Chapter 240 Counterattack
"Hehe! Mr. Tian, you are really stubborn!"
Gong Qing chuckled.
"Xiao Yuzi, don't be stubborn anymore. There's nothing to explore about what happened back then."
Tian Jinzhong said seriously,
"If I really find my junior brother, with Huaiyi by my side, how can those bandits hurt me?"
"You seem to be quite serious. But I don't believe it."
Gong Qing shook his head.
"Xiao Yuzi, if you repent now, considering that you have been in Longhu Mountain for three years, I can plead for you and ask my senior brother to spare your life."
Tian Jinzhong persuaded.
"Master! You are so old, why are you still so naive?"
Gong Qing laughed so hard that he almost cried.
"You are not begging for me now. It is you who has fallen into my hands."
"I can do whatever I want with you, but you can't even decide your own life."
"If you are sensible, you should tell the truth honestly."
"It seems that you intend to go all the way to the end."
Tian Jinzhong lowered his eyes and looked struggling.
"come in!"
Gong Qing did not answer, but took out a walkie-talkie from his pocket and spoke into it.
squeak~
The wooden door opened and a Taoist priest wearing glasses walked in.
Tian Jinzhong was a little confused because he had never seen this man in Longhu Mountain.
The aura flowed, and the Taoist's appearance slowly faded away like clothes, revealing a boy with glasses and a watermelon-like head.
"Grandmaster, let me introduce you to this young hero from our Quanxing, Lu Liang from the Lu family."
Gong Qing patted the boy on the shoulder.
"I guess you've also heard that the Lu family has a soul-clearing technique that can check memories."
"This Lu Liang is a master among them. As long as he takes action, he can forcibly extract your memory, no matter how silent you are."
"How is it? Do you want to continue?"
"Why are you so sure that I have found Huaiyi?"
Tian Jinzhong asked puzzledly.
"Second Master, I have been serving you for quite some time. During this time, I have never seen you sleep."
"The old Taoist priest said that you are "full of energy and don't want to sleep", but I have seen you dozing off several times."
Gong Qing raised his finger excitedly.
"From what I understand, you stopped sleeping only after you were seriously injured, which gives me another possibility."
"It's not that you don't want to sleep, but that you can't sleep and you don't dare to sleep."
"You have a secret in your heart. You are afraid that the secret will be revealed in your sleep, so you dare not fall asleep."
"Considering your experience of going down the mountain, I guess you must have met Zhang Huaiyi on your way down the mountain. And you also learned a big secret."
"This secret is so important that you have to keep it secret from your teachers and brothers."
"Little kid, you are really thoughtful!"
Tian Jinzhong sighed.
"Are you still going to deny it at this point?" Gong Qing said proudly.
"The sea of suffering is endless, turn back now! Xiao Yuzi, don't be obsessed anymore."
Tian Jinzhong said lightly.
"Your mouth is harder than iron."
Gong Qing shook his head and said to Lu Liang,
"Do it!"
"Wouldn't he have woken up if he came earlier?"
Lu Liang chuckled, waved his hand, and the true energy condensed into a blue hand that slowly stretched out.
"I see! Did Xiao Renfeng learn the Shuangquan Hand from your Lu family?"
When he saw the blue hand, Tian Jinzhong immediately understood everything.
"Shuangquanshou? Old man, what do you mean by this?"
Lu Liang stopped and looked at the old man in confusion.
However, the next moment, fear appeared in his eyes.
The old man in front of him, whose limbs were broken and who had been paralyzed for a long time, slowly stood up from the wheelchair.
"what happened?"
Seeing the old man stand up, Gong Qing broke out in a cold sweat and his face twitched.
"Second Master, how could you possibly stand up? Am I dreaming?"
"It's not a dream,"
Tian Jinzhong said calmly,
"It was only thanks to a kind-hearted person that my limbs were reattached."
"impossible!"
Gong Qing found it a little unbelievable.
"I have always been by your side. How could someone reattach your limbs without my knowledge..."
Suddenly he stopped talking, with a look of realization on his face.
"Is it the golden phoenix?"
"That's right!" Tian Jinzhong nodded.
"So you have already discovered me, and you have deliberately sent me away these few days to let Rongshan and Zhang Lingyu take care of you?"
"Were you acting for me before?"
"That's not the case!" Tian Jinzhong shook his head slowly, "I didn't know your identities at the beginning."
"When Xiao Renfeng was treating my injuries, he specifically told me to keep the news of my recovery a secret for now."
