Chapter 299: 299
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Zhang Wuji moved his body, in a flash he was right in front of Zhao Min. He extended his left hand and grabbed both Zhao Min's wrists, his right hand pointed the tip of the sword at her chest. He shouted at her: "Give up the antidote, quick!" Zhao Min smiled: "You've bullied me once before, this time you also want to bully me again, don't you? I come here to inquire after you, yet you bear a glowering face, how can this be a proper way of welcoming guest?" Zhang Wuji said: "I need the antidote, if you don't hand it over, I… I'll not want to live anymore, you don't think you'll be able to live as well." Zhao Min's cheeks slightly reddened, she spit in a soft voice and said: "Bah! How nice? You dying is your own business, how come it has anything to do with me that you want me do die together with you?" Zhang Wuji raised his voice: "Who's joking with you, huh? Hand over the antidote or else this day will be the day you and I die togerther." At that time both the hands of Zhao Min were being seized tightly by him, she felt he was tremulously all of a shake showing an extremely excited mood, she also felt a hard object in his hand, so she asked: "What are you holding in your hand?" Zhang Wuji said: "Your pearl hairpin. I give it back to you." He lifted his left hand to fix the hairpin onto her hair then immediately got hold of her two wrists again. His technique was fast as lightning performing the release and the grasp nearly at same time. Zhao Min said: "I gave it to you, why don't you want it?" Zhang Wuji said fretfully: "You've always played me up and caused me good miseries, I don't want to receive anything from you." Zhao Min said: "You don't wanna receive anything from me? Are you serious or just kidding? So why did you ask me to hand over the antidote as soon as you began to speak?" Previously, every time Zhang Wuji had argued with her, he had always gotten disadvantaged, this time he got stuck too. Thinking of Yu Daiyan and Yin Liting going to die before long, he felt deep grief in his heart and his eyes could not refrain from turning reddish, he almost let his tears roll down. No longer being able to bear up anymore, Zhang Wuji was about to implore her for the antidote but remembering that Zhao Min was such malignant, he did not want to show his feebleness in front of her.
At this time, Yang Xiao and others had known the news, they walked out of the gate together and saw that Zhao Min had been caught by Wuji and the Xuanming Two Elders were standing from a long distance as if they did not care for or did not fear anything. Everybody then stood aside and observed calmly.
Zhao Min smiled and said: "You're the Leader of the Ming cult, your martial arts can shake the world, yet just encountering a bit of difficulty you wept 'wah wah wah' noisily like a child already. You just cried a short moment ago, right? That's just really shameful. Let me tell you. You were hit two stances of the Xuanming Divine Palm by the the Xuanming Two Elders so I come here to ask after your injury. But to my unexpected, just barely seeing my face, you already made a fuss about nothing but die and live stuff, why? Let go of me will you?" Zhang Wuji thought even if she wanted to take the opportunity to get away she would not be able to do so since as soon as her feet moved, he would immediately grab hold of her, so he set her hands free. Zhao Min raised one hand to adjust the pearl hairpin on her hair, she smiled and said: "You seem not to be injured at all, don't you?" Zhang Wuji said coldly: "Just the Xuanming Divine Palm alone not necessarily can injure me." Zhao Min said: "Then how about the Great Force Diamond Finger and the the Seven Insect Seven Flower Paste?" These two sentences were like two big iron hammers striking hard on Zhang Wuji's chest. He said vexedly: "It's expectedly the Seven Insect Seven Flower Paste." Zhao Min said in a stern voice: "Cult Leader Zhang, you want to get the Black Jade Break Connecting Paste, I can give you, you want to get the antidote for the Seven Insect Seven Flower Paste, I also can give you provided that you're willing to promise to meet my three matters, then I'll offer them up to you with pleasure. But if you use force to intimidate me, well, it's easy to kill me, but to obtain the antidote, that'll be hard and even harder in addition. And if you dare to torture me again, I'll only give you poison and fake medicine."
