Chapter 603 Thirty Years

Although Chai Xin only watched a very small part of the plot of "Heroes of the Group", he was quite familiar with the plot of "The World's Number One".

Of course, since it is a fan work, many plots may have been changed.

However, judging from the plot of "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils" related to Duan Yu that Chai Xin came into contact with in Yunnan, as long as the protagonist of the novel "Heroes" has not yet participated, most of the plot is still in line with the original work.

Since Chai Xin had only read the first few chapters of "Heroes of the World", he actually didn't know whether the plot of "Number One Under Heaven" had changed at present.

However, you have to try everything to find out the truth.

The reason why he inquired about the inn where the envoys from Izumo were staying was for this purpose.

In the original plot, the Kingdom of Izumo sent an envoy to escort Princess Rihide to marry the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, in the world of heroes, the Ming Dynasty did not exist, so Princess Lixiu's marriage partner naturally became the Emperor of the Song Dynasty.

The leader of the Izumo team this time was a general named "Karasuma", but in fact he had been killed halfway.

In fact, the entire Izumo delegation, including the married Princess Rihide, had died before entering the territory of the Song Dynasty.

The Izumo delegation that now appears in the capital of the Song Dynasty is completely fake by another group of people.

The mastermind behind the destruction of the Izumo Kingdom's envoys was none other than the Song court's extremely powerful and prestigious uncle of the emperor - the Iron-Hearted God King Zhao Wusi!

Zhao Wusi had long harbored the ambition to usurp the throne. This time, he not only destroyed the Izumo delegation, but also sent someone to impersonate him, sneak into the palace, and abduct the empress dowager!

The purpose of this series of actions is to destroy the majesty of the little emperor who is less than 20 years old.

At the same time, the Dongchang and Jinyiwei, who are responsible for protecting the palace's security, would be held accountable for serious dereliction of duty.

The person currently in charge of the East Factory and the Embroidered Uniform Guard is none other than the world's most famous eunuch, Cao Zhengchun.

In terms of fame and background, Cao Zhengchun is naturally far from being comparable to Zhao Wusi.

However, the young emperor relied heavily on him because he was both capable and notorious.

In fact, the young emperor supported Cao Zhengchun in order to check his uncle’s enormous power and even surpass his uncle in prestige.

In short, everything Zhao Wushi ordered the fake Izumo delegation to do was aimed at attacking the little emperor and his forces.

According to the plot of the original novel, after Wuhuan abducted the Queen Mother, they hid her directly in the inn.

In the end, it takes a lot of twists and turns before he is rescued by Cheng Shifei, Duan Tianya and others.

What Chai Xin has to do now is to join in the fun.

The group of people Zhao Wusi sent to pretend to be the Izumo delegation were all very powerful. Especially the Wuhuan, according to his performance in the original book, Chai Xin speculated that his strength should be no weaker than Duan Yanqing whom he had met before.

For Chai Xin, these people are the best nutrients for improving his skills.

Anyway, Chai Xin has no good feelings towards either Zhao Wusi or Cao Zhengchun.

Almost all the people under their command are murderers, and he will not show any mercy when absorbing their power.

Especially the Wuhuan gang, who were specially trained by Zhao Wusi to do some shady and dirty things. There is no telling how much innocent blood their hands are stained with, so there is no need to have any psychological burden when killing them.

Following the instructions of the yamen runner, Chai Xin soon arrived at the inn where the envoy from Izumo Kingdom was staying.

For ordinary people, this place is heavily guarded and difficult to move.

But with his skills, it was not difficult for him to sneak in quietly.

"Besides Karasuma, Kaori Hide is not an easy opponent either. I'm afraid his strength is no less than Karasuma's. We must be careful."

Chai Xin remained alert at all times and tiptoed around the inn to inquire about the situation.

His primary goal was not to rescue the Queen Mother, but to find an opportunity to kill a few more masters of the fake delegation.

Therefore, after he entered the inn, he did not hide and wait for Wuhuan to bring the queen mother back, but directly went to a servant's room and started his action.

"I wonder if your Excellency's action will go smoothly. Rumor has it that there are many experts in the palace. If it fails, I'm afraid that the prince will be furious and we will all..."

"Shut up! Are you trying to save your life? Are these things worth discussing? Always remember your mission and don't say anything you shouldn't say!"

