Urban Martial Saint

Ye Qing led the group sprinting madly through the stone corridor, but without Inner Strength, his running speed was ultimately a bit slower in this situation. After they’d run less than one hundred meters in the corridor, Third Brother had already caught up from behind.

”Stop!” Third Brother roared angrily, suddenly pouncing forward and slamming Ye Qing straight to the ground.

Ye Qing had long been on guard. As Third Brother lunged at him, Ye Qing’s dagger in his hand stabbed back in a flash. Third Brother was caught off guard and Ye Qing jabbed him right in the lower abdomen, making him let out a howl of pain.

Although Ye Qing managed to wound Third Brother, he also lost his chance to escape. Over a dozen men pounced on him at the same time from behind, and they finally pinned Ye Qing to the ground.

Third Brother clutched his lower abdomen and stood up, glaring viciously at Ye Qing and cursing, ”******, run then, go on, keep running! You even dare stab me? If I don’t kill you, I’ll take your damn surname!”

As he cursed, Third Brother directly snatched the dagger from Ye Qing’s hand and viciously thrust it toward Ye Qing’s lower abdomen.

”Third Brother, don’t kill him!” At this moment, an old man hurriedly stopped Third Brother, saying, ”We need him alive. A live one’s worth more!”

Third Brother flew into a rage and said, ”Fuck that, I got stabbed, and we’re just going to let it go like this?”

The old man glanced at Ye Qing and said, ”Cut off both his hands first, that’ll count as avenging you, Third Brother!”

Those words satisfied Third Brother very much. He picked up the dagger and pointed at Ye Qing, shouting angrily, ”Lift his hand up for me. Fuck, which hand did he use to stab me just now? I’ll cripple that hand first!”

Third Brother bellowed, bringing the blade down in one chop, hacking straight at Ye Qing’s right wrist.

But the expected spray of blood never happened. That chop landed on Ye Qing’s wrist as if it had hit steel; it couldn’t harm Ye Qing in the slightest.

Third Brother froze for a moment, looked at the dagger in his hand, then at Ye Qing’s wrist, and said, ”What… what the hell is going on?”

The others were all dumbfounded too. That dagger was a Famed Instrument, so how could it fail to chop off a human hand? This was like seeing a ghost!

Ye Qing himself knew exactly what was happening. With his current physical condition, anyone who could hurt him would be the real freak here. Even before he’d gained the power of the Primal Mysterious Body, Ye Qing’s body had already been impervious to blades and bullets. Back then, Du Canglang had exhausted all his Famed Instruments and still couldn’t wound him at all. Now these people wanted to chop off his hand—weren’t they dreaming?

”Did you maybe hold it the wrong way?” another old man asked, then said, ”Try again!”

Third Brother was just as puzzled. He lined up the blade edge carefully and hacked down with all his strength, trying to chop Ye Qing’s hand off. But the result was exactly the same as before; he still couldn’t hurt Ye Qing in the slightest. After the blow, Ye Qing’s wrist didn’t even have a white mark on it, which made it even harder for everyone to stay calm.

”What’s going on? What’s going on?” Fifth Brother kept exclaiming.

”This… this is freaking supernatural, isn’t it?” Sixth Brother was stunned as well.

Third Brother scratched his head and lightly scraped the dagger across his own wrist. Instantly, a cut opened, blood flowing down, making the corner of his mouth twitch from the pain. He quickly sucked in a cold breath and said, ”This… this is definitely a Famed Instrument, that’s for sure. But how… how can it not even chop off his hand? What the hell?”

Everyone was completely baffled, their heads full of fog. After a brief silence, Fifth Brother said in a low voice, ”Forget it, never mind all that. Let’s just drag him back first. The Wanyan Family wants Ye Qing; we just have to hand Ye Qing over to them. As for whether they can kill him or not, that’s their business, has nothing to do with us!”

”Right, right, nothing to do with us!” Everyone nodded in agreement. Being able to capture Ye Qing this time already counted as major merit. The rest wasn’t that important anymore.

”Fine then!” Third Brother drew a deep breath, glaring resentfully at Ye Qing, still unable to swallow his anger. But he had no choice. Ye Qing was sticking his hand out right here and even then Third Brother couldn’t chop it off—who else could he blame?

”Let’s go!” Third Brother sighed and turned around. Who could have known that the moment he turned his head, he would see a huge snake head less than a meter away. He could practically smell the snake’s breath spraying out at him. Third Brother shuddered, let out a terrified ”Mama!” scream, and scrambled backward for his life.

The others also saw the snake head and were all scared stupid for a moment, shrieking and stumbling back. There was no helping it—faced with such a massive Giant Snake, anybody would be scared!

Only Ye Qing, upon seeing this Giant Snake, had his expression instantly turn cold. Because this was the very same Giant Snake that had swallowed Lin Tianyou last time. He hadn’t expected to see it again here—this really was enemies meeting face to face!

”Wh-what the hell is that?”

”A snake?”

”A snake that big, are you kidding me?”

”Damn, I’ve never seen a snake that huge in my whole life!”

”What’s it going to do? W-will it eat people?”

Everyone was trembling as they whispered; this Giant Snake had indeed scared the life out of them. Being afraid of snakes is human nature for many people, let alone a snake this huge—this thing was even more dangerous than a ferocious beast!

Just as everyone was talking over one another, a gentle voice suddenly sounded from behind the Giant Snake: ”Everyone, don’t be afraid. Senior Green is a vegetarian, he doesn’t hurt people!”

