Death Scripture

Shangguan Fei had a series of nightmares. In order to escape from that terrible scene, hespent the last of the will power he had, fighting to transformthe dreaminto a Stone Castle, somewhere which once made him comfortable.

However, theStone Castle had changed. No matter how much he tried, he could not control the falling stones of the castle, the crowds who were mutually killing each other, the blood that covered the sky, the father, and even the Supreme King wholoomed larger now than ever before. He walked slowly towards him while slicing any one that he came across, his mother seemed near yet far, and enthusiastically shouted, “you have not killed enough!”

In his dreams, no one cared about Shangguan Fei, even his mother. Only the Supreme King walked closer and closer, killinga person at every step.

His feet were firmly rooted to the ground and it was hard to move…

Shangguan Fei with abruptly, sweating profusely, his skinburning hotyet his internal organs felt like falling ice cubes. His chest started to heave dramatically when saw the people before him, seeming even more frightening than his dream. He said,”Supreme King, you are the Supreme King!”

He saw the first face overlapping with the Supreme King’s face in his dream and from then on, could not remember who that face belonged to.

Old man Mu gave Shangguan Fei a tight slap and said hastily. “Wake up, this is Dragon King not Supreme King.”

Shangguan Fei finally woke up completely, remembering how he had wanted to escape the dream in order to escape the external heat and inner freezing. But the reality of thetorment now returned, even though weakened but even more frightening that that of the dream as he cried out, “Dragon King, save me.”

Shangguan Fei cried out so desperately thattheDragon King seemed to have become an omnipotent god.

Gu Shenwei’s had suffered for years, so it was hard sympathizing with thatof another so he said just calmly,”You won’t die, just endure it.”

“Really?”Shangguan Fei replied in disbelief.

“It’s true.” said Old man Mu whilebeaming, the only happy person in the tent. “Once every few orseveral days, or even a few years, you would be possessed once, it will get worse and worse and you might even become an addiction when you get usedto it.” He continued.

“I don’t want to get possessed,” Shangguan Fei said,looking like a child who hadgot shocked and wanted to stubbornly protest the adults’ arrangements.

“Your martial arts skills are now the best, why would you be afraid of Qigong Deviation? After all, you won’t die after an hour and a half. You can enjoy slowly and pursue your freedom…” said old man Mu as he stopped in time. He had always forgotten how he had changed himself and not become a devil. “Be a good human, stay on the righteous path, and strive for eternal fame and prestige.” He added.

“I don’t want mystical power or fame. Dragon King, take these things away quickly. I have already trained for you.” Shangguan Fei said as he held his chest with two hands, as if the true qi in his body was a wart and could be cut off at any point in time to give to someone.

He knew the reasons behind Qigong Deviation but did not dare to accuse the two culprits. His thoughts were simple. Dragon King andthe Lotus ladycould let themselves suffer and naturally wouldrelieve the pain.

“Give me a punch,” saidGu Shenwei, wanting to see how strong Shangguan Fei’s ‘ divine powers ‘ were.

Shangguan Fei curled into a body, yieldingas heclearly remembered the scene the previous night of a living human body being torn apart into four or five pieces with flesh and blood strewn all over him.

He had beaten someone to death beforebut the other party suffered internal organ damage and looked okay on the exterior which wasn’t frightening.

“The Dragon King is healing you. Give him a punch.” TheLotus lady said,understanding Shangguan Fei’s thoughts, her tone effective even though cold.

“Really?” said Shangguan Fei witheyes brightenedas he saw theDragon King andnodded. He stood up finally and punched the Dragon King.

This blow was so weak, Old Man Mu could not bear seeing it any longer thus he questioned, “What are you doing? Teasing the Dragon King? Use force so your illness canbe diagnosed.You can’t even kill a fly like this.”

Shangguan Fei’s second blow did not increase in speed butthe strength it contained was extremely huge. Gu Shenwei crossed his arms and received the blow.

“Look, the Dragon King is the Dragon King, do you wish topunch him todeath? Don’t dream…” Old man Mu said with hisflattery stopped because he saw that the Dragon King looked bad.

Gu Shenwei’s face flashed red then became pale, his whole body turning to ice.

“I, I didn’t mean to, Dragon King let me.” Shangguan Fei said, shirking his responsibility quickly at the same time worryingthat the Dragon King was really dead, who else would be able to save themselves.

Moments later, Gu Shenwei recovered and his face turned normal, butknew thatit would be brought forward the next time he went into Qigong Deviation. Shangguan Fei’s eccentric and strong force ignited the icy power in his body which made it almost unbearable.

Gu Shenwei looked at the Lotus lady in the eye,understanding each other’s thoughts.This set of strange powerswas to be practised soon but the loophole had to be closed before that.

“Yu Zhen Ren can cure Shangguan Fei’s Qigong Deviation?” Gu Shenwei said, heonly knew the name of this immortal from the North Courtbut did not more.

“Of course, that’s my younger disciple. He got along so well in the North Court, all thanks to a set of life-saving martial arts skills.” Old Man Mu said, brimming againwith self-satisfaction, as if basking inhis younger disciple’s light.

“Yu Zhen Ren! He’s your younger disciple?” Shangguan Feisaid ecstatically. He knew the name but this was the first time he hadknown this world-renowned Taoist was actually from the same sect as the old man Mu. Later, he thought of a question and asked, “Yu Zhen Ren is your younger disciple so why was he able to save me not you?”

“This…” Old Man Mu was speechless and became angry with embarrassment. He was deep in thought for a while and then said in grumpily. “The contents of what we studied were different. I killed people while he saved lives. There was a time I could kill ten people in a dayyet he could not even save a single person in the same time. Who do you say is more capable?”

