Chapter 153 Rewarding Good and Punishing Evil
Two or three days passed.

Shui Dai's injuries recovered slightly and he regained some mobility, but he still couldn't stand and walk.

Everyone was in a dilemma. They couldn't just abandon Shui Dai in the snow valley, right?

Just when everyone was discussing who would carry Shui Dai and leave the Snow Valley, Di Yun volunteered to take on the task.

Seeing that Di Yun, the third leader of the Yunlong Gang, did not care about his status and was willing to condescend to do this, the Four Southern Heroes, including Shui Sheng, all had a very good impression of him.

The group also used Chu Yuan's sword energy to dig a cave in two days and walked out of the snow valley that had trapped them for several days.

After leaving the snow valley, there is a cliff about thirty or forty feet high below, and below the cliff is a river that is azure blue and nearly ten feet wide.

The waves roll and flow endlessly.

In this cold winter, the river is not frozen.

A cliff is not a straight line, but a slanted line with a slope.

Chu Yuan and his companions walked along the foot of the mountain for a while, bypassed the snow-capped mountains, and returned to the grassland.

"The Blood Knife Ancestor is dead, what are your plans next?"

Seeing that they were out of danger, Chu Yuan asked everyone.

Lu Tianshu said with a firm look, "Although the Blood Knife Ancestor is dead, the Blood Knife Sect has not been destroyed. In some ways, the lewd monks in the Blood Knife Sect have done more evil than the Blood Knife Ancestor on a daily basis. If the Blood Knife Sect is not eradicated, if a figure like the Blood Knife Ancestor appears again in the future, I'm afraid it will revive again."

Shui Dai also said: "Yes, Master Chu has unparalleled martial arts skills, please come with us."

These people witnessed with their own eyes how powerful Chu Yuan's martial arts were in the Snow Valley.

He is no ordinary person. He can cut through the melted snow wall with the sword energy from the bamboo stick in his hand. No wonder he is called "Cloud Dragon Sword God" in the world.

They even suspected that even if the founder of Shaolin, Bodhidharma, or the founder of Wudang, Zhang Sanfeng, were resurrected, they might not be a match for this leader of the Chu Clan.

If Chu Yuan were to come along, then eradicating the Blood Knife Sect would be a sure thing.

It was too risky for four or five of them to go there.

After all, the hundreds of martial arts heroes who had originally traveled with them had either returned to the Central Plains because they could not stand the altitude sickness, or had been buried in the snow valley forever.

Di Yun also advised Chu Yuan, "Yes, Brother Chu, since we are here, why not put an end to it once and for all and eradicate the Blood Blade Sect."

This kid took care of Shui Dai for two days, helped Shui Sheng heal Shui Dai's injuries, and now he was speaking up for Shui Dai.

Chu Yuan thought for a moment and said, "In that case, let's go again."

To be honest, Chu Yuan felt that if the Blood Knife Ancestor was eliminated, the Blood Knife Sect would become a tree without roots and would decline sooner or later, or even disappear on the grassland. However, what Lu Tianshu said was not without reason.

In that case, we might as well wipe out the Blood Knife Sect.

Anyway, everyone in the Blood Knife Sect, including the Blood Knife ancestor, are a bunch of lewd monks. They have done countless evil things and have ruined countless young girls and decent women.

Lu Tianshu and others found some herdsmen on the grassland and asked them about the location of the Blood Knife Sect.

Unfortunately, most of these herdsmen cannot understand or speak the Ming language.

However, there were often Ming Dynasty merchant caravans from the Central Plains coming to the grassland to do business, and among them there were some herdsmen who could understand the Ming Dynasty dialect and even speak some of it.

After asking many times, they finally found out that the Blood Knife Sect was on another snowy mountain not far from here.

Originally, they were led by someone who knew the location of the Blood Knife Sect, but that person was also killed in the avalanche caused by the Blood Knife Patriarch, and was buried in the snow valley.

To get to that snow mountain, we have to cross the snow mountain where the avalanche occurred before.

However, an avalanche had occurred on the snowy mountain and the road was destroyed by the avalanche. Fortunately, under the guidance of the locals, they traveled for a few more days, bypassed the snowy mountain, and finally found the location of the Blood Knife Sect.

