Yours truly, Ouyang Feng

Chapter 83 Chapter 83, Seven Monsters

Before we knew it, summer was over and autumn was here.

Jiaxing Prefecture, on the bank of South Lake, in a lakeside restaurant.

Ouyang Feng and Huang Yaoshi sat by the window, eating fresh fish, drinking lotus soup, admiring the lotus flowers on the lake, and listening to the melodious singing of the lotus-picking girls.

Wang Wu, the "fireworker monk" dressed in black and with his hair in a formal bun, served them attentively, serving them rice and soup, and even picking fish bones for them. Sometimes when Huang Yaoshi had finished his wine, he would quickly add a glass of wine for Master Huang.

As for the master, it is said that he has quit drinking, so there is no need for him to help pour the wine.

It has been a month since I became Ouyang Feng's disciple.

Over the past month, Wang Wu has become much stronger. He is no longer the skinny and malnourished man he was before. The reason why he was so thin before was because the manager of the kitchen asked him to practice "asceticism".

What is asceticism?
There are many requirements for the practice of asceticism, but I will only mention two of the most basic ones.

First, he had to wear "dung-sweeping clothes", that is, clothes that had to be sewn together piece by piece from scraps of cloth discarded by others. That's why when they first met, Wang Wu was wearing that ragged patchwork clothes, dressed like a monk.

Second, you have to beg for food frequently. That is, you cannot always eat in the temple, you must go down the mountain to beg for food frequently.

It would be fine if it was a serious practice. After all, "Thutanga Xing" is indeed a form of ascetic practice in Buddhism.

But the problem is that Wang Wu is not a true Shaolin disciple. No one taught him martial arts or Buddhist scriptures, and he doesn't even have a Buddhist name. The kitchen manager asked him to practice "asceticism", and the purpose was very obvious.

It's nothing more than bullying and humiliating him.

That was why Wang Wu was so malnourished before. One reason was that his food source was unstable and he often went hungry. The other reason was that practicing martial arts consumed a lot of energy. He practiced pure external skills or even hard skills, so the energy consumption was naturally even greater.

Fortunately, he was gifted. Otherwise, he wouldn't even have enough food to eat, and he would have had to force himself to practice external skills. If his physical endowment was a little weaker, he would have probably killed himself long ago.

Even though the conditions were so harsh, although he was a little thinner, his frame was still strong and tall, his shoulders were extremely broad, and he had also practiced his external skills to a level that was not inferior to that of the senior monks of the Ku generation, which shows how amazing his physical endowment was.

During the past month, Ouyang Feng not only taught him the two martial arts of "Walking Alone in Ten Thousand Miles" and "Chasing Life with Thirteen Legs", but also did not treat him badly in terms of food.

Not only was he provided with wine, meat, rice and flour, but he was also often given tonic medicine to help him make up for the physical deficiencies from his childhood to the present.

After a month of recuperation, although Wang Wu has not yet turned into a muscular man, he is much more lean and strong than before, and his skin and face are also shiny.

The kindness of his master made Wang Wu even more devoted to him. He followed Ouyang Feng and Huang Yaoshi southward and served his master and uncle diligently. To outsiders, it seemed like two rich young men traveling with their loyal servants.

now.

Wang Wu was also quick-witted and quick-handed, and he served the two of them in a timely manner, especially using chopsticks to help them pick out the fish bones cleanly, leaving not a single small bone behind. The fish meat was also relatively intact, not a mess, so that Ouyang Feng and Huang Yaoshi could eat very comfortably.

As they were eating and chatting, there was a sudden noise outside the building. The two looked out the window and saw a rather strange group of seven people.

The reason why the group of seven is weird is because the age gap between them is so huge.

The leading young man was in his early twenties, tall, with a broad back, a pointed face and thin cheeks. He looked quite ferocious and was holding a whistle in his hand.

Following on his left was a blue-clothed scholar about eighteen or nineteen years old, holding a folding fan.

Following on the right was a short and fat man who looked to be about seventeen or eighteen years old, with a long whip wrapped around his waist.

Behind the three men were three teenagers ranging in age from fourteen or fifteen to seventeen or eighteen.

There was a tall and strong young man with a bronze complexion, carrying a carrying pole in his hand.

A short, fair-skinned young man in cloth, wearing a small soft cloth hat and holding a weighing scale in his hand.

There was also a particularly tall and strong young man who looked to be at least 200 pounds, with his chest exposed and a butcher knife on his waist.

On the fat man's shoulder, there was a little girl sitting. She was wearing a coarse cloth shirt and had a dagger hanging from her waist. She looked to be only seven or eight years old, and her big eyes looked around proudly.

Seeing this group of seven people wearing different clothes and holding a variety of weapons, Huang Yaoshi said with great interest:

"Look at the postures and steps of these people. They seem to know some Kung Fu. Brother Ouyang, who do you think they are?"

Ouyang Feng drank a mouthful of lotus seed porridge and said calmly:
"You guess first."

