Purple Mist Dao Master
Chapter 314 - 240: To Practice Divine Skill, Cutting off One’s Genitals!_2

Chapter 314: Chapter 240: To Practice Divine Skill, Cutting off One’s Genitals!_2

But these two thousand taels of gold are different.

As long as that person is sent to the Purple Beard Sect, the gold will belong to the Da You Escort Agency.

Fu the Chief was tempted!

What followed next.

Judging from the end of the Da You Escort Agency and from Fu Yunzhan’s deeply bitter and vengeful face, it is clear that there was a problem with this escort mission.

...

"There was a problem with this escort mission!"

Fu Yunzhan spoke heavily: "My father accepted the two thousand taels of gold and personally escorted the person. All the way, he changed carriages and horses but did not change people, traveling day and night, reaching the territory of Xiping County in Hui State on the ninth day. Little did he know, he encountered eight men and women wearing Purple Beard Sect uniforms descending the mountain. They were assumed to be the Purple Beard Nine Heroes, including Qiu Yuan, Yu Nanqi, Di Shengnan, Di Wubao, and others. Only then did my father realize that the person he was escorting was actually the leader of the Purple Beard Nine Heroes, the Senior Brother of the Purple Beard Sect, and the direct disciple under the Sect Leader of the Purple Mist Sect — the ’Multi-Armed Bear’ Luo Lu."

Yan Chuan listened attentively.

More than ten years ago, the Purple Beard Sect might not have been at its strongest, but its position in the Jianghu was at its peak. The Purple Beard Nine Heroes, nine middle-aged and young experts, traveled together performing chivalrous deeds, spreading their fame far and wide, known in several nearby states.

Fu the Chief was naturally no exception.

Seeing the Eight Heroes come to meet him, Fu the Chief was happy to have one less day’s journey, and handed over the person to the Eight Heroes.

"This spells trouble!"

Wang Zhengyi couldn’t help but interject: "The client instructed the Da You Escort Agency to deliver the person directly to Yin Huaidao, the Sect Leader of the Purple Beard Sect. How could they hand over the person halfway to someone else?"

"Those who walk a hundred miles are halfway through at ninety miles!"

"Fu the Chief was careless!"

Yan Chuan couldn’t help but sigh.

The destruction of the Da You Escort Agency was indeed pitiful, but Fu Yunzhan’s father, first greedy for money and ignoring lessons, then careless and inattentive on the escort journey, were crucial taboos. Even if nothing happened this time, disaster was inevitable sooner or later.

Wang Ge beside them speculated: "Could it be that the Eight Heroes encountered an accident while escorting Luo Lu back to the mountain?"

An accident did indeed occur.

But—

"Those so-called ’Eight Heroes’ were impostors from the start!"

Fu Yunzhan’s voice trembled: "The eight impostors pretended to be the Eight Heroes, took Luo Lu from my father’s hands, and brutally killed him along the way. They then escaped. My father barely returned to the escort agency before the real ’Purple Beard Eight Heroes’ and dozens of experts from the Purple Beard Sect came to hold them accountable. Ultimately, ultimately—"

At this point, Fu Yunzhan choked up and couldn’t speak!

Alas!

Yan Chuan and the others speculated that the Da You Escort Agency was likely wiped out by the enraged Purple Beard Sect.

After all, Luo Lu, as the Senior Disciple of the Sect Leader of the Purple Beard Sect, was likely to be the future Sect Leader. If the Purple Beard Sect were a country, Luo Lu would be the Crown Prince!

The Crown Prince was killed!

How could things end amicably?

The three remained silent, waiting for Fu Yunzhan to continue.

After a long time.

Fu Yunzhan composed himself and continued: "The Purple Beard Sect indiscriminately killed all 136 lives at the Da You Escort Agency. My mother and I survived only because we were visiting relatives at my grandfather’s house in Shengzhou."

Tu Family!

Massacre!

The Purple Beard Sect, indeed ruthless!

Yet this matter revealed strangeness from beginning to end.

For instance, who exactly was the person hiring the escort?

Where did Luo Lu come from?

Who were the impostors pretending to be the Purple Beard Eight Heroes?

All these questions.

Remain unclear.

At least, until the demise of the Da You Escort Agency, it was unclear.

But Fu Yunzhan had a guess—

"After finding out the news, my cousin Wang Ping and I returned to the Yutai home in Xiang Province, investigated the former staff of the escort agency, and learned the ins and outs of the matter, but there were so many doubts, we couldn’t understand the true situation."

"Until one day, I discovered a sword manual in my ancestral home, precisely the ’Qi Yun Mountain Swordsmanship’ that made my Fu Family famous in the Jianghu since my great-grandfather’s time. This swordsmanship reportedly consists of a set of peak sword techniques my great-grandfather created while observing the mountains at Qi Yun Mountain. Qi Yun Mountain is extremely dangerous, and this swordsmanship is regarded in the Jianghu as ’the sharpest swordsmanship in the world.’

"All along, both my father and I practiced the ’Qi Yun Mountain Thirty-two Swords.’