Zhang Wuji felt very jubilant and immediately showed gladness in his expression, although his eyes were still being dewed with tears. He hastily said: "What three matters? Quick say, quick say." Zhao Min said with a smile: "Both crying and smiling at the same time, you're really shameless! I said to you earlier, I've not thought them out yet. When I think of them I'll let you know, as long as you promise me faithfully and don't break your words. I will not ask you to clutch the Moon in the sky, also not ask you to do the evil things which violate the chivalry ethics, not ask you to commit suicide as well, and of course not ask you to act as dogs or pigs either." Zhang Wuji thought: "On condition that those matters don't go against the chivalry ethics, no matter how hard they are I'll work myself to exhaustion to complete." He then said chivalrously: "Miss Zhao, if you kindly bestow the efficacious medicine so that I can cure my third uncle Yu and sixth younger uncle Yin, then no matter what you ask me to do, Zhang Wuji will never dare to refuse even if I'll have to jump into boiling water or walk on burning fire. Please yourself." Zhao Min streched out one palm, said: "Good, let's applaud for the oath. I'll give you the antidote so that you can treat your third uncle and sixth younger uncle. Later on, if I ask you to do three things which don't offend the knightliness you will not be permited to refuse and will have to try your best to fulfill them." Zhang Wuji said: "With respect, I obey your venerable words." He gently clashed palms with her three times. Zhao Min took down the hairpin from her head, said: "So now, do you want to accept my present?" In fear of her not giving the antidote, he did not dare to disobey her will and hastily received the pearl hairpin. Zhao Min said: "But I don't want you to pass it on to that pretty maidservant again." Zhang Wuji said: "Yes." Zhao Min took three steps backward, she smiled and said: "The antidote will be delivered to you immediately, Cult Leader Zhang, goodbye!" She brushed her sleeves, turned around and walked away. The Xuanming Two Elders then led the horses along. They helped her get on a horse to leave first before following her. The clop-clop of hoofbeats resounded when the three horses descended the mountain.
When the trio including Zhao Min had just passed a mountain side, a man poked out from the canopy of a big tree on the left, he was Qian Er'bai of the Divine Arrow Eight Heroes and was holding an iron bow. He fixed an arrow on the bow and shouted: "With all due respect, my owner submits a letter to Cult Leader Zhang, please accept and read." Upon these words, a 'sou' sound was heard, the arrow had shot toward him. Zhang Wuji made a wave with his left hand to catch the arrow. He found that the arrow did not have the arrowhead and there was a letter tied to the end of it. Zhang Wuji untied the letter from the arrow to take a look, the envelope read 'Personally addressed to Cult Leader Zhang'. He opened the envelope and saw a flower-filigreed paper on which there were several lines written in the little standard script style (xiao kaishu – 小楷書 ):
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Zhang Wuji moved his body, in a flash he was right in front of Zhao Min. He extended his left hand and grabbed both Zhao Min's wrists, his right hand pointed the tip of the sword at her chest. He shouted at her: "Give up the antidote, quick!" Zhao Min smiled: "You've bullied me once before, this time you also want to bully me again, don't you? I come here to inquire after you, yet you bear a glowering face, how can this be a proper way of welcoming guest?" Zhang Wuji said: "I need the antidote, if you don't hand it over, I… I'll not want to live anymore, you don't think you'll be able to live as well." Zhao Min's cheeks slightly reddened, she spit in a soft voice and said: "Bah! How nice? You dying is your own business, how come it has anything to do with me that you want me do die together with you?" Zhang Wuji raised his voice: "Who's joking with you, huh? Hand over the antidote or else this day will be the day you and I die togerther." At that time both the hands of Zhao Min were being seized tightly by him, she felt he was tremulously all of a shake showing an extremely excited mood, she also felt a hard object in his hand, so she asked: "What are you holding in your hand?" Zhang Wuji said: "Your pearl hairpin. I give it back to you." He lifted his left hand to fix the hairpin onto her hair then immediately got hold of her two wrists again. His technique was fast as lightning performing the release and the grasp nearly at same time. Zhao Min said: "I gave it to you, why don't you want it?" Zhang Wuji said fretfully: "You've always played me up and caused me good miseries, I don't want to receive anything from you." Zhao Min said: "You don't wanna receive anything from me? Are you serious or just kidding? So why did you ask me to hand over the antidote as soon as you began to speak?" Previously, every time Zhang Wuji had argued with her, he had always gotten disadvantaged, this time he got stuck too. Thinking of Yu Daiyan and Yin Liting going to die before long, he felt deep grief in his heart and his eyes could not refrain from turning reddish, he almost let his tears roll down. No longer being able to bear up anymore, Zhang Wuji was about to implore her for the antidote but remembering that Zhao Min was such malignant, he did not want to show his feebleness in front of her.
