Narration System for the Journey of Martial Arts

Facing Dugu Feng's sword, Yun Feiyang acted as if he were watching children playing house. When the sword tip was right in front of him, he flicked his finger and deflected the sword. The two passed each other, and Yun Feiyang ruffled her hair and laughed, "Girls shouldn't be so eager to fight and kill. If you want to kill someone, you should practice your martial arts well."

Then, with a swift movement, his figure shifted like a cloud, ever-changing, as light as the wind, and as fast as lightning, he flashed past the disciples of the Invincible Sect, "passing through a thicket of swords and blades, not a single leaf touched his body"—not a single piece of his clothing was soiled.

By the time Dugu Feng, Gongsun Hong, and the disciples of the Invincible Sect turned around, Yun Feiyang had already transformed into the wind and clouds of the world and drifted away into the distance. The group couldn't help but look at each other in bewilderment.

………………

After a long time.

"What are you all doing?" A voice came from behind, it was Dugu Wudi coming down the mountain.

"Master!"

"father!"

"Master!"

Dugu Wudi swept his gaze across the disciples of the Invincible Sect, and they seemed to gain confidence, their momentum no longer weakened.

Dugu Wudi snorted and said to Gongsun Hong, "Hong'er, you go personally and lead the Yunshui branch to escort Qingsong back to Chongzhen."

"Father, why? Why don't we kill Qingsong?" Dugu Feng asked, dissatisfied.

Dugu Wudi's gaze turned cold, and he said icily, "Don't you understand what I'm saying?"

Gongsun Hong bowed respectfully, then reached out and pulled Dugu Feng away.

Chapter 260 Real and Fake Blood Handprints

Qingsong's journey down the mountain was far from easy. Once he sat in the carriage, a mouthful of stagnant blood that had been suppressed for so long suddenly gushed out, staining the carriage red.

"Master!!!" Mu Shi and Tie Shi were shocked and hurriedly tried to go forward to check.

Qingsong smiled slightly, his face gradually turning pale, and waved his hand, saying, "Don't worry, I'm fine. Our primary task is to leave here as soon as possible, without hesitation."

Seeing the determination in his eyes, Mu Shi hesitated for a moment before nodding in agreement. He and Tie Shi then took turns driving away. The three of them hurried along the main road, and after leaving the territory of the Invincible Sect's headquarters, Mu Shi and Tie Shi finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Inside the carriage, Qingsong, who had been practicing his internal energy to heal his injuries for a long time, was not so optimistic. In the final battle with Dugu Wudi, he had taken two blows from Dugu Wudi, and was already seriously injured. In order to safely descend the mountain, he forcibly suppressed his injuries, which made his injuries even worse.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but cough, and a trickle of blood instantly spilled from the corner of his mouth. Qingsong knew that he had to find a place to calmly heal his wounds and could not delay any longer.

He lifted a corner of the carriage curtain, and the passersby on the road did not attract his attention. Now that he had made up his mind, he did not hesitate any longer and ordered, "Mushi, Tieshi, hurry to the next market town and we will find an inn."

Mu Shi agreed and immediately sped up the carriage, gradually leaving the pedestrians behind. However, he did not notice that in the caravan of merchants resting by the roadside, a woman watched the departing carriage with a smile, then took a carrier pigeon out of her basket and released it.

………………

"How is it? Where did that old fellow Qingsong go?" In a teahouse by the official road, a man asked, looking at the carrier pigeon in the hand of the man opposite him.

The man unfolded the message and looked at it for a moment, then said, "Alright, everything proceeds according to plan. Tonight, we will pretend to be members of the Invincible Sect and launch a siege, so that Young Master can go and rescue people."

The man crushed the message into powder, and after the three discussed it for a moment, they got up and left, heading towards the market town ahead.

Shortly after the three left, Mu Shi and Tie Shi happened to pass by in their carriage; at that moment, Dugu Wudi had just instructed Gongsun Hong to send men to escort Qingsong back to the mountain.

After Gongsun Hong descended the mountain, he learned that Qingsong and the other two had already left. He immediately ordered the various branch headquarters to search for Qingsong's whereabouts and personally led a group to chase after him. Dugu Feng, unable to resist his orders, also followed.

………………

After descending the mountain, Yun Feiyang hurried along, guided by the narrator. He caught up with Qingsong shortly after Qingsong checked into the inn.

into the night.

The night was dark and windy, and the air was bitterly cold.

Time passed, and the pedestrians had long since returned home, except for a few brothels and taverns. Only the restaurants and inns still had a few lights on. Yun Feiyang sat on the roof, watching the dark figure leaping from the eaves in the distance.