"Alas, I just feel uneasy..."

"Take a rest now, don't let your mind wander, just do your job well."

Chai Xin hid on the roof, secretly lifted a tile, and looked at the people in the house.

There were three people living in this room. They were all wearing clothes with obvious exotic styles, but they spoke fluent Song Dynasty Mandarin.

Obviously, they are all men of the Iron-Hearted God King Zhao Wusi.

Chai Xin did not take action immediately. Instead, he waited until everyone had gone to bed before taking out a bamboo tube as thick as a thumb from his arms.

Then, he put it to his mouth and blew all the smoke in the bamboo tube into the room.

This intoxicating smoke was searched out from Sikong Xuan's body. On the bamboo tube was a label with tiny handwriting - Peacock Powder. One penny of it was enough to knock down a buffalo.

The weight of the Peacock Powder in this bamboo tube exceeds one or two taels, which is a full ten cents!
Even if one is a well-known figure in the martial arts world, such as the Four Evils, if he inhales a whole bottle of Peacock Powder without any precautions, he will definitely be harmed!
Of course, if it were Duan Yanqing, the strongest of the four evil men, relying on his profound internal strength, he might not be knocked down directly, but he would definitely be greatly affected and his strength would be greatly reduced.

If it were the other three, they would all fall into a coma, but the duration of their coma would vary depending on the depth of their own skills.

The three people in this room may be quite powerful, but it is impossible to say that everyone can be on par with Ye Erniang and Yue Lao San.

Ye Erniang and Yue Laosan may not be considered top figures in the underworld, but they are definitely not ordinary characters.

In fact, even if Chai Xin's martial arts skills were superb, it would be almost impossible for him to pass by Yue Lao San silently and without being noticed at all.

The three people in the room at the moment were obviously unaware of Chai Xin's arrival, otherwise they would not have talked about such sensitive and confidential matters before.

After all the Peacock Powder was delivered into the room, Chai Xin waited on the roof for another ten minutes. When he heard the people's breathing becoming heavier and their eyes and mouths no longer moving unconsciously, he turned over and came down from the roof.

He gently pushed the door open and closed it again. He had already walked to someone's bed.

"Buzz!"

A barely perceptible white light emerged from Chai Xin's palm, and then it was gently pressed on the man's body. The "Dao Xuan Gong" had already been activated.

In this way, in less than ten minutes, Chai Xin absorbed all the power of the three people and then left quietly.

"These three are stronger than I expected. Each of them has a skill level of over 20 years. I'm afraid they can almost be compared with Yun Zhonghe."

Chai Xin hid himself in a big tree and quietly practiced his Qigong and regulated his breathing.

When he first fought with Yun Zhonghe, he realized that the other party's skills were about twenty-three or twenty-four years old.

Unexpectedly, these guys who look like ordinary followers and guards are not much weaker than Yun Zhonghe in terms of martial arts skills.

The three of them together increased Chai Xin's power by more than six years, from a little over twenty years to twenty-seven years! Twenty-seven years of Daoxuan Gong power is equivalent to thirty-five or thirty-six years of ordinary internal power. If Chai Xin met Duan Yanqing now and fought head-on, even if he couldn't kill him, he would be sure to suppress him.

If it was a sudden sneak attack and Duan Yanqing was caught off guard, he would be seriously injured if not killed.

After Chai Xin adjusted his breathing and recovered to his best condition, he came to the roof of a house again.

This room is twice as big as the previous one, but the interior decoration is relatively simple, obviously it is the residence of servants.

Chai Xin lifted the tiles and saw that there were several rows of large bunk beds in the room, and there were actually more than twenty people living there.

"It seems that the three earlier were actually small leaders, no wonder they were so powerful. As for these now, I'm afraid they are just ordinary people."

It was now late at night, and almost all of the twenty or so people in the room had fallen asleep. Only a few, perhaps suffering from insomnia, were still tossing and turning on their bunk beds.

Chai Xin scored twice and took out another bottle of Peacock Powder, which knocked out everyone in the room.

At the beginning, he found a total of three bottles of Peacock Powder on Sikong Xuan, and now only the last one is left.

When everyone was deeply poisoned, Chai Xin, just like before, took all of their internal energy for himself.

There were twenty-three people, and the average skill level of each person was about fifteen years. Since none of them had reached the level of twenty years, the conversion rate was only about one percent.

