大唐双龙传 [Da Tang Shuang Long Zhuan] by Huang Yi

[spynet]

Thanks foxs!

[wangxiaohu]

we want more!.. we want more!

[Ysabelkid]

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[HPC7595]

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[shirak]

Wow, amazing fight! Is this when YXY will escape with the Immortal Print Scroll somehow?

[Jayariyin]

Thanks, foxs.

[SkyWalker]

Thanks foxs. A very exciting encounter indeed. HXB is slowly becoming one of my favorites.

[Lance23]

Thanks foxs. A very exciting encounter indeed. HXB is slowly becoming one of my favorites.

BFH 2.0? The BFH arc was my favorite so far. Will be get another bad *** arc like that one?

[foxs]

Spy, Ysabel, HPC, Jaya, you are welcome. Xiaohu, here’s a bit more. Shirak, you seem to know the story already. I have no idea. Sky, Lance, LOL.

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Since the battle began, the two have been attacking each other fast and violent, with fantastical, exquisite, and profound-mystery techniques; so tight that there was no gap to take a breather. Strange moves and wonderful stances more and more emerged; in essence, you advance I retreat, I attack you dodge – all the way until the Print Scroll was knocked to a distant place by the force of Shi Qingxuan’s flute.

Only after seeing the deteriorating situation did Yang Xuyan march the troops to dangerous situation by using returning-to-the-western-paradise [i.e. die] together and exhausting-everything technique to force Hou Xibai to also stake everything and fight hard.

‘Qiang!’

The sword and the fan collided. Hou Xibai cried out ‘Bad!’ because he realized that Yang Xuyan took advantage of the reaction of the impact to pull back and flew at an angle. Like an arrow he shot toward Xu Ziing.

Hou Xibai was mentally prepared that the bottom of the hand of this world famous assassin must be extremely stiff, but only after fighting with him for real did he begin to know how overbearing he really was. He thought that if he obtained the Print Scroll, it would be really dreadful. However, although he had such thought, his body still had to stagger back to neutralize the sword power before he was able to pursue closely. In the end, he was still one step slower.

This moment An Long landed back on the ground, while Shi Qingxuan was like a goddess descending to the mortal world; she seemed to be performing heavenly music and wonderful dance around him. Even with his level of experience and knowledge, it was still the first time that he came across such a fantastic martial art.

Through the jade flute, Shi Qingxuan’s true qi could exit alternately via any hole on the flute; it could attack from any angle, swiftly moving like a non-directional wind, yet each attack was sending out a stream of powerful qi. Correspondingly the flute pipe was producing high and low, strong and weak, all different notes, as if she was blowing into it, disturbing the heart and mind to the extreme point, making An long could not help thinking that if these notes could be strung together into a melody, it would be the moment his life would enter hell.

Even more frightening was that Shi Qingxuan ought to have deep knowledge of his Tian Lian Zong’s unique martial art, because all of her techniques, hands and feet, were targeted against his weak points. Therefore, although upon self-introspection he knew that in all aspects he surpassed Shi Qingxuan, this less-experienced younger generation, momentarily he was entangled by her that he was at a loss to know what to do, and found it difficult to free himself.

Meanwhile, Xu Ziling in the air saw the Print Scroll fell into the bosom of a Vajra statue with closed eyes in deep meditation with folded arms. Behind him there was the sound of rustling sleeves; to his horror he found out that Yang Xuyan soared into the air with overbearing sword qi, in a pursue-and-attack move that although he started later, he arrived sooner. In an instant he calculated that the moment he would pick up the Print Scroll would coincide with the dangerous moment the fantastical sword would arrive. At that time he would fall into a completely passive situation, and perhaps he might even turn into a corpse under Yang Xuyan’s sword. Yet he was still unable to find the opportunity to counterattack.

