The Villain's Counterattack

"Boss, I finally came back alive to see you." Duan Lang was fortunate enough to see Xiongba again and almost hugged his thighs and cried bitterly.

Without waiting for Fengyun to speak, her little mouth chattered non-stop, spewing out everything like a submachine gun: "You old man don't know how cruel and powerful those people are. The whole Shaolin is like a ghost cave, with more than a thousand ghosts kept in it, all with hideous faces. They were obviously poisoned. From the age of eight until adulthood, they never left the dilapidated Shaolin courtyard, could not see their families, and lived in the Shaolin courtyard like lonely ghosts. That kind of life..."

Fengyun looked at each other in confusion. Duanlang did not lie, but something sounded wrong.

It is true that more than a thousand ghosts were raised in the Shaolin courtyard by the Demon Lord Hei Tong and others. Their hideous faces were indeed caused by poisoning, but it was not the Demon Lord and others who poisoned them. Why does it sound like everything was caused by the cruelty of the Demon Lord and others?

"Boss, you have no idea how terrifying those people are, especially the biggest demon. A single breath from him can shatter the heavens. Anyone who attacks them will suffer a tragic end. Young Master Feng and Young Master Yun, even combined, couldn't defeat a man called Jing Wang. They were seriously injured before even three moves, let alone ten. If it weren't for the big demon's subordinate, another little demon, who intervened, Young Masters Feng and Yun would have been gone long ago."

Duan Lang kept on chattering, but Xiongba had no intention of stopping him. Fengyun was also relieved. They had already offered the antidote, and Xiongba was not in a hurry. After receiving it, the first thing he did was not to detoxify his daughter. Instead, he was more concerned about their experiences, especially the secret of the Heart of Bodhidharma.

"Even so, Master Feng and Master Yun were seriously injured and only woke up after five days. And the man called Jing Wang was actually just one of the three generals under the Great Demon, on par with Hei Tong."

"After Young Masters Feng and Yun regained consciousness, the great evil master took Young Master Yun hostage and threatened Young Master Feng and Kong Ci to go to Shaolin's Wooden Man Alley. Does the gang leader know Kong Ci's life story?" Duan Lang blinked, his expression as if to say, "I have a secret, ask me now." This made Xiong Ba frown, but he still cooperated and asked, "Oh, isn't Kong Ci the daughter of Kong Yi, a disciple in the gang? It's not a secret. It's a pity that Kong Yi died of illness, leaving her an orphan. It's really a pity."

"Hahahaha, boss, boss, you would never have thought that Kong Ci's ancestor's surname was not Kong, but Shi, the Shi of Sakyamuni!" Duan Lang said proudly: "Let me tell you, hundreds of years ago, blah blah..."

Duan Lang told the story of Kong Ci's tenth generation ancestor Shi Kong one by one without any exaggeration. Although Xiongba had a general guess, he did not know the details. Now it seemed more reasonable to him, and he trusted Duan Lang more, knowing that he was not lying to him.

When he heard that Kong Ci's mother was a subordinate of the big devil and that letting Kong Yi give birth to Kong Ci was actually a conspiracy, he was completely dumbfounded. He couldn't help but admire the devil's patience. If it were him, he would at most capture him and torture him severely, and would never spend so much time and effort to do such a thing.

In the end, that woman actually betrayed the big devil. When Kong Ci was young, she actually opened the heart of Bodhidharma, letting the woman named Zitong know the secret. However, in the end, she didn't tell the big devil, but wanted to keep the secret for herself. In order to keep the secret for herself, she was about to kill Kong Ci, but was seen by Kong Yi who rushed home in time. When he tried to stop her, he accidentally killed Zitong.

As a result, Kong Ci was traumatized and lost her memory until she entered the Wooden Man Alley, where she was affected by the Tears of Bodhidharma and regained her memory, opening Bodhidharma's Heart again.

Xiongba is a tyrant and has always been very selfish. When he heard that Zitong wanted to keep the secret to herself, he did not doubt it but felt it was reasonable. After all, the Heart of Bodhidharma contains an invincible weapon and no one could control himself after seeing it.

Not betraying does not mean that loyalty is priceless, but that the chips for betrayal are not enough. Such an invincible weapon is definitely worth anyone's betrayal. Xiongba does not believe that a mere woman can resist the temptation.

Duan Langbei recounts Bu Jingyun's journey through Wooden Man Alley, holding back the twenty-two wooden figures. Kong Ci then enters the Saint's Gate, recovers her memory after obtaining the Heart of Bodhidharma, and unlocks the secrets of the Heart of Bodhidharma. Meanwhile, he and Nie Feng, after enduring countless hardships, finally escape the demon's lair and arrive to meet him. They assist Young Master Yun in breaking the twenty-two wooden figures, allowing him to meet Kong Ci.

