Narration System for the Journey of Martial Arts

Arriving at the west wall inside the house, Su Yuchen pressed his hand down, and the Five Elements Seeds in his primordial spirit stirred the flow of true essence within his body. A flash of five-colored light appeared on his hand, and the steward Su's vision blurred. He felt as if the hard earthen wall was flowing water, and it seemed to ripple.

Su Yuchen then flicked his sleeve, and the steward involuntarily bumped into the wall. Before he could even be surprised, he felt a blur before his eyes and found himself on the veranda outside the house. He turned around and saw Su Yuchen walking out of the wall, and the stone wall behind him was restored to its original state, without any damage.

"In this low-level martial arts world, using supernatural powers is far too taxing on one's true essence." Feeling the true essence being consumed within his body, Su Yuchen silently shook his head.

Ignoring the burning desire in Butler Su's eyes, Su Yuchen walked forward first. Butler Su glanced at the wall, touched it, and then turned to follow.

Chapter 481 Capturing Duan Yi

It twists and turns, sometimes passing through artificial hills, sometimes winding around flower bushes.

Butler Su recalled what he had learned before and compared it with the actual arrangement. He quickly showed a look of sudden realization and became more and more confident as he walked. Later, he walked in front of others. There was a wall in front of him, but he pushed it open and opened a door that was the same color as the wall.

Seeing that Butler Su was getting into the swing of things, Su Yuchen let him be.

After walking for a short while, Butler Su stopped and stared at the two furtive figures walking quickly ahead. After a moment's thought, he couldn't help but show a hint of surprise, clearly recognizing Guo Jing and Huang Rong.

Recalling what Lu Guanying had said that afternoon, Butler Su couldn't help but think to himself: Could that friend of Master Lu be Guo Jing and Huang Rong?

Seeing Su Yuchen's nonchalant demeanor, it was clear he already knew. Remembering that Huang Rong was Huang Yaoshi's daughter, the manor's array shouldn't be able to hide it from her. Butler Su gave a self-deprecating smile and followed.

A moment later, the four of them jumped over the high wall and came to the outside of the village. They saw a group of people carrying torches heading towards the shore of Taihu Lake.

Regardless of Guo Jing and Huang Rong lying behind the mound, Su Yuchen had a thought, and a faint mist rose three feet away from the two of them. With a flash of light, the two seemed to be covered with an invisibility coating.

Butler Su was slightly startled when he saw that Su Yuchen seemed to have been wiped away. Then he saw a faint outline of mist heading towards the lake. He was moved and looked up. He found that he himself was also just a faint outline of mist.

He immediately got up and followed. If it weren't for the faint outline in the moonlight, Butler Su probably would have lost him long ago.

The two stood on the shore of Taihu Lake. Under the night sky, the lake surface was dotted with fishing boats. With a whistling sound, some of the small boats flashed by, and then the fishing boats sped towards them.

It was precisely where the Taihu Lake bandits gathered.

Immediately afterwards, two figures rushed over and crouched behind a rocky beach not far from the bandits. It was Guo Jing and Huang Rong.

A moment later, Su Yuchen's eyes flashed, and with a flick of his sleeve, a ripple spread across the lake beneath his feet, and a water mirror floated three feet in the air before landing at their feet.

Then, with a flash of light, two warships were seen moored on the lake shore in the water's mirror-like surface. Squads of Song soldiers, two men each carrying a large wooden box, were stepping onto the boats using a footboard.

Under the moonlight, a Song general and several figures dressed as Later Jin soldiers could be vaguely seen standing at the bow of the large ship. Once the last wooden crate was loaded, the two warships immediately set sail.

Butler Su revealed a hint of murderous intent and looked into the distance. A moment later, he saw that where Lu Guanying had been, two figures had jumped onto the bow of the ship and started fighting. One of them was Lu Guanying.

After observing for a moment, Steward Su recognized the other person as one of the Four Ghosts of the Yellow River. As for his name, he didn't know. After all, he didn't even care about Sha Tongtian, so why would he care about such a minor character?