Hastily he applied his qi to drop vertically down, while his right hand created a strong wind at the same time, sweeping the Print Scroll, which has just landed onto the statue’s bosom so that it was thrown toward the dark floor on the right.

At the same time, he let out a long laugh to cover the sound of the Print Scroll landing on the ground, while crying inwardly, ‘Sorry for the offense!’ as he tapped the head of a revered Luohan statue in stooping down posture like a dragon goblet with the tip of his left foot, to reverse the direction of his leap back to the left.

As expected, Yang Xuyan was duped; kicking another glaring-angrily Luohan statue with his right foot, he changed direction horizontally to chase after him.

Hou Xibai flitted across the arena where An Long was battling Shi Qingxuan, while striking An Long with his fan in passing, angering An Long that he roared an angry shriek. He was about to catch up with Yang Xuyan, with the intention of joining hands with Xu Ziling to take care of him, when a strong wind blew across from behind the Guanyin with many hands, as a beautiful and alluring, tender and charming maiden came out to attack him.

Although he wanted to see the graceful bearing of this Persian beauty, Lian Rou, he really did not wish that it would happen under this kind of circumstances. Without any choice he made a sharp turn, while his folding fan launched a full-strength attack. It was such a ruthless move to destroy the flower; but for the sake of ‘Immortal Print Scroll’, he could not change much.

From his higher position looking down, Yang Xuyan watched as Xu Ziling, who had been defeated under his hand, safely landed between two revered Luohan statues, taking a posture that appeared slow but looked fast, so that even with his usual grim and deeply ruthless character, he could not help being greatly startled and was confused of what was actually going on.

Both statues on Xu Ziling’s left and right were about six chi tall, their body was entirely cast of metal, as majestic as the real Luohan; but their stances were completely different.

The one on the left was slim with long neck, beaming with smile from ear to ear; one hand on his knee, his body leaning forward, while the other hand was scratching his back, in a relaxed, careless posture. It was naturally very fitting.

The other Vajra had his eyes bulging out angrily, the muscles on his right arm were bulging as he stretched out his fist forward; very exquisite and lively, a very vivid display of his prowess.

Xu Ziling was standing between the two revered idols. First he mimicked the leisurely and comfortable posture of the idol on his left, and then he changed to the glowering Vajra on his right; both postures preserved the resemblance, preserved the wonder of the statues. Under the golden beam of light from the moon outside the hall, plus the weak light of the lanterns at the edge of the hall, there was little doubt that Xu Ziling has transformed himself into a Luohan, a protector of Buddhism. Even more, it appeared that one of the revered Luohan has come alive. This kind of feeling was certainly weird beyond human comprehension.

The sound of whistling wind suddenly arrived.

While Yang Xuyan still could not figure out how to deal with the situation before his eyes, a fierce and severe finger wind shot out of Xu Ziling’s index finger, piercing the body of his sword, ad well as the net of sword qi he formed around his body.

Spiraling qi energy broke through the net, with a great deal of piercing-the-universe overbearing momentum.

Letting out a stifled groan, Yang Xuyan applied his qi to move sideways, while brandishing his sword to block the danger.

‘Dang!’

Originally the sword shadows filled the air with ferocious torrential momentum, but now it was like dispersing cloud, scattering smoke.

Xu Ziling laughed aloud and said, “Much obliged for the experience. Yang Xiong, watch this move.”

The fist he held above his head suddenly moved backward. It bent behind him, while he lunged forward just like the posture of the glowering Vajra by his side. But his other hand was drawing seemingly meaningless circles in front of his body.

Yang Xuyan was still about a cun away from setting foot on the solid ground when the fist wind arrived. He was an expert in assassination; before touching the ground, he urged his sword qi to pierce upward across the empty air toward Xu Ziling. Who would have thought that unexpectedly it was like Xu Ziling had a prophetic ability that by relying on his left hand drawing circles he created qi power that was able to meet the sword qi head on, immediately dispersing it.