The four men paused briefly upon reaching Qingsong's carriage, and one of them waved his right hand, sending out a command arrow that landed with a "thud" on Qingsong's door.

As the command arrow unfolded, a triangular command flag bearing a bloody handprint was unfurled, which was the Bloody Handprint Pursuit Order of the Invincible Sect.

The door opened silently, and Qingsong, Mushi, and Tieshi were already standing in the courtyard with their swords in hand. The four people on the roof jumped down.

Before the four could speak, the next moment, the sound of galloping horses neighing came from the front hall of the inn, and someone shouted, "Have you seen three Taoist priests? One is wearing a dark blue Taoist robe and has three strands of scholar's beard, and the other two are wearing black and white Taoist robes and driving a carriage!"

"Yes, yes, gentlemen, they're in the backyard," the shopkeeper replied hastily in a fluster.

The next moment, a clear shout was heard: "It should be Qingsong, go in and find him!" Immediately afterward, amidst a flurry of shouts and cries from the front hall, a large number of footsteps came toward the backyard.

Qingsong's gaze sharpened as he looked at the four men in black and asked, "You are not from the Invincible Sect. Who are you?"

The four men were clearly caught off guard by this turn of events. They exchanged a glance and were about to leave when Qingsong's eyes flashed. He was about to leap up and stop them when his internal injuries flared up. He let out a muffled groan and stopped in his tracks, only able to watch the four men fly away quickly.

Just as the four people disappeared, the courtyard gate was pushed open, and the two people in front of them were Dugu Feng and Gongsun Hong.

Seeing Qingsong and the other two standing in the courtyard with their swords, Gongsun Hong was slightly surprised. He cupped his hands and said, "Why did Sect Leader Qingsong leave without saying goodbye? My master ordered me to escort Sect Leader Qingsong to Chongzhen territory."

Qingsong coughed a few times, covering his mouth, and pointed to the bloody handprint on the door. Gongsun Hong's eyes narrowed, and he immediately stepped forward and pulled it off. After examining it for a moment, his face turned ugly as he asked, "May I ask Sect Leader Qingsong, where did this bloody handprint come from?"

“Before you arrived, someone shot a bloody handprint onto my door. I came out to investigate and was confronting four men in black when you arrived,” Qingsong said.

Dugu Feng's gaze turned cold, and she cursed...

"Bullshit! My dad would never do such a thing!"

"Besides, as soon as my father came down the mountain, he instructed my senior brother to bring people to escort you back to Chongzhen. I heard it with my own ears and saw it with my own eyes, how could I let you slander me?"

"Junior Sister!" Gongsun Hong shook his head and turned to Qingsong, saying, "Master has ordered me to escort you back to the mountain. If you have nothing else to do, Sect Leader Qingsong, get some rest. We'll set off early tomorrow morning."

After saying that, he waved his hand and led the other disciples of the Invincible Sect out of the courtyard. Seeing how decisively the other party left, Qingsong hesitated, but he didn't think too much about it. He was more concerned about recovering from his injuries.

Qingsong initially suspected that Dugu Wudi had orchestrated the whole thing, but now he couldn't see through the mystery and decided to remain calm and wait for the right moment to unfold.

Tonight, Dugu Feng decides to defy her father's orders and secretly assassinate Qing Song, but is stopped by Gongsun Hong.

Gongsun Hong informed Dugu Wudi about the forgery of the bloody handprint, and at the same time sent people to investigate the origin of the fake command flag, which would soon lead to Xiaoyao Valley.

Seeing that his plan had failed and the Invincible Sect had arrived, Fu Yushu could only leave unwillingly. He decided to change his plan and find another opportunity to get close to Qingsong.

[Dugu Wudi deliberately wanted to see Qingsong make a fool of himself, so he concealed the matter of Xiaoyao Valley. However, he wanted to teach the rats in the gutter a lesson, and he went to Xiaoyao Valley's four protectors and beat them severely.]

The familiar narration echoed in Yun Feiyang's mind once again. Seeing that Qingsong was safe, he no longer hesitated and leaped away.

After leaving the inn, Yun Feiyang landed in an alley behind the wall, where a carriage was parked. Several scoundrels with bruised and swollen faces kept bowing and scraping when they saw Yun Feiyang.

"Alright, that's enough for now. I'll deal with you next time we meet." Yun Feiyang waved his hand, indicating that they could leave.

The ruffians, all smiles, quickly retreated from the alley and ran off. Yun Feiyang smiled, drove the carriage out of the alley, and headed towards the main road.