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"Young master, he is Sha Tongtian's disciple. Has the situation changed?" A voice came from the deserted place.

"Don't worry, he's no match for Lu Guanying," Su Yuchen said calmly.

Thinking of Su Yuchen's apparent omnipotence, Butler Su immediately nodded. After a moment, Su Yuchen said softly, "Here I am!"

Looking up, they could vaguely see the silhouettes of two large ships approaching in the distance. Not far away, Lu Guanying had indeed captured the man and was about to order his bandits to attack.

Su Yuchen squatted down and put his hand into the lake. As he pressed down, the lake surface trembled violently, the original ripples shattered instantly, and an undercurrent surged from the shore towards the center of the lake. Then, wave after wave, the endless undercurrent instantly stirred up towering waves on the lake surface.

"Ah... how could this be..." Dozens of voices rang out simultaneously. Besides the bandits of Taihu Lake, there were also Huang Rong and Guo Jing sneaking around on the shore.

Amidst the horrified gazes of the crowd, a colossal wave swept up from the center of the lake, obscuring the moonlight, before crashing down upon the two large ships.

With a deafening roar, another giant wave surged up, followed by five massive waves that crashed down, snapping the two large ships in half.

As the giant wave crashed down, a massive wave instantly formed, pushing countless shipwrecks and figures towards the bottom of the lake. Countless figures struggled in vain in the water, leaving only screams behind.

You killed Wanyan Kang.

You killed the Jin Dynasty's deputy envoy...

You killed the Southern Song Dynasty's welcoming envoy, a minor official...

……

The next moment, a dense narration began to play, and Su Yuchen extended his divine sense, searching the center of the lake...

"Got you!"

Su Yuchen chuckled softly, and a transparent strand of true essence transformed into a thread that merged into the water. A soft yet resilient current of water instantly flowed away like a living thing. A moment later, a figure with only its head showing quickly flew towards this side. Judging from its attire, it was the commander of the Song army's garrison.

Looking at the figure lying half-dead on the shore, soaked to the bone, Su Yuchen asked calmly, "Duan Yi, the commander of Luzhou?"

The figure grunted, looked up, and saw that there was no one around. He immediately shivered. Before he could make a move, Butler Su chopped him on the neck with a chop, and he instantly passed out.

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As the two men left, the Taihu bandits, who had been dumbfounded, swallowed hard as they looked at the horrific scene in the middle of the lake, their eyes filled with fear.

"Could it be that the lake god has appeared to us?"

"Bullshit! If there really were gods, with all the bad things you've done, Tiger Third Brother would have drowned you long ago!"

"Then tell me what... what happened? When has such a big wave ever occurred on Taihu Lake? I've only ever heard of it happening along the coast."

"Could it be... that some monster has come into this lake?"

"What monster?"

"Like a anaconda?"

"What kind of serpent can create waves five or six meters high? Isn't that a monster?"

"Alright, that's enough," Lu Guanying snapped.

As the lake gradually calmed down, everyone under the moonlight was filled with fear, unsure whether to chase or not.

Lu Guanying observed for a moment and said, "Whatever it was, that thing should be gone by now. Look, those people in the middle of the lake are still struggling; they haven't been eaten."

"Boss, you...you don't want the brothers to go now, do you?" someone said.

Lu Guanying shook his head and said, "For safety's sake, we can't go to the center of the lake. Tell the brothers to spread out around the lake and intercept as many survivors as possible. These people have been looting the village, so their deaths are not a pity. Just kill them all. We'll deal with the rest when it gets light."

Upon hearing that they weren't being led to the center of the lake, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and immediately ordered their men to spread outwards along the lakeshore to hunt down the remaining soldiers.

After a long while, someone reported that several golden statues had been recovered, while the others had already escaped. Lu Guanying waved his hand, signaling that these people be buried in a deserted place.