"He said that there might be a Quan Xing demon who concealed his identity and sneaked into Longhu Mountain. There might be such people around me."
"I was a little skeptical at first, but I didn't expect you Quan Xing monsters to actually bump into me."
"No, you two are teaming up to put on a show for me!" Lu Liang forced a smile.
"Tian Jinzhong's limbs have been broken for decades, and it is well known in the world of extraordinary people. How come they were reattached in just a few days?"
"TV dramas aren't that fake!"
He now has some doubts as to whether these two people have colluded with each other to set a trap for him.
"Are you really Tian Jinzhong, not someone else pretending to be him?"
Gong Qing also had some doubts.
He scanned the old man's body, trying to find any flaws.
But no matter from which perspective, the person in front of him was the Second Master with whom he lived day and night.
Tian Jinzhong looked at the two of them, his eyes gradually turning colder.
"No matter if I am real or fake, boys, today you know my secret. Even if it costs me my life, I will keep you here."
"Second Master! Stop bragging! You've been disabled for decades and you've just stood up. Do you think you can beat us?"
Gong Qing snorted coldly.
"Even if you can regain your mobility, it will only be a little more trouble."
"Lü Liang, let's go together and take down this old man. Let's finish this quickly."
He greeted him and then slapped Tian Jinzhong in the chest.
Snapped--
A golden light flashed, transforming into a protective shield that blocked the incoming palm.
Lu Liang shot out a blue energy that enveloped Tian Jinzhong's body.
But under the isolation of the Golden Light Mantra, the blue true Qi could not penetrate into it.
Tian Jinzhong punched Gong Qing with a golden light, and the punch was extremely powerful.
boom--
The fist hit the boy's cheek and sent him flying.
Although Tian Jinzhong had not moved for decades and his body had atrophied, with the help of his powerful cultivation over the past hundred years, a few days were enough for him to recover a certain amount of combat power.
Before he even hit the ground, Gong Qing pulled out three ghost needles and swung his hand at the old man opposite him.
The ghost gate needle surrounded by black energy hit the golden light protection, and because of its ability to break the protective method, it pierced directly into the golden light.
Seeing that the Golden Light Spell could not resist the Ghost Gate Needle, Tian Jinzhong immediately moved sideways to avoid it.
"Hurry up now!"
Gong Qing shouted.
"understood!"
Lu Liang responded, controlling the blue true energy to transform into a tiny palm, and drilled into the golden light spell through the hole of the ghost gate needle.
Without the interference of the golden light, this time it hit the target exactly.
The blue true energy instantly enveloped the old man's body.
Seeing that his method had hit the target, Lu Liang immediately used the blue hand to try to shake his spirit and soul.
Tian Jinzhong stood there in a daze. His mind was in chaos, as if there were invisible ropes tied around him.
Without the control of the mind, the golden light slowly faded away.
"How's it going? Did you succeed?"
Gong Qing said, holding his chest.
"No! This old guy's soul is the hardest I've ever seen. It's too tricky!"
Lu Liang's hands were shaking.
"Hurry up, or Rongshan will be back."
Gong Qing warned.
"So this is the Soul Enlightenment Technique?"
Suddenly, an old voice interrupted their conversation.
Gong Qing's eyes suddenly widened, he turned his head and looked at the old man.
In the blue light, Tian Jinzhong slowly raised his hand.
"How is it possible? Without the Golden Light Spell protecting you? How can you not be affected by the Soul Enlightenment Spell?"
Lu Liang said in disbelief.
"In the past hundred years, my limbs have been broken, and I can only practice meditation in bed. I haven't mastered anything else, but my Jinggong Qi has improved a lot."
Tian Jinzhong looked calm as he slowly raised the golden light to block the contact with the blue true qi.
“Although I can’t resist this blue palm for a long time, I can certainly hold on for a while.”
"Damn old fellow!"
Lu Liang withdrew his attack in anger. With the Golden Light Curse blocking it, his Soul Enlightenment Technique was completely ineffective.
He turned his head and looked at Gong Qing who was standing beside him.
"Hey! Let's retreat! We can't take him down with just the two of us."
"No, I will get that memory today no matter what."
Gong Qing said stubbornly,
"I have already issued a military order to the whole world. If I cannot get my memory back, I will die!"
Seeing that he was unwilling to leave, and considering that the other party sent someone to rescue him, Lu Liang did not run away.
"Damn you Quan Xing brats! I'm going to kill you right here this time."
Seeing that Gong Qing really wanted to attack him, anger rose in Tian Jinzhong's heart.
