Chapter 5: Night Raid on Liu Fu – Shi Yi Shows His Skills

There is only time in this world that does not change because of anyone or anything. Yet time can change many things, even everything. (Gu Long)
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Listening to Shi Jieyi’s complaints all night long, Liu Yi simply drank his wine in silence, pondering one question: “Who is this Ah Jiu? How does she possess the ‘Panlong Jade’? She’s truly mysterious.”
As the moon set and the stars faded, it was already late. Looking at Shi Yi, who seemed drunk and still complaining nonstop, Liu Yi thought, “What exactly is love?” In truth, Shi Jieyi was just upset that Ge Ren had taken Ah Jiu away without giving him a chance to speak.
Ren patted Shi Jieyi on the shoulder and said, “Let’s go back and sleep. It’s too late. Stop talking nonsense. There will definitely be another chance.”
Shi Jieyi opened his blurry, drunken eyes, looked at Liu Yi, and stood up unsteadily. “This… you said it. Next time, you must, absolutely must give me a chance to speak.”
Liu Yi had no idea what to do with this silly giant. He turned and headed toward the room, thinking, “Give you a chance to speak? I wonder if Ah Jiu will even listen!”
As soon as he pushed open the door, Shi Jieyi rushed in, fell onto the bed with a thud, and fell asleep immediately.
Lighting a candle, Liu Yi shook his head and sighed, “It’s rare to be this carefree. If only I could be like Shi Jieyi, drunk every day—what a life that would be.” While talking to himself, he carefully moved Shi Jieyi to the other side of the bed and lay down himself.
Just as he was about to blow out the candle, Shi Jieyi suddenly spoke up, “Boss, where is Miss Ah Jiu from? Will I be able to see her again?”
“Oh no! Shi Yi, talking like that can scare people to death!” Liu Yi was terrified by Shi Jieyi’s sudden question.
Shi Jieyi opened his eyes again, but this time they were sharp and bright—eyes that only martial arts experts could have. Of course, Liu Yi couldn’t recognize them.
Shi Jieyi turned to face Liu Yi and said, “I’m sorry, boss. I was just asking out of concern that I might not see Miss Ah Jiu again.”
Still shaken from earlier, Liu Yi had no mood to answer. Impatiently, he said, “Alright, alright. The world is so small—you’ll definitely be able to see her.”
Just as Shi Jieyi was about to ask more, he suddenly shouted, “Who’s there?” At the same time, he was already outside the door, moving swiftly.
Although Liu Yi didn’t know what was happening, judging from Shi Jieyi’s shout, it seemed someone else had come to visit. Such things happened often before, but those people disappeared after taking a punch from Shi Jieyi. He didn’t expect someone to come again today. Liu Yi quickly put on his shoes, knowing that following Shi Jieyi was the best choice…
The moonlight wasn’t bright enough, but it was clear enough to see two people standing across from Shi Jieyi. Both were dressed in tight night clothes and holding long swords. From their tight outfits, it was obvious they were women.

At this moment, Shi Jieyi no longer resembled a drunkard at all. With his right hand raised and two fingers pointing, he shouted loudly, “Coming here in the dead of night and dressed like this—what exactly are your intentions?”

Shi Jieyi had truly become clever now, as a fight was about to break out. Only in fights did he show intelligence and ferocity.

A woman in black across from him spoke in a low, suppressed voice, “Our intention? It’s obviously those behind you.” Clearly, she was deliberately hiding her voice.

Shi Jieyi laughed heartily. “Ignorant girl! Let’s see Eleven’s fists first!” As soon as he finished speaking, he rushed at the two women, delivering powerful punches infused with his supreme internal martial arts skills.

The two women never expected there to be such a fierce warrior by Liu Yi’s side. He was incredibly bold, attacking instantly with astonishing speed and strength. In panic, the speaking woman could only roll to the side to avoid Shi Jieyi’s punches.

But Shi Jieyi wasn’t just a brute. His punches were surrounded by an unknown innate true energy, and they grazed the speaking woman’s shoulder—just a light touch. After dodging, the woman in black quickly pressed her right hand to her left shoulder. It hurt terribly; Shi Jieyi’s punch had torn through her shoulder bone.

With one punch, Shi Jieyi separated the two women and injured one of them. Laughing, he said, “This isn’t fun. With just these tricks, you try to sneak around like others?”

At that moment, a woman in black behind Shi Jieyi cried out, “Dare you hurt my lady? Taste my long sword!” With astonishing speed, in Shi Jieyi’s eyes, this self-proclaimed maid was far more formidable than the lady herself. But Shi Jieyi was skilled and fearless, so he paid her no attention.

Turning around, his right hand, surrounded by innate true energy, firmly grabbed the long sword in the woman’s hand, holding it like iron tongs and preventing her from getting any closer.

Just as Shi Jieyi was about to feel proud, he suddenly heard a sound behind him. No—this sound wasn’t coming toward him; it was… going toward the boss. Turning around, he saw the injured woman already rushing toward Liu Yi.

In anger, Shi Jieyi used his right hand to break the sword, and with a left punch, he sent the woman in black flying more than ten feet away. Of course, in his haste, he didn’t use much strength.

In panic, Shi Jieyi got up and rushed at the woman in black who was heading for Liu Yi at top speed. Out of desperation, he didn’t use any specific techniques, just going for a fierce attack, hoping to knock her down.

Coincidentally, the woman in black heard the sound behind her and turned around. This turn led to her colliding head-on with Shi Jieyi. Shi Jieyi never expected there to be someone even stupider than himself who would stop halfway, but he couldn’t stop in time, and with a thud, his heavy body landed right on top of the woman in tight clothing.