It was too late for him to make another attack; hence he was forced to flee behind another revered Luohan in an extremely awkward position. The most aggravating thing was that he knew for sure that his martial art skill was above Xu Ziling’s, yet under the pressure of endlessly appearing strange moves, he was at his wits’ end; he had the power but did not have any way of using it.

On the other hand, Xu Ziling was extremely delighted. At the beginning, he was only thinking of borrowing the Luohan’s prowess to confuse the enemy’s heart, to seize away his fighting spirit. This was the way of scheming of the Art of War, a superior design in martial art study. Who would have thought that as he simulated a certain Luohan’s stance, unexpectedly the true qi within his body was surging in accordance with the posture as if it happened naturally, just as wonderfully effective as when he neutralized An Long’s sneak attack previously. How could he not suddenly realize it? He understood now that these five hundred Luohan’s various styles and amazing postures were most likely coming from certain expert of an empty gate school [i.e. Buddhism] of the present age’s design. Intentionally or otherwise, the mysterious school’s gongfa came out of the Luohan’s thousand poses and hundred postures. Inadvertently he obtained it. This could be considered a strange and rare occurrence.

By this time he had already forgotten about the ‘Immortal Print Scroll’ completely. An opponent as strong as Yang Xuyan was hard to come by. In the blink of an eye he flitted across the more than a dozen Luohan statues standing side by side on his left and right while launching a chain of punches, taking advantage while Yang Xuyan was falling into a disadvantageous position – to unleash a staking-it-all technique.

In his heart, Yang Xuyan knew the situation was bad, and promptly counterattacked. In his heart and mind, Xu Ziling has turned into an alive revered Luohan, constantly mimicking the posture of the statues all around him perfectly. However, whether it was a fist punch, a finger slice, a palm push, or a foot kick, all carried the devastating-the-mountain-shaking-the-peak vigorous imposing attitude. In the weaving sword qi right and left, the whistling fist wind, the statues shattered and turned into dust. And so both sides were meeting attack with attack, as desperate as the life and death, hand-to-hand combat of the battlefield among the magnificent army with thousands of men and horses.

The longer he fought, the braver Xu Ziling became, the more his hand accomplished what his heart wished.

Yang Xuyan already lost the decisive opportunity, his qi and his will to fight were hard-pressed. In this situation, where one side was vanishing while the other flourishing, although it had not come to the difficult situation of momentum-exhausted, power-distressed, the fact was that he was forced to retreat step by step; in all his life, this was the most painful predicament where he felt so useless.

Shi Qingxuan’s tender shout suddenly rang out, “Xu Ziling, be careful!”

Xu Ziling came to his senses; sending out a double punches, he forced Yang Xuyan to go back three more steps, and said with a laugh, “Thanks for letting me win!” And then he flew back before turning around and rushing forward.

Battling Lian Rou, Hou Xibai has already gained the upper hand. Were it not for this beauty’s body was nimble and flexible like a snake, each time she was in desperate situation she was able to save her own life relying on bizarre shenfa, he would have sent her to the Western Paradise early on.

This moment he saw An Long was unleashing his special ability – the Lotus Ring in the Center of the Sky, to force Shi Qingxuan to retreat. Promptly he got away from her to intercept An Long, angering him so that he nearly vomited blood.

Upon seeing this, inwardly Xu Ziling was greatly delighted. Although Yang Xuyan was rushing over like mad, this moment he was still more than four zhang away, so he could not be considered a threat. With Shi Qingxuan keeping a close watch over Lian Rou, she could only stand on the side, not daring to act blindly without thinking. The Immortal Print Scroll appeared to be already in his bag.

What in the world was he going to do with this ghost thing? He saw the Immortal Print Scroll was about a zhang away next to a lying-on-the-ground Luohan statue.

Suddenly there was a tender laughter, followed by a stream of ribbon shooting out from the dark, and wrapped itself around the Print Scroll lying on the ground.