Therefore, the total amount of skill improvement was more than three years.

In this way, Chai Xin's skills reached thirty years.

If he met Duan Yanqing now, even if they fought head-on, he could easily defeat him within thirty moves and kill him within fifty moves!

Even if Duan Yanqing and Yue Lao San joined forces, they could at best be on equal terms with him, and they would probably suffer losses after a prolonged battle.

With thirty years of experience in practicing Daoxuan Gong, it is hard for the younger generation in the martial arts world to find an opponent.

Even in the entire martial arts world, he can be considered a first-rate figure, and even most of the first-rate masters may not be his opponent.

Chai Xin had just absorbed the last person's internal energy and was about to regulate his breathing when he suddenly heard a rapid sound of breaking through the air coming from outside.

"came back!"

Chai Xin raised his eyebrows, and immediately jumped out of the window next to him. After a few jumps, he had hidden in the crown of a big tree.

In the moonlight, he could clearly see a man in night clothes, carrying a quilt on his back, walking quickly in the yard.

Chai Xin, who had watched "The World's Number One", knew that the person wrapped in the quilt was the empress dowager of the time.

Behind the man in black, no one followed.

Obviously, he was the only one who came back alive from this operation.

But for this kind of people, as long as the mission objectives can be achieved, nothing else matters.

"Karasuma?"

There was a glimmer of anticipation in Chai Xin's eyes, and he had an urge to fight the other party.

The fact that Wuhuan was able to break into the Forbidden Palace at night, abduct the Queen Mother and escape, and that he was being pursued by Cao Zhengchun, is enough to prove that he was quite powerful.

Chai Xin's skills have greatly improved now, and he is in need of an expert to test the waters with him.

However, he did not take action immediately, but instead controlled his temper and waited and saw what would happen.

He did not forget that there was more than just Karasuma among the Izumo delegation this time.

The fake Princess Rihide is probably not much weaker than Karasuma.

He was confident that he could stop the two from joining forces, but this was the capital after all. If he couldn't win quickly and made too much noise, he was afraid that Zhao Wusi and Cao Zhengchun would be attracted here.

No matter how confident Chai Xin was, he was still arrogant enough to think that he was now able to confront a top master like Cao Zhengchun head-on.

As for Zhao Wusi, his strength is only higher than Cao Zhengchun, and judging from his performance in the drama, he is much stronger and can be said to be unique in the whole drama.

I'm afraid that even Wudang's Zhang Sanfeng and Shaolin's Sweeping Monk may not be much stronger than Zhao Wusi.

Of course, Chai Xin could only speculate on the strength of Zhao Wusi, Zhang Sanfeng, and the Sweeping Monk, and it was impossible to make a conclusion before they fought.

No one can tell for sure whether there will really be an insurmountable bottleneck after one’s skills reach a certain level.

If one could continuously improve his strength simply by accumulating internal energy or absorbing the internal energy of others, it would be a joke.

Wu Wan was seen carrying the quilt into the room in the center, and then there was no movement.

Chai Xin did not follow in rashly, but continued to wait.

He knew in his heart that the fake Li Xiu was probably living in that house.

About half an hour later, Wu Wan walked out of the room alone and went to a room next to it.

It was the room that Chai Xin entered for the first time.

"who is it?!"

A moment later, a roar broke the night sky.

Then, Karasuma broke open the door, rushed into the yard, and rushed into another house like lightning.

"Damn it!"

Another roar, simply heart-wrenching.

Obviously, he had discovered the situation of his men.

Although they are still alive, they have lost all their powers and become ordinary people.

He was even weaker than most ordinary people because he was unable to adapt to the loss of his internal strength.

This group of people were all Karasuma's direct subordinates, and now they could be said to have been completely wiped out. No matter how calm and composed he was, he simply couldn't accept it at this moment.

He suddenly rushed back into the yard again, using all his strength to search everywhere, flying high and falling low, trying to find any clues.

In fact, just now in the room, he had already asked his men what had happened.

But everyone seemed very confused, and some even had to be woken up by him before they realized something was wrong with their bodies.

As for why he became like this, no one knew!
"Who on earth has such ability? He sneaked into the posthouse silently and destroyed all the skills of my subordinates! No, this matter must be reported immediately..."

Karasuma went crazy in the yard for a while, but soon regained his composure.

(End of this chapter)