The Way of Spiritual Journey

Chapter 42, The Four Heroes of Langshan

Seeing that the four men had accepted the silver notes, Li Lang felt relieved; things were finally settled.

Regardless of their purpose in finding this place, judging from their clothing and appearance, these four people should all be laborers. Arguing with such people would only be asking for trouble.

Now that he could get things done by spending a little money, Li Lang felt very happy.

"Hey you inside, come out two people, drag this scoundrel inside, castrate him first, then kill him, we'll eat dog meat tonight." Li Lang turned his head and saw Wangcai hiding in the corner. He could no longer suppress the nameless fire in his heart and shouted towards the inner courtyard.

"Alright, please do as you please!" As soon as Li Lang finished speaking, two figures, one fat and one thin, darted out from the inner courtyard.

"Tsk tsk, we all heard it. Who would have thought, Wangcai, that you could have such a ruthless leg on those two delicate beauties?" Wolong grinned wickedly and walked towards Wangcai, shaking his head.

"That's right, your behavior deserves to be struck by lightning. It would be very painful, so why don't we just stew you? We'll remember your taste." Fengchu grinned wickedly as the two of them surrounded them from the side.

"Woo, woo." Seeing the expressions of the two people, which didn't seem like they were joking, Wangcai panicked and started trembling all over, letting out pitiful whimpers.

"Hmph! Keep pretending." Li Lang was furious when he saw Wangcai acting like this.

"Hehe, good acting skills, huh? Weren't you limping just now? Take a few steps and let me see." Feng Chu's smile widened, and his words became even more sarcastic.

"Wangcai, be good, come inside with Uncle, Uncle will get you something delicious." Wolong smiled, his fat face jiggling, and he opened his arms to pounce.

"Brother Long? Brother Feng?" At this moment, a weak, incredulous voice reached everyone's ears.

Both the Crouching Dragon and the Young Phoenix were taken aback and turned around in unison.

"You are the Four Heroes of Langshan?" The Crouching Dragon and the Phoenix Chick stared wide-eyed, equally incredulous.

"Brother, we brothers have been suffering since we left you!" After their identities