Wuxia: Start with max-level Nine Yang Divine Skill

Chapter 92 Do you even deserve to choose how you die? (Two chapters combined)

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The rat's protective internal force was shattered like paper, and its sternum emitted a teeth-grinding cracking sound.

He groaned, spitting out blood, and flew backward like a broken sack, crashing heavily into the corner and smashing a pile of broken offering tables to pieces.

The rat struggled to get up, but Li Fu, like a persistent leech, pressed closer again.

This time, Li Fu used both hands simultaneously, unleashing a fierce and powerful dragon claw attack.

Click, click.

Two crisp sounds rang out almost simultaneously.

Li Fu's claws precisely gripped the Jianjing acupoints on Zi Shu's shoulders, and with a burst of force, Zi Shu's shoulder blades shattered.

"ah--!"

The rat finally couldn't help but let out a scream.

With both arms crippled and excruciating pain, the forced activation of the Midnight Reverse Meridian Technique was also abruptly interrupted by this severe injury.

The backlash came immediately.

The rat felt as if its meridians were being pierced by thousands of steel needles, its internal organs were burning, and its face turned as pale as paper in an instant.

He collapsed to the ground, unable to stand up any longer, blood gushing from his mouth and tears, and quickly withered away.

"Cough cough—I'm really—unwilling to accept this—"

The rat lying on the ground coughed up blood, but its eyes still held a twisted hatred.

"I've assassinated many renowned masters—I never imagined—that I'd fall to someone like you—who's not even famous on the lake yet—kill me—give me a quick death—"

"Killing you like this is too easy."

Li Fu stood still, his gaze icy.

"Since you are one of the twelve fierce signs, you must know about your snake-and-rat accomplices."

Tell me, what are their identities?

Where are they hiding?

What methods do they each specialize in?

If it weren't for this, why would he have taken nearly twenty moves to subdue this person in his anger?

"Heh heh—telling you?"

"I'm telling you this so you can deal with them?"

You're dreaming. I won't say a word.

The rat gave a bitter smile, but the smile was full of mockery.

"What do you think we twelve villains are gathered together for?"

Before this, we were already among the top assassins in the martial arts world, and no one had ever made us join forces to assassinate each other.

The Twelve Fierce Generals were created so that one day, if one of them were to die unexpectedly, the others could avenge him!

Otherwise, with our abilities, why would we need to create some kind of organization?

He stared intently at Li Fu.

"If you kill me, you will be hunted down relentlessly by the Twelve Fierce Enemies."

They will definitely avenge me!

Just you wait—there will never be peace!

Li Fu remained unmoved.

He stepped forward again, his dragon claw hand reaching out, but this time it wasn't fatal. Instead, he began to pinch the remaining bones and joints on the rat's body inch by inch.

Torture involving dismemberment and forced confession.

However, unexpectedly, apart from letting out a scream when his shoulder bone shattered, Zishu only groaned a few times in the face of the excruciating pain that could break even the toughest man. Even though his body trembled violently and his face was covered in cold sweat, he did not wail and beg for mercy like a normal person. Instead, his eyes revealed a kind of numbness and mockery.

"Don't waste your energy—"

"Oh----"

The rat gasped for breath, speaking haltingly, its voice distorted by pain yet carrying an eerie calm.

"I—I am an orphan."

From a young age, he was chosen and trained by a long-deceased assassin organization.

While you were still learning to speak—I was forced to take medication—those drugs numbed my skin and bones—making my pain perception much duller than normal—allowing me to endure even more brutal training.

His gaze swept over the little girl Dou'er, who was being protected by the scholar and the young lady and whose complexion was gradually returning to normal. A deep, twisted jealousy flashed in his eyes.

"Adults are scheming and plotting against each other, while children are innocent and naive—this is the common perception."

A martial arts master might be wary of his wife and his brother—but he wouldn't be wary of a child running and laughing down the street with a windmill.

"That's the role of a child—I've been killing for that organization since I was little—I've killed so many I've lost count—"

"Until I was eleven or twelve years old, when my body started to really grow taller—"

The Rat said.

"That organization—made me take another one—made my body—permanently stop at this stage—to ensure that I could always be their number one killer."

With his innocent, naive face and my martial arts skills, even a top expert would die at my hands if he made a slight mistake.

He gave a bitter laugh, a hoarse and unpleasant laugh.

"The price is—I will never be an adult again—I will never experience—what it feels like to be treated as an adult—which is especially devastating for a man!"

Later, I mastered martial arts and almost wiped out that organization. Only a few big and small cats escaped, but it was too late to salvage anything.