The location of Xuedaomen is a temple located on the top of a snowy mountain.

The herdsman Gongga took Chu Yuan and others walking on the snow-covered and winding snow-capped mountain road.

Gongga pointed to a temple not far away, whose outline could be vaguely seen and whose roof was hung with red cloth, and said in a somewhat clumsy Ming dialect: "The Blood Knife Temple is in front. The Blood Knife Sect you are talking about is actually the monks on the grassland that we herdsmen call the Blood Knife Temple."

Chu Yuan and his companions looked in the direction pointed by the herdsman Gongga, and sure enough, they saw the outline of a temple on the top of the mountain ahead.

Di Yun asked the herdsman Gongga: "The monks of the Blood Knife Sect are so cruel, why don't you try to overthrow them?"

Gongga shook his head and said, "The monks of the Blood Knife Temple are all skilled in martial arts, and all of them are extremely cruel. Many of the local herdsmen's wives and daughters have been raped and abused by the Blood Knife Sect. Many women have never returned after being taken away. Under pressure from their power and martial arts, the herdsmen dare not resist at all and regard the Blood Knife Sect as a demon cave. Some ignorant herdsmen also worship the monks of the Blood Knife Temple as gods and are even willing to sacrifice their wives and daughters for them."

Chu Yuan, who was walking behind the herdsman Gongga, nodded. He understood what the herdsman Gongga meant. It seemed that the reason why the Blood Knife Sect could cause trouble on the grassland was not only because the monks of the Blood Knife Sect were highly skilled in martial arts, but also because many local herdsmen were intimidated by the martial arts of the Blood Knife Sect monks and began to believe in them.

The reason why Gongga was not afraid of the revenge of the Blood Knife Sect monks, was willing to lead them, and was able to recognize the nature of the Blood Knife Sect was entirely because he could speak the official language of the Ming Dynasty and was knowledgeable.

As he was talking, the herdsman Gongga suddenly stopped, turned around and looked at Chu Yuan with admiration, saying: "My dear, I heard from others before that it was you who killed the "Blood Knife Monk". If this is true, you are the most distinguished guest on our grassland, because you have eliminated a great evil for us!"

Chu Yuan was puzzled and asked, "Blood Saber Monk?"

Gongga, a herdsman in his thirties with dark skin and wearing a robe, said: "He is the abbot of the Blood Knife Temple. Some people also call him the Blood Knife Patriarch."

Chu Yuan nodded and said, "If you are talking about the Blood Knife Ancestor, he has indeed died in my hands."

Gongga placed his right hand on his chest and performed a grassland etiquette to Chu Yuan, saying: "I thank you on behalf of the herdsmen on the grassland. You are a hero."

Chu Yuan waved his hands and said, "I'm not that great. It's just that he offended me before, so it's convenient for me to kill him."

Gongga said: "No matter what, we herdsmen on the grassland have to thank you."

The group continued on their journey and soon arrived at the Blood Knife Temple that Gongga had mentioned.

This is a temple located on the top of a snowy mountain, covered with snow, and it is not very large.

When Chu Yuan and others arrived at the gate of the temple, they did not see any monks guarding the gate.

Lu Tianshu asked curiously, "What's going on? The Blood Blade Sect has committed many evil deeds, so there should be someone guarding the gate, right?"

Shui Dai also said: "Yes, there shouldn't be no one at the entrance of the Blood Blade Sect."

Chu Yuan and the herdsman Gongga, who were walking in the front, both looked changed, as if they had seen something...

Chu Yuan turned around and said to the people behind him: "Come and see!"

Hearing Chu Yuan's words, several people hurriedly took a few steps closer and climbed the steps in front of the Blood Knife Gate. Only then did they see the bodies of two Blood Knife Sect monks wearing apricot-yellow monk robes lying in front of the Blood Knife Gate.

One of the two monks had a broken knife piercing his chest and was nailed to the wall; the other had a sunken chest and a bulging back. His own spine and ribs had pierced his back. He was hit in the chest by a force that ordinary people could not imagine, and died instantly.

Blood continued to ooze out of the wounds on the two monks' bodies, and after the blood accumulated, a puddle of blood formed on the ground.

Chu Yuan looked at the body on the ground and said, "The blood hasn't coagulated yet, so he must have died not long ago."