You encounter Guan Zhongliu, a disciple of the Emei Sect, who will clash with the Invincible Sect.

Yun Feiyang glanced at the man walking past the carriage, raised an eyebrow, and then drove away. It was none of his business.

Chapter 261 Getting to Know Zhu San

Under the moonlight, a carriage sped along the official road leading from the Central Plains to the southern border.

It was late at night and no one was around. Yun Feiyang, who was driving, was not afraid of hitting pedestrians. He sped off and quickly drove away.

The next morning, they arrived at a market town. After washing up, they asked the innkeeper if there were any caravans heading to southern Xinjiang, but to no avail.

Without hesitation, Yun Feiyang found a bookstore, bought several travelogues about southern Xinjiang, and asked for directions before heading towards southern Xinjiang.

According to the narrator, the Heavenly Silkworm Divine Skill was not passed down from Chongzhen's ancestors, but came from the Southern Frontier. Yun Feiyang felt something was amiss, which is why he decided to go to the Southern Frontier to see the original version of this internal skill in person.

Moreover, the southern border region has always been covered with deep mountains and abundant natural treasures. However, it has not been developed and has been inhabited by Miao people for a long time. Their customs and habits are very different from those of the Central Plains, which is why the treasures remain hidden.

If you want to master martial arts as soon as possible, going to the Southern Frontier to try your luck might not be a bad idea. Even if you gain nothing, you can still relax and unwind.

With a traveler's mindset, Yun Feiyang was in no hurry, walking slowly along the way, experiencing different local customs and the various aspects of life.

Wherever he went, Yun Feiyang would either treat the sick or punish the tyrants. He disguised himself as a Taoist priest or a wandering knight, doing whatever he pleased. After a month of this, he finally arrived in the Yunnan-Guizhou region.

At this time, this area was still the domain of the Miao people, and was further divided into the "cooked Miao" and the "wild Miao".

The "cooked" Miao people have come down from the mountains and are living and intermarrying with the Han people. They have built cities and fortresses, and in the big cities here, you can often see the "cooked" Miao people. The "wild" Miao people are distributed in the deep mountains, forests and marshes. They are the masters who are skilled in making Gu poison and other poisons. They often meet their needs by exchanging goods with one-legged merchants who travel around.

Since entering the Yunnan-Guizhou region, Yun Feiyang has seen mostly Miao people who have become skilled farmers. These people have long lost their original wildness and are more proficient in the intensive farming methods of the Han people.

Left with no other choice, Yun Feiyang had to venture deep into Yunnan and Guizhou to find Miao villages.

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On this day, Yun Feiyang, carrying a basket on his back, chatted and laughed with a peddler carrying goods on a shoulder pole.

Yun Feiyang is a traveling doctor who wants to learn the unique medical skills of the Miao people; the peddler is named Zhu San, who specializes in trading with the wild Miao people, selling needles, thread, and the salt and medicinal herbs that the wild Miao people love most.

Seven days ago, when Yun Feiyang was passing through a Miao village, he encountered Zhu San's wife whose pregnancy was unstable and was on the verge of killing both mother and child. Yun Feiyang saved the baby with his medical skills, and both mother and daughter were safe.

Zhu San's wife was a Miao woman from the village, which is why Zhu San started traveling from village to village as a peddler. Although the "cooked" and "wild" Miao people had separated, they were still all Miao people.

Having traveled with his wife several times, Zhu San now has his own fixed trade route. He trades goods with the wild Miao villages in exchange for gold and silver ores, wild delicacies, and other items that are useless to the wild Miao people in the deep mountains, and then sells them to the city.

It was precisely because Yun Feiyang had saved Zhu San's wife and daughters that Zhu San gritted his teeth and agreed when Yun Feiyang suggested going into the mountains with him.

"Brother Yun, Blood Centipede Village is just five miles ahead. Be careful, they don't trust outsiders," Zhu San cautiously reminded him.

Yun Feiyang smiled and nodded, saying, "Brother Zhu, don't worry, I'm just going along to take a look, get treatment if I'm sick, and exchange for some rare medicinal herbs. I definitely won't cause you any trouble."

As they were talking, a glance at the roadside weeds revealed a skeletal skeleton with white bones. Centipedes and venomous insects slithered around in the empty eye sockets. The clusters of venomous insects were enough to make one's scalp tingle, and anyone with trypophobia would faint on the spot.

It's called a mountain path, but it's actually a man-made trail carved out of wild grass and withered leaves.

