usatvline Chapter 239 The Severed Arm
Chapter 239 The Severed Arm
Chapter 239 239 The Severed Arm
"Master! The doctor that Mr. Green Ivy sent to treat you is here again!" The servant ran all the way to the front of Master Zhao's house and shouted breathlessly.
Upon hearing this, Master Zhao's expression changed drastically. He immediately looked at Wu Er and angrily said, "Didn't you say you would send someone to deal with those two?"
Wu Er was also completely taken aback by their sudden return, and his expression changed drastically: "Why are they back again? Could it be that they discovered the people I sent?"
The servant asked, "Master, shall we let them in?"
Although Ye Pianran had healed Master Zhao's boils, he had just been tormented in the illusion by the Spirit Abyss Vine, and now, seeing the woman's legs still trembling, he quickly said:
"Don't see them! Don't see them! Throw them out!"
The servant replied, "Yes! I'll go right away!"
"Wu Er, you go too! Those two failed, so this time you'll take matters into your own hands! You must kill those two filthy women!" Master Zhao added immediately afterward.
Wu Er immediately obeyed the order, got up and walked towards the door. Just as he stepped out, Master Zhao suddenly stopped him:
"and many more!"
Wu Er turned around: "Does the master have any further instructions?"
"Close the door! Don't let anyone in! Especially women!" Zhao Yuanwai said in a terrified expression.
Although he didn't know why his master was suddenly so afraid of women, Wu Er still did as he was told. He closed the door of Master Zhao's mansion tightly, sent a guard to stand guard outside, and instructed that no one was allowed to approach before heading towards the gate of the Zhao mansion.
However, before he even reached the front hall, he heard a commotion coming from afar.
"Halt! No one is allowed to enter the Zhao residence without our master's permission!"
"What are you doing! You actually dare to hit someone... Ouch!"
"what!"
Hearing the increasingly strange sounds, Wu Er quickly gathered his strength and rushed forward. After running only a few steps, he saw the scene of all the guards and servants of the Zhao family being beaten down by Ye Lingyue.
“Ouch—ouch—”
Seeing the Zhao family's lackey lying on the ground, clutching his dislocated arm and groin, groaning incessantly, Ye Lingyue slightly raised her chin, smoothed her sleeves, and coldly snorted:
"Who do you think you are, daring to block my way? Let me tell you, there's no place in this world that my young lady can't go!"
Ye Pianran naturally contributed a lot as well. She quietly called back Lingyuan Teng and said coldly, "Yue'er, go inside and don't linger here."
Ye Lingyue snorted coldly, stepped on the wrist of a servant who was trying to sneak up on Ye Pianran, making a crisp "crack" sound, and continued walking inside amidst the servant's howls.
When Wu Er saw that even the servants and guards of the Zhao family were no match for these two girls, he knew that the people he had sent must have failed, and that the girls had returned to demand an explanation!
If that's the case, then these two women absolutely cannot be allowed to live!
"Stop!" Wu Er shouted, drawing his qi from his dantian. He then drew a large sword and leaped to the opposite side of Ye Pianran and Ye Lingyue, blocking their path.
"Don't you know where you are? How dare you act so wildly and recklessly!" Wu Er glared fiercely at Ye Pianran and Ye Lingyue, and said in a sinister tone, "If you insist on forcing your way in, don't blame me for being impolite!"
"This man looks somewhat familiar." Ye Pianran was not afraid of Wu Er's threat at all, and even pretended to suddenly realize something, nodding and saying, "Oh, I remember now, when your master's back abscess suddenly flared up, you were the fastest one to run away. I wonder if your master will still keep you by his side to serve him after he finds out?"
"You—" Wu Er was startled when Ye Pianran exposed him on the spot. He looked behind him and found that Zhao Yuanwai was not there. He was furious and pointed at Ye Pianran, shouting, "You bitch, today I'll make sure you leave your lives here!"
After saying that, he swung his broadsword and slashed at Ye Lingyue and Ye Pianran.