I hate those kids. They're healthy, energetic, and have a future!

And I—I was destined from childhood to have nothing!

Why can they be so innocent and cheerful, while I have to be tortured from childhood and turned into this deformed monster?

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Li Fuzao stopped what he was doing, genuinely surprised.

He had previously thought that Zi Shu had practiced a profound bone-shrinking technique or was a gifted young man who had gone astray, but he never expected that his origins were so cruel and twisted.

But it was just surprise.

His eyes remained cold: "Do you think recounting this ordeal will evoke my sympathy?"

"I'm just telling you—don't waste your time."

I'm a killer meticulously trained by an assassin organization—I have everything I need—for example—

The poison in his mouth.

The rat panted and said resentfully.

"It's no use you stopping me. I could actually sever my own heart meridian, but I think dying by poison is a better way for me."

After saying that, he suddenly gritted his teeth, where he had obviously hidden a highly toxic sac.

"A person like you doesn't even deserve to choose how you die!"

Did you ever give the people who died by your hand a choice?

But before the rat poison could take effect, Li Fu used his finger-flicking technique to pierce the rat's skull, leaving a bloody hole between its eyebrows.

The rat died with its eyes wide open, filled with resentment and bitterness.

Li Fu remained expressionless as he watched the rat's rapidly cooling corpse.

Instead of stopping him, he helped the rat.

This person is unmoved by his own torture and his mind is extremely twisted and warped. Even if you stop him from taking poison, he can still sever his own heart meridian.

Li Fu's martial arts skills are high, but not high enough to stop a martial arts master from severing his own heart meridian.

Faced with such a desperate criminal who was not afraid of torture or death, his current methods were indeed insufficient to extract any information, so he did not waste any time.

However, he did not allow him to have a moment of pleasure before he died; instead, he died filled with resentment and unwillingness.

"It seems that, besides light-footed skills..."

Li Fu thought to himself, "As a constable, I have to solve cases, chase down criminals, capture thieves, and conduct interrogations."

This skill of interrogation and confession—I'm also lacking in that skill.

However, it won't work today.

He shook his head, no longer looking at the rat's corpse, and turned to walk towards the still-shaken crowd.

"Among the twelve ominous signs, it is impossible for all of them to be like the Rat, whose limbs are numbed by drugs and who are not afraid of pain."

Sooner or later we'll catch one and get the answers we need to know.

Beside the campfire, although the little girl Dou'er had been cured of the poison and was out of danger, her internal organs and meridians, which had been eroded by the poison, were still fragile and damaged.

He crouched down, gently placing his palm on the little girl's back, and slowly channeled his pure and warm Nine Yang True Qi into her, like the spring sun melting snow, nourishing her damaged heart meridian.

Dou'er's pale face gradually regained some color, and her breathing became more steady and long.

"My benefactor."

Seeing that her daughter had been cured and saved, Zhao finally had a chance to express her gratitude. Unable to contain herself any longer, she knelt down in front of Li Fu with a thud and was about to kowtow.

"Thank you so much, my little benefactor, for saving my life!"

If it weren't for you, my daughter and I would surely be dead at the hands of these wolves today!

"You can know a person's face but not their heart. We were all deceived by this man, and he actually used us to assassinate you."

Ignorance is no excuse.

Li Fu finished his work and lifted the person up.

"It is my duty to stand up for what is right when I see injustice on the road."

After I treated the little girl's injuries, her condition was fine and wouldn't leave any lasting problems, but she would still need some time to rest.

"We, your mother and I, will never forget your immense kindness!"

Gao Xiulan felt even more awe and gratitude towards Li Fu, and tears streamed down her face as she could only thank him repeatedly.

At this moment, the others in the temple also came to their senses after the series of shocking events.

The amiable-looking merchant, still showing lingering fear, bowed deeply to Li Fu.

"Young man—and sir, we are truly grateful to you today."

If it weren't for your presence, we innocent passersby would likely have suffered collateral damage and have to bow to you.

The peddler quickly followed suit, bowing deeply with gratitude.

"Yeah yeah.

Everyone heard what Gu Changfeng just said.

He's dealt with Sister-in-law Zhao; his next target will probably be us to silence us.

Lord Li, you not only saved that mother and daughter, but also the lives of all of us.

As he straightened up, he suddenly remembered the rumors that everyone had been talking about and tentatively asked.

"Lord Li, you—you were so skilled just now, and you even called yourself a constable—if I heard you correctly."

"Is your name the same as that of Constable Li Fu from Yanzhou—the one who solved the bizarre case of the great treasure thief, the one even Elder Tianpeng..."