And then Wanwan’s sweet-sounding voice said, “Turns out it is in here. Thanks a lot Ziling, after looking at it, Xiaomei [little/younger sister] will return it to you.”

Immediately Xu Ziling broke out in cold sweats. If the Print Scroll fell into Wanwan’s hands, perhaps even if all six people, both the enemy and his side, joined hands, it would still be difficult to get it back.

[shirak]

Thanks foxs. Lol no, I don't know the story, though I have my suspicions on the conclusion, based on history and Huang Yi's writing style:

1. Li Shimin will become the Emperor after killing Li Jiancheng. From KZ's last comments about striving from hegemony, it seems that he'll be happy to support Li Shimin if conditions were right. Hence, I won't be surprised if the boys turn out to be integral in the Xuanwu Gate fight.

2. It's Huang Yi (1) - The boys will certainly get married, and I think from the way Huang Yi has been developing the story, KZ will get Song Que's approval to marry his daughter in the coming chapters as KZ pays a visit. The way this current meeting between XZL and SQX is described reinforces my long-held belief that XZL will eventually marry SQX.

3. It's Huang Yi (2) - As earlier discussed, I think the story will end with another "fast forward X years" thing, possibly after Xuanwu Gate. If Huang Yi adds another "random" dramatic plot twist, I expect him to weave in Wu Zhao somehow. Looking from a thematic point of view, Li Shimin's ascendancy is in a way a win for the orthodox side (considering that SFX is supporting him), and if you want to take Wu Zhao going against what Li Shimin stood for, it can be considered that she is heretical. So weaving in Wu Zhao as the heretical demonic side's counterstroke against the orthodox side sounds like something which Huang Yi could do.

4. Now, it's becoming clearer that HXB is a "good heretical guy", while YXY is a "bad heretical guy" (sounds like Yang Xiao right?). Considering that YXY is in a way working for the Li Family (question here is for who? Li Shimin or Li Jiancheng side?), the fact that he and HXB are rival martial bros and his long history with the boys, it's clear that YXY is going to be a problem for the boys for the rest of the story till they finally kill him. But all of them are close in terms of skill and power, as long as they gang up on YXY, shouldn't it be an easy kill?

Well, this is why I expect that the Immortal Print Scroll will eventually end up with YXY, which will cement HXB's alliance with the boys.

[Ysabelkid]

Thanks foxs

[LuDongBin]

Thks foxs.

[Jayariyin]

Thanks, foxs.

[Lance23]

Thanks foxs. Lol no, I don't know the story, though I have my suspicions on the conclusion, based on history and Huang Yi's writing style:

1. Li Shimin will become the Emperor after killing Li Jiancheng. From KZ's last comments about striving from hegemony, it seems that he'll be happy to support Li Shimin if conditions were right. Hence, I won't be surprised if the boys turn out to be integral in the Xuanwu Gate fight.

2. It's Huang Yi (1) - The boys will certainly get married, and I think from the way Huang Yi has been developing the story, KZ will get Song Que's approval to marry his daughter in the coming chapters as KZ pays a visit. The way this current meeting between XZL and SQX is described reinforces my long-held belief that XZL will eventually marry SQX.

3. It's Huang Yi (2) - As earlier discussed, I think the story will end with another "fast forward X years" thing, possibly after Xuanwu Gate. If Huang Yi adds another "random" dramatic plot twist, I expect him to weave in Wu Zhao somehow. Looking from a thematic point of view, Li Shimin's ascendancy is in a way a win for the orthodox side (considering that SFX is supporting him), and if you want to take Wu Zhao going against what Li Shimin stood for, it can be considered that she is heretical. So weaving in Wu Zhao as the heretical demonic side's counterstroke against the orthodox side sounds like something which Huang Yi could do.