But at this time the big devil also appeared. She suppressed Fengyun easily and was about to snatch the Heart of Bodhidharma when a strong man in purple suddenly appeared. He wanted to take advantage of the situation while the mantis was stalking the cicada, but was seriously injured by the big devil's three breaths.

"Boss, you don't know how impressive that senior in purple was when he showed up. His aura was so strong that even my subordinates couldn't breathe from three feet away. He was truly terrifying. But even such a master was defeated by that great devil with just a breath. We tried to fight him but were completely defeated. We could only watch helplessly as that senior in purple was tortured to death by Black Eyes."

"Yes, that senior in purple didn't die at the hands of the great devil, but was tortured to death by that woman called Black Eyes. It was a horrific scene. I watched the whole thing, and even now I can't bear to think about it."

Xiong Ba's mouth twitched wildly, thinking, "You couldn't bear it and watched the whole thing? And that's my biological father. No wonder he never came back. It turned out that he was killed by the female devil."

He sighed in his heart, thinking that karma and retribution were inevitable. His father had been hiding for fifty years, but in the end he still couldn't escape the witch's pursuit.

"After Senior Zi Yi, Jing Wang, a subordinate of the big devil, couldn't resist the temptation and took action. In the end, he also couldn't escape death. Before he died, all his skills were drained away, and his soul was scattered and there was no way back. It was so miserable, so miserable!" Duan Lang thought about it and found that he didn't seem to have seen Jing Wang's death. He really couldn't imagine it, so he had to use the word "miserable" to describe it.

"The two masters who had caused the trouble were tragically killed. I don't know if the remaining ones were diehard fans of the big devil, or they knew they couldn't defeat him. They could only watch helplessly as the big devil took the secret of the Heart of Dharma. Guess what happened next?"

Duan Lang didn't challenge Xiong Ba's patience and answered his own question, "There are several secrets hidden in the heart of Bodhidharma. The first is the Great Calamity of the Millennium. It says that an island nation in the East called Dongying will invade the Central Plains, killing tens of millions of people and causing rivers, no, seas, of blood to flow."

"A thousand-year catastrophe?" Xiongba was slightly stunned. He had heard of this thing before. Considering that Bodhidharma once said that the earth was in trouble, could he be referring to the thousand-year catastrophe?

Feng Yun couldn't help but admire Duan Lang when he saw that he actually used the millennium catastrophe that Mu Yingxiong had described here, but he continued to listen to his nonsense without changing his expression to see how he would justify himself.

"The second secret isn't some super weapon, but the unparalleled magical skill created by the heavens and the earth, which Bodhidharma gathered from his nine years of facing the wall and comprehended."

"Dharma's unique skill, Mahamudra?" Xiongba was stunned for a moment. He never thought that it was not a weapon but a martial art. It made sense to think so. Bodhidharma was one of the rare top masters in ancient and modern times. He faced the wall for nine years to comprehend the martial arts created by heaven and earth. It was reasonable to say that he was invincible in the world.

"Hahahaha, Gang Leader, you don't know that Bodhidharma passed down all of his unique skills to his own disciples. His disciple Huike lacked aptitude and couldn't learn the Mahābhūti and become invincible. Although Huike lacked martial arts aptitude, he was proficient in mechanical engineering. He hid the essence of the Mahābhūti within Bodhidharma's heart and created twenty-two wooden figures to hide in the Wooden Figure Alley. With the combination of the two, it is very likely that Huike will learn the Mahābhūti and become invincible from then on."

"It's just that this martial art is so advanced and terrifying. It gathers the natural power of heaven and earth and can expand infinitely. It's no exaggeration to say that it can destroy heaven and earth. Huike hid it in Wooden Man Alley and ordered his disciples not to use it until the critical moment. This is because he clearly knows how serious the consequences of being invincible are. It could even turn the world upside down."

"If one has sufficient aptitude, slowly cultivating and comprehending the Martial Arts Essentials might allow one to attain Mahamudra. If one lacks aptitude, and requires the assistance of the twenty-two wooden figures in Wooden Man Alley, one might achieve enlightenment, but only a slight possibility. Zen Master Huike was a direct disciple of Bodhidharma, so he couldn't possibly be mediocre. Yet, he possessed both abilities and still couldn't master this power. Can you imagine how terrifying this technique is?"

"Invincible, this is an invincible power!" Duan Lang was extremely excited, and Xiongba smacked his lips, feeling it was incredible. However, no matter how conceited he was, he would not think that his qualifications would be much stronger than the direct disciple of Bodhidharma. He secretly sighed that this invincible treasure was useless even if he got it.