Ye Pianran's expression hardened, and she took three steps back. Ye Lingyue spun around and blocked her way, quickly drawing the long whip wrapped around her waist and lashing it at Wu Erda.
The whip and the blade collided in mid-air with a sharp clang, and the whip's tail, using the remaining force, tightly wrapped around the blade, blocking Wu Er's attack.
But Wu Er, who had served as Zhao Yuanwai's bodyguard for so long, must have some skill. With a sudden step, he flipped his right hand holding the knife and slapped the back of the blade with his left palm. The blade trembled violently from the force of his powerful internal energy, and he actually managed to shake off Ye Lingyue's long whip and attack forward again.
The situation was resolved in an instant. Ye Lingyue was slightly taken aback at first, then her expression became serious. She focused even more intently on fighting Wu Er. Back and forth, she fought him to a standstill, neither able to gain the upper hand.
Wu Er was also surprised that a "doctor" would have such a skilled maidservant by his side, and he increased the force of his grip.
Ye Pianran was not idle either. Although she had retreated to the back, her eyes were still intently observing their exchange of blows.
Perhaps it was because Chunyu Yang had taken her to the Xuanjia Army camp to fight the soldiers before dawn this morning, but now, as an observer watching Ye Lingyue and Wu Er fight, she was no longer as clueless as before, and could vaguely see some of the tricks of the trade.
Wu Er's swordsmanship was extremely ruthless. The more he swung his sword, the more intense his killing intent became. Every move was aimed at Ye Lingyue's vital points, clearly indicating that he intended to kill her to silence her.
Although Ye Lingyue was not as physically strong as Wu Er, her movements were elusive and unpredictable, and she had a wealth of experience in fighting. She wielded her long whip with ease, and although she did not fall behind Wu Er, she did not gain any advantage either.
Even though Ye Lingyue is still able to fight Wu Er to a draw, the physical strength of men and women is naturally vastly different. If they continue fighting like this and a winner cannot be decided soon, Yue'er will probably lose to Wu Er due to exhaustion, and both of them will die here.
This was an outcome that Ye Pianran did not want to see.
Although a sneak attack is dishonorable, Ye Pianran was not a chivalrous person. She hesitated for only a moment before putting aside her concerns, summoning the Spirit Abyss Vine. While Wu Er crouched down to avoid Ye Lingyue's long whip attack, she silently wrapped it around his ankle and pierced his body.
The sap of the Spirit Abyss Vine completely fused with the blood, instantly spreading throughout Wu Er's body. Wu Er felt a sudden numbness, and then his whole body felt as if it were covered with a thick layer of ice, freezing him in place and completely losing consciousness.
He suddenly stopped moving, and before he could dodge, Ye Lingyue's long whip struck him squarely in the face. The barbs on the whip tore off a large chunk of flesh from his face, and slightly bluish blood gushed out immediately.
Seeing this, Ye Lingyue knew that Ye Pianran had made a move quietly. She withdrew her whip, circulated her inner energy to regulate her disordered breathing and heartbeat, and turned to Ye Pianran, saying:
"Thank you, Miss. Otherwise, Yue'er would have lost."
"Don't blame me for intervening in the sneak attack." Ye Pianran also breathed a sigh of relief. "This Master Zhao, in order to run rampant in the capital, unexpectedly hired a bodyguard with superb martial arts skills."
"No matter how good your kung fu is, if you don't follow the right path, you'll only be despised in the future."
Ye Lingyue looked at Wu Er, who was frozen in place in a bizarre posture, his face covered in blood, and said coldly. Then, she snatched the large sword from Wu Er's hand, swung it forcefully, and severed his right arm. Wu Er, whose arm had been severed, was still immersed in an illusion under the control of the Lingyuan Vine and felt no pain at all.
Ye Pianran glanced at the blood splattered all over the ground and the severed arm, suppressing her discomfort, and said:
"Let's go, time is running out, we need to find the whereabouts of the white jade Guanyin and Madam Xue quickly!"