4. Now, it's becoming clearer that HXB is a "good heretical guy", while YXY is a "bad heretical guy" (sounds like Yang Xiao right?). Considering that YXY is in a way working for the Li Family (question here is for who? Li Shimin or Li Jiancheng side?), the fact that he and HXB are rival martial bros and his long history with the boys, it's clear that YXY is going to be a problem for the boys for the rest of the story till they finally kill him. But all of them are close in terms of skill and power, as long as they gang up on YXY, shouldn't it be an easy kill?

Well, this is why I expect that the Immortal Print Scroll will eventually end up with YXY, which will cement HXB's alliance with the boys.

Like your thinking based off what we know of history and what huang yi has written has written thus far. /thumbs up

[SkyWalker]

Thanks for another exciting update foxs! I was expecting Wanwan to make an apperance and she did! Now everyone will gang up on her. Just missing KX and SFX and BFH.

BFH 2.0? The BFH arc was my favorite so far. Will be get another bad *** arc like that one?

HXB is cool, but not cool enough to replace BFH. This current arc in Sichuan is pretty bad***. Lots of skilled characters gathering in this area.

[wangxiaohu]

Thanks foxs.... just read the update yesterday, but cannot comment....

Thanks for another exciting update foxs! I was expecting Wanwan to make an apperance and she did! Now everyone will gang up on her. Just missing KX and SFX and BFH.


HXB is cool, but not cool enough to replace BFH. This current arc in Sichuan is pretty bad***. Lots of skilled characters gathering in this area.

So, Wan-wan is SLY 2.0 ?

[wangxiaohu]

Hmmm.... spcnet is getting strange by the day.....

Today, I cannot edit post, with message : "Warning: preg_replace(): The /e modifier is deprecated, use preg_replace_callback instead in ..../includes/class_bbcode_alt.php on line 522", but I can post new reply....

Wonder if any of you face the same error?

[LuDongBin]

Thks foxs.

[foxs]

Shirak, I must say I agree with Lance, very good analysis. Ysabel, DongBin (2X), Jaya, you are welcome. Xiaohu, I believe for SkyWalker, Wanwan is still number one.

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Book 24 Chapter 9 – Bizarre Changes Occurring A Hundred Times

The snipe and the clam fight each other, the fisherman reaps the benefit [Chinese idiom based on a fable[1] (Baike Baidu, in Chinese)].

Nobody could imagine that Wanwan would appear in this critical moment. And as soon as she made her move, she seized the ‘Immortal Print Scroll’.

Moreover, Xu Ziling secretly blamed himself for being careless. Nobody knew better than he that Wanwan has arrived in Chengdu, so how could she possibly miss the ‘Immortal Print Scroll’, a treasury of the demonic school?

Shi Zhixuan wanted to both unify the world and unify the demonic ways under his control; even if this huge ambition would never happen again, it definitely has not happened before. Since he created the ‘Immortal Print Scroll’, even Zhu Yuyan could not do anything to him. If there was a chance to know anything about secret of the ‘Immortal Print Scroll’ xinfa, it would only bring benefit without any harm. And the ‘Immortal Print Scroll’ in Shi Qingxuan’s hands offered precisely this unique and unmatched golden opportunity.

But this moment it was already too late to be sorry. Like a spirit snake Wanwan’s Tianmo Piaodai [demonic floating ribbon] rolled the Print Scroll, and ‘whoosh!’ like a serpent’s tongue it shrank back into her plain white sleeve and disappeared without any trace.

Xu Ziling had just flown over toward her, with both palms pressing down. This time he went all-out, like a tornado a vortex of energy rolled toward Wanwan.

Wanwan still had the time to cast an emotional glance at him, with hidden bitterness, secret grudge, and with affection in her eyes, as if she wanted to engrave his appearance in her mind. Her left sleeve brushed away carelessly, ‘Bang!’ it met Xu Ziling’s palm power head on.