”There’s someone else?”

”Who is it?”

”What’s ’Senior Green’ supposed to be?”

”Vegetarian? Who’s vegetarian?”

Everyone was shocked yet again, while Ye Qing was stunned. Because that gentle voice sounded extremely familiar to him. But he didn’t dare believe it, couldn’t even bring himself to accept it!

Right then, that voice rang out again: ”Sorry to bother you, may I ask, is the person in the middle Mr. Ye, Ye Qing?”

As soon as this was said, everyone was once more dumbfounded. Third Brother’s eyes bulged as he said, ”Th-this… who the hell is that? He actually knows Ye Qing?”

”Damn it, what’s his relationship with Ye Qing?”

”Is he Ye Qing’s friend? Or Ye Qing’s enemy?”

”Doesn’t matter who he is, he’s no good news for us either way!”

Ye Qing’s eyes also went wide. Once the other party directly called out his name, it made the guess in his heart even more certain. Even though he truly couldn’t accept this, his heart still pounded wildly. Even a one-in-ten-thousand chance was enough to make him so worked up he could hardly contain himself.

He took a deep breath, forcefully suppressing the shock in his chest, and said with a trembling voice, ”Y-you… you… are you Lin… Brother Lin?”

No one else had any idea who Brother Lin was; only Ye Qing knew that ”Brother Lin” referred to the Divine Doctor of Shenchuan City, Lin Tianyou, who had once died on Medicine King Mountain!

”Whew, it really is you!” With a soft exclamation of joy, a figure slowly walked out from behind the Giant Snake. Gentle and refined, with a kindly look on his face—who else could it be but Lin Tianyou!

Ye Qing’s expression froze on the spot. In his wildest dreams he hadn’t imagined he would ever see Lin Tianyou again. The last time he’d laid eyes on Lin Tianyou was that scene of Lin Tianyou being swallowed into this Giant Snake’s belly, and to this day that scene was still Ye Qing’s recurring nightmare. After returning to Medicine King Mountain, Ye Qing had been constantly thinking about how to avenge Lin Tianyou. But who could have imagined that Lin Tianyou wasn’t dead, that Lin Tianyou was actually standing here alive and well? What the hell was going on? Lin Tianyou had already been swallowed by the Giant Snake, so how could he still be alive? Was he seeing ghosts?

Seeing Ye Qing’s expression, Lin Tianyou seemed to know what he was thinking. He smiled faintly and said, ”Ye Zi, I didn’t die.”

The people of the Five Poison Sect were all dumbfounded. They had no idea what Lin Tianyou meant by that. What do you mean, you didn’t die? Who the hell is this guy? And just what’s the origin of this Giant Snake? What is its actual relationship with this man?

That one sentence from Lin Tianyou made Ye Qing’s heart start pounding crazily again. He couldn’t suppress the excitement surging in his chest and said, ”Y-you’re really not dead?”

”Of course not.” Lin Tianyou smiled, then glanced at the people nearby and slightly furrowed his brows, saying, ”Friends, Ye Zi is a close friend of mine. I don’t know what kind of grudge there is between him and everyone here. If possible, I hope you can let Ye Zi go first.”

The members of the Five Poison Sect looked at each other. Third Brother was the first to react—he jabbed a finger at Lin Tianyou and roared, ”That guy surnamed Ye is someone my Five Poison Sect wants. You’re telling us to let him go—are you planning to go against my Five Poison Sect?”

Everyone fixed their eyes on Lin Tianyou as well. Even though they were terrified of that Giant Snake, they were even more afraid of Wu Zishi. If they couldn’t get Ye Qing out of here, chances were all of them would die, so at this point they were all glaring at Lin Tianyou like tigers staring down prey.

”Five Poison Sect?” Lin Tianyou thought for a moment and said, ”So you’re people of the Five Poison Sect?”

”Hmph, so you have heard of our name.” Fifth Brother said smugly, ”Since you know of the Five Poison Sect, then you should also know how powerful we are. Hmph, daring to meddle in Five Poison Sect business—do you know what happens to people like that?”

Lin Tianyou glanced over at the group here and said, ”My Master instructed me that once I left seclusion, the first thing I was to do was to level the Five Poison Sect. So it turns out he was talking about your Five Poison Sect.”

”What?” The whole Five Poison Sect crowd was stunned, and Ye Qing was also taken aback. What the hell was Lin Tianyou saying? Who was this Master he spoke of? And he was going to level the Five Poison Sect? How? He’s just a doctor—what kind of strength could he possibly have to level the Five Poison Sect?

”You sure have a big mouth!” Third Brother bellowed, pointing at Lin Tianyou. ”Just who the hell is your Master, that he raised a disciple like you who doesn’t know the height of the heavens or the depth of the earth? Hmph, speak his name out loud—let’s see who levels who first. If my Five Poison Sect doesn’t cripple him, then we’d be disgracing the reputation of the Five Poison Sect!”

Ye Qing was also staring at Lin Tianyou. He really wanted to know who Lin Tianyou’s Master was, and just what had happened to Lin Tianyou. Why hadn’t Lin Tianyou died, and why had his way of speaking changed like this? Also, what exactly was the relationship between this Giant Snake and Lin Tianyou? Why did it seem like the Giant Snake had no hostility toward Lin Tianyou at all, and was even quite affectionate?

Lin Tianyou took a gentle breath, looked at everyone, and said, ”My Master’s surname is An, his given name is Shiping. The people of the world respect my Master and call him the Divine Doctor.”