The Legend of the Land of Wind and Cloud (Volume 4, Chapter 9)

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Chapter Nine: Leaving a Way Out

Wang Jianbo asked, "Have you found Fang Ning?"

Ma Yingfei replied, "Yes, we have. Lin Feng is downstairs right now, finishing up. Your clothes are all

torn. Go to the car, take them off and let me see. Don't let them tear, or the corpse poison will seep in and cause disaster!"

Wang Jianbo did as she said, and the two went to the jeep. Sure enough, on Wang Jianbo's right shoulder, there was a spot where the blood demon

had torn his skin.

Wang Jianbo said, "I don't feel any pain!"

Ma Yingfei said, "Corpse poison is a putrefactive poison, so you won't feel pain. But people infected with corpse poison

can't be cured by any hospital. They can only slowly rot away and die. But often, even after their skin has rotted away, they still

don't die, suffering excruciating pain!"

Wang Jianbo almost cried as he asked, "Then what can I do?"

Ma Yingfei said, "Bear with it. I'll use Dao Fire to burn away the putrefactive poison in your wounds!"

Burning a living person with fire is naturally excruciating, but Dao Fire, compared to ordinary fire,

is even more excruciating. Ma Yingfei used the rope from the trunk of a military jeep to tie Wang Jianbo's hands tightly to the seat

, rendering him unable to move. Ma Yingfei then unleashed the Ma family's "Cold Flame Ice Fire," which sizzled loudly as she burned the living person

.

Using Daoist fire to heal wounds, guided by the practitioner's spiritual consciousness, ensures the fire doesn't scorch or burn the skin. Although

Old Wang only had a shallow scratch about an inch long on his right shoulder, burning away the corpse poison and allowing

normal blood to flow from the wound was no easy task.

Ordinary zombie poison can be treated with glutinous rice flour, which is replaced when it turns black.

However, for wounds like Wang Jianbo's, scratched by an extremely venomous blood corpse, ordinary glutinous rice flour is ineffective.

Ma Yingfei had only one method to deal with the blood ghost's corpse poison: disinfecting it with Daoist fire.

Wang Jianbo's eyes welled with tears from the burning, and his teeth clenched so tightly they cracked. Fearing he

couldn't bear it burned it off little by little in several sessions, but even so, it was excruciating for Old Wang. The blood ghost's

putrid corpse poison was extremely difficult to remove; it wasn't until after ten o'clock in the morning that the poison was completely removed, and

normal blood flowed out.

Ma Yingfei was about to untie Old Wang when she glanced up and saw Shui Linfeng standing

atop the abandoned house wall, holding a beautiful woman in each arm, about to jump down. The door to the abandoned house was already

blocked by Jiebao and Hua Ni; the only way in or out was to climb high. Amidst the two girls' screams, Shui

Linfeng landed lightly on the ground.

Ma Yingfei called out sweetly, "Lin Feng, you've come at the perfect time! Help me untie Old Wang's ropes!"

Shui Lin Feng chuckled and walked over with Fang Ning and Wu Qing, asking, "Hey! What happened to Old Wang? He's shirtless and

tied up like this! You weren't planning to rape him, were you?"

Ma Yingfei retorted angrily, "You dog's mouth can't keep up with your words! Your henchmen have had their skin scratched by the vampires. If they don't get treatment soon

, their whole bodies will rot!"

Shui Lin Feng said, "But you can't tie him up like this! By the way! How did you treat Old Wang?"

Ma Yingfei replied, "What other way was there? I could only use Dao Fire to burn away the corpse poison! Didn't you know that?" Shui Lin

Feng hadn't brought his "Iron Feather Blade" with him; it was temporarily stored in the secret cell of the abandoned house. At this moment,

he took out and used it to untie the canvas ropes binding his hands.

Looking at Wang Jianbo's teary eyes, she smiled and said to Ma Yingfei, "This is killing me, Old Wang! Actually,

all we needed to do was scrape off a tiny bit of powder from that old beast demon's horn with a knife and apply it to the affected area. It would have drawn out the blood

demon's corpse poison in no time. Why torture Old Wang like this!"

Ma Yingfei said, "In my haste, I forgot! Right! Someone as greedy as you

wouldn't waste those two horns; you must have sawed them off and carried them with you!"

She stretched out her slender hand and said, "Our Ma family has been exorcising demons for generations..." " We've dealt with zombies the most throughout history! That

old beast demon's horn can cure all corpse poison in the world. You have no use for it, give it all to me! Consider it

the price for saving people for you today!"

