SWDnovel Chapter 117 Fire
Chapter 117 Fire
The mountain is on fire.
Inside the Hall of Gathering Righteousness.
Chen Dingkun was drinking with his men.
Though he held the wine glass in his hand, his mind had already wandered far away.
He knew that this was a side effect of every "practice session".
No matter how ruthless he is, he is still a human being and has his vulnerable moments.
He seemed to see his wife's joyful tears when Chen Hongyu was born.
You can also see that when Chen Hongming and Chen Hongjie were born, their father-in-law was as happy as a child, dancing with joy.
You can also see tears glistening in the eyes of the woman who had passed away many years ago, a woman with delicate features, when Chen Hongzhi first awkwardly called out "Dad" and "Mom".
"Sigh, it's all in the past now."
"Next, I should leave Qinbei Prefecture and head to Beihai Prefecture."
Chen Dingkun sighed silently.
"Big brother, why are you crying?"
A young bandit was quite surprised.
Chen Dingkun wiped away his tears naturally and cursed, "What are you crying for? My eyes are so dry! What do you know, you little brat? Drink up!"
The bandits sat down dejectedly.
At this time.
Lu Lin had already arrived outside the Fire Mountain Hall.
On an old tree.
When he saw Chen Dingkun inside, drinking and playing drinking games, he almost popped his eyes out.
"Good, good, good! It really is Chen Dingkun!"
Lu Lin's last hope was also dashed.
He preferred to believe that Chen Hongzhi was murdered by villains who set fire to his house and destroyed evidence, rather than believe the case files of the Three Swords Pavilion.
But what was unexpected was that the cruelest truth and the most absurd reality were things that most people could never have imagined.
"Brother Yellow Hair, you wait here. Today, I'm going to massacre the Fire Mountain."
The blond-haired man remained silent.
Lu Lin jumped down from the tree and rushed straight into the hall.
"Who is it...?"
Before the newcomer could finish asking his questions, Lu Lin slashed with his sword.
Blood spilled.
He fell to the ground.
This scene abruptly awakened the bandits of Fire Mountain who were intoxicated by fine wine.
"You're asking for it, kid!"
"Go! Kill this bastard!"
Chen Dingkun, his eyes blurry with drunkenness, saw that there was only one person in front of the door, so he felt at ease leaving the situation to his subordinates.
Countless such self-proclaimed chivalrous youths have already died at Huoshaoshan.
The wine blurred his vision.
This also affected the bandits' fighting ability.
Wherever Lu Lin went, no one could stand a chance against him.
dead!
dead!
dead!
It either strikes down on the head, pierces the chest, or cuts the body in two.
The smell of blood grew stronger.
As his men dwindled one by one, and the hall was stained with blood, Chen Dingkun finally opened his eyes wide.
"Lu, Lu Lin?!"
Chen Dingkun was extremely surprised.
He never expected that the young hero who came to Fire Mountain would be Lu Lin.
A sense of panic arose in Chen Dingkun's heart.
"Chen Dingkun!"
"Prepare to die!"
Upon hearing Chen Dingkun's familiar voice, Lu Lin flew into a rage, slaying the two bandits in front of him with a single stroke, and suddenly charged towards Chen Dingkun.
Chen Dingkun wanted to say something, but his mouth seemed to be sewn shut; he trembled slightly but couldn't utter a complete sentence.
brush.
He slashed it down with a single stroke.
Chen Dingkun's left arm fell to the ground.
Another stab.
The bandits who were chasing after him were killed by Lu Lin.
Another cut.
Chen Dingkun's right arm fell to the ground.
Chen Dingkun was in so much pain that he was sweating profusely.
He didn't care about anything else and ran away.
Lu Lin was in no hurry. He killed the bandits chasing after him while keeping close to Chen Dingkun.
After dozens of bandits died, the remaining bandits finally sobered up and were terrified.
They escaped from the hall, only to be easily killed by the blond-haired man guarding the door.
There was no one behind Lu Lin.
He followed Chen Dingkun through the corridors and into the backyard.
Chen Dingkun entered the bedroom again, kicked open the tunnel entrance with difficulty, and jumped down.
Lu Lin waited outside the door, and only after seeing Chen Dingkun's figure disappear through the crack in the door did he follow him inside.
The tunnel spirals downwards.
Chen Dingkun fled in panic.
Lu Lin maintained a steady pace and followed, but the ever-approaching footsteps sounded like a death knell, making Chen Dingkun uneasy.
100 meters, 500 meters, 1000 meters.
Chen Dingkun lost too much blood and finally collapsed in the tunnel.
He gritted his teeth, still trying to struggle to get up.
But Lu Lin's footsteps had already stopped less than two meters behind him.
"Chen Dingkun!"
Lu Lin's voice suppressed the boundless anger in his chest.
"Tell me, why do you practice the Tianlun Health Preservation Exercise?"
"I, I, I..."
Chen Dingkun hesitated for a long time, but couldn't utter a single complete sentence.
Lu Lin stepped on Chen Dingkun's thigh.
Click.
Bone fracture.
Before Chen Dingkun could cry out in pain, Lu Lin kicked him again.
"ah--"
Chen Dingkun finally screamed in agony.
The cries echoed through the dark tunnel.
"The screams of Chen Hongzhi and the others that day must have been like this."
"No, no."
Chen Dingkun was covered in sweat and showed no signs of being drunk.
He struggled to move his body so that he could lean against the wall of the passageway.
"I drugged them before I did it."
"The technique requires a fresh heart."
"Lu Lin, Lu Lin, I... I knew that one day someone would come to kill me, but I didn't expect it to be so soon."
"It's all fate, it's all fate, Lu Lin. I'll give you a treasure, just so you can make the cut more easily."
"In my bedroom, there is a potted plant, and inside the pot is a small box containing a map. I obtained it many years ago through looting, but because I was too weak to leave Qinbei Prefecture, I hid it there."
"Take it, then kill me!"
"Oh!"
Lu Lin sneered.
"Chen Dingkun, I'm sorry, I can't do what you asked."
"I just want to take you back to the Chen family and let Chen Hongzhi and the others watch you die."
Lu Lin struck Chen Dingkun on the neck with a palm strike, and Chen Dingkun immediately lost consciousness.
Lu Lin grabbed him by the back of the neck and pulled him upwards.
Upon entering the bedroom, Lu Lin smashed the flowerpot and took the brocade box inside.
Yellow Hair was waiting outside the door.
"Thanks, blondie."
"No need to thank me, we're brothers."
Huang Mao's words stirred up memories of Lu Lin's time with Chen Hongzhi.
He gave a bitter smile. "Brother Huangmao, I need to go back to Jinshan Prefecture, but I'm afraid I can't hand Chen Dingkun over to the branch."
The blond-haired man waved his hands repeatedly, "No need, no need. As long as Chen Dingkun is dead, that's fine. But we'll have to take his head back with us."
"Okay, I understand!"
The next day.
Lu Lin found a doctor at the foot of the mountain to treat Chen Dingkun's wounds, and then rented a donkey cart to return to Jinshan Prefecture.
They arrived quickly, but returning by car took much longer.
It was not until half a month later that the tall city walls of Jinshan Prefecture were seen again.
"Let's go to the Chen residence first."
In just a month or two, when Lu Lin pushed open the gate of the Chen residence again, the courtyard was desolate, overgrown with weeds, and swarming with mosquitoes.
People have died here, and no one is willing to take over in the short term.
Lu Lin specially invited Zheng, the shopkeeper, to come over, as Chen Hongjie and Chen Hongming's maternal grandfather.
"Mr. Zheng, my knife skills are clumsy; please, sir, take charge."