Chen Taolong's upper, middle and lower body.

Chen Taolong brandished his steel whip to counterattack. The long period of concentration had already left him exhausted. At this moment, the man in black lowered his head and shot out three powerful crossbows from behind his neck.

The powerful crossbow struck the nine-section whip with ferocious force, causing Chen Taolong's hand to go numb and making him momentarily sluggish. In that instant, two throwing knives were already embedded in his left chest and right arm.

His strength suddenly gave way, and he could no longer hold the nine-section whip. Just as he was about to be killed, Chen Taolong took out a palm-sized wooden box from his pocket and threw it at Yi Yuchen.

"What you wanted isn't with me anymore!" Chen Taolong shifted the blame, pointing to the wooden box in front of Yi Yuchen.

The man in black paused, then waved his hand, and the surviving men in black retreated behind him.

Only then did the survivors notice that the three men in black had died silently, without anyone noticing.

The leader of the men in black narrowed his eyes and said, "Friends, I have no intention of making things difficult for you. Hand over the wooden box, and we'll leave. How about it?"

As he spoke, he gestured with his hands behind his back.

Chen Taolong and the other surviving bodyguards gathered together, watching this scene, but they did not offer any warnings. Instead, their gazes toward Yi Yuchen and the other two were filled with hatred.

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Yi Yuchen didn't even look at the man in black. He reached out and picked up the wooden box on the ground, opened it, and revealed a piece of paper inside.

He opened the paper as if no one else was there, glanced at it, and couldn't help but let out a soft "Eh..."

The man in black's eyes flashed, and five throwing knives appeared in his hand. But before he could make a move, he froze and didn't move.

Suddenly, a crossbow-like hidden weapon appeared in the hand of the maid next to Yi Yuchen, pointed directly at her.

"Soul-snatching crossbow!" The leader of the men in black's voice changed, trembling slightly.

The little maid gave a haughty snort and said smugly...

"You know that much. My Soul-Snatching Crossbow can fire twenty Soul-Snatching Arrows in a row."

"Above twenty paces, a first-rate master is formidable; within twenty paces, the Soul-Hooking Crossbow is both fast and accurate."

"And I coated it with a deadly poison. You can try to see if you're as fast as me."

At this moment, the five men in black were only a dozen steps away from them. If three or four of them were to sacrifice themselves, they could naturally reach her. The problem was, who would be willing to go and die?

The five men in black looked at each other, none of them daring to make the first move, for fear that if they did, the little girl would unleash her ultimate attack.

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You have obtained part of the recipe for the 'Great Elixir of Heaven and Earth', containing its main components.

The specific prescription is as follows: ...

[The Great Elixir of Heaven and Earth: A secret elixir of the Louguan Dao. It can cleanse the marrow and transform one's constitution, enhance potential, and offers numerous benefits.]

Because Zhao Gou had no heir, in order to solve this problem, someone from the Imperial Medical Academy suggested that this medicine might be useful, but the Louguan Daoists refused.

After seven years, the Imperial City Guard stole some of the elixir formulas from the Louguan Dao. Because they were being hunted down by the Louguan Dao, they entrusted the Fuyuan Escort Agency to escort them to the capital.

Zhao Gou ordered the Imperial City Guard to provide assistance, but the pro-peace faction learned of this and sent assassins to intercept and kill them.

Just as the stalemate was at hand, Yi Yuchen had already confirmed what was recorded on the paper in his hand.

He casually handed the paper to Bing Xin and said, "Take a look!"

"What is this!" Bingxin curiously took it and looked at it, and couldn't help but exclaim "Eh..." and said, "This is... such a skillful technique, no less than my master's."

Bingxin stared at the prescription in her hand, secretly calculating the pharmacology and the principles of monarch, minister, assistant, and guide in the medicine, and became completely absorbed.

As time passed, the men in black grew increasingly impatient, and the leader had to gesture behind his back to let the others go first.

Seeing that the other men in black did not make a move, his gestures became increasingly urgent, clearly full of threat.

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Just as the men in black were about to make their move, an old voice came from the temple entrance: "It seems we've arrived just in time."

As they were speaking, an old eunuch, dressed in a silver-gray robe with dragon motifs and a black cloak, appeared at the entrance of the main hall, holding a whisk in his hand.

His appearance immediately attracted everyone's attention, and the man in black showed a hint of fear upon seeing him.

He glanced inside the hall, a slight smile appearing on his face, and said, "Very good, we've arrived just in time."

Having said that, his figure disappeared at the palace gate. When he reappeared, he was already among the men in black, his body like a phantom. Five figures appeared in the scene at the same time.

With a series of crackling sounds, the old eunuch calmly stood in the middle of the men in black and shook his left hand; the next moment, five men in black had already turned inward and formed a circle around him.

He said disdainfully, "Any Tom, Dick, or Harry dares to covet the government's things. These people are really getting more and more backward as they get older."

As he spoke, he glanced up at the crossbow in the little maid's hand and chuckled, "This little toy is of no use to us. You should put it down! Besides..."

He glanced at Yi Yuchen, bowed, and said, "This humble servant greets Young Master Yi. With Young Master Yi here, who in the world can snatch anything from him?"