Shui Linfeng shouted, "You little rascal, are you robbing me?! You said you're a demon-slayer and a defender of the righteous path, you should have the demeanor of a

righteous person! From ancient times to the present, all righteous people have done good deeds without expecting anything in return

! How can there be any reason to ask poor commoners for money!"

Ma Yingfei spat and said: "I don't even have eyes to look at valuables! You think you're some pitiful commoner? Pshaw! You're

lucky if you've lived a peaceful life and haven't killed or set fires! Enough nonsense! Give it to me or not!"

Shui Linfeng said, "Once something's in my pocket, there's no reason for it to be taken back in the past nineteen years! You

have nothing, but you can take my life!"

Ma Yingfei was furious. She flipped her jade hand and grabbed Shui Linfeng's ear, saying coquettishly, "You're asking for it!

You've gone too far! If you don't give it to me, I'll tear your ear off!" "Duo!"

Shui Linfeng cried out in pain, her face contorted in agony. "I guess I'm just unlucky today! I ran into a female bandit! But

Miss, you can't have both of them! That's just too unfair!"

Ma Yingfei laughed. "Alright! You can keep one! If you don't want it to hurt, quickly take out the other one!"

Helplessly, Shui Linfeng pulled a dark, single horn from her inner pocket. The horn was five or

six inches long and as thick as an egg, resembling both a sheep's horn and a rhinoceros horn. Holding it in her hand, it was like black jade, smooth, lustrous,

and translucent.

Ma Yingfei took it and put it close to her body, then tossed it aside and laughed. "Take it out earlier! You wouldn't have had

to suffer ! Did you have to provoke me to take action?"

Shui Linfeng rubbed her ear, chuckling silently. Wu Qing leaned closer and whispered, "Master!

Why didn't you dodge? That wicked woman grabbed you right away!"

Shui Linfeng whispered in her ear, "Why should I dodge! Hehe!"

Wu Qing was taken aback, then laughed.

Meanwhile, Fang Ning had already used a band-aid from the car's first-aid kit to cover Wang Jianbo's bleeding right shoulder wound. She

wasn't angry with him, and said with a smile, "A little burn on the skin is a small

punishment ! You must have been sneaking around eating behind my back that day! Tell me honestly, didn't you?"

Wang Jianbo smiled awkwardly, changing the subject and ignoring Fang Ning's question. Instead, he went to

Shui Linfeng and yelled, "Shui Linfeng! If you had that good stuff, why didn't you come out sooner?! You made me

suffer!"

Shui Linfeng laughed, "I rescued your girl! You haven't thanked me yet? I'm not a mind

reader , how would I know you, you unlucky bastard, would be captured by that blood demon!"

Ma Yingfei said, "Alright! Stop arguing! Let's finish this quickly so we can take a bath and eat. Aren't

you all hungry?"

The two women next to her immediately nodded in agreement. Old Wang went to start the car, and Fang Ning leaned

against , whispering, "Now Ningnu is Master's girl! How does Master want to sit?"

Shui Linfeng pressed his thigh against her buttocks from behind, gently

pinching and whispered, "You'll be summoned when the time comes! Be good! Act well! Don't hurt Old Wang's heart for now

!"

Fang Ning gave a flirtatious laugh, ran to the car, and sat in the back seat with Ma Yingfei and Wu Qing.

Shui Linfeng didn't get in the car, but said to Wang Jianbo, "Old Wang! Drive a little further away and wait for me! I'll

take care of things here and be right there!"

Wang Jianbo did as he was told, starting the car and driving about four or five hundred meters away to wait. Shui Linfeng first used his Daoist fire to incinerate

the blood corpse that had turned into a blood demon and been killed by Ma Yingfei. Then he began to perform a spell, shouting, "Heaven and

Earth, Yin and Yang, build a wall of earth—break!"

One after another, earthen pillars seven or eight zhang high rose from the ground with Shui Linfeng's shout, carrying piles of rotten

, smelly garbage, spinning layer upon layer and pressing down on the abandoned house. In a short while, the original abandoned house

disappeared, and only a mountain of garbage more than ten zhang high stood tall in front of him.

When Shui Linfeng performed the spell, he naturally had a trick up his sleeve, leaving a "mysterious gate" path leading to the depths of the abandoned house,

so that he could travel freely in the future.

Wang Jianbo and the two women were dumbfounded, never expecting Shui Linfeng to possess such magical power. Seeing the three's admiring

expressions, Ma Yingfei muttered to herself, "What a show-off!"

After Shui Linfeng got into the carriage, the group agreed never to mention this matter to outsiders again, to avoid unnecessary trouble.