Ah!
As soon as Chu Yuan finished speaking, screams were heard one after another in the temple.

Lu Tianshu, Liu Chengfeng and the others all changed their expressions and rushed into the Blood Knife Temple. They were very curious about who had broken into the Blood Knife Temple before them and started killing these Blood Knife monks.

Seeing that everyone had already gone in, Chu Yuan and the herdsman Gongga followed in, stepping on the bloodstains. As a result, along the way, they saw the ground of the Blood Knife Temple was covered with the corpses of the monks who had died in the Blood Knife Temple.

A rough count of the bodies of the Blood Knife Temple monks revealed that there were at least a hundred of them.

The Blood Knife Temple today can only be described as a place where corpses are strewn all over the ground and blood flows like a river.

Shui Dai, who was still carried by Di Yun, looked at the corpses and asked, "Who on earth could have done this? Besides us, is there anyone else who dares to attack the Blood Blade Sect?"

As everyone was talking, they walked up two steps and through the front yard, and finally arrived at the main hall.

In the middle of the spacious hall, there is a strange Buddha statue of a man and a woman hugging each other, sitting on a lotus.

As the only woman among the crowd, Shui Sheng blushed when she saw this scene and spat, "This Blood Blade Sect is indeed an evil sect. Even the Buddha statues they worship are so filthy."

Chu Yuan, Lu Tianshu, Liu Chengfeng, Shui Dai and others ignored Shui Sheng's shyness as a woman.

Because they saw two people in front of the Buddha statue killing the only five remaining monks in the Blood Knife Temple.

One of the two men was a burly man with a round face and big ears. He wore a bronze silk robe and always had a smile on his face. The other one was very tall but very thin. He wore a sky blue gown. His body was not even half as wide as the previous one. He had a rat-tail mustache and a very gloomy expression.

When Chu Yuan and the others walked in, they happened to see the last five remaining monks of the Blood Knife Temple kneeling in front of them and kowtowing to them and begging for mercy.

However, the two men joined forces, both raised their right hands, and made palm knives. It was seen that there was no knife in their right hands, but they used their palms as palm knives, but they swung out a sharp knife energy, and the blood of the five monks sprayed in the knife energy, and their bodies fell to the ground one after another.

The moment Chu Yuan and his companions stepped into the main hall of the Blood Knife Temple, the two men also noticed the arrival of Chu Yuan and his companions. They shifted their gaze from the corpses in front of them and looked at Chu Yuan and his companions who walked in from the door.

Especially when their gazes swept across Chu Yuan and Di Yun's faces, a hint of smile flashed in their eyes.

The burly man with a round face and big ears laughed and said, "We brothers were wondering who would dare to break into the Blood Blade Sect. It turns out to be the second leader of the Cloud Dragon Gang, "Cloud Dragon Sword God" Chu Yuan, and the third leader, "Flying Blue Dragon" Di Yun. It's just in time that they're here, so we don't have to make a wasted trip."

As he spoke, the man waved his sleeves and two cold rays of light flew out from his sleeves, flying towards Chu Yuan and Di Yun respectively.

Chu Yuan stretched out the bamboo stick in his hand and took the cold light.

With another gentle pick, something cold fell accurately into his hand. He lowered his head and took a closer look, and found that it was a palm-sized bronze plate with orange-yellow color, with the words "Reward Good" on one side and "Punish Evil" on the other side.

Although Di Yun was carrying Shui Dai on his back, his martial arts skills were not weak. When he reached out to touch the cold light, he was pushed back a few steps by the huge force, but he finally caught it.

The tall and thin man in a sky-blue gown saw Chu Yuan getting the bronze medal, and a hint of praise flashed in his gloomy eyes as he said, "Good martial arts."

The burly man with a round face and big ears also praised: "Boss Chu is the first one who has accepted this token so easily since we two brothers stepped into the Central Plains martial arts world."

You should know that although these tokens seem to be given out in a casual manner, they actually contain the unique martial arts that they have practiced.

If you don't have enough skills to take it head-on, you will only bring shame upon yourself.

Being knocked back a few steps like Di Yun just did was considered a light punishment. Some people might even be seriously injured from taking on this token.

