"Waste no more time with this person. Let me cripple his hands and feet first, then we can settle the score!"
Compared to the Dog Taoist, Monk Miaoji was much more direct. He attacked with swiftness, closing in and unleashing a barrage of brutal blows on Kang Jinlong, each punch landing with bone-jarring force!
Bang bang bang bang bang!
Kang Jinlong was forced to retreat, spitting blood and appearing utterly wretched.
The Dog Taoist couldn't help but remind him, "Baldy, go easy on him. Don't kill him! That would be too merciful for this scoundrel!"
"I know!"
With a roar, Monk Miaoji kicked Kang Jinlong several meters away, sending him crashing headfirst into the prison cell!
Clang!
Monk Miaoji promptly slammed the cell door shut and sealed it with Buddhist incantations!
Kang Jinlong wiped the blood from his lips and got up, attempting to escape. However, the moment his hand touched the iron bars, he recoiled as if electrocuted.
Monk Miaoji said coldly, "Don't waste your energy. My Buddhist incantations are ineffective against ordinary people, but they have a peculiar effect on scoundrels like you. Stay put, and we'll meet again in an hour!"
Hearing this, Kang Jinlong's eyes turned to ash. He stopped struggling and stood silently in the cell.
After subduing Kang Jinlong together, the Dog Taoist and Monk Miaoji rushed back to check on Yan Qiu's injuries.
Relieved to learn that Yan Qiu was out of danger, both breathed a sigh of relief.
"Brother, you know Wei Changqing better than anyone. After all this, why are you still giving him a chance?" the Dog Taoist chided.
Yan Qiu sighed and retorted, "Old Gou, if you were to betray me one day, would you want me to kill you without mercy, or give you multiple chances to turn back?"
"That's... that's hardly the same!" The Dog Taoist was momentarily speechless, finally managing to stammer, "If I were to betray you, then I would deserve death. I would have no regrets dying by your hand!"
"Uncle Gou, what are you two talking about?" Yan Shouyi quickly interjected, "Dad is fine now, and Kang Jinlong and his men have all been captured. Our mission is complete, we should be happy."
"Amitabha, Shouyi is right," Monk Miaoji nodded.
The dungeon was filled with corpses and blood. None of Kang Jinlong's men survived, and Yan Qiu had fulfilled his promise to the Old Celestial Master.
He could only wonder how the Old Celestial Master was faring.
Yan Qiu began to meditate and recover, while the Dog Taoist and Monk Miaoji cleaned up the mess.
Yan Shouyi quietly walked to the cell, maintaining a distance of over two meters from Kang Jinlong, and stared at him.
Uncomfortable under Yan Shouyi's gaze, Kang Jinlong glared back, "What are you looking at?"
"Are you Wei Changqing?"
"No," Kang Jinlong replied dismissively.
"Oh."
Yan Shouyi nodded gently. "Then I must have mistaken you. The name my grandfather has spoken of for so many years certainly wouldn't belong to someone like you."
A flicker of something unusual crossed Kang Jinlong's eyes at these words.
Yan Shouyi noticed it, knowing that Kang Jinlong still held some affection for his grandfather.
He wondered what had happened years ago to lead Kang Jinlong astray.
Kang Jinlong began to examine Yan Shouyi. He suddenly laughed, "You are very much like my senior brother, but your personality is different from his. You're more like your mother."
Yan Shouyi was taken aback. It was the first time anyone had mentioned his mother to him.
It made sense, he supposed. Kang Jinlong had grown up with his father and should have known his mother.
Just as Yan Shouyi was about to ask something, Yan Qiu, who had been meditating, suddenly said, "Shouyi."
"Dad, what is it?"
"Don't talk to him."
Yan Shouyi returned to Yan Qiu's side and crouched down, asking, "Why?"
"Our Lu Ban lineage learns from all schools, but we aren't masters of everything. What I know, Wei Changqing might not, but what Wei Changqing knows, I might not. Who knows what skills he's picked up? If you don't keep your distance, who knows what tricks he might use against you," Yan Qiu said coldly.
"Senior brother, that's unfair!"
Kang Jinlong stood in the cell and sneered, "Though we are no longer on the same path, our grievances do not extend to our children. Shouyi is still my good nephew, and I would never lay a hand on him."
"I'll be damned if I believe you!" the Dog Taoist cursed. "Shouyi, don't listen to him. Not a single word he says is the truth!"
It was evident that Kang Jinlong knew Yan Qiu and the others very well, and the Dog Taoist and the others also knew Wei Changqing well. They must have adventured together in the past; otherwise, they wouldn't understand each other so deeply.
Kang Jinlong chuckled, "Dog Taoist, after all these years, you're still the same."
"What business is it of yours what kind of person I am?" The Dog Taoist picked up a severed arm from the ground and threw it at Kang Jinlong.
The severed arm struck the iron bars of the cell and fell outside. Kang Jinlong crouched down, carefully picked up the arm, and brought it into the cell, using it to scratch himself.
"Old Huang is also the same. I wonder if he still likes to gnaw on beef. Perhaps his teeth are gone, and he can't chew anymore."
"Woof woof woof!"
Old Huang barked ferociously at Kang Jinlong. Although Yan Shouyi couldn't understand dog language, he could tell that Old Huang was verbally abusing him.
Kang Jinlong suddenly said,
"Senior brother, I remember when we were studying the arts of Qimen Dunjia, one day you secretly went to the river to catch fish. As a result, when Master was teaching the lesson on 'Jing Men' (The Gate of Shock), you were absent. Afterwards, to teach you a lesson, Master refused to explain it again no matter how you asked. From then on, although you knew Qimen Dunjia like the back of your hand, the 'Jing Men' aspect always lacked a bit of finesse..."
Yan Qiu slowly opened his eyes, his gaze fixed on Kang Jinlong from the corner of his eye. "What are you trying to say?"
Kang Jinlong sighed, "If only you hadn't been absent back then. You wouldn't have fallen into my trap now."
As soon as he finished speaking, Kang Jinlong stomped on the ground!
A massive compass instantly unfurled beneath Kang Jinlong's feet!
And the "Jing Men" on the compass landed precisely beneath Yan Qiu and the others!!
Yan Qiu's expression changed drastically, "Everyone, get away quickly!"
However, Kang Jinlong didn't give them any chance to react or escape. A powerful force instantly made everyone feel a tearing sensation!
When they opened their eyes again, everyone found themselves trapped inside the prison cell, while Kang Jinlong stood outside!
"Senior brother, this technique of Jing Men, the 'Shape-Shifting' skill, it would have been great if you had learned it."
Kang Jinlong stood outside with a smile, "You can beat me a thousand times, and I wouldn't care. But if I beat you just once, you will lose everything!"
"Bastard!"
The Dog Taoist was enraged and lunged forward, attempting to break through the iron bars. However, Monk Miaoji had already placed his Buddhist incantations on the bars, rendering even the Dog Taoist helpless against the cell!
They had all been tricked by Kang Jinlong and were now confined within the prison!