Book 1: Winds Begin to Blow in Tai Yuan

Chapter 20 - Fierce Majesty Bei Ye

"Say, how should we deal with this person," Meng

Fuyao slapped the guy down to the floor again with a "pa" sound, then

turned to question Yuan Zhaoxu, "Is Qi Xunyi starting to suspect me? Is

that why he sent these two people out to deal with me?"

A strange expression flitted through Yuan Zhaoxu's eyes. He

naturally knew that during the day, when Meng Fuyao had almost fallen into the

clear water, her figure had been revealed, and Qi Xunyi had definitely noticed

her. With Qi Xunyi's disposition, he would certainly investigate a little.

But how could he not have countermeasures in place? Those

people Qi Xunyi dispatched to follow them had long been routed by his guard,

who even intentionally set up a fake trail to mislead Qi Xunyi's attention.

Then how come these two people appeared here?

Yuan Zhaoxu hit open the man's acupuncture veins. Only after

interrogating some more, did he discover that the guard officer Lord Fang was

one of Qi Xunyi's subordinates whom he rather doted on, and he was rather p.r.o.ne

to toadying and currying favor with Xunyi. During the day when Qi Xunyi had

stared at Fuyao's figure with a different look in his eyes, Lord Fang had thought

that the prince had taken a liking to Meng Fuyao. In order to give his master a

surprise, he had used a pigeon to contact some of his guards that were awaiting

their arrival at the Qi royal palace, and ordered them to wait on the two roads

that led from Profound Origin to Yanjing with intention to capture Meng Fuyao.

Yuan Zhaoxu's bodyguard had already concentrated his efforts

on leading away the people following behind. Unexpectedly, there were also

people in front waiting by the tree trunk to capture the rabbit. [1]

Learning the whole story, Meng Fuyao couldn't refrain from

becoming infuriated, and with another stomp she vented her anger. Then, she

hesitantly said, "Hey, if we killed him, well, his crime doesn't deserve

that punishment. But not killing, then I'll be leaving future trouble for

myself. What should we do?"

Yuan Zhaoxu smiled. Stooping down, his slender finger gently

flicked the top of the man's head, then he said, "It's done."

"Huh?"

Peacefully Zhaoxu explained, "His memory, beginning from

this evening, will become muddled. So you can be rea.s.sured, he won't bring the

stuff that he can't even remember clearly, to report back to his master."

Fuyao stared at him, knowing that he used a severe technique

to wound the other's Baihui point, forever damaging their memory [2]. This type

of technique looked simple, but was actually an expert's skill - being lighter

or heavier by a degree of force could result in a completely opposite effect.

If her Breaking Nine Heavens trained to the sixth layer, then she probably

could also learn it, but she would definitely be unable to do it so casually.

The more she stayed with this person, the more mysterious he

became.

Her eyeb.a.l.l.s were rolling trying to figure him out, but Yuan

Zhaoxu had already turned and walked towards the bound gray-clothed man. After

walking a few steps he suddenly chuckled, saying, "Hey, very

beautiful."

"What's very beautiful?" Meng Fuyao blankly asked.

Yuan Zhaoxu and Master Yuanbao gave each other a look, the

latter immediately revealing its snow white front teeth, and lifting its stubby

leg to signal towards Meng Fuyao.

At the same time Zhaoxu leisurely replied, "I'm saying,

your thighs." ------------------

"I'll teach you to peek on me, keeping spying on me!

You peek! Peek! This lady me will pummel you like flying waters descending

straight three thousand chi, if I don't see congealed blood I'm vowing to never

stop!" [3]

With "peng peng peng" sounds Meng Fuyao practiced

her boxing on the poor gray-clothed man, at the same time scolding the locust

tree while pointing at the mulberry, attacking someone else through the

insinuations in her shouting. [4]

The locust tree being scolded was faintly smiling like

usual, without a trace of shame or self-remorse.

The gray-clothed man was forcibly hit awake. The moment he

opened his eyes, he immediately panicked and shouted, "I didn't steal it!

I didn't steal it!"

"I know you didn't steal," Meng Fuyao sneered as

she measured him up, "I already stole everything you have."