"But this manual found in my ancestral home recorded ’Sixty-four Swords,’ which were even more powerful. Yet, even my father had not practiced this swordsmanship."

Qi Yun Mountain Thirty-two Swords!

Qi Yun Mountain Sixty-four Swords!

"If the ’Sixty-four Swords’ are stronger, why did the Fu Family put them aside?"

Wang Zhengyi was puzzled.

Fu Yunzhan, having studied the manual, understood. His face was complex, both angry and resentful, and he explained: "An ordinary man is innocent, but holding treasures makes him guilty. This was my grandfather’s far-sightedness. He feared that our descendants might possess the swordsmanship Absolute Skill but not be able to cultivate it deeply, instead becoming targets for others. So, he reduced the ’Qi Yun Mountain Sixty-four Swords’ passed down by my great-grandfather to the ’Thirty-two Swords,’ because in my great-grandfather’s time, he didn’t need to use the thirty-third sword to be invincible. As a result, people had no idea that this ’Qi Yun Mountain Swordsmanship’ was not the ’Thirty-two Swords,’ but the ’Sixty-four Swords.’ Even the Fu Family’s disciples didn’t know. Only by achieving Great Success in the ’Qi Yun Mountain Thirty-two Swords’ and having a strong foundation in swordsmanship could one quickly grasp the ’Qi Yun Mountain Sixty-four Swords’ and thereby know and inherit it. Before that, if someone came to ’borrow’ or ’forcibly take’ the sword manual, for the sake of self-preservation, even handing over the ’Qi Yun Mountain Thirty-two Swords’ wouldn’t lead to the spread of our Absolute Skill."

So that’s how it was!

The Fu Family’s ancestors were indeed far-sighted!

This way, even if the descendants were not remarkable, the ’Qi Yun Mountain Sixty-four Swords’ would remain tightly sealed and not get plundered by outsiders.

What great planning!

But—

"The ’Qi Yun Mountain Sixty-four Swords’ hidden behind the ’Qi Yun Mountain Thirty-two Swords’ were somehow discovered, attracting the jealousy of the Purple Beard Sect."

"Thus, they schemed, framed, and massacred the family, all to obtain this Absolute Skill!"

Fu Yunzhan’s fists clenched, his hatred overwhelming.

But Yan Chuan and the others were confused.

Wang Zhengyi asked: "Even Brother Fu was unaware of the ’Qi Yun Mountain Sixty-four Swords,’ so how did the distant Purple Beard Sect know of it? And furthermore, how does Brother Fu know that it was for the ’Qi Yun Mountain Sixty-four Swords’ that the Purple Beard Sect destroyed the Da You Escort Agency? And if the Purple Beard Sect was after the secret manual, what’s with Luo Lu then?"

In all these matters.

There were too many doubts.

Fu Yunzhan’s enmity towards the Purple Beard Sect was understandable since the Purple Beard Sect annihilated the Da You Escort Agency.

But to claim the motive was for the Fu Family’s Absolute Skill seemed forced.

"There’s a reason I say this."

Fu Yunzhan bit his lip hard enough to draw blood and looked at Yan Chuan: "What I want to say next, I only wish to disclose to Palace Master Yan alone!"

Hmm?

Wang Zhengyi and Wang Ge were taken aback. Was he not trusting them?

The two felt uneasy, as the feeling of not being trusted was quite bad.

Yan Chuan looked at Wang Zhengyi and Wang Ge, thinking that these two were trustworthy as far as character was concerned, and it was rather Fu Yunzhan who appeared sinister. If there was anyone untrustworthy, it had to be Fu Yunzhan.

And yet he was the one not trusting others?

Yan Chuan shook his head internally but didn’t say more, just nodded: "We can talk inside."

Saying this.

The two entered the cave.

Leaving Wang Zhengyi and Wang Ge outside, looking at each other in dismay.

...

Yan Chuan and Fu Yunzhan entered the cave.

As soon as they got in.

They saw Fu Yunzhan silently taking off his pants—

"Hey, hey, hey!"

"Brother Fu, what are you doing!"

Yan Chuan hurriedly stopped him.

Two grown men, how inappropriate!

Fu Yunzhan didn’t heed the advice. He took off his pants and said to Yan Chuan: "Palace Master Yan, please take a look."

"This—"

Yan Chuan saw already. He frowned and looked away, turning to Fu Yunzhan: "Could this be the work of the Purple Beard Sect?"

"Yes and no."

Fu Yunzhan nodded and shook his head, explaining to Yan Chuan: "In the Purple Beard Nine Heroes, Yang Yingxue seemed quirky and whimsical, but in reality, she was malicious and ruthless. She had found the ’Qi Yun Mountain Sixty-four Swords’ manual in my family’s ancestral home long ago but deliberately left the original, tearing away the words my grandfather left. Instead, at the beginning of the manual, she inscribed eight characters—"

Yan Chuan had already guessed these eight characters and didn’t have the heart to ask further.

Fu Yunzhan, however, said it anyway—

"To practice the Divine Skill, cut off one’s genitals with a knife!"

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