Once again Xu Ziling was overcome with the terrifying feeling of being trapped inside the four walls of Tianmo energy. ‘Bad!’ he cried inwardly, knowing that he was acting out of his anger, and had lost his cool-headedness in that he was stupid enough to meet force with force. Hurriedly he withdrew most of his power and used his ability to take a breath at high speed while soaring in the air, to fly sideways to evade.

If Wanwan seized this opportunity to pursue and attack, it would be guaranteed that he could not escape alive.

Fortunately Yang Xuyan chose this moment to rush over, while producing fantastical dots of sword light filling the air, to attack Wanwan. Although Wanwan appeared to remain calm and unruffled in the midst of chaos, her pretty eyes showed that she was paying close attention to the attack. Her delicate feet moved rapidly within several chi radius on the ground, as if she was testing Yang Xuyan’s ability to deal with a contingency. At the same time she fixed her eyes on the strange spectacle of his fierce and severe sword qi passing through the Luohan statues standing in great number on both sides – forming a passageway, swiftly coming at her.

An Long and Hou Xibai rushed over from different parts of the hall as if in agreement, forming a pincer attack momentum. On the back there was still Lian Rou, but Shi Qingxuan was nowhere to be seen.

Xu Ziling was standing on the head of one of the revered Luohan statue, flexing his muscles and bones to neutralize Wanwan’s Tianmo energy. His vision encompassed the entire hall, so that he was able to grasp the whole situation immediately.

According to reason, after Wanwan obtained the treasure, she ought to slip away immediately, yet she did not. Xu Ziling understood the reason was because she saw that in his raging temper he became irrational and disregarded life and death to violently attack her. As a result, her murderous desire flared up, even if she could not kill the enemy in one move, she would at least inflict him a heavy internal injury from which he would never recover; therefore, she was willing to meet his attack head on and thus lost a golden opportunity to get away.

However, Wanwan also made mistake in that she miscalculated Xu Ziling’s ability; she thought that after a hard battle against Yang Xuyan, his power would certainly suffer substantial wear and tear, so that even if she failed to injure the enemy, it would still be easy for her to escape. Who would have thought that Xu Ziling had just gained understanding from the five hundred Luohan postures the wide-ranging and profound secret study of the Buddhism, and that his spirit, qi and essence had just reached its peak? On top of that, because of his unique ability to rapidly take a breather, combined with the ‘hua jin da fa’ [big method of transforming power] that he obtained from the ‘Secret to Long Life’ mixed with the Jade Annulus of He Clan, contrary to her expectation, he did not suffer the slightest degree of injury.

However, she was also shocked by Xu Ziling’s reaction that the true qi within her body was surging. By the time she finished circulating her qi to suppress it, the sword qi from Yang Xuyan’s Phantom Sword has already enveloped her, so that she lost the opportunity to take the treasure away.

If Yang Xuyan managed to entangle her, the other martial art masters in the hall would have one, at least half, a chance to take part in the battle, and then Wanwan would not be so sure if she could deal with them.

In that instant Wanwan raised her Tianmo Gong to the limit, while at the same time she coldly said, “An Long, it would be best if you do not meddle in this matter; otherwise, you will become our Yin Gui Pai’s mortal enemy.”

While still speaking, the Tianmo Piaodai from the gauze sleeve of her left hand, like a streak of lightning, ripped through the empty space along the Luohan alley, straight toward the tip of Yang Xuyan’s sword. Its accuracy was hard to believe.

Xu Ziling and the others gasped in amazement.

The floating ribbon split the sword encirclement that it splashed to all directions, several weak Luohan statues, out of a dozen or so, facing the alley immediately suffered the consequences; their hands broke their noses shattered, golden paint peeled and flew off.

Yang Xuyan’s sword movement was actually hard to tell between the real and the fake, but now it was as if the demonic technique of the Phantom Sword immediately changed back into its original form of regular blade from the mortal world, just before the floating ribbon struck the blade; it slightly returned to be ordinary blade that began to spit out a real stab.

