Chapter 435 - 205: 4 Pavilions, 3 Halls, 1 Department
Chapter 435: Chapter 205: 4 Pavilions, 3 Halls, 1 Department
Even Chen Jinwang and the others were blown away.
This was the True Qi that naturally overflowed as his power was scattered. It was the fruit of the Vice Tower Master’s decades of bitter cultivation, all destroyed in an instant.
His eyes instantly turned bloodshot. Without his Inner Strength to suppress his injuries, he immediately began to vomit mouthfuls of blood.
Fang Shuwen said nothing more. With a wave of his hand, he spun the man around on the spot, then placed a single palm on the center of his back.
With a series of HISSES, the Listening Rain Needles were forced out.
The Healing Pills of Divine Pill Valley were far too precious; Fang Shuwen would certainly not waste one on him.
Fortunately, Fang Shuwen’s own Martial Arts were incredibly effective for treating injuries and even neutralizing poisons.
As the Muscle Strengthening Scripture Divine Technique and its Healing Chapter were unleashed simultaneously, the Vice Tower Master felt his near-fatal injuries begin to recover at an unbelievable speed.
But more than shock, what filled his heart was despair.
’A Line is not something one can endure through sheer willpower. My fearlessness stemmed from the knowledge that Fang Shuwen wouldn’t use it on me a second time, because I wouldn’t be able to bear it. I would die.’
’But now that my injuries are recovering, there will be a second time, a third... even countless times.’
’I will constantly sink into agony, only to be healed by Fang Shuwen again.’
’Again and again, without end!’
The mere thought of such a future was enough to drive a man mad.
Fang Shuwen did not heal him completely. He only brought him back to a stable condition before removing his palm from the man’s back.
Before the man could speak, Fang Shuwen tapped him with two fingers and planted another A Line within him.
Hearing the Vice Tower Master’s agonized screams, Fang Shuwen found him too noisy. With a wave of his hand, he sent the man flying out of the hall and into the courtyard, leaving him to be washed by the heavy rain.
He then turned to the other two masters from Night Rain Tower and said gently:
"Now, tell me, how many masters are there in Night Rain Tower?
"And by masters, I only mean those with skills superior to your own."
Although the two of them seemed utterly helpless before Fang Shuwen, as if they couldn’t withstand a single blow, their Martial Arts were, in fact, not weak at all.
One was a Swordsman who cultivated the silent killing Swordsmanship, With the Wind into the Night, and could even use Night Rain Tower’s Body Technique to merge himself into the Rain Curtain.
With this skill alone, as long as the weather was right, very few in the Jianghu could evade his fatal strike.
The other man’s Saber Technique was also grand and sweeping, and utterly ferocious.
It was no exaggeration to call them masters.
The two men exchanged a look, then spoke with an air of resignation:
"The two of us are Stewards in Night Rain Tower, and we report directly to the Vice Tower Master.
"Those whose Martial Arts are superior to ours are the several Pavilion Masters, Hall Masters, Vice Tower Masters, and... the Tower Master."
"Tell me in detail about these Pavilion Masters, Hall Masters, and the Tower Master."
As he spoke, Fang Shuwen glanced at Chen Jinwang:
"You there, go fetch me a brush, ink, paper, and an inkstone."
Chen Jinwang, who had nearly been smashed to death moments before, ached all over. He hadn’t dared to get close to watch the spectacle, and upon hearing Fang Shuwen’s command, he certainly didn’t dare to refuse. He hurried inside to find a brush, ink, paper, and an inkstone.
By the time he returned, the man had already given a rough account of the masters within Night Rain Tower.
Night Rain Tower was composed of four pavilions, three halls, and one department.
The four pavilions were the Listening Bamboo Pavilion, the Listening to the Rain Pavilion, the Holding Fragrance Pavilion, and the Ferrying Life Pavilion.
The Pavilion Master of the Listening Bamboo Pavilion was named Shen Qingfeng. His Thirteen Swords of Clear Wind, combined with the Observing Traces Technique, had brought his Martial Arts to an extremely high level. He had even been taught the Touching the Subtle Technique, though it seemed he had yet to master it.
The Pavilion Master of the Listening to the Rain Pavilion was Su Baiyu. He specialized in Poison Techniques and created his own Traceless Poison Scripture, which allowed him to kill without shedding a drop of blood.
His Poison Technique was extraordinary. The Black Blood Scripture was something he created by combining his Traceless Poison Scripture with other arts, and the resulting Poison Blood Formation had always been invincible—until, that is, it failed before Fang Shuwen.
Furthermore, he possessed a peculiar poison called ’Three-Month Red.’
This poison was colorless and odorless. For three months, the victim would show no symptoms. After the three months were up, the poison would suddenly flare up, and even the most skilled coroner would find no trace of poisoning, ruling the death a result of heart failure.
The Pavilion Master of the Holding Fragrance Pavilion was a woman who could bewitch all living things, named Tang Xi.
Her Soul-Stealing Dance could kill everyone under heaven.
It was said her beauty could make anyone in the world, man or woman, become utterly infatuated and lose their soul.
According to the two men, Tang Xi had reached a point where if she were to offer someone a cup of poison, they would drink it without hesitation, even knowing full well that it was lethal.
The last was the Pavilion Master of the Ferrying Life Pavilion, a butcher. His surname was Tu, and his full name, Tu Qianqiu.
This man took pleasure in killing and was skilled with a saber.
His Saber Technique was called the Demon-Slaying Scripture, but it was people he slew.
In addition, he possessed a Horizontal Training art that made him impervious to blades and spears. In terms of sheer Martial Arts prowess, he was second only to Shen Qingfeng.
The three halls were the Cold Dew, Awakening of Insects, and Frost Descent Halls.
The Martial Arts of these three Hall Masters were a notch below those of the four Pavilion Masters, but each had their own unique methods that compensated for any lack in combat skill.
The Hall Master of Cold Dew Hall, Mo Wen, was well-informed and served as the eyes and ears of Night Rain Tower.
The Hall Master of Awakening of Insects Hall, Gongshu Ji, possessed a pair of wondrous hands; the ’Listening Rain Needles’ the Vice Tower Master used previously were his creation.
The last was the Hall Master of Frost Descent Hall, an old woman. Her real name was unknown; the people of Night Rain Tower called her Granny Qian.
She was stationed in the Central Domain and rarely went out. As for her specific abilities, not even these two so-called Stewards knew.
And finally, there was the one department.
This department answered only to the Tower Master of Night Rain Tower—Shi Wuya.