*** *** *** *** *** Xiang

Jingyu was the hereditary Overlord of Western Chu. In the early days of the Great Ze Empire, the annual stipends of all the princes and nobles were low. The

Great Ze Empire had suffered a century of war, leaving the country devastated and its people exhausted.

Traditionally, the founding ceremony required a ceremonial carriage drawn by at least four white horses. However, due to the devastation

of war, even for such a solemn occasion, the entire Great Ze Empire could not find four white horses of the same color, demonstrating

the extreme poverty of the Great Ze Empire at its inception.

Two hundred years later, the annual stipend of a prince or nobleman is less than

the monthly income of a wealthy family. But the ancestral system cannot be changed; the stipend will never increase. All princes and nobles,

without current positions, live on their stipends only slightly better than the poorest of the lowly.

Xiang Jingyu, physically weak and dissolute since childhood, and orphaned at a young age, possessed an exceptionally noble and illustrious "Dayang

Royal Family" status. Why would he need to search for work like an ordinary commoner?

There were only thirty-four families in the entire country with royal status. While their stipends couldn't be increased, they still enjoyed many

privileges that ordinary people wouldn't even dare to dream of. First of all, whatever Xiang Jingyu did wouldn't constitute a "crime."

He himself was neither a scholar nor a warrior, yet he understood the importance of "treating the virtuous with respect." He offered his privileges

as shares, and those with ability contributed their labor, while those with money contributed their capital. This created a powerful and

influential group in the southeastern part of the region, where everyone partnered in business, each contributing their skills and receiving what they needed.

Previously, upon first meeting Shui Linfeng, he instinctively knew that Shui Linfeng was a rare martial arts master and deliberately

humbled himself to win him over, hoping to recruit him. Xiang Fengjiao, of course, knew what her brother needed. The siblings had struggled to maintain

their family 's remaining business, and as the saying goes, "where there's life, there's friendship." The early death of their parents made it difficult for the Xiang siblings

to secure decent positions in the government or the military.

Being able to recruit a hero with such strength was, in any case, not a bad thing; he would definitely come in handy in a crucial moment

! The Xiang family's greatest loss was merely two lowly maids. For Xiang Jingyu and his sister,

if they could recruit a highly capable person from two lowly slaves they could casually slaughter, it would be a very worthwhile

deal.

Xiang Jingyu also deliberately courted and utilized the officers in Yue Fei's army in southeastern Ze. Liu Gao, Liang Xing, Ji Qing, and

Zhang Xian were the four group army commanders in Yue Fei's army, all of whom were commoners.

According to the laws of Daze, commoners could not hold military positions above the division level

, nor could they hold the rank of "general." However, seventy or eighty years after the founding of the Daze Empire,

the number of unfilial and dissolute descendants of the imperial family and nobility had increased, while the number of talented individuals with both literary and military abilities had decreased.

To ensure the elite and valiant nature of their armies, various armies had been

selecting high-ranking officers from commoner backgrounds for over a hundred years. Although the ancestral rules could not be changed, wordplay could be easily employed.

For example, Liu Gao's official military record states: Commander of the 74th Division, Southeast Front Army,

with the rank of Senior Colonel, acting commander of the First Army Group of the Southeast Front Army, enjoying the benefits of a Lieutenant General, etc. The same applies to Liang Xing,

Zhang Xian, and Ji Qing; nominally acting commanders of Yue Fei's army groups, they were in reality

the actual commanders of those groups.

A single army in the Daze Empire had a strength of 12,500 men. Each of these four commanded

37,500 regular troops, totaling 150,000 elite soldiers, plus another 50,000 elite troops, all under the control of Yue Fei and his sons

—the true elite of the Southeast Front Army.

Appointing civilians to high-ranking military positions had significant advantages for the commanders of various armies: firstly, it facilitated control; secondly

, it ensured the highest possible competence of senior officers; and thirdly, it boosted troop morale.

These four men, known as the "Four Pillars" of Yue Fei's army, possessed martial arts skills that even Yue Jianfeng and his son

could not match. Yue Jianfeng dared to rely on them because, given their backgrounds, they

were certain that as long as the Dazeli Empire existed, they could never replace Yue Fei and his son.

Liu Gao and the other three were roughly the same age as Xiang Jingyu, all in their thirties.

What ? Xiang Jingyu had become close friends with the four through business dealings.

The four understood their own backgrounds and readily agreed to join forces with Xiang Jingyu. The Yue family, father and son, controlled the army...