‘Crack!’

The two energies collided, producing a crisp explosion.

Yang Xuyan was sent spinning backward, ‘Thump! Thump! Thump!’ only after three consecutive steps did he manage to steady his footing.

As Wanwan’s floating ribbon hit the tip of the blade, immediately it was shaken into a wave-like pattern, strange to the extreme. Her tender body was also violently shaken backward, a shadow of red blush flitted across her pretty face.

The floating ribbon shrank back into the gauzed sleeve.

An Long and Hou Xibai separately came in front and rear of Wanwan’s left side. The former spoke with evil laugh, “Xiao Yatou [little girl/servant girl (used deprecatingly, but sometimes also as a term of endearment), showing that he had neither respect nor fear toward Wanwan], why did you speak so seriously? Looking at your esteemed master’s face, so what if Ol’ An only become a spectator?”

Lian Rou moved far away behind Wanwan, and disappeared behind a Luohan statue.

Xu Ziling still did not see Shi Qingxuan’s fragrant trace. This woman’s conduct has always been hard to fathom; although he was a bit worried, but he was not anxious at all.

‘Qiang!’

Yang Xuyan’s Phantom Sword returned to its sheath. He swept his gaze around first, and then coldly said, “This scroll is completely useless for Da Xiaojie; if you are willing to return it to Zaixia, perhaps Zaixia can help Xiaojie accomplishing your heart’s desire.”

Hou Xibai blurted out laughing and said, “I never thought that unexpectedly my Yang Shixiong [senior martial brother] is a despicable person. He himself is unable to deal with Xu Xiong, he wants to borrow someone else’s hand, yet saying that he wanted to accomplish the beauty’s heart’s desire, while also wanted to have the secret scroll returned to him. One stone, three birds. Fancy that you can think of it.”

Inside his hood, Yang Xuyan’s eyes were flashing like lightning. He laughed aloud and said, “Xu Xiong must not be mistaken, thinking that the Passionate Prince is really passionate. He is only thinking of his own need, not at all concerned about your safety.”

Wanwan disdainfully said, “Wanwan has never discussed business transaction with someone who hide the head and show the tail, who do not dare to reveal his true appearance. Unless you, Yang Xuyan, throw away the hood covering your face, don’t even think that I will be interested in any proposal you are making.”

Yang Xuyan was greatly astonished; he cast a glance at An Long, not understanding why in such situation where there were enemies all around her, Wanwan did not hesitate to offend him at all?

An Long was actually sweeping his gaze around, looking for any traces of Shi Qingxuan. This woman’s martial art was handed-down personally by her mother; she was definitely not so simple.

Wanwan suddenly let out a faint sigh. First she cast a glance at Xu Ziling, who was still standing on a Luohan statue’s head, and then her eyes moved to An Long, who was standing on her left front side. Shaking her head slightly, she said, “I really don’t understand what ghost trick are you, An Long, playing, unexpectedly you did not hesitate to offend us, just for the sake of such a secret scroll containing xinfa that has no usefulness whatsoever for you; presumably you do not dare to set yourself against Shi Zhixuan on the basis of the Print Scroll? Speaking about conduct as human beings, you can’t possibly be stupid enough to seek amusement for no reason at all or for some empty matter. One small mistake, you will invite the disaster of provoking other people to come and kill you.”

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[1] A clam was sitting out in the sun when suddenly a snipe flew down to peck at the clam. Suddenly the clam slammed the shell shut, gripping the snipe's beak in between. The snipe said, "If it doesn't rain today, and it doesn't rain tomorrow, I shall see a dead clam on the beach." The clam said, "If I don't open today, and I don't open up tomorrow, I shall see a dead snipe on the beach." While they were still grappling with each other, a fisherman passed by and netted them both. (Source: Wikipedia)

[Ysabelkid]

Thanks foxs