"Too many people have died tonight. If someone pulls the bodies out of the lake, it will be bad for everyone. Tell the brothers to work hard and wait until we're sure there's no danger before we go down into the lake to retrieve the treasure," Lu Guanying said.

The bandits had no objections and immediately left with the bodies they had retrieved, each digging a pit to bury them on their way back.

Chapter 482 Before Departure

Back at the small courtyard where they had stayed, Steward Su looked at Duan Yi, who was half-dead on the ground, and asked, "Young Master, what should we do with this man?"

"What do you think, Uncle Su?" Su Yuchen asked.

Butler Su gritted his teeth and said, "The best course of action would be to wait for the master's reburial, and then kill this scoundrel in front of the master's grave. But I'm afraid that's not very realistic."

Su Yuchen smiled noncommittally and said, "Let's tie him up and throw him in a corner first, and talk about it when we leave tomorrow."

Steward Su hesitated and said, "This...this fellow is a commander in Luzhou, and many people must know him, including the father and son from Lu Family Village. I'm afraid we won't be able to keep what happened tonight a secret."

Su Yuchen laughed and said:

"We will be leaving tomorrow, and Guo Jing and Huang Rong will definitely run into each other. Huang Rong may not be able to guess, but Guo Jing will certainly be able to guess something. So why bother hiding it?"

"Moreover, Uncle Su can easily say that we came here for him. I don't think that young master Lu will make things difficult for us."

Butler Su thought about it and agreed. He immediately nodded, turned around, found a rope in the room, soaked it in water, tied Duan Yi up, and carried him into the next room.

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"Duan Yi??"

As expected, Lu Guanying came to see him off the next day. When he saw the figure who was tied up tightly and was filthy, he looked at him carefully for a long time before he recognized who it was.

"Gentlemen, this is... could it be that this person broke into the manor at night and you two just happened to run into him?"

Butler Su chuckled, tightened the rope holding Duan Yi, and said with a smile, "So that Young Master Lu may know that the two of us, master and servant, traveled north to Taihu Lake precisely for this person."

Lu Guanying glanced at Duan Yi, then at Su Yuchen and the other man, and after a moment's thought, clapped his hands and said, "Could it be that your father is...?"

Su Yuchen nodded and said, "That's right. My father was a merchant in Lin'an when he died at the hands of Duan Yi."

"You two have kept this from me for quite a while," Lu Guanying said with a wry smile. "Could it be that what happened last night is also related to you two?"

Butler Su shook his head and said, "Last night, the two of us were just watching and waiting for an opportunity by the lake, but this fellow took the initiative to rush up to us. It must be that our master is watching from heaven and has sent us to kill this fellow."

Lu Guanying: ...

[Upon learning that the men who attacked last night were all bandits from Taihu Lake, Wanyan Honglie dispatched his heroes to infiltrate Guiyun Manor and investigate the fate of Wanyan Kang (Yang Kang).]

Upon learning of the unusual events at Taihu Lake last night, the Lin'an government dispatched experts from the Imperial City Guard and the Six Doors to investigate.

Huang Yaoshi tracked his daughter's movements all the way to the area around Taihu Lake.

As Su Yuchen watched the system's narration, he circulated his true essence and saw a stream of energy approaching Guiyun Manor from afar. Several of these energy streams seemed familiar, belonging to Mei Chaofeng and her group; while the other, slightly stronger, unfamiliar energy stream must be Huang Yaoshi.

Before Su Yuchen could speak, two figures flashed over from the side of the courtyard.

"Young Master Su, Manager Su!"

"It's you……"

Two voices rang out at the same time; it was Guo Jing and Huang Rong who had come over out of curiosity to check the situation.

"Do you know any of them?" Lu Guanying asked.

Su Yuchen nodded, and Butler Su greeted them, "Brother Guo, Miss Huang, how have you been?"

"Hmph! We're perfectly fine," Huang Rong said, pouting.