At this time, Yang Xiao and others had known the news, they walked out of the gate together and saw that Zhao Min had been caught by Wuji and the Xuanming Two Elders were standing from a long distance as if they did not care for or did not fear anything. Everybody then stood aside and observed calmly.
Zhao Min smiled and said: "You're the Leader of the Ming cult, your martial arts can shake the world, yet just encountering a bit of difficulty you wept 'wah wah wah' noisily like a child already. You just cried a short moment ago, right? That's just really shameful. Let me tell you. You were hit two stances of the Xuanming Divine Palm by the the Xuanming Two Elders so I come here to ask after your injury. But to my unexpected, just barely seeing my face, you already made a fuss about nothing but die and live stuff, why? Let go of me will you?" Zhang Wuji thought even if she wanted to take the opportunity to get away she would not be able to do so since as soon as her feet moved, he would immediately grab hold of her, so he set her hands free. Zhao Min raised one hand to adjust the pearl hairpin on her hair, she smiled and said: "You seem not to be injured at all, don't you?" Zhang Wuji said coldly: "Just the Xuanming Divine Palm alone not necessarily can injure me." Zhao Min said: "Then how about the Great Force Diamond Finger and the the Seven Insect Seven Flower Paste?" These two sentences were like two big iron hammers striking hard on Zhang Wuji's chest. He said vexedly: "It's expectedly the Seven Insect Seven Flower Paste." Zhao Min said in a stern voice: "Cult Leader Zhang, you want to get the Black Jade Break Connecting Paste, I can give you, you want to get the antidote for the Seven Insect Seven Flower Paste, I also can give you provided that you're willing to promise to meet my three matters, then I'll offer them up to you with pleasure. But if you use force to intimidate me, well, it's easy to kill me, but to obtain the antidote, that'll be hard and even harder in addition. And if you dare to torture me again, I'll only give you poison and fake medicine."
Zhang Wuji felt very jubilant and immediately showed gladness in his expression, although his eyes were still being dewed with tears. He hastily said: "What three matters? Quick say, quick say." Zhao Min said with a smile: "Both crying and smiling at the same time, you're really shameless! I said to you earlier, I've not thought them out yet. When I think of them I'll let you know, as long as you promise me faithfully and don't break your words. I will not ask you to clutch the Moon in the sky, also not ask you to do the evil things which violate the chivalry ethics, not ask you to commit suicide as well, and of course not ask you to act as dogs or pigs either." Zhang Wuji thought: "On condition that those matters don't go against the chivalry ethics, no matter how hard they are I'll work myself to exhaustion to complete." He then said chivalrously: "Miss Zhao, if you kindly bestow the efficacious medicine so that I can cure my third uncle Yu and sixth younger uncle Yin, then no matter what you ask me to do, Zhang Wuji will never dare to refuse even if I'll have to jump into boiling water or walk on burning fire. Please yourself." Zhao Min streched out one palm, said: "Good, let's applaud for the oath. I'll give you the antidote so that you can treat your third uncle and sixth younger uncle. Later on, if I ask you to do three things which don't offend the knightliness you will not be permited to refuse and will have to try your best to fulfill them." Zhang Wuji said: "With respect, I obey your venerable words." He gently clashed palms with her three times. Zhao Min took down the hairpin from her head, said: "So now, do you want to accept my present?" In fear of her not giving the antidote, he did not dare to disobey her will and hastily received the pearl hairpin. Zhao Min said: "But I don't want you to pass it on to that pretty maidservant again." Zhang Wuji said: "Yes." Zhao Min took three steps backward, she smiled and said: "The antidote will be delivered to you immediately, Cult Leader Zhang, goodbye!" She brushed her sleeves, turned around and walked away. The Xuanming Two Elders then led the horses along. They helped her get on a horse to leave first before following her. The clop-clop of hoofbeats resounded when the three horses descended the mountain.