Chu Yuan raised the bronze plate in his hand and asked, "This is the Order to Reward the Good and Punish the Evil. Are you two the two Envoys to Reward the Good and Punish the Evil?"

The burly man with a round face and big ears said, "Yes, we are the two envoys who reward the good and punish the evil. I am the envoy who rewards the good."

The tall and thin man in a sky-blue robe said, "The punisher of evil."

The Rewarding Envoy said, "The Island of Heroes respectfully welcomes the two leaders of the Yunlong Clan. On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month of next year, we will go to the Island of Heroes to drink Laba porridge together."

Chu Yuan was surprised: "Isn't it said that a martial arts sect usually only needs to receive one "Reward Good and Punish Evil Order"? How come our Yunlong Sect has two?"

The burly, round-faced, big-eared envoy said, "In fact, there should be three. We have investigated the three leaders of the Yunlong Gang. You are all heroes and are worthy of going to the Island of Heroes to drink a bowl of Laba Porridge."

As he spoke, he waved his sleeves again, and another cold light flew out from the sleeves of the Shangshan Envoy and flew towards Chu Yuan.

After doing all this, the envoy said, "This one belongs to Ding Dian, the leader of the Yunlong Gang. Please help me pass it on, leader Chu."

Chu Yuan did not say anything, but just used the bamboo stick in his hand to poke at the cold light again.

This time, the "Order to Reward Good and Punish Evil" was still as easy as taking something out of a bag, and Chu Yuan took it in his hand easily.

Seeing this scene, a hint of surprise flashed in the eyes of Shangshanshi.

Having seen Chu Yuan receive the cards so easily just now, he deliberately increased his strength and skill when dealing the cards the second time.

But the other party still took it so easily.

This made Shangshan feel for a moment that the other party was unfathomable, and was simply the most powerful person since he entered the Central Plains.

Seeing this, Lu Tianshu anxiously reminded Chu Yuan, "Boss Chu, you can't accept this "Reward the Good and Punish the Evil Order". Countless masters from the Central Plains martial arts world have gone to the Island of Heroes over the years, but no one has returned. The Island of Heroes is simply a den of dragons and tigers."

Chu Yuan and they were invited to encircle and suppress the Blood Knife Sect and the Blood Knife Ancestor. After experiencing the disaster in the Snow Valley, everyone had shared the hardships. He couldn't just watch Chu Yuan go to his death.

Chu Yuan waved the two bronze medals in his hand and said nonchalantly, "But I've already accepted it."

The rewarder saw someone stopping Chu Yuan from taking the token, and he glanced at Lu Tianshu and the others one by one: "I thought who it was, it turned out to be the "Renyi Lu Dadao" Lu Tianshu, "Zhongping Invincible" Hua Tiegan, "Soft Cloud Sword" Liu Chengfeng, and "Cold Moon Sword" Shui Dai, who are known as the Four Wonders of the South in the martial arts world. The four of you have decent martial arts skills, and you should be qualified to receive a "Rewarding Good and Punishing Evil Order", but unfortunately none of you are the masters of your own sects, but..."

The envoy looked at Hua Tiegan and said, "Hua Tiegan, as the leader of the Eagle Claw Iron Spear Sect, you need to take a token and go to the Knight Island to drink Laba Porridge!"

As soon as the Envoy for Rewarding Good had finished his words, the Envoy for Punishing Evil waved his sleeves, and a faint light flew out from his sleeves and fell in front of Hua Tiegan: "Hua Tiegan, take the order!"

Hua Tiegan, who had just seen Chu Yuan accept the "Reward the Good and Punish the Evil Order" and felt a little gloating, froze there for a moment.

Hua Tiegan thought of the martial arts world, the past legends about the "Reward Good and Punish Evil Order", and those martial arts predecessors who went to the Island of Heroes and never came back. For a moment, he felt only fear in his heart.

He stepped back repeatedly and shook his head, saying, "I won't take it, I won't take it. You can give this token to whoever you want, but don't give it to me."

Seeing Hua Tiegan retreating repeatedly, the token thrown by the Punisher drew a strange arc in the air and flew back into the Punisher's sleeve.

He looked at Hua Tiegan with a cold gaze: "If you don't answer it, you will die."