“Well, you are more capable.” Shangguan Fei said, opposing what heactually intended tosay, considering whoever could save instead more capable.

Shangguan Feihoped to setout immediately to see Yu Zhen Ren, buthad been in coma for more than half a day and it was already nearing the evening when he woke up. He could only wait for another night.

Old Man Mu remained in the camp of the Dragon Army and spentall night longtalking with Gu Shenwei and the Lotus lady. He talked the whole timeas the other two stood by listening. “I can’t imagine you could think of the combination of three kungfu skills. But you were lucky, the wayless qigong and mustard are one yin and yang, being able to find such diametrically opposite kungfu is already very difficult but the most important of all must be harmony. Without such yin yang complementary methods, there is nothing to talk about.” He said.

“Yu Zhen Ren had a strange temper but his medical skills are unparalleled, especially intreating strange diseases. He is the only person to go to if you encountered evil or ghosts, the reason the people of the North Court treat him like a deity.” He added.

“You two have landed Shangguan Fei in trouble. This boy should take some blame, but withthat timid look, letting him train in three-in-one kungfu skills would be a little unreliable. You should find a stronger and more sacrificial person.” He chuckled.

Old man Mu looked at the two small devils expectantly but did not receive any reply. Gu Shenwei and the Lotus ladywere very clear that as soon as old man Mu had regained his capabilities, he would not be as obedient as then.

Gu Shenwei did not doubt Yu Zhen Ren’s capabilities but worried about something else, asking, “You once said that Yu Zhen Ren was interested in my swordcraft and also taught Wildhorse many kungfu. Can he treat Shangguan Fei’s illness?”

“Hehe.” Old man Mu chuckled, wanting to find a few words to conceal but changed his mind. Before the Dragon King,he needed tobe forthcoming. “Because he was interested in the Dajue Book of Swordcraft so he was willing to help.” He added.

Old man Mu claimed that Yu Zhen Ren could heal the Qigong Deviation of Shangguan Fei but had harboured ulterior motives. If the younger disciple would achieve a certain form of agreement with Dragon King, he would have achieved a meritorious service. Hence, he asked Yu Zhen Ren to help him restore his capability.

“I will never hand over the sword technique.” Gu Shenwei swore, hehad only revealed the secrets of the Death Scripture to one person and that person now sat beside him. After so many years, he thought what he had done those days was a great mistake.

“No need,” old man Mu said, after already thinking of an idea for the Dragon King. “The real Dajue Book of Swordcraft can never be handed over, if there was a set of skills that looked very real… heh heh, Dragon King you should know what I mean.” He said.

“It’s not so easy to cheat Yu Zhen Ren,” the Dragon King replied.

“That is not aproblem with myhelp, my younger disciple is very gullible and easy to cheat,” old man Mu continued.

In the words of old man Mu, the younger disciple Yu Zhen Ren seemed to havehad a thousand faces, he could be cunning at one moment and innocent the next. Gu Shenwei could not believe either too much.

However, he decided to try it and when treating Shangguan Fei, he wanted to hear Yu Zhen Ren’s views on internal kung fu yet he had already completed a preliminary repair of the three-in-one kungfu, and only wanted to verify his skills with the real master of the internal kungfu.

“Yuqing Sect sounds like a decent sect. How come your kung fu skills are all so diabolical?” Gu Shenwei asked,wantingto dispel the doubts in his heart despite there being time.

“Noble sects and their diabolical kung fu are not contradictory at all. Kung fu is used to kill and bully, where is the distinction in good or evil?” Old Man Mu said practically but changed his way of speaking afterjudgingthat the two people before him weren’t in compliance and thus changed his way of speaking, saying, “I am smarter and I think that the kung fu that Master Shifu teaches is too weak. I therefore made changes privately in order to surpass my master. For instance, the Five Hole Fist and the manual mentioned clarity but I want to wear such a big hole. With this change, the power actually increased. Also, the Amber Skill and Yuqing Sect used this very set of qigong instructions, used purely for self-defence and could not be used in attacks. After my modification, it actually became an extraordinary skill, slightly worse than the Wayless Qigong but not by much.”

Old man Mu was extremely proud of his ability to change his Kung Fu skills thatcould no longer restrain himself. Hecontiued,”also there is New Moon Hall and me, those women…”

“Hold on.” Gu Shenwei stopped Old Man Mu’s long speech, “Yuqing Sect only has a single set of qigong instruction, the Amber Qigong?”

“Yes, this sect is good at external kung fu and not too adept at internal kung fu. But I am too clever, what can I say…,” he continued.

The Dragon King interrupted old man Mu again, asking,”Amber Qigong is used for self-defence, then how did Wildhorse’s internal strength come about?”

When they traded blows, Gu Shenwei realised that Wildhorse’s strategies not only underwent great change butalso his skills had increased drastically. He had always thought that it was Yu Zhen Ren’s efforts.

“Isn’t Wildhorse’s internal strength learnt fromFort Jin Peng?” Old man Mu asked in astonishment, he had also realised that Wildhorse’s strength had truly astonished everyone but he placed the responsibility on Fort Jin Peng.

“No,” Gu Shenwei and maid Lotus answered in unison. Even though the Internal Strength of Golden Roc Fort had its unique points, it was only the tip of the Wayless Qigong and one could never see its capability in the short term.

“I have not seen you in years, you have changed alot, disciple brother.” Old man Mu said, even more astonished, “This brat, playing tricks with me. Imust interrogate him properly.”

Gu Shenwei realised more that Yu Zhen Ren was nota simpleperson.