When the trio including Zhao Min had just passed a mountain side, a man poked out from the canopy of a big tree on the left, he was Qian Er'bai of the Divine Arrow Eight Heroes and was holding an iron bow. He fixed an arrow on the bow and shouted: "With all due respect, my owner submits a letter to Cult Leader Zhang, please accept and read." Upon these words, a 'sou' sound was heard, the arrow had shot toward him. Zhang Wuji made a wave with his left hand to catch the arrow. He found that the arrow did not have the arrowhead and there was a letter tied to the end of it. Zhang Wuji untied the letter from the arrow to take a look, the envelope read 'Personally addressed to Cult Leader Zhang'. He opened the envelope and saw a flower-filigreed paper on which there were several lines written in the little standard script style (xiao kaishu – 小楷書 ):
Zhang Wuji moved his body, in a flash he was right in front of Zhao Min. He extended his left hand and grabbed both Zhao Min's wrists, his right hand pointed the tip of the sword at her chest. He shouted at her: "Give up the antidote, quick!" Zhao Min smiled: "You've bullied me once before, this time you also want to bully me again, don't you? I come here to inquire after you, yet you bear a glowering face, how can this be a proper way of welcoming guest?" Zhang Wuji said: "I need the antidote, if you don't hand it over, I I'll not want to live anymore, you don't think you'll be able to live as well." Zhao Min's cheeks slightly reddened, she spit in a soft voice and said: "Bah! How nice? You dying is your own business, how come it has anything to do with me that you want me do die together with you?" Zhang Wuji raised his voice: "Who's joking with you, huh? Hand over the antidote or else this day will be the day you and I die togerther." At that time both the hands of Zhao Min were being seized tightly by him, she felt he was tremulously all of a shake showing an extremely excited mood, she also felt a hard object in his hand, so she asked: "What are you holding in your hand?" Zhang Wuji said: "Your pearl hairpin. I give it back to you." He lifted his left hand to fix the hairpin onto her hair then immediately got hold of her two wrists again. His technique was fast as lightning performing the release and the grasp nearly at same time. Zhao Min said: "I gave it to you, why don't you want it?" Zhang Wuji said fretfully: "You've always played me up and caused me good miseries, I don't want to receive anything from you." Zhao Min said: "You don't wanna receive anything from me? Are you serious or just kidding? So why did you ask me to hand over the antidote as soon as you began to speak?" Previously, every time Zhang Wuji had argued with her, he had always gotten disadvantaged, this time he got stuck too. Thinking of Yu Daiyan and Yin Liting going to die before long, he felt deep grief in his heart and his eyes could not refrain from turning reddish, he almost let his tears roll down. No longer being able to bear up anymore, Zhang Wuji was about to implore her for the antidote but remembering that Zhao Min was such malignant, he did not want to show his feebleness in front of her.At this time, Yang Xiao and others had known the news, they walked out of the gate together and saw that Zhao Min had been caught by Wuji and the Xuanming Two Elders were standing from a long distance as if they did not care for or did not fear anything. Everybody then stood aside and observed calmly.Zhao Min smiled and said: "You're the Leader of the Ming cult, your martial arts can shake the world, yet just encountering a bit of difficulty you wept 'wah wah wah' noisily like a child already. You just cried a short moment ago, right? That's just really shameful. Let me tell you. You were hit two stances of the Xuanming Divine Palm by the the Xuanming Two Elders so I come here to ask after your injury. But to my unexpected, just barely seeing my face, you already made a fuss about nothing but die and live stuff, why? Let go of me will you?" Zhang Wuji thought even if she wanted to take the opportunity to get away she would not be able to do so since as soon as her feet moved, he would immediately grab hold of her, so he