Yi Yuchen smiled and said, "It seems there are still Imperial City Guard spies inside Mingjian Manor."

The old eunuch chuckled a few times and said…

"Young Master Yi, why ask a question you already know the answer to? If you hadn't shown mercy, how could those little brats have escaped unscathed from the Famous Sword Manor?"

“When the young master’s martial arts skills were passed back to the Imperial City Guard, we five old guys calculated that even if the five of us joined forces, we could probably only last a hundred moves against the young master.”

"Young Master is already the undisputed number one in the world. If it weren't for Young Master's dislike of fame and fortune, Mingjian Manor would have already unified the martial arts world."

“I’m not interested in any of this,” Yi Yuchen said, shaking his head.

The old eunuch became even more respectful and said, "If it weren't for that, I wouldn't admire you so much, young master. As long as Mingjian Manor doesn't rebel, no one in the Great Song Dynasty would dare to do anything to Mingjian Manor."

As they were speaking, a series of light footsteps sounded from outside. Leading the way were five eunuchs in blue robes, followed by a dense array of guards with swords, all dressed in black cloaks, forming a tight circle around them.

The five eunuchs bowed to the old eunuch and looked at the people from the Fuyuan Escort Agency as if they were looking at a pile of corpses, without a trace of emotion.

How could Chen Taolong not know what had happened? He was so frightened that his legs went weak. He never imagined that his mission was to escort goods to the imperial palace.

Moreover, after listening to the old eunuch's words, he realized that he had previously shifted the blame and offended the legendary, elusive Young Master Da Yi.

Since Yi Jifeng appeared in the martial arts world and became famous for his swordsmanship, but claimed that his martial arts skills were not as good as his elder brother's, this legendary Young Master Yi has become even more mysterious and unpredictable.

He thought about how he had first failed to protect the guards properly, offending the imperial palace; and then, by blaming others and complaining, offending the future master of the Famous Sword Manor.

It can be said that he offended both the officialdom and the underworld in one fell swoop, and Chen Taolong's face turned green.

"This humble citizen, Chen Taolong, failed in his duty as a guard. I beg Your Honor's forgiveness." Chen Taolong dared not harbor any illusions and knelt down, bowing his head in apology.

The surviving bodyguards all knelt on the ground, not daring to utter a word. At this moment, the power of life and death was not in their own hands, and saying another word might bring about their own demise.

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"Oh?"

The old eunuch had already sat down opposite Yi Yuchen. Looking at the prescription in Bing Xin's hand, he wasn't in a hurry. Instead, he said disdainfully, "You're quite clever. Too bad..."

He changed the subject and looked at Yi Yuchen, saying, "This man first lost his goods and then offended Young Master Yi. I wonder if Young Master Yi has any insight?"

Although Yi Yu knew that he was trying to curry favor, he didn't care about Chen Taolong and the others at all, and said indifferently, "The steward can handle it himself."

"Young master is kind-hearted."

The old eunuch chuckled and said, "Young Master Yi is kind-hearted and will spare your lives. However, while you may escape death, you cannot escape punishment. Since you have lost your goods, each of you should cut off an arm."

"Yes." Hearing this, Chen Taolong breathed a sigh of relief. Before he finished speaking, he flicked his nine-section whip with his right hand, wrapped it around his left arm, and pulled hard, severing the arm.

He groaned, ignoring the cold sweat streaming down his forehead, dropped the nine-section whip, and used his right hand to press several acupoints on his left shoulder and neck to stop the gushing blood.

While the other bodyguards were still hesitating, the next moment, five figures rushed forward. In the blink of an eye, the bodyguards felt dizzy and their vision went black as their necks were snapped.

At this moment, the five eunuchs stood in the center of the corpses. One of them waved his hand, and silently, dozens of men in black emerged and carried the corpses away.

The old eunuch waved his hand, and Chen Taolong stood up, bowed, and without daring to say a word, rushed outside, afraid that if he left too late, he would never be able to leave again.

At this moment, the little maid hid behind Bingxin, her eyes filled with fear as she looked at the old eunuch.

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The old eunuch smiled slightly, and the little girl was so frightened that she immediately lowered her head and hid behind Bingxin, not daring to show her face.

The old eunuch didn't take it seriously, smiled, and waved his hand. All the people who had followed him left, leaving only four people in the temple.

"May I ask who this young lady is...?" the old eunuch asked curiously.

Yi Yuchen said, "This is Bingxin, a young lady from Medicine King Valley."

"Oh……"

The old eunuch seemed to suddenly understand, and responded with a sound of realization, saying...

"So it was the girl who had been pursuing Yi Tianxing all along. It was quite a coincidence that she obtained this pill formula."

"This formula is incomplete. I wonder if we can restore the formula by combining the resources of Medicine King Valley, Famous Sword Manor, and the Imperial Medical Academy?"

"If Young Master Yi is interested, we can make the decision. We can leave a copy of the pill formula for Mingjian Manor."

Yi Yuchen had already obtained the pill formula from the narration system. He hesitated for a moment, but then had other ideas.

He flicked his finger, and a stream of true energy transformed into a fine, dense sword aura, about an inch long, which fell densely onto the ground in front of the old eunuch.

As the sword energy dissipated, a complete pill formula appeared before the old eunuch.