Seeing this scene—one woman flying away unconscious and another pinned to the ground by Eleven—Liu Yi took out his folding fan in boredom and fanned himself, saying, “Tragic… truly tragic…”

Shi Jie Yi meant he didn’t want to get up; he was afraid that if he did, the woman would rush at Liu Yi again. He said to Liu Yi, “Boss, I’ve already subdued those two. What do you think we should do?”
But the woman beneath him couldn’t tolerate such a big man pressing on her. She swung her long sword with her right hand, aiming to knock Shi Jie Yi down. Yet she was fast, but Shi Jie Yi was faster. He reached out with his right hand, grabbed the woman’s wrist, and with a snap, her sword fell to the ground, her right hand pressed to the ground by his.
“Where there’s oppression, there’s resistance. And the stronger the resistance, the greater the oppression.”
The woman used her left hand and feet to try to push the man off her, but Shi Jie Yi used the same crude method—using his own left hand and feet to press down on hers. As a result, the situation became rather awkward.
Liu Yi waved his folding fan while watching Shi Jie Yi, shaking his head and saying, “Tsk tsk tsk… Good, Shi Jie Yi. Seeing you use so many amazing skills—this one is the most practical and impressive. I wonder… what’s its name? Did your master teach it to you as well?”
Hearing Liu Yi’s praise, Shi Jie Yi quickly raised his head and grinned, saying, “Boss, this wasn’t taught by my master. I invented it myself. As for its name? I haven’t thought of it yet!” His expression showed great pride.
Liu Yi crouched down and tapped Shi Jie Yi’s head with his fan, saying, “Are you truly stupid or just pretending? Do you have to go through such trouble? Just block her acupoints, that’s all.”
Upon hearing this, Shi Jie Yi nodded and said, “That makes sense. How could I not think of that?”
Liu Yi shook his head and stood up, saying, “It’s simple. Because you’re Shi Jie Yi and I’m Liu Yi. If you could think of it, it would be strange.”
After a pause, Liu Yi said, “Take off her mask. Let me see which kind of person it is who dares to pay attention to me, Liu Yi.”
But Liu Yi didn’t notice Shi Jie Yi’s expression. Now that his own limbs were pressing on hers, the moment he moved, she would surely move too. Maybe she would block his acupoints first. Shi Jie Yi showed a pained expression and said, “Boss, I can’t move now. You take off her mask by yourself.”
Liu Yi replied impatiently, “Don’t you still have a mouth to move? Use your mouth…”
Hearing this, the woman in black realized Liu Yi was about to deal with her. And since this stupid giant obeyed him so much, whatever he said, the giant would do. In desperation, she shouted, “Shameless! Vulgar! How dare you call yourself a talented man from Jiangnan?”
Hearing this, Liu Yi didn’t get angry but laughed instead. “Little girl, the title of ‘talented man from Jiangnan’ wasn’t something I called myself—it was given to me by others. I don’t want that title anyway. Besides, I’m not a good person to begin with. Haven’t you heard of me since I came to Jiangnan?”
He then said, “Shi Jie Yi, take off her mask. I really want to see who this person is who dares to talk to me about shamelessness and vulgarity. Thieves think they have the upper hand… It’s upside down!”
Shi Jie Yi indeed obeyed. In fact, this was also due to his master’s excellent teachings—teaching him from a young age to obey Liu Yi, follow him, and protect him. Shi Jie Yi was a straightforward person. Over the years, he had always followed his master’s orders and protected Liu Yi.

Shi Jieyi glanced at the woman beneath him and said, “Miss, don’t blame me. The boss told me to do this. Besides, right now, the only part of my body I can move is my mouth.” With that, he actually used his mouth to bite at the mask on the woman’s face.
If Shi Jieyi’s master knew about such a disciple, he would likely be so angry that even cats and dogs would be sent to heaven.
The woman wanted to shout or curse, but didn’t know what to say. Meanwhile, that vile man was lying on top of her, trying to take her mask. All she could do was turn her head away.
“Boss, it’s… it’s…” Shi Jieyi was too surprised to speak.
Liu Yi turned his head impatiently and said, “It is, it is. What is it? Say it… Oh, it’s Miss Ajiu. I wondered who it could be. Such boldness. What brings Miss Ajiu to see me at this late hour?”
Shi Jieyi looked at the holy maiden beneath him, wanting to say something but unable to. Suddenly realizing it might not be right to stay on top of her, he quickly got up, ignoring whether he had blocked her acupoints or not, and said, “Ajiu, Miss Ajiu… No, I’m sorry. I didn’t know it was you.” He hurriedly apologized earnestly.
Ajiu stood up, not even brushing off the dust from her clothes. She held her left shoulder with her right hand, clearly in great pain, her face pale from the agony.
Without paying any attention to Shi Jieyi, she turned to Liu Yi and said, “Fine, you great talent Liu. You play tricks on me. Alright, you’re impressive. It’s just a painting! I won’t paint anymore.” With that, she turned and walked toward her maid, though her steps were unsteady—probably because Shi Jieyi’s punches had been too forceful.
At that moment, Shi Jieyi said plaintively, “Boss, just ask her clearly. If you can help, help her… Consider it helping me as well. What do you say?”
Liu Yi looked at Shi Jieyi and knew that if he didn’t make the boy give up, the fool might blame him for the rest of his life. Shaking his head, he sighed, “I really can’t deal with you. I’ll go to the back garden and wait for her there. You go talk to her…”