As soon as he said this, everyone looked at Li Fu with a mixture of curiosity and awe.

Before Li Fu could answer, the merchant excitedly chimed in.

"That must be it!"

It's impossible that they just happen to have the same name and pronunciation. Apart from that constable Li Fu, who else could have such amazing martial arts skills and such a strong sense of justice at such a young age?

"The real person is right before our eyes, yet we were blind to their greatness!"

The porters joined in the murmur of discussion.

The crowd showered him with praise and gratitude.

Li Fu looked at Gu Changfeng, who was paralyzed and unable to move, having had his acupoints sealed.

This man was seriously injured and his acupoints were sealed, so no one paid any attention to him after the fierce battle.

When Gu Changfeng saw Li Fu's gaze sweep over him, he trembled and cried out in a hoarse voice.

"Li—Officer Li, Lord Li!"

I was momentarily blinded by greed, and I am willing to turn myself in and accept the judgment of the government. I am willing to turn myself in.

He was so anxious that he became incoherent, desperately seeking a glimmer of hope.

Everyone was astonished and found it ironic.

"Even a despicable and hypocritical murderer like him has a moment when he's eager to turn himself in, huh!"

They all knew that Gu Changfeng was terrified.

Li Fu looked at his ugly state without the slightest fluctuation in his eyes.

This person coveted others' reputation and swordsmanship, poisoned them during a fair duel, and hunted down orphans and widows. He was vicious and just confessed to poisoning and killing them. He deserved to die.

"No need. Let's reduce the trouble for the county clerks and runners."

He flicked his finger in mid-air.

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An invisible finger force pierced through the air, penetrating Gu Changfeng's brow.

Gu Changfeng's pleading voice abruptly stopped, his unwilling expression froze, his eyes quickly became unfocused, his head tilted to the side, and he died.

The temple suddenly fell silent.

Looking at Gu Changfeng's corpse with a bloody hole between his eyebrows, and then at Li Fu, who appeared calm and collected, as if killing him was merely brushing away a speck of dust, everyone felt a chill run down their spines.

But soon, there was more approval and satisfaction.

The peddler was the first to clap his hands.

"Well done! That despicable and shameless villain who harmed the innocent would only be a menace if left alive. Officer Li acted decisively and ruthlessly, ridding the people of a scourge!"

"Exactly."

If it weren't for Officer Li, that villain's sword would have been on Zhao's sister's neck!

The merchant nodded in agreement, "That's exactly how you deal with wolves like these!"

Li Fu's arbitrary killing is highly contrary to the law.

However, no one thought that Li Fu was a bad official who indiscriminately killed people.

They had all just witnessed how Li Fu, disregarding his own safety, used one hand to channel his inner energy to keep the little girl alive while simultaneously fighting off the despicable, ruthless, and vicious assassin.

Such a good official, willing to risk his life to protect a child he had just met, was by no means a bad thing for ordinary people like them, due to his decisiveness and unconventional behavior.

Come to think of it, aren't there plenty of evildoers in the world who escape legal punishment because they have money, connections, or a powerful background?

Although the scholar and the young lady were startled, their eyes lit up when they looked at Li Fu.

"You flatter me."

Li Fu was not proud of this, he simply said.

It's late at night.

"Please rest for a while, and once the rain stops at daybreak, you may all continue on your journeys."

The group followed instructions, added firewood to the campfire, and found places to rest, but their eyes still occasionally glanced at Li Fu with awe.

That night was truly terrifying for them.

The rain gradually stopped, and the sky began to lighten.

Outside the dilapidated temple, the air was fresh, and the mountains and forests were filled with the fragrance of earth and grass after the rain.

Everyone packed their belongings and prepared to set off.

Li Fu led his horse.

Zhao, pulling Dou'er who could now walk with difficulty, stepped forward again, expressing her deepest gratitude.

Although still weak, little Dou'er struggled to lift her head and said in her childish voice, "Thank you, big brother, for saving Dou'er and my mother."

A faint smile appeared on Li Fu's face as she gently patted Dou'er's head: "Listen to your mother from now on."

Gao Xiulan wiped away her tears and said, "My benefactor, now that the villain Gu Changfeng has been executed, my daughter and I no longer need to flee our home."

We are about to return to our hometown in Jingzhou.

"I will never forget your great kindness, my benefactor. I hope you will take good care of yourself!"

She also heard the Rat's dying threat about the twelve ominous signs, and felt worried for Li Fu.

The merchant also cupped his hands and said, "Officer Li, the world is a dangerous place. That 'Twelve Fierce Faces' thing sounds very sinister. You must be very careful!"