Azure Heaven Saber-Chapter 159 - 122 Double Kill Succession
Chapter 159: Chapter 122: Double Kill Succession
Chapter 159 -122: Double Kill Succession
Xu the Third sounded somewhat startled, “Looking at this, it doesn’t look like they both inflicted fatal injuries on each other, refusing to accept medical treatment… Fourth, we have to say it, their blades are much better than ours… Hey, it feels so smooth in the hand.”
While talking, Xu the Third had already picked up one of the blades and was inspecting it.
Xu the Fourth eagerly followed in his footsteps: “Let me see, let me see.”
Xu the Third: “There isn’t much left here, especially food… You’re right, they couldn’t eat or die… Oh, there’s a manual here.”
Xu the Fourth leaning in: “Really?”
“It seems to be about the lives of these two brothers… Hiss… they were high-ranking figures from four hundred years ago…”
“What high-ranking figures… let me see, Thunderbolt Double Kill? Hiss…”
“I think I’ve heard of this name before…”
“So have I, I just can’t remember where I heard it.”
“Let’s read on.”
As they read, the expressions on their faces become increasingly shocked.
Thunderbolt Double Kill were high-grade assassins from the Heavenly Judge four hundred years ago, both brothers reached the King Rank of assassins; their ranking was quite high.
However, in one mission, they killed a disciple of Crescent Moon from the Five Lakes Bright Moon, which led to the sect’s massive pursuit. They were severely injured during their escape… and fell off a cliff. Eventually, their injuries were too severe to heal, and they both ended up dying in this cave.
According to the records in the notebook, the circumstances of the Jiang brothers’ fall from the cliff greatly resembled that of the Xu brothers: During the fall, they were caught by a tree vine in mid-air, preventing instant death.
However, the two brothers were not as lucky as the Xu brothers.
Both brothers were mortally wounded before they even fell off the cliff, even if their injuries were not further aggravated by the fall, they still couldn’t have survived.
Even so, they were tenacious enough to drag themselves to this cave, driven by a surge of grief and resentment, they struggled to stay alive until they had arranged their affairs through the notebook, consuming all of their life source as cultivators, before they finally died.
The front cover of the manual had the words: To my inheritor, annihilate Crescent Moon!
The writing appears to have been done with a tree branch, with a very dark color, apparently written in… the blood of a spider?
There are two different handwritings in this notebook, obviously written by two people;
The earlier part, the two brothers were worried that once their last breath ceased, their inheritance would be disconnected, so they hurriedly documented their cultivation methods, various skills and formulas, unique skills, hidden weapons, etc…, explaining in detail about everything without leaving out a single detail.
Only after they had recorded their entire martial arts inheritance without omissions, did they start to narrate the story of their dispute with Crescent Moon and their cruel experiences of being hunted…
It’s a pity that the writing didn’t get to the end, a long mark indicating the author could no longer continue and passed away.
The handwriting that follows belongs to the other brother, possessing a different tone.
“My brother has gone before me, and my own life won’t be much longer; my brother and I were assassins for the Heavenly Judge in this life, making a living from silver, hands stained with blood, but neither of us has ever killed a good person. And we were proud of this! Our fame should not end here!”
It is clear from the text that the scholarly level of the ‘Thunderbolt Double Kill’ is not very high, the text hardly uses literary terms, and is full of vernacular language.
The second brother, Jiang Ruiping, documented their life experiences, from learning arts in their youth, to stepping into the world of martial arts, becoming assassins, gradually upgrading to Gold Rank, participating in gold medal training, achieving a tied seventh place…
The two brothers continued to level up, walking side by side on the martial arts path, where they passed, all evildoers, whether they were targets of the Heavenly Judge or not, were cleared by them, they were recognized by the entire martial arts world as being extremely just.
At the end of the text, it described their feud with Crescent Moon-
A young man from Crescent Moon grew up with his junior sister, they were childhood sweethearts.
But childhood sweethearts do not necessarily mean mutual affection, the junior sister only saw him as her brother, but he determined that his junior sister was his lifelong companion.
So much so that after his junior sister found her intended one and privately committed to a lifelong relationship with him, tragedy began to occur.
In the end, the junior sister eloped with her beloved and spent the romantic night together.
But that brother, the direct disciple of Crescent Moon, became twisted due to his heartbreak. Afterward, he couldn’t stand seeing couples loving each other.
All sweet couples he came across were subjected to his cruel treatment!
He even claimed that it was a test, a test to see if their love was as solid as gold, and if it was, no one could break it up. If it could be broken up, how could their love be as solid as gold!
However, with this ridiculous argument, and his cultivation skills, resources, and power as a member of the Great Sect of Crescent Moon, who among ordinary people could resist his trials?
Many loving couples were broken up by him, and among each couple he broke up, at least one of them met their death!
Because of such reckless killings, this person naturally landed on the task list of the Heavenly Judge. But because of his strong background, not many assassins from the Heavenly Judge went to trouble him.