Zhu San obviously saw the skull by the roadside, but didn't care. He only felt a little uneasy when he saw the poisonous insects.

Hearing Yun Feiyang's words, Zhu San touched the medicine packet Yun Feiyang had specially given him on his chest. Seeing the poisonous insects quickly retreating by the roadside, he nodded. This medicine packet was indeed from Yun Feiyang, and it was truly an excellent remedy for repelling insects. Furthermore, considering that Yun Feiyang had saved his wife and daughter, he had considerable confidence in Yun Feiyang's medical skills.

It was said to be five li, but the mountains were so steep that even a horse would run itself to death. Especially on mountain paths where you had to carve out your own way, it was even more difficult to travel. So the two of them hurried along and only saw the gate of the Miao village in the afternoon.

The further they went, the stronger the stench of blood became. From time to time, a skull, some from wild animals and some from humans, would hang from the branches of trees along the roadside, clearly a warning.

As they approached the village gate, two wild saplings rushed out of the bushes and roared at Zhu San, but Yun Feiyang said he couldn't understand them.

As Zhu San spoke in Miao language and gestured with his fingers, the system's narration sounded once again.

The wild Miao people are excited about your appearance and believe that your blood should be used to sacrifice to their tribal totem. Zhu San says that you are the shaman of the skilled Miao people, and once you are killed, the skilled Miao people will not allow him to bring any more precious medicinal herbs.

Yun Feiyang: ………… (That's too barbaric!)

After a long while, Zhu San wiped the sweat from his forehead and whispered...

"Brother Yun, the situation is not good. The clan chief here is sick, very seriously ill, and even the clan's high priest cannot cure him."

“They know you’re a witch doctor and hope you can cure their chief’s illness. I think we should find a chance to run away!”

Seeing that Yun Feiyang didn't take it seriously, Zhu San said anxiously, "Brother Yun, the wild Miao people here are completely unreasonable. If you can't be cured, that high priest might capture you for a blood sacrifice, and you'll lose your life."

Yun Feiyang patted his shoulder and said, "Don't worry! It's okay. Even if it really can't be cured, I'll find a way to delay his illness and make him look like he's recovered. Then we can still run away in time."

As he spoke, he gestured for Zhu San to look at the two wild Miao people beside him and said, "We can't run away now either. If they start yelling, the two of us won't be able to escape the pursuit of an entire village."

Zhu San sighed helplessly and said in a low voice...

"Brother Yun, you run first. Don't worry about me. I'm the only merchant here. They might not kill me."

"Moreover, my wife is a Miao person. The clan chief will come to negotiate with them. They dare not offend the Miao people living down the mountain. If a fight breaks out, they will have no food, medicine, or salt."

Yun Feiyang smiled, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Let's go! Trust me, everything will be alright."

Zhu San picked up his load, made a gesture, and the two wild seedlings jumped and hopped in front of him.

Upon entering the village, one discovers that the village of the Wild Miao is not large. In the center of the village stands an enormous ancient tree, its branches and leaves lush and verdant, with streaks of congealed blood on its trunk, as if it were alive.

A gust of wind rustled through the treetops, revealing glimpses of skeletons hanging there. Occasionally, a faint, eerie green light would flash and then vanish quickly, clearly indicating a captive poisonous creature.

The two wild Miao people called out all the way, which quickly attracted the villagers. Many people saw Zhu San smile and then quickly turned back. When they came out again, they were carrying pots and baskets of items, intending to exchange them.

They stopped and watched from a distance until they saw the two people being led to a bamboo house at the very back of the village.

Chapter 262 The High Priest and the Blood Tree Gu

The two wild seedlings exchanged a glance, a hint of fear flashing in their eyes. They then quietly walked up to the bamboo house, whispered a few words to each other, and then saw the bamboo door open by itself without any wind.

The two men hurried downstairs, pointed to the bamboo house, and gestured for them to go inside.

Yun Feiyang patted Zhu San on the shoulder, signaling him not to be nervous, and walked towards the bamboo house first. The dark doorway was like a gaping maw of an abyss, devouring everything without a trace of light.

Yun Feiyang didn't care. Within a three-foot radius around him, countless invisible threads of true energy densely probed everything. It could be said that no poison or worm could get close.

Nothing happened until he reached the top of the stairs. Yun Feiyang went in first, and once his eyes adjusted to the sudden darkness, he could see clearly and finally saw the old man sitting in the dark.

Only a sliver of light shone through the bamboo window behind the old man, making the room seem particularly eerie and terrifying. The room was filled with unknown minerals, bark, fur, medicinal herbs, roots, and similar items.