She shoved around those random, disorderly objects for a

while, impolitely putting all the valuable things into her cloth bag. Seeing

this the gray-clothed man's facial color turned green then white, after some

time pleading, "I'll give you all my stuff, just release me, I still have

to run for my life!"

"Run for your life?" Meng Fuyao started.

"Just then when you were concealed over there suspiciously, it wasn't

because you wanted to sneak attack us?"

"How could I have the time to spare to sneak attack you

guys?" The gray-clothed man stared wide with dead fish eyes, a vein

throbbing on his temple. "Do you guys have wealth? Beauty? Are you even

worth it for me, the glorious G.o.dhand gang's gang boss, to ambush you?"

Meng Fuyao looked at herself, then looked at Yuan Zhaoxu,

thinking that no matter what they could still be considered as beauties [5],

right? What was with this guy's eyesight? She was truly puzzled.

"Hey, big gang boss, then you squatting over there,

what were you doing?"

The gray-clothed man spat out some spittle with a

"pei" sound. "Bad luck!"

Only after a long explanation did Meng Fuyao finally find

out, the gray-clothed man was currently being hunted by Nemesis Dynasty's

people, saying that he stole the belonging of Lord Ye Buqi, the prince's

attendant [6]. The gray-clothed man had ran from Yanjing all the way to here,

and still had not shaken off his pursuers.

"Pei, my luck is not good, I had contacted Black Magic

to help me fend them off for a while, and agreed to meet in this forest. Who

knew that even that guy's shadow was nowhere to be found!" The

gray-clothed man, speaking of the depressing topic, spit out another mouthful

of saliva.

"Black Magic? The number one a.s.sa.s.sin under the

heavens?" Meng Fuyao widened her eyes. "You sure have some ability,

you can actually ask him for a favor. As another way of saying it, just from

stealing some treasure of Lord Ye's, you caused the other side to actually

pursue you with such relentlessness?"

The gray-clothed man's expression changed, a bit of

hesitation flas.h.i.+ng through his face. After some time he said, "I didn't

contact Black Magic. I have a friend who once did him a favor, that's the only

reason why he agreed to help. As for that treasure ... I heard it was Nemesis

Dynasty's command seal."

When the last few words came out of his mouth, Meng Fuyao's

heart jumped.

Subconsciously she reached her hand into her robes, only

getting halfway before immediately retracting.

Yuan Zhaoxu seemed to not notice her movements. Laughingly

he said, "You didn't steal the Nemesis command seal?"

"No!"

"Oh." Yuan Zhaoxu didn't continue to question,

only pulling Meng Fuyao with him and turned around to leave. "Then stay

here, you can thoroughly explain to Zhan Bei Ye. Hopefully he will believe

you." [7]

Without turning his head he directly left, while the

gray-clothed man's expression changed then changed again. Seeing that he really

was preparing to leave, and thinking about himself bound on the tree, waiting

for certain death to arrive with that evil star, the gray-clothed man had no

choice but to swallow then raise his chest in a large shout, "Stop right

there, stop right there!"

The two people only continued to walk slowly, as if they had

gone deaf in that short moment.

"Release me, release me first!"

"For those without sincerity, we have no reason to

waste time on them." Meng Fuyao replied with a charming, beautiful smile,

not even bothering to turn her head.

"I'll tell, I'll tell!"

With a "shua" sound Fuyao bounced back, grinning

and patting his cheek, "Now that's a good boy."

The gray-clothed man, his face bitter and crying tears of

mourning, said, "Steal .. I think it was stolen, but it wasn't me who did

it, it was one of my subordinates. However, he had disappeared somewhere near

here, so the item ... is also gone."

Meng Fuyao gave him a glance, then peeked at Yuan Zhaoxu,

worrying that he would ask, "Where did he go missing?"

Fortunately the gray-clothed man didn't say anything else,

and Yuan Zhaoxu didn't ask. Fuyao secretly exhaled a breath of air, pressing on

that item in her bosom ... she had always suspected why the rarest Nemesis

command seal would actually appear on such a minor character. So it turned out

that the situation was like this. Tonight's accidental meetings and fights at

least confirmed the actual origins of that thing, and was not a bad reward.