He flashed and appeared in front of the two people.
The palm was as powerful as wind and thunder, hitting Lu Liang's chest.
boom--
The Soul-Clearing Technique didn't work, and facing the attack, Lu Liang had no ability to protect himself at all.
He flew backwards and hit his head against the wall, fainting with blood flowing from the back of his head.
Then, Tian Jinzhong waved his hand and grabbed Gong Qing, his fingers were twisted like eagle claws.
Seeing the palm coming, Gong Qing immediately flew away to avoid it.
Snapped--
The golden palm brushed past the boy's shoulder, leaving several bloody scratches.
"Why is this old guy so strong?"
Gong Qing was horrified. He did not expect that Tian Jinzhong, who had been paralyzed for decades, would be so powerful. Even he and Lu Liang combined were no match for him.
In fact, Tian Jinzhong was not very talented. In their generation, his strength was not considered strong, otherwise he would not have been easily captured by the bandits and had his limbs chopped off.
The reason he is so powerful now is all thanks to his decades of hard training.
Over the past few decades, Tian Jinzhong has been completely afraid to fall asleep. In order to resist sleepiness, he can only practice Qi meditation and cultivate quiet exercises.
After decades of practicing Qigong day and night and working hard, I have naturally achieved some results over time.
Although he is not as talented as the old Taoist priest, Lu Jin, he is definitely one of the top ones among the elders of the sect.
If he had not yet fully recovered, the young Lu Liang and Gong Qing would probably not be able to survive a single encounter with him.
After missing the first claw attack, Tian Jinzhong immediately changed his tactics. He raised his palm and golden light gathered on it, transforming it into a long sword.
"I've only seen Huaiyi use it before, but now I finally have the ability to use it myself."
He muttered something and swung his sword down.
Gong Qing was unable to dodge and cast the Golden Light Spell to defend himself.
Chi-
The blade flashed, and Gong Qing's golden light was instantly shattered, along with one of his arms being cut off.
"Second Master, spare my life!"
Seeing the old man swinging his knife again, Gong Qing didn't care about the severe pain in his arm and shouted hurriedly.
Hearing the Second Grand Master's address, Tian Jinzhong stopped the golden knife in front of the young man.
"I gave you many chances. If you had just stopped once, I would have let you go."
Tian Jinzhong was deeply distressed.
"But from beginning to end, you didn't hesitate at all."
"My life is in the hands of those people of the whole nature. If I don't return with the secret, they will kill me immediately."
Gong Qing covered his shoulders, knelt on the ground, tears in his eyes, and cried.
“Xiao Yuzi, you have been with me for many years, and in my eyes, you are just like my own grandson.
Tian Jinzhong showed a look of pity, and there was a hint of kindness in his words.
Seeing the old man's attitude change, Gong Qing showed hope on his face, perhaps he could escape this time.
"But you know too much!"
The old man's tone suddenly changed, becoming as cold as the wind.
"I have kept this secret for decades, and it must not be revealed. I tried to stop you several times because I didn't want you to get involved, but you insisted on digging deep into it."
“There’s no turning back now!”
Gong Qing had never hated himself for being too talkative as much as he did now. If he had concealed what he knew and started fighting right away, the old man probably wouldn't have been so serious with him.
"Second Master, please spare my life! I am Xiao Yuzi! I have served you for three years. Even if I have no merit, I have worked hard!"
Gong Qing pretended to be pitiful and begged,
Now that his arm was broken, he had no power to resist, so he could only try his best to impress the old man with words.
"I know you want to keep it secret, but I can promise not to reveal those things to anyone. Even if you save my life, I can still keep the secret!"
"Please, spare me!"
"Child, close your eyes, it will make the pain less painful!"
Tian Jinzhong raised the golden knife, his face looked like an ice sculpture.
For the old man, that secret is the meaning of his life, and no one can touch it, or even threaten it.
After Xiao Yuzi learned of the existence of the secret, no matter how much he felt sorry for this disciple, he had to kill him here.
Tian Jinzhong spoke softly, but his words made Gong Qing feel like he was falling into an ice cave.
Seeing that the old man had made up his mind, Gong Qing calmed down. He sat down on the ground, his face pale due to the massive loss of blood.
"Since I'm going to die anyway! Second Master, can you tell me the secret?"
"I came here this time just for that secret. If I am lucky enough to know it, I will be willing to die!"
Gong Qing's eyes revealed a desire to explore, with a hint of madness and obsession.
(End of this chapter)
