Chapter 141: The Sword of Love and Romance
Just by the appearance of the people from Yipin Hall, the leader of Tianyin Gang deduced the ownership of the brocade box outside Shaolin Temple. The visitor was also slightly surprised but soon smiled:
“Our hall master once told me that ‘The Scholar Who Buries Love’ has two outstanding qualities—one is The Sword of Love and Romance, and the other is his intelligence. Seeing it today, it’s indeed true.” After a pause, a faint heat appeared in his eyes. “If it weren’t for urgent matters, I might ask your guidance!”
The “Scholar Who Buries Love” referred to the leader of Tianyin Gang.
The gang he founded was quite famous in the martial world, and The Sword of Love and Romance attracted much attention as it was said to have come from a brothel. Thus, The Scholar Who Buries Love had a peculiar reputation among the martial artists.
Hearing this, The Scholar Who Buries Love forced a stiff smile and bowed slightly. “I wouldn’t dare accept such praise! I’ll visit your hall master again when I have the chance! By the way, I still haven’t asked your name…”
Though he asked, his posture remained unchanged. “Call me ‘Youming,’” he replied lightly, his eyes already scanning past The Scholar Who Buries Love toward the chain bridge behind a group of people, showing extreme arrogance and frivolity.
The Scholar Who Buries Love didn’t mind and laughed, “Heh, a great name—very domineering!”
“Anyway, our Tianyin Gang can’t cross this chain bridge either. Since the brothers from Yipin Hall are interested, we’ll withdraw and not disturb further.”
“In that case, I won’t see you off.”
Youming was quite satisfied with The Scholar Who Buries Love’s understanding, but his arrogance and disdain for Tianyin Gang made everyone there, including Li Heng, frown deeply. If not for fearing Yipin Hall’s strength, they might have asked for his advice on the spot.
Even though The Scholar Who Buries Love had a good temper, being met with coldness and indifference only angered him, causing his expression to stiffen. “Let’s go.”
Although the members of Tianyin Gang looked unwilling, facing such an unstoppable organization like Yipin Hall, they dared not speak out in anger. They turned angrily and left for the foot of the mountain.
“Oh, by the way.”
After walking about ten meters away, Zang Ai suddenly stopped, turned around, and fixed his gaze on You Ming, whose face was filled with contempt as he intended to watch them leave. Zang Ai said, “Although it’s getting late, I still must give you some advice. This Iron Lock Bridge is extremely dangerous to cross, and there’s someone guarding it—it’s hard for one person to succeed. You Ming, it’s best for you to wait for the support from Yipin Tang before crossing the bridge, so as not to lose your life needlessly.”
“……”
Frowning slightly, You Ming coldly withdrew his gaze. “There’s no need for your concern, sir.”
“Then, see you later!”
Without wasting any more time, Scholar Zang Ai bowed and quickly descended the mountain.
……
About two hundred meters away from the mountain top, Li Heng glanced back. Once he was sure he couldn’t see that annoying You Ming anymore, he turned to Zang Ai and asked, “Boss, why did you specifically remind him just now?”
“Yeah!”
A few people around them agreed, “Why bother with someone like that?”
“Remind him? You could say that, but…”
Pausing for a moment, a sly smile appeared on Scholar Zang Ai’s face. “My real intention wasn’t to warn him to be careful of the person across from us.”
“?”
The group looked thoughtful.
Only Li Heng quickly understood what Zang Ai meant and smiled. “Boss, you’re really cunning! If Yipin Tang wants to take the box from that person, he has to hurry! In a little over an hour, the event related to the Emperor’s birthday will be completely over. If he insists on waiting for Yipin Tang’s support, it will take at least half an hour… By then, if the person across from us delays things a bit on the other side of the bridge, they can take possession of what’s in the box, and Yipin Tang’s plan will fail.”
Hearing this, everyone’s eyes lit up. “That’s right! With that guy’s arrogant personality, he definitely won’t allow such a situation to happen. He’s likely to be provoked into crossing the Iron Lock Bridge alone…”
Others might not know the strength of the mysterious person on the opposite peak, but the members of Tianyin Gang understood—Li Heng had already figured it out very clearly.
Bold and meticulous, with exceptional skills.
Even if they were members of Yipin Tang and possessed excellent martial arts, it would still be unrealistic for them to single-handedly kill an NPC at the Mysterious Realm level. So…
Li Heng quickly grasped the situation.
The boss’s move seemed like a reminder to the other party, but it was actually a hint, urging them to prepare and take action in advance.
Besides…
Given how arrogant that person was, he surely wouldn’t just sit idly by as time passed—he would definitely take some action.
Once he did, disaster awaited You Ming!
“Enough, stop talking. It’s his decision how to act—nothing to do with us.” With a serious expression, Zang Aishusheng promptly ended the topic. The group understood immediately, fell silent, acted as if nothing had happened, and hurried down the mountain.
…
As the figures of Tianyin Bang disappeared, Youming, standing atop the peak, his eyes gradually taking on a faint cold glint. He narrowed his eyes slightly and looked solemnly at the simple iron chain about a hundred meters between the two peaks.
Zang Aishusheng hadn’t guessed wrong!
Although the chest outside Shaolin Temple had fallen into the hands of Yipin Tang, most of their top experts were sent to protect it to ensure its safety. A smaller group was drawn away by another chest to outside Songshan. Right now, there was only him here—waiting at least half an hour for reinforcements from his gang.
Youming was a highly ambitious professional player…
Since joining the game, he had fully displayed the instincts of a professional player, completing every task with exceptional results. His journey had been smooth, without ever falling behind.
The only thing that annoyed him was that luck also played a crucial role in “Jianghu”!
In his view, players like Xiao San and Dingbei Hou weren’t just amateurs—they lacked significant gaming experience. Yet they managed to stand out in Jianghu simply because they were lucky enough to learn one or two special skills. It was infuriating.
Long ago, he had wondered what would happen if a professional player like him from Yipin Tang encountered such lucky individuals!
Thinking of this, Youming raised his head proudly, his gaze fixed on the solitary peak shrouded in white mist about a hundred meters away.
“Swish!”
He released his arms, and the metal claw covers made a soft sound.
The next second, Youming leaped upward!
Like a wild goose, he rose lightly before landing with tremendous force on the iron chain just less than a meter from the cliff. The vibrating chain sank slightly under his weight, its sway being slightly disrupted.
Soon, Youming adapted to the chain’s movement, a look of confirmation on his face.
He began to move slowly!
But just as he had progressed about one-tenth of the way, the mountain wind suddenly intensified. Youming swayed in the air before gritting his teeth, flipping his body, and gripping one of the chains with his claws while hanging suspended by his feet. Like a string of skewers, he clung tightly to the chain, drifting with the wind.
Clutching the chain with both legs and using both hands with strength, the person moves forward like a gecko along the chain between the steep peaks.