Chapter 9 Let me tell you a secret

"You can't do it, so why do you want to deceive me?" Yang Chong, who was just joking, said speechlessly with grief and anger.

Sure enough, there was a reason why Old Man Li was disabled. He was so despicable. If Yang Chong hadn't already got what he wanted, he would have probably thought of beating this old man up.

"I just said that I don't have the kind of advanced martial arts you think I do." As Old Man Li spoke, he reached out and took away another chicken leg.

"So what?" Yang Chong asked back.

"Do you know how I got all these injuries?" Old man Li pointed at the scars on his face and neck.

"He must have been beaten." Yang Chong said.

It was precisely because of Old Man Li’s injuries that Yang Chong thought he was a man with a story and that he was some extraordinary master. Unfortunately, it was all just his assumption. Today, if Old Man Li hadn’t stopped pretending, Yang Chong might have continued to think so.

"Yes, I was beaten, but what if I tell you that I was beaten because someone wanted to silence me?" Old man Li recalled, a ferocious look on his face.

Seven years ago, he and a group of people were employed by a mysterious man, who asked them to dig a cave deep in Mount Jucis and build a secret place. However, when the construction was completed, these craftsmen were brutally murdered. After being murdered, they were casually thrown into the mountains. The jackals, tigers and leopards in the mountains would wipe out the last traces of them in this world.

Fortunately, he was born with a special feature, and the position of his heart was a little bit tilted compared to ordinary people. So after he fainted, those people just thought he was dead and threw him into the mountains together with other corpses. This allowed him to luckily survive.

Because he was afraid that those people might find out that he was still alive, he didn't even dare to go home. He could only hide his identity and follow the connection between Juci Mountain and Dalong Mountain to Xiliu Village. It has been six years, and he...

"Silencing? What secret do you know?" Yang Chong pondered. He was right. Old man Li did have his own stories and secrets, but they were not what he imagined.

"Back then, we were hired to dig and build a secret place in Mount Juzi. Is this a secret?" said Old Man Li.

"Jucishan, a secret place, is it where the dignitaries in Xinzheng want to hide something?" Yang Chong asked.

"I'm not sure, but that secret place is not small, and it is built in the form of a prison. It should be used to imprison someone." said Old Man Li.

"So, there is someone imprisoned in Mount Juci now?" Yang Chong pondered. This story...

"It should be. I don't know who the imprisoned person is, but I know his identity must be extraordinary, because there is a gate in the secret place that separates the inside and the outside, and that gate weighs a thousand pounds. Who is worthy of opening this gate?" While speaking, Old Man Li actually finished eating the chicken leg. Fortunately, his teeth were loose due to old age, otherwise he would have chewed up the bones and swallowed them.

"Either his identity is not simple, or he has very high martial arts skills." Yang Chong analyzed.

"Yes, so, if you rescue that person, is it possible to learn advanced martial arts?" asked Old Man Li. "Is that your idea?" Yang Chong asked back, as he had already fully realized how cunning Old Man Li was.

"Is this secret worth the things you have given me over the years?" Old man Li's hand had already reached for the wine jar next to him. Telling the secret that had been hidden in his heart for many years made him feel a lot more relaxed.

"If that person is really that important, there must be a lot of people guarding him. If I want to rescue him, it may not be easy. Not to mention other things, just those mechanisms may be beyond my ability to handle." Yang Chong pondered, constantly analyzing the pros and cons in his mind.

"You probably don't know that in our line of work, it's not uncommon for people to be silenced, so when we're doing construction work, we usually leave a backup plan. We pool together the things that each of us is responsible for, so there are no secrets there for me." said Old Man Li.

Throughout history, there have been too many stories about craftsmen who were killed when they built mausoleums and secret places. Not to mention, when King Ping of Chu built the mausoleum, he sealed the craftsmen in the mausoleum. As a result, when Wu Zixu later broke through the State of Chu and wanted to dig up King Ping of Chu's mausoleum and whip his corpse to seek revenge, he could not find King Ping of Chu's mausoleum for a while. Fortunately, one of the craftsmen who built the mausoleum for King Ping of Chu was on guard and told his son the secret of King Ping of Chu's mausoleum, which allowed Wu Zixu to find King Ping of Chu's mausoleum. While taking revenge, Wu Zixu also avenged those craftsmen.

Therefore, it is normal for people in their line of work to keep a backup plan, but this backup plan can be a real backdoor or information that should be kept secret.

"You are quite cunning. If I rescue that man, I will get a lot, but that person will definitely take revenge on the people who imprisoned him. They are also your enemies, and then your revenge will be taken." Although Yang Chong's heart was throbbing, he still had reason and saw through the old man Li's other thoughts at a glance.

"I'm so cunning, but you still saw through my thoughts. Doesn't that prove that you're even more cunning?" Old man Li was so thick-skinned that it was impossible to tell his reaction.

"I'm just wise." Yang Chong's mind raced as he retorted, calculating the pros and cons.

At present, Jingwei of Luowang is sharpening his sword. He doesn't know what Luowang and Yang Lin are planning. He urgently needs to increase his strength. However, in terms of his personal martial arts, even with the Nine Yin Scriptures, Yang Chong cannot guarantee that he will be able to survive the crisis that may occur at any time in the future. In this way, if he can rescue the imprisoned person, it may be able to provide some help.

But it is only a possibility, because it requires two conditions to be met. First, that person is really an expert, and second, that person is an expert who knows how to repay kindness.

"So what's your choice?" Old man Li no longer cared about drinking and eating meat at this time. He was waiting for Yang Chong's answer. Just as Yang Chong said, he certainly wanted to repay Yang Chong, but he also wanted to use Yang Chong's hand to avenge himself.

If I cannot get revenge, I will not be willing to die.

"Okay, I take it. Deal. I want to see how skilled the expert you are talking about is." Yang Chong replied without any hesitation in his mind.

What was there for him to be afraid of right now? He could just fight. After all, could any danger he faced be more dangerous than Luo Wang, or even more dangerous than getting engaged to Jing Wei, or even lying on the same bed with Jing Wei?

"I was right. You are different from other teenagers in the village. Your ambition is enough to make you do risky things." Old man Li laughed.

"There's no other way. If someone like me wants something, I have to fight for it." Yang Chong said. This world is not so friendly to ordinary people, even if he is a time traveler.

(End of this chapter)