Chapter 16 Burning in Fire

Chapter 16 Burning in Fire

Chapter 16 Burning in Fire
Just as the little nun reached the gate of Taiqing Palace, a figure suddenly jumped down from a big tree, and her uncle Zhang Jue appeared in front of her.

"Why did you give him the Frost Sword?" Zhang Jue asked.

The little nun felt a little uneasy and whispered, "Second Uncle, that sword technique is more suitable for a short sword. I don't need it anyway, so just give it to him!"

Zhang Jue sighed in his heart. His niece actually gave the Frost Sword to Xiao Xia. It was truly fate's will!

Zhang Jue stopped pursuing the sword. He paused for a moment and asked, "How is his training going?"

"It's okay!" the little nun said reluctantly.

Zhang Jue laughed, "If you say he's okay, that means he's really good!"

"His comprehension is OK, but he didn't even run after taking the Diamond Pills, so most of his energy was wasted!"

Zhang Jue's eyes suddenly widened, "You asked him to take medicine and run?"

"Isn't it written in Second Uncle's notes? After taking the King Kong Pill, you have to run to exert its effect. Isn't that right?

Zhang Jue secretly groaned. How could Xiao Xia's frail body withstand the fierce medicinal effects of the Vajra Pills!

"You're right, we need to run!"

Zhang Jue was helpless. Now that things had come to this, he might as well let that boy bear the consequences!
"Aqiao, why did you sneak out again!"

A Taoist nun in her thirties walked out of the Taoist temple quickly. She ignored Zhang Jue and scolded the young nun with a long face, "Last time you sneaked out, I asked the temple master for you. How are you going to explain this time?"

The little nun lowered her head and dared not say a word.

"Third sister, A Qiao came to see me!" Zhang Jue explained.

The Taoist nun was named Zhang Lian, a cousin of Zhang Jue. She became a Taoist nun at the age of fifteen, but thus escaped the catastrophe of the demise of the Chen Dynasty.

She has been raising the little nun since she was one year old. For eleven years, Zhang Lian has treated her as her own daughter and has been very strict with her, yet she also loves her very much.

Zhang Lian glared at her brother and said, "I know what she did. You don't need to explain!"

Zhang Lian said softly to the little nun, "Hurry up and go! The master has called your name."

The little nun agreed and ran away.

Zhang Jue watched his niece enter the mountain gate, then he said to Zhang Lian, "I went to Xiangyang a few days ago."

Zhang Lian's expression immediately became serious.

"The enemy is in Xiangyang?"

Zhang Jue nodded.

"But brother still failed to assassinate him?"

Zhang Jue shook his head. "There were two eighth-grade martial arts guards around him. They discovered him as soon as he approached."

“It’s actually the eighth-grade martial arts!” Zhang Lian’s face changed, she was also shocked.

Zhang Jue smiled bitterly, "You have seen one of them before."

"Who?"

"Eight-armed Nezha Hou Junji!"

"Ah! Wasn't he doing a no-cost business in the Central Plains? He actually became a lackey for the rich and powerful!"

Zhang Jue sighed and said, "He was originally the son of an official. After working outside for a few years, he eventually had to return to the officialdom. This time, I almost died at his hands. He chased me from Xiangyang all the way to Jiangling, and I was forced to jump into the Yangtze River to escape with my life."

"Brother, you are exaggerating a bit!"

"It's not an exaggeration. Two eighth-grade martial arts masters surrounded me from the left and right. If I hadn't been prepared in advance, I would never have escaped the high wall and would have died there."

At this point, Zhang Jue said solemnly: "I am afraid that you and A Qiao will underestimate the enemy, so I came here tonight to remind you not to think about revenge for the next few years."

Zhang Lian's eyes were filled with grief and anger. She gritted her teeth and said, "How can I not avenge the blood feud of my entire family of 27 people?"

"We must take revenge, but we must think long and hard. I was a little reckless this time. If someone dies, how can we talk about revenge? Especially since A-Qiao is still young. If something happens to her, how can we face our elder brother?"

The hatred in Zhang Lian's eyes slowly faded away, and she nodded gently, "Brother, I'll remember your advice!"

"I'm glad you understand. Thank you for protecting the child for me these days!"

Zhang Lian was silent for a moment and asked, "Your training of that child is not as simple as learning martial arts to protect himself, right?"

Zhang Jue smiled and said, "Learning martial arts to protect oneself is of course a part of it."

"What about the other part?"

Zhang Jue said unhappily, "Sister Lian, don't be too concerned about some things."

"Brother, are you hiding something from me?"

Zhang Lian stared at her brother with a dagger-like gaze. "Don't think that I know nothing because I'm staying in Taiqing Palace. If I'm not mistaken, the real reason you came to Jiangdu is actually for this child. Is he Xiao Chunyu's son?"

Xiao Xia ran for more than ten miles in one breath, and his stomach exploded with a "bang!", and a wave of fire rushed straight to the soles of his feet. This scorching power came so fast. Xiao Xia screamed in pain and fell to the ground. He only felt a ball of fire burning up along his leg bones. Of course, this was just a feeling, not a real burning.