The two people quickly untied the gray-clothed man, only

after some inquiries learning that his name was Yao Xun [8]. He truly was born

of the shroud shark race, and he actually had the well-known "G.o.dhand

Gang" as his subordinates. In reality, the gang was just a gathering of

thieves, composed of three people.

Even though Yao Xun's appearance was strange, his att.i.tude

was that of a man born by the sea. He was simple and direct, after conversing a

little he then said, "Since you guys know about Nemesis Dynasty's fierce

Majesty Zhan Bei Ye, your statuses shouldn't be that of normal people. If you

will help me send away this troop of pursuers, the G.o.dhand gang will completely

follow your commands from now on!"

Yuan Zhaoxu eyed him, previously absorbed in thought.

Suddenly he said, "Aren't you waiting for Black Magic? That person,

anything he promises will be fulfilled. He will definitely show up."

"If I counted on him I would be long dead ---" Yao

Xun stopped in the middle of his words, and his face suddenly changed.

At the same time, the three people all fell silent.

In the distance, abruptly came the sound of horses

galloping, as if a troop of cavalry was quickly closing in on them. The rapid

incoming momentum was incomparable, sounding like a sudden thunderstorm,

las.h.i.+ng against one's heart like a whip.

Particularly so was a horse that sprinted even faster than

the others, like howling gales and roaring suns, an unstoppable force that in

an instant arrived at the edges of the forest.

The horse's pace was too hurried, unable to come to a stop

when arriving at the sides of the forest, and the horse directly wanted to

charge through. In a flash the rider raised his arms to rein in the horse, and

the ropes pulled into a pencil-straight line, trembling with small vibrations

without end. The steed lifted its head and neighed loudly, its two hooves

soaring into the air as it stood up like a person. However, the rider's back

was completely straight, not moving even an inch.

Behind him, a crowd of hors.e.m.e.n kicked up dust and followed,

falling behind that one horse in front, and in orderly fas.h.i.+on they all reined

in their horses. "Cha!" Many tens of sounds of hooves landing sounded

out like one.

Their horsemans.h.i.+p was extremely skilled.

At this time, the clouds broke and moon shone through,

brilliant without bounds. The man and horse in front were outlined by the

moonlight into a jet black silhouette.

The moonlight swept further out, sweeping to below that

person's feet. On top of his steed, the person loomed high overhead. A body of

black clothing melded into one with the night's darkness; cold, solemn, his

whole body radiated the stifling pressure of murderous decisiveness and

omnipresence. The night wind fluttered his loose clothes, bringing his

pitch-black hair to wildly dance in the air as well.

Even from far away, his "overlooking gaze" could

still be felt.

Overlooking those three in the woods.

In the silence, that person gave a deep shout all of a

sudden.

"Nemesis Dynasty, Zhan Bei Ye!" -----------------

Author's Remarks: The Nemesis command seal mentioned in this

chapter, I don't know if you guys remember. In the first scene of the first

chapter, the thing Meng Fuyao grabbed from her handiwork on the Profound Origin

mountains was exactly this. As for what use this little toy has, I will tell

you later, it's a pretty important thing.

Also, that Black Magic, he he, I didn't mention him for

nothing.

1. Common phrase that means sitting back and waiting for

prey to fall into your hands

2. Baihui "百會" acupuncture point is on top

of your head, means "Hundred Meeting Point"

3. "flying waters descending straight three thousand

chi", "飛流直下三千尺", is a famous line from the Tang Dynasty poet

Li Bai's poem "Viewing the Waterfall at Mount Lu"

4. "scolding the locust tree while pointing at the

mulberry" she is taking out her anger on someone else but is actually

angry at Zhaoxu.

5. Beauty can describe men without being weird, unlike in

the West

6. Ye Buqi, "葉不棄", 'ye' means leaf and is a

surname, 'bu qi' means not giving up

7. Zhan Bei Ye, "戰北野", Zhan (surname)

means "war" or "battle", Bei Ye means "north

wilderness", and is also a common name.

8. Yao Xun, "姚迅", Yao is a surname and Xun

means swift or fast