With wealth and substantial profits, they naturally wouldn't disregard their reputation and venture into business. Liu Gao and his three companions initially

associated only out of greed for his money and women, but over time, they became inextricably linked.

The Yue family father and son turned a blind eye; they were too grateful to receive bonuses from their officers and soldiers.

As long as there were no fundamental issues, they didn't question it. Xiang Fengjiao and Yue Yunjiao were university classmates and close

friends would frequently find excuses to bring lavish gifts to the Yue family as a sign of respect. As the saying goes, "one doesn't hit a smiling face," and

Yue Zhengyang had also found an excuse to meet Xiang Jingyu. At the time, the elderly Xiang was seriously ill and "babbling incoherently," being

carried out like a dead pig by two beautiful maids. How could Yue Zhengyang possibly respect such a sickly man?

Originally, the economic group in southeastern Zemin, led by Xiang Jingyu, was operating smoothly and

successfully connections in both the military and government, and wealthy individuals eager to associate with them. However, this year,

Hong Xian, originally from Guangxi and also a member of the "Dayang Imperial Family," suddenly entered the economic circle of southeastern Zemin.

Hong Xian's ancestor was Hong Xiuquan, one of the eighteen rebel kings at the founding of the Daze Empire. Using the pretext that his ancestors had once

established their capital in Nantian City, he insisted on securing a place in the trade circle of southeastern Zemin, and the industries he operated were almost

identical to those of the Xiang family. The methods were also similar: a power-for-money transaction involving power without capital.

The fierce clashes began to erupt as early as April of this year. Recently, several

economic tycoons in southeastern Zemin who refused to cooperate with him were killed by his men. Hong Xian relied on Wu Dengke, the Grand Chief of the Intelligence Bureau

.

As Zhao Chengyu's victories in the north continued, Wu Dengke's plot to eliminate Zhao Chengyu was also being prepared

more . He needed money from all sides and had to bribe people from all sides.

Ze Dongnan was the most prosperous economic and trade circle in the Daze Empire. Wu Dengke already had all kinds of information in this area.

Among them, the fastest way to make money and the most powerful was "Jingxing International" led by Xiang Jingyu. It had hundreds of

thousands of . It was also involved in buying and selling, smuggling and drug trafficking. It did whatever made money!

Its core members were the nine thousand soldiers of the Xiang family who once made the warlords of the continent tremble with fear. Although

they were not as brave and skilled in battle as their ancestors after generations, they were loyal to the Xiang family. After entering the business circle, they were able to achieve

great things.

Wu Dengke and Xiang Jingyu were not on the same page. Xiang Jingyu, secretly supported by Yue Fei's army, also didn't want to give Wu Dengke

any face. Normally, given Xiang Jingyu's personality, he didn't want to offend anyone easily. If Wu Dengke had only asked him for

a billion or two, he wouldn't have been unable to accept it after weighing the pros and cons. However, Wu Dengke asked for six billion, which

startled Xiang Jingyu. He immediately kept his distance and never spoke another word to him.

But Wu Dengke's matter was far more than six billion could settle; he wanted to ask Xiang Jingyu for several more six billion!

As the saying goes, "Even a powerful dragon can't suppress a local snake." The noble families of southeastern Ze had always been closely united,

making it impossible for a needle to get through. After much thought, Wu Dengke thought of Hong Xian in Guangxi.

Hong Xian was a true scoundrel and rogue. Forty-two years old, he had no children and, despite bearing

the prestigious title of "Imperial Clan of the Great Yang," was worse off than the poor. He was ruthless, treacherous, callous, greedy,

lustful , and utterly uneducated. It was a mystery how his parents had managed to produce such a mutated offspring; though

tall and imposing, he was incredibly ugly, with a mouthful of yellow teeth, covered in bumps, and reeking of a

foul stench that made people want to vomit.

In Guangxi, he was like a plague god, avoided by everyone. As the saying goes, "Those who follow the righteous path receive much help, while those who stray from it receive little." No one, whether from the imperial family or the common people, was willing to help Hong

Xian , let alone follow him.

In his impoverished and bewildered state, he was found by a spy from the Imperial Guard in Guangxi and summoned to the Capital Intelligence Bureau.

Wu Dengke briefly explained his intentions to him, and Hong Xian immediately knelt on the ground, shouting, "Heaven has eyes!"

He then swore an oath to serve Wu Dengke to the death and never waver in his loyalty.

Wu Dengke roughly calculated that if Hong Xian could successfully take over "Jingxing International," he would instantly

have eight to ten trillion Daze coins at his disposal, with an astronomical amount of real estate as

a backing . He would have far more financial resources to do whatever he wanted!

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