Just like what Zhuang Weiran and his wife said before: the accumulated strength of the West Gate family over a thousand years is not ordinary, it’s not that no one dares to offend the West Gate family, but few people can afford to offend the West Gate family.
This applies to the brother from Crescent Moon too, even the Thunderbolt Double Kill brothers did not initially want to interfere;
Until one day, a chance encounter allowed them to witness this fellow torturing a young couple; the two brothers were finally incensed!
In a fit of anger, the two brothers killed him.
Their feud with Crescent Moon began right there.
The disciple from Crescent Moon demanded an explanation from the brothers, and to force the two brothers to come out, he gruesomely massacred a fortress that once sheltered the two!
The hatred escalated instantly to the point of no return.
The two were outraged and fought back. With their skills, which were at the top of the list of King Rank assassins at the time, it was more than enough to hunt down the disciples of Crescent Moon who were traveling outside.
This cycle of massacre and counter-massacre, of hunting and counter-hunting, lasted for a full year and a half. The two brothers were, after all, alone and helpless, and when the high-ranking masters of Crescent Moon officially stepped in, they were seriously injured one after the other and were no longer capable of fighting back. They were only left with the option to run away…
They fled all the way to this cliff, where they ended their lives. This was their final destination.
On the last sheet of the note, six characters were written all over it.
“Shatter Full Moon! Slaughter Righteous Sakura!”
“Shatter Full Moon! Slaughter Righteous Sakura!”
“…”
These six characters were written hundreds of times!
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The aura of grief and resentment was so overwhelming that even rough and rugged people like the Xu brothers, who were just barely literate, could feel it coming right at them.
After reading, the two brothers didn’t speak for a long while.
After a good while had passed.
“This Man of the Righteous Sakura Moon has really gone too far, hasn’t he?!”
Xu the Fourth was filled with rage.
Xu the Third was also very upset, showing some empathy.
The other party was a Heavenly Judge assassin, as were they.
The other party consisted of two brothers, and so did they!
The other brothers hated evil as if it were their enemy, and it seemed the same with his own brother!
Upon thinking this, Xu the Third suddenly shook in surprise, looked at the note in his hand, then at the two knives, then looked at himself and Xu the Fourth, and suddenly became excited.
“Fourth, you’re right-handed, aren’t you?”
Xu the Fourth was indignant: “I’m not right-handed, I’m a normal person. Most normal people use their right hand. It’s you, you’re left-handed — you’re not normal!”
Xu the Third retorted, “This is not the time to argue about what’s normal and what’s not… What I mean is, Fourth, did you notice? These two brothers are also one left-handed and one normal.”
“Hm?” Xu the Fourth was taken aback, not quite understanding the meaning behind his unusual brother’s current words.
“Look! Look! Look closely! These two knives are not the same — the length, the weight, even the direction of the blade are all different,”
Xu the Third, trembling with excitement: “Isn’t this a fortunate coincidence?”
Xu the Fourth scratched his head: “Is it?”
Then, he picked up a knife and tried it, exclaiming in surprise: “It fits perfectly. How about yours?”
“Feels as if it were custom-made.” Xu the Third held the knife in his left hand, looking very imposing.
“In the art of swords and knives, there are always methods for combination attacks, even unique dual blade skills suitable for one person…”
As Xu the Third and Xu the Fourth looked into each other’s eyes, they both saw excitement and determination.
The two brothers understood very well.
If they wanted to inherit these skills, they would definitely have to pay their respects and kowtow; they would have to face the Righteous Sakura of the Five Lakes and Bright Moon in the future!
The brothers knew the status of the Sakura Clan in the world of martial arts, despite their limited exposure and knowledge.
Of course, they could also choose not to pay their respects and just take the knives away. After all, the two owners of the knives were already dead.
But firstly, it would weigh heavily on their conscience, and secondly… if they were to use this combination skill in front of the Righteous Sakura, they would still inevitably be casting a spotlight upon themselves.
After all, the Thunderbolt Double Kill were King Ranked assassins who fought with the Sakura Clan for over a year, killing countless disciples of the Sakura Clan. There was no way the Sakura Clan would not have details of their techniques.
In addition, despite their lack of education, the Xu brothers were not the kind of people who would learn someone else’s skills and just leave without a backward glance.
“Should we pay our respects or not?”
“We should!”
“But if we do, we have to take on their karma.”
“It’s only natural for disciples to avenge their masters!”
“We could die.”
“Heh, do you think we would be immortal if we didn’t learn this knife skill and didn’t face the Righteous Sakura?”
“You’re right! I agree!”
The two brothers thought about it for a moment with their simple minds and made a decision.
Then, they both knelt down in front of the two skeletons.
“Disciple Xu Qingtian, Disciple Xu Dadi, we pay our respects to our masters!”
Thud, thud, thud. They knocked their heads on the ground nine times.
These two fools almost knocked themselves into unicorns.
Because in their minds, paying their respects was among the most sacred of ceremonies for cultivators; it had to be done with all their hearts and their full effort!
The same applied to the kowtowing.
The two guys actually created two dents on the hard ground of the cave.
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[Hmm…]