Seeing Lu Guanying's puzzled expression, Su Yuchen kindly said, "This Brother Guo and Miss Huang have appeared in Daxing Prefecture before, and they happened to stay at my family's restaurant, so we all know each other."

Lu Guanying shook his head and smiled, "What a coincidence."

Guo Jing nodded and said, "What a coincidence! Manager Su, and this gentleman is..."

Butler Su tugged at the rope and said, "This is our young master's great enemy. We just happened to run into him and plan to take him back to Daxing Prefecture to pay respects to our master."

Guo Jing nodded thoughtfully. He had seen Su Yuchen make a move at the gate of Daxing Prefecture, and later several masters from the Quanzhen Sect had mentioned it to him, so he naturally understood that Su Yuchen was exceptionally powerful.

Thinking of the terrifying sword light that crisscrossed the heavens and earth, Guo Jing couldn't help but wonder: Could it be that what happened last night was done by Young Master Su?

Before he could think further, Lu Guanying said from the side, "It might not be easy for the two of you to bring him back to the North alive."

Butler Su said, "Young Master Lu, rest assured, we have a plan."

Guo Jing nodded, appearing even more confident than Steward Su.

Seeing that he said this, Lu Guanying didn't say anything more and said, "Since you all know each other, then we are all family. Why don't we go to the front for a meal together, so that I can see Brother Su off?"

Su Yuchen shook his head and said, "There's no need for a meal; I'm afraid your estate will be quite lively today."

"What does this mean?" Lu Guanying asked, puzzled.

No sooner had he finished speaking than a loud bang was heard ahead, followed by several screams. Lu Guanying's expression changed, and he immediately leaped forward. Guo Jing and Huang Rong hesitated for a moment, then followed him.

“Let’s go take a look too,” Su Yuchen said.

He took a step forward and was beside Guo Jing and the other man. With another step, he disappeared from their sight. Then, with a whoosh, Steward Su disappeared ahead, leaving only his back view.

Huang Rong was astonished, thinking to herself: Brother Jing was right, this person is indeed a master no less than Qi Gong and Father.

When the two arrived at the front yard, the Lu family father and son had already gathered at the entrance of the front hall, with more than a dozen servants and guards holding swords on both sides; Su Yuchen and his servant stood to the side, while the shopkeeper Su looked at the entrance with a half-smile on his face.

On the opposite side of the gate, besides a few servants from the Lu family manor who were still lying on the ground, their fates unknown, there were also several martial arts heroes, both men and women, monks and laymen.

These people, except for one blind man who was still unaware of what was happening, had long since lost the arrogance they had displayed upon entering. They were now as humble and obedient as could be. Upon closer inspection, they were none other than Mei Chaofeng, Ouyang Ke, Lingzhi Shangren, Liang Ziweng, Peng Lianhu, Sha Tongtian, and Hou Tonghai, all subordinates of Wanyan Honglie of the Zhao Prince's Mansion.

Faced with the arrogant attitude of these people, the Lu family father and son didn't understand, but Guo Jing and Huang Rong understood immediately. Huang Rong burst out laughing.

"Junior Sister? Is that you? Where's your man? Tell him to return the manual to me." Mei Chaofeng recognized the laughter instantly from Huang Rong's voice.

Huang Rong pouted and snorted, "It's too difficult to talk like that. What do you mean by 'my...my man'?"

Mei Chaofeng said, "Alright, alright, whatever you say, Junior Sister. Just give me back the manual!"

Huang Rong said, "I don't know anything about any secret manual."

Mei Chaofeng wanted to get angry instantly, but she managed to suppress it.

At this moment, Lu Chengfeng heard the strange man's voice and felt that it sounded familiar, but he couldn't be sure for a moment. He looked at the blind man and frowned in thought.

At this moment, Ouyang Ke and his companions exchanged a few glances. Ouyang Ke stepped forward, cupped his hands, and said, "Young Master Su, Manager Su, we never expected to meet here. We apologize for disturbing you!"