The enemies didn’t retreat after they heard Wu Kuang Yun’s announcement. In fact, the three generals became even more vigilant, and began to launch more intensive attacks.
Long Ao spurred his horse to move forward, and began to rain curses on Wu Kuang Yun in a loud voice, "Get lost, you mother*ker! Do you think that you have any credibility? Your grandfather has already f*king turned into a pile of ashes… and you still have the guts to swear on his name. Shame on you… you sly cheater... You think the same as your foolish, sinister and vulgar Wu family..."
Wu Kuang Yun got furious and cursed back, "I’m your Father. Your Father’s grandfather is your Great-grandfather. How dare you curse your Great-grandfather… you disobedient, un-filial bastard. You’re a wicked person… without any redemption. You’re being disrespectful to your deceased ancestors! This is utterly disgraceful and heresy. Long Ao… you son of a b*tch, you offal, you are a bastard son born of a wh*re." The persuasion attempt had turned into a comical scene of two armies hurling abuses at each other.
Wu Kuang Yun and Long Ao weren’t satisfied with hurling abuses at each other. Therefore, both of them gathered their subordinates, and lined them up to form squads for chanting abuses in unison. Wu Kuang Yun refused to be outdone. So, he went one step further and divided his soldiers into several groups. These groups were to take turns to continue this battle of abuses. He even stripped down to his waist, and joined his men in chanting abuses.
That atmosphere along with the shouts was a world-shaking phenomenon.
Their curses darkened the sky; a sense of gloominess was spread over the earth. Even the sun and the moon had lost their brightness. These soldiers were bold and straightforward. Moreover, each one of them was skilled at cursing. So, they continued to curse all sorts of vulgar abuses in various dialects from all over the country...
There were a total of one million people including the soldiers atop the wall and the ones stationed below. And, all of them were hurling abuses at each other! All possible references to each other’s female relatives – tracing all the way up to seventeen or eighteen previous generations had been mentioned...
Chu Yang, Tie Bu Tian and the two shadows had taken a detour, and had arrived there by that time.
Tie Bu Tian and the shadows didn’t know that there were other routes leading to the Heaven Splitting Mountain Pass. So, they had followed Minister Chu, and had found a narrow and winding road. Moreover, Minister Chu had found a rare wild ginseng and a hundreds of years old Red Spirit Mushroom from the sides of this secret road. He had also collected a pile of stuff like Solomon’s Seal Plant and Fleece flower on the way...
The experienced and knowledgeable shadows were dumbfounded by his ability.
[How’s he finding these items?]
[While walking around… Chu Yang often utters an expression of surprise – ‘hmm’. Then, he starts sniffing around… and squats down to inspect a patch of grass… only to find a precious herbal medicine. Each herb he finds can be regarded as a high-quality item...]
[This skill goes in defiance of the natural order. Even a poor person – without any aptitude – can enhance his cultivation with this ability...] the two shadows thought.
The road was extremely narrow and twisted – like a sheep’s intestines. The narrowest section of the road was so narrow that even a slim person could barely squeeze through it by pushing himself sideways. There were several such narrow sections. Fortunately, none of the four individuals were fat. So, they were able to pass through these sections.
Minister Chu noticed that the other people didn’t face any difficulty in passing through such sections. However, the lean and thin Tie Bu Tian would get his chest stuck in narrow spots several times...
Minister Chu was puzzled by this, [His chest seems average. It’s rather flat… to be precise. His chest muscles aren’t even developed. Why does his chest keep getting stuck? This is really strange...]
The mountain road was getting more and more difficult to tread-on. It was hard to tell how old this road was. In fact, it could no longer be called a road as it was densely covered with thorny bushes. They reached a certain point after they had climbed less than halfway to the peak; it was impossible to move forward from there.
It would’ve been impossible for these people to move ahead if they had low cultivations.
Tie Bu Tian’s physical strength gradually started to cause problems. So, a shadow had to carry him. Chu Yang felt sorry for the shadow. After all, this shadow was a skinny old man, and could get tired easily. However, Chu Yang was young and full of strength and vigor. Moreover, he was a king level expert now. So, he proposed to lend his back.
He hadn’t thought that his proposition would receive a strong opposition from the two shadows and Tie Bu Tian.
Their reaction was so intense that it startled Chu Yang. He was at a loss, and had no choice but to let the old man continue to carry Tie Bu Tian on his back. He complained in his heart, [What the hell! Are you afraid that I’ll throw the Emperor from the cliff and into the abyss?]
He became depressed.
But, he also felt strange, [Tie Bu Tian doesn’t mind being carried on the back of the shadow. But, why won’t he allow anyone other than the shadows to carry him? Doesn’t he know that I proposed to carry him… only because I look at him as a brother? Yet, he bluntly rejected my offer...]
Tie Bu Tian was helpless. The transforming effect of her jade ornament could deceive only people’s vision, but not their sense of touch. Chu Yang would’ve certainly detected the difference if he were to carry her on his back...
But, she didn’t mind being carried by the shadows... because they were a married couple even though she called the two of them ‘Uncles’.
They finally arrived at the summit of the mountain after they had crossed several cliffs. A bone-chilling wind was blowing at the summit. It was issuing a howling sound. The four people were forced to use their martial powers to be able to stand steadily. It was extremely cold at the summit even though it was mid-summer.
"Cross this mountain-peak… and get down from that side. Then, you’ll arrive at the Heaven Splitting Mountain Pass. But, you’ll have to get down from this seven-to-eight-hundred feet high concave cliff if you wish to enter the Heaven Splitting Mountain Pass… You can’t afford to fall from here." Chu Yang pointed his finger at a cliff and spoke, "The slanting valley is right below this protruding cliff."
Tie Bu Tian nodded thoughtfully.
"Your Majesty doesn’t need to worry. We’ve taken an extremely secret route to arrive here. Someone can’t climb-up this road unless they have a cultivation of Revered Martial Artist or higher… It’s even more implausible to bring an army."
Tie Bu Tian replied with a faint smile, "I’m not worried about that. I heard you say that the slanting valley is beneath this. But, the slanting valley must be jam-packed with Great Zhao’s army since Wu Kuang Yun must be guarding the mountain pass right now. How can we destroy them? Shouldn’t we have a way to do that… since we are currently at an advantage?"
"Maybe… this isn’t the lucky chance?" The shadow on the side said, "You must know that there must be a suitable terrain to pull that off..."
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