The Road To Slaying God: Chapter 40

CHAPTER 40: WITH A GUN

“Bang !” A loud noise.

“Zhang Yang … What are you doing in the middle of the night … …?” A head with sleepy eyes stretched out to Zhang Yang.

“Ah …nothing …I just dropped something …”

“Oh, go to sleep. I have found a unit internship. You will be all alone in the dorm tomorrow, and you can toss whatever you want, no one will say anything to you … …” The guy in the upper bunk said drowsily.

“What about them?”

“All of us are going to practice together … don’t tell anyone, I’m sleepy …we drank a carton of beer …”

“Oh, you sleep then.”

……..

Amidst the darkness, Zhang Yang waited holding his breath, and finally a small sound of snoring came from above. Surprisingly, he others didn’t even wake up by the large sound at the beginning, apparently everyone were drunk.

He walked to the door barefoot cautiously. Zhang Yang couldn’t help but get shocked with cold sweat running down his spine, to see the serrated dagger completely inserted in the door without a straight hilt. The distance from his bed to the door was at least eight meters away and it was a gentle throw. Just how much strength did I use to throw this?

Zhang Yang finally pulled the dagger out from the door. Because he couldn’t make too much noise and the dagger was serrated, it was very difficult. It took him a full half an hour to take out the dagger and it left a slit on the door.

He randomly found something to plug in the gap and tip toed to his bed. Zhang Yang heart was bursting of uncontrollable ecstasy.

Is the “Art of war” secret to the martial arts?

Zhang Yang couldn’t wait to re-read Sun Tzu’s “The Art of War” . He tried to recall it again in his mind but unfortunately, Zhang Yang could no longer find it due to the sudden projection of the dagger. However, the book was still full of mysterious attraction, which made Zhang Yang to remain perplexed despite much thought.

It was clear that the “Art of war” had some secrets, but still, he was only able to use his consciousness to sense it and was unable to find a particular space.

I don’t know if the other ancient books has this same effect or is it only Sun Tzu’s “Art of War” from the school’s library.

In a daze, Zhang Yang fell asleep. In his dream he saw himself waving the serrated dagger, inserting it into Lu Fei’s chest and his mind slowly turning into the color red …

……………

“Here he comes ...” Lao Li was laying on a bamboo chair, he was too lazy to open his eyes.

“Hey, uncle Li …, had your breakfast yet?” Zhang Yang went into the bookstore.

“I’ve already eaten. Ha ha ha, I guess that fellow Liu Biao won’t let Xiao Yuanxing to arrange other people to help him take care of things here ah, …sure enough!” The old man opened his eyes and laughed,” He lost the fight huh?”

“Well, that guy is impulsive.” Zhang Yang replied on how Liu Biao likes to stir up trouble and it’s in his nature. In the past few years, there used to be more fights, but unlike this time, Liu Biao was practically the invincible guy at the school, and never had such great loss.

“It is understandable, those who are young are not frivolous!” The old man seemed to disagree.

“…”

Zhang Yang dripped a sweat. He thought that the old man would criticize Liu Biao, who knew that the old man would actually have a praiseful expression on his face for Liu Biao’s act.

“How will you handle it now?” The old man didn’t seem to know Zhang Yang’s 10 days deal.

“Wait for a few days … By the way, uncle Li, I have to work alone these days, but there’s a little … …”

“It’s okay, I’ll keep an eye on the alley when you’re not here. Although Liu Biao is often careless, it doesn’t mean he’s against justice. Sometimes, a bit of impulse can be forgiven. Tell him to rest assured, I will take good care of the alley. I won’t let anyone to take over, haha …”

“Thank you uncle Li, I will not trouble you for an entire day, It’s too long for you to keep it up. I just might be irregular sometimes.”

“Oh, that’s totally fine. You can leave whenever you want … Ah yes, take this cell phone. If any special matter occurs in the alley’s entrance, you can call the number inside. You’ve already been here and seen it.” The old man handed him a small and exquisite mobile phone.

“Yep …”

Zhang yang looked down to check the phone. The battery was sufficient and the phone had only one number in storage.

He stayed there for a few minutes telling the old man about Liu Biao’s situation. Then he walked a few laps in the city’s major bookstores and old book stalls. He hard-heartedly spent few hundreds of Yuan to buy some ancient books and some books about martial arts, then he returned to the bookstore with a snake skin bag full of books.

“What are you doing?’ Looking at Zhang Yang full of sweat with the books, the old man said,” You’re not planning to learn martial arts from these books, right?”

“Cough … cough … no … just wanted to see …” Zhang Yang face looked embarrassed.

“is there anything going on?” The old man guessed that Zhang Ynag might be hiding something.

“10 days later, I am going to find the person who hurt Liu Biao.”

“Won’t Xiao Yuanxing take control of that?” The old man was surprised for a moment.

“Regardless of what decision Xiao Yuan makes during this 10 days period, if I’m not satisfied with the result, then, I’ll take it from there.” Zhang Yang put the book down and said with a faint voice but full of determination.

“So, you’re going to find that Lu Fei by yourself?”

“That depends on the final result of Xiao Yuanxin’s decision.”

“Can you even beat him?” The old man laughed,” That  Lu Fei id definitely an ace in fighting. I’m pretty much sure you’re not his opponent, you’re not even qualified to fight him.”

“that’s why I’m trying to learn some knowledge about martial arts.” Zhang Yang took a long breath and placed the full bag of genuine pirated books accordingly on the empty shelves above. No one would see those books anyway, not to mention that the old man has only a few customers.

“……….” The old man looked at the book shelf, and was speechless. Learning martial arts reading these books, it was inconceivable.

“Uncle Li, please take care of it for a while …”

“ Oh, you see why don’t you think of another ways, do you really have to use martial arts?”

“There are other ways?” Zhang Yang’s eyes were bright.

“A lot!” The old man laughed. “Get a car and kill him when he’s on the road. Even if you’re caught, it’ll be dismissed as a traffic accident with a small fine and a few years in prison.”

“Ah …cough … I can’t drive. I don’t have a car you see …”

“You want him to know that you’re taking revenge on him?”

“ … How did you know?” Zhang yang was surprised for a moment.

“Hahaha, all the Chinese are fond of this kind of revenge. Haven’t you seen it in the movies, when the good guy wants to take a revenge on a bad guy, he does it face to face to humiliate the bad guy? As a matter of face this is the most stupidest, often seems easier in the last second. In the west, most of the mafia’s never give each other a chance to humiliate each other. If they think that you are the enemy, they’ll find every opportunity to make you disappear from the face of earth. Many people have died not knowing who killed them. A lot of such cases have become an unsolved mystery …”

“So …in a word, hit and run with a car is not an option, what are the other ways? Zhang Yang, although he felt that the old man sounded very reasonable, he still vetoed the old man’s proposal.

“With a gun …” The old man sat up, his cloudy eyes became sharp as he tightly stared at Zhang Yang.

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