set her hands free. Zhao Min raised one hand to adjust the pearl hairpin on her hair, she smiled and said: "You seem not to be injured at all, don't you?" Zhang Wuji said coldly: "Just the Xuanming Divine Palm alone not necessarily can injure me." Zhao Min said: "Then how about the Great Force Diamond Finger and the the Seven Insect Seven Flower Paste?" These two sentences were like two big iron hammers striking hard on Zhang Wuji's chest. He said vexedly: "It's expectedly the Seven Insect Seven Flower Paste." Zhao Min said in a stern voice: "Cult Leader Zhang, you want to get the Black Jade Break Connecting Paste, I can give you, you want to get the antidote for the Seven Insect Seven Flower Paste, I also can give you provided that you're willing to promise to meet my three matters, then I'll offer them up to you with pleasure. But if you use force to intimidate me, well, it's easy to kill me, but to obtain the antidote, that'll be hard and even harder in addition. And if you dare to torture me again, I'll only give you poison and fake medicine."Zhang Wuji felt very jubilant and immediately showed gladness in his expression, although his eyes were still being dewed with tears. He hastily said: "What three matters? Quick say, quick say." Zhao Min said with a smile: "Both crying and smiling at the same time, you're really shameless! I said to you earlier, I've not thought them out yet. When I think of them I'll let you know, as long as you promise me faithfully and don't break your words. I will not ask you to clutch the Moon in the sky, also not ask you to do the evil things which violate the chivalry ethics, not ask you to commit suicide as well, and of course not ask you to act as dogs or pigs either." Zhang Wuji thought: "On condition that those matters don't go against the chivalry ethics, no matter how hard they are I'll work myself to exhaustion to complete." He then said chivalrously: "Miss Zhao, if you kindly bestow the efficacious medicine so that I can cure my third uncle Yu and sixth younger uncle Yin, then no matter what you ask me to do, Zhang Wuji will never dare to refuse even if I'll have to jump into boiling water or walk on burning fire. Please yourself." Zhao Min streched out one palm, said: "Good, let's applaud for the oath. I'll give you the antidote so that you can treat your third uncle and sixth younger uncle. Later on, if I ask you to do three things which don't offend the knightliness you will not be permited to refuse and will have to try your best to fulfill them." Zhang Wuji said: "With respect, I obey your venerable words." He gently clashed palms with her three times. Zhao Min took down the hairpin from her head, said: "So now, do you want to accept my present?" In fear of her not giving the antidote, he did not dare to disobey her will and hastily received the pearl hairpin. Zhao Min said: "But I don't want you to pass it on to that pretty maidservant again." Zhang Wuji said: "Yes." Zhao Min took three steps backward, she smiled and said: "The antidote will be delivered to you immediately, Cult Leader Zhang, goodbye!" She brushed her sleeves, turned around and walked away. The Xuanming Two Elders then led the horses along. They helped her get on a horse to leave first before following her. The clop-clop of hoofbeats resounded when the three horses descended the mountain.When the trio including Zhao Min had just passed a mountain side, a man poked out from the canopy of a big tree on the left, he was Qian Er'bai of the Divine Arrow Eight Heroes and was holding an iron bow. He fixed an arrow on the bow and shouted: "With all due respect, my owner submits a letter to Cult Leader Zhang, please accept and read." Upon these words, a 'sou' sound was heard, the arrow had shot toward him. Zhang Wuji made a wave with his left hand to catch the arrow. He found that the arrow did not have the arrowhead and there was a letter tied to the end of it. Zhang Wuji untied the letter from the arrow to take a look, the envelope read 'Personally addressed to Cult Leader Zhang'. He opened the envelope and saw a flower-filigreed paper on which there were several lines written in the little standard script style xiao kaishu :