But the pain of his bones burning was real, just like the feeling he had when his hands were burned by a lighter.

He screamed and writhed in pain. At this moment, his tendons, veins and internal organs felt as if a pot of boiling water was poured over them, almost scalding him.

The two kinds of pain intertwined together, and Xiao Xia screamed "Ah!" and fainted.

After an unknown amount of time, he slowly woke up. The pain in his body had disappeared without a trace. He felt as if everything in his body had been drained out, and he didn't have any strength left.

Xiao Xia struggled to sit up and looked at the position of the moon. Damn! He must have been unconscious for at least two hours.

Fortunately, I didn’t encounter any wild dogs tonight, otherwise I would have been left with nothing.

Xiao Xia felt like crying but had no tears. The little nun meant well, but she was really cheating!

If he knew it would be so painful, he would never run. It was so good before, just like drinking a few glasses of wine, the whole body would feel a little hot, and it would be over before he knew it, but now... Oh! It almost cost him his life.

This is not some Vajra Pill, it is definitely a Life-Chasing Pill, and it also has the power of gentle breeze and rain, bah!
Even though he complained, Xiao Xia knew in his heart that this was probably the real effect of the Vajra Pill.

Go see if Lao Zhang is back tomorrow and ask him if he has any way to relieve the pain?
.........

Soon he found the Jinlian Temple in the east of the city. He immediately understood what the little nun was hinting at. The Jinlian Temple was close to the city wall, and a section of the wall bricks had fallen off, revealing the yellow mud filling inside.

Although the city wall did not collapse, he was able to climb up by climbing up the yellow mud and enter the city easily.

The next morning, Xiao Xia found Zhang Jue, and Zhang Jue had indeed returned.

Before he could speak, Zhang Jue grinned and said, "It hurts so much that you can't stand it, right?"

"how do you know?"

Zhang Jue smiled slightly, "I saw you running."

Xiao Xia also laughed and said, "I noticed that you martial artists are all night owls. Why do you all go out at night?"

"I don't know about others, but I am sure of this. When I was a teenager, I had to take medicine at night and practice martial arts at night, so I developed the habit of being active at night."

"It hurts so much, is there any way to relieve the pain?"

Zhang Jue smiled and said, "You can knock yourself out!"

Xiao Xia sighed, "Uncle Zhang, stop joking. I'm serious. If I can't stop the pain, I'm afraid I won't be able to hold on."

"You call me Uncle Zhang?"

Zhang Jue smiled and said, "Do you have any thoughts about my niece? Are you afraid that calling me big brother will make her senior?"

"Your niece screwed me over badly last night. I don't dare to have any improper thoughts about her."

Xiao Xia's face turned red, and he quickly changed the subject. He took out the medicine gourd and put it on the table, "The medicine is almost gone."

Zhang Jue stared at the medicine gourd and said, "The Diamond Pill is very overbearing, but the effect is excellent. This is how martial arts training works. If you endure ten times the pain of others, you will get ten times the benefits of others. Look at my figure. In fact, I was the same as you when I was young."

Xiao Xia's eyes widened, "No way! Will I be like you in the future?"

Zhang Jue glared, "What's wrong with my figure?"

Xiao Xia muttered quietly, "Too good!"

Zhang Jue was somewhat helpless and could only explain: "Not necessarily like me, but definitely taller and stronger than Liu Erhu who bullied you!"

Hearing the name Liu Erhu, Xiao Xia's heart skipped a beat and he quickly said, "Because of Wu San's death, Liu Erhu wanted to kill me."

"I know that he and Wu San were brothers. Wu San could have survived, but you hit him too hard with that brick. Wu San wanted to kill you. Your family master was afraid that he would do something bad, so he killed him. If you are really worried, I can kill Liu Erhu as well."

This explanation is a bit far-fetched. The head of the family, Xiao Cong, is not a cruel and ruthless person. How could he kill people just because of the slightest dissatisfaction?
But Xiao Xia's mind was on Liu Erhu, and he didn't want to delve into this issue any further.

Xiao Xia shook his head, "No! Uncle Zhang can just buy me a few months."

Although Liu Erhu hated Xiao Xia and said that he wanted to kill him to avenge Wu San, he was just talking. Zhang Jue didn't think he would really kill someone.

Besides, Zhang Jue didn't want to kill innocent people anymore, so he nodded and said with a smile: "I can buy you three months. Tomorrow I will ask him to go to Qingcheng Mountain in Chengdu to deliver a letter. He will not be back for at least three months."

Xiao Xia felt relieved temporarily, and he quickly asked: "Uncle Zhang, is there any way to relieve the pain?" Relieving the pain was the most urgent matter.

Zhang Jue nodded, "There are indeed two ways to relieve pain. The first way is to drink a lot of alcohol. Drinking can relieve pain. This is the method I use."

Xiao Xia suddenly realized, "No wonder you smell so strongly of alcohol, are you still taking the King Kong Pills?"

Zhang Jue smiled bitterly and said, "I haven't eaten it for a long time. I'm addicted to drinking!"

'oh! ’

Xiao Xia felt a little embarrassed and asked quickly, "What about the second method?"

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