Lu Tianshu, Liu Chengfeng, Shui Dai and others saw that their brothers were about to be forced to accept the "Reward Good and Punish Evil Order", so they certainly could not sit idly by.

They were ready to help, but Shui Dai was still seriously injured and couldn't even move on his own, let alone help.

Therefore, the only ones who can really take action are Lu Tianshu and Liu Chengfeng.

Hua Tiegan also hurriedly asked Lu Tianshu and Liu Chengfeng for help: "Big brother, third brother, save me, I don't want to die!"

The envoy seemed to have seen through the two men's intentions. He smiled and said, "Do you two want to stand up for your sworn brother?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the Envoy for Rewarding Good and the Envoy for Punishing Evil looked at each other, and then simultaneously swung a palm towards Lu Tianshu and Liu Chengfeng with lightning speed.

The two were clearly still nearly three meters away from Lu Tianshu and Liu Chengfeng, but their palm winds instantly reached three meters away, in front of Lu Tianshu and Liu Chengfeng.

Lu Tianshu and Liu Chengfeng responded hastily, but they felt an overwhelming internal force coming from the two palm winds, and then they were both shocked by the palm winds and took several steps back.

The envoy who rewards good deeds and the envoy who punishes evil deeds only made a slight move and then withdrew at the same time.

The Reward for Good Deeds said, "It's a small punishment, a big warning, if you don't accept the token again."

The Punisher said, "Kill him."

Lu Tianshu and Liu Chengfeng finally stopped their retreat, their eyes filled with fear.

They didn't expect that these two legendary envoys who reward the good and punish the evil would be so powerful.

They were not even a match for each other.

Lu Tianshu said ashamedly: "I'm sorry, second brother."

Liu Chengfeng also said: "Second brother, third brother is useless and can't save you."

Judging from the actions of the two men just now, even if they took action, they would be no match for these two envoys of rewarding the good and punishing the good.

Shui Dai, who was on Di Yun's back, thought of the only person who could save his second brother's life. He looked at Chu Yuan and said pleadingly, "Boss Chu, please help save my second brother."

Seeing Shui Dai asking for help, Chu Yuan declined: "I have already accepted the token. Since Sect Master Hua is so lucky, let's go to the Island of Heroes. It just so happens that we are going the same way."

Hearing Chu Yuan's words, Lu Tianshu, Liu Chengfeng and Shui Dai were all disappointed.

They didn't understand. Judging from the martial arts Chu Yuan had displayed before, he was a truly top master in the world. Although these two envoys of rewarding the good and punishing the evil were powerful, they were not necessarily as powerful as Chu Yuan.

Why is Chu Yuan so afraid of the two envoys who reward the good and punish the evil? He has agreed to go to the Xiake Island for the banquet, but is unwilling to take action against these two people?

Chu Yuan's words made Hua Tiegan's face full of despair. If he had a choice, he really didn't want to die.

next moment!
The Punisher waved his sleeves again, and the order to reward the good and punish the evil flew out from his sleeves and fell towards Hua Tiegan.

This time, Hua Tiegan no longer dared to refuse and could only take the token tremblingly.

However, unlike when he threw the token just now to test Chu Yuan and Di Yun's skills, the token thrown by the Punisher this time did not even contain any internal force, which allowed Hua Tiegan to accept the order to reward the good and punish the evil very smoothly.

The rewarding envoy saw that although Hua Tiegan was smiling, he was insulting him: "Giving you the rewarding the good and punishing the evil order is really an insult to the rewarding the good and punishing the evil order."

It was obvious that they had no interest in even testing Hua Tiegan.

Hearing the words of the two envoys in charge of rewarding the good and punishing the evil, Hua Tiegan felt both frightened and aggrieved.

What is terrifying is that he is afraid of death.

He felt aggrieved because the other party was obviously humiliating him, implying that he was not even qualified to go to the Island of Heroes to die.

Hua Tiegan had been hostile to him. Chu Yuan felt that he had bad intentions and was not a good person, so Chu Yuan naturally would not help Hua Tiegan.

After watching the two envoys of rewarding the good and punishing the evil finish all this, Chu Yuan looked at them and said, "I accept your order of rewarding the good and punishing the evil from the Knight Island, but I have long admired the Knight Island and your martial arts. If you two want to leave today, you must fight with me first!"

(End of this chapter)