Huang Yaoshi thought for a moment and said with a smile:
"Their clothes are varied, and their weapons are not set in stone. I guess they are from a small gang. This gang must be newly founded, not famous or powerful, and full of good and bad people. Otherwise, why would they accept even a little girl of seven or eight years old?"

Ouyang Feng said calmly:

"I guess those seven are sworn brothers."

Huang Yaoshi shook his head and laughed:
"Brother Ouyang, your guess is too outrageous. The oldest one, who looks to be in his early twenties, is friends with a boy of fourteen or fifteen. It's reasonable for them to be sworn brothers, but playing with a seven or eight-year-old girl and even becoming sworn brothers with her... Isn't this too weird and bizarre?"

Ouyang Feng glanced at Huang Yaoshi, and a subtle smile appeared on his lips:
"It's quite strange. But maybe they are all strange people. As long as they have the same temperament and are of the same mind, they don't care about age."

There is no doubt that the seven people who walked into the restaurant downstairs in a noisy manner were undoubtedly the "Seven Heroes of Jiangnan".

A young man in his early twenties playing with a girl of seven or eight years old and becoming sworn brothers with her might be difficult for normal people to understand, but for the "Seven Eccentrics of Jiangnan", it was very normal.

Speaking of which, in another world line, the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan and Huang Yaoshi had a lot of bad karma.

The fifth of the Seven Weirdos, Zhang Asheng, who looked only sixteen or seventeen years old but was taller than an average adult and weighed more than two hundred pounds, was killed by the Nine Yin Bone Claws of Huang Yaoshi's disciple Chen Xuanfeng.

Chen Xuanfeng was stabbed in the weak spot by Guo Jing, a disciple of the Seven Devils.

Later, the other five of the Seven Monsters, except the eldest brother Ke Zhenwu, all died on Peach Blossom Island.

Huang Yaoshi's daughter Huang Rong was married to Guo Jing.

Ke Zhen'e was still living on Peach Blossom Island in his old age, causing Huang Yaoshi, who hated Ke Zhen'e, to wander outside for many years.

In short, the grudges between the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan and the Peach Blossom Island are really difficult to sort out.

Having said that, it seems that there is even more grievance between the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan and Ouyang Feng?
Of course, that's all in another world line.

Huang Yaoshi had no idea what Ouyang Feng was thinking, so he shook his head and said:
"I don't believe it. It's possible that those seven people are gang members, but it's impossible that they are sworn brothers. Wang Wu, who do you think they are?"

"Uncle-master, the seven of them must be sworn brothers!" Wang Wu said decisively without hesitation.

In his eyes, the master is a god, and whatever the master says is absolutely correct.

If Master says the moon is square, then the moon must be square. The reason why the world sees the moon as round is that the world must be deceived, and only Master can see the truth.

There is no way. He is such a stubborn and extreme person. Once he makes up his mind about something, he will never change his mind even if he dies.

"You guy..."

Huang Yaoshi rolled his eyes in annoyance, not wanting to talk to this fanatic who took his master's words as the law of nature, and said to Ouyang Feng:

"Let's make a bet. If they are really sworn brothers, when you and your sister-in-law return to the Western Regions to visit your relatives, I will help you guard Huashan and teach your disciples."

Ouyang Feng nodded, "Let's bet."

Huang Yaoshi asked: "But if not, what would you do?"

Ouyang Feng said: "You can set any conditions. Even if you want me to give you the position of the head of Huashan, that's fine."

"Hey, are you trying to use your position as the head of the sect to tie me up on Mount Huashan?" Huang Yaoshi shook his head. "I won't fall for it. If you lose the bet, when I have children in the future, you have to accept one of them as your personal disciple."

Ouyang Feng said seriously:

"Pharmacist, why don't you change the bet? When you find a chance to win, you can use this bet to gamble against me."

"Ha." Huang Yaoshi opened his folding fan and said confidently, "I will definitely win this bet today."

Ouyang Feng shook his head, "You are doomed to lose."

After saying this, the two of them stopped talking, each concentrated their energy, and listened to the noise downstairs.

With their skills, even if they were on the second floor, they could quickly block out all the noise and lock onto the table of the seven monsters downstairs by concentrating and listening.

Soon, the two of them could hear the seven people's voices clearly.

"…The Yuyang Gang has become more and more arrogant recently. Not only have they bullied the market, killed people and robbed goods, they have also repeatedly raped and humiliated the women of the fishing families. It would have been fine if we hadn't heard about this, but now that we have heard about it, we must step in and take care of it!"

"Brother is right. We all come from poor backgrounds, so we should help each other. How can you learn martial arts and bully the weak and the poor?"

"After all, the Yuyang Gang has more than a hundred men who can fight and kill, and there are only six of us. We need to think carefully about how to fight this battle."

"What do you mean there are only six people? Am I not a human being? Second brother, I am not happy to hear what you said. You have to drink a penalty."

"Seventh sister, I admit that I have to drink the wine. But the Yuyang Gang is a real gang of underworld gangs, not those street hooligans that you often teach a lesson to. The Yuyang Gang kills people and robs goods, and does all kinds of evil things. Our battle with the Yuyang Gang will be bloody and even fatal. Seventh sister, although you have some skills in lightness and swordsmanship, you are still young, and it is not your turn yet..."

"I don't care. When we, the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan, swore an oath to the heavens when we swore brotherhood in the Iron Spear Temple, we would live and die together and face difficulties together. Even if the enemy is one thousand or ten thousand, we seven brothers and sisters will advance and retreat together. If you dare to leave me behind in this battle against the Yuyang Gang, there will only be six of the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan left!"

"But Seventh Sister, you..."

"Fifth brother, shut up. What do you say, eldest brother?"

"Seventh sister is right. The Seven Freaks of Jiangnan live and die together, and share the same hardships. We cannot leave her behind in this battle. But Seventh sister is still young, so when we fight against the Yuyang Gang, Seventh sister will help us to scout the periphery and guard against the Yuyang Gang's tricks, sneak attacks and surprise attacks."

"Hee, I knew that my eldest brother is the most reasonable..."

When I heard this.

Ouyang Feng raised the corner of his mouth and smiled at Huang Yaoshi, "Pharmacist, in the spring of next year, Sister Lin and I will return to the Western Regions to visit relatives. Then Huashan will be handed over to you to take charge."

Huang Yaoshi was furious and gnashed his teeth:

"What a bunch of unreliable street thugs! They are twenty years old, yet they call a seven or eight year old girl their brother or sister. They even want to take her to fight with a gang of more than a hundred gangsters! This is outrageous! I will break the legs of those brothers and teach them how to take good care of their younger brothers and sisters!"

Well, this kid lost the bet and couldn't get angry at Ouyang Feng, so he wanted to take his anger out on the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan.

Ouyang Feng stopped him with a smile:
"Pharmacist, you are a peerless master who is feared by the Shaolin Temple and a well-known figure in the North. Why do you have to bother with a few eccentrics in the market?"

Huang Yaoshi angrily defended himself:

"I am much younger than them, so I am not bullying the weak. Besides, those brothers are really unreasonable. When my little sister acted like a spoiled brat, they actually wanted to take her to a fight! I just wanted to teach them a lesson!"

Ouyang Feng smiled and said:
"But those brothers didn't just indulge my sister. They coaxed her and told her to stay outside the battle area. It shows that they can still distinguish the priorities. By the way, Pharmacist, if you are really worried about my sister's safety, why don't you and I go and watch the battle? It just so happens that Wang Wu has only been practicing martial arts for a month, and he has also practiced the Thirteen Life-Chasing Legs to a certain degree. If necessary, you can let him go on the field and practice with the Yuyang Gang."

Huang Yaoshi was free anyway, so he nodded:

"Well, let's go and see those street hooligans fighting with the gangsters. Oh, it's just a fight between low-handed people, there's nothing to watch, we can only treat it as a show."

Ouyang Feng said, "Even in the current Shaolin, there is no master who can let you and I fight. Looking around the world, how many people can let you and I fight to our heart's content? And the fight between low-level fighters may not be without merit. Maybe a trick that a low-level fighter accidentally uses can make our eyes light up, or even inspire us. Pharmacist, you are a scholar. Mount Tai does not reject soil, so it can become big; rivers and seas do not reject small streams, so they can become deep. You should understand the truth in this sentence better than me."

"Ah, I was taught a lesson by Brother Ouyang, a martial arts fanatic who doesn't read books!"

Huang Yaoshi shook his head, but still bowed to Ouyang Feng and said seriously:
"Thank you, Brother Ouyang, for your advice. I am grateful to you, Pharmacist."

"polite."

Ouyang Feng said this, but in his heart he was thinking, I have read quite a few books in my two lifetimes combined, I am not some pure warrior who doesn't read.

The Seven Freaks of Jiangnan had a lively meal downstairs. After eating and drinking, they left the restaurant, went to Nanhu Lake, boarded a fishing boat, and sailed towards the canal.

Ouyang Feng also paid the bill and went out. He boarded a small boat with Huang Yaoshi and Wang Wu that they had rented earlier when they cruised on the lake. With Huang Yaoshi rowing the boat, they caught up with the Seven Monsters' fishing boat from a distance.

On the Seven Monsters fishing boat, Han Xiaoying was allowed to follow her six sworn brothers to fight the big battle. She excitedly strolled around the boat with her dagger in hand, stopping from time to time to draw her sword and practice a few moves. Suddenly, she noticed a small boat behind her that seemed to be following her fishing boat. She immediately became alert and ran to the cabin to report to Ke Zhenwu:

"Brother, there is a small boat behind us. It seems to have been following us for a long time!"

【Ask for monthly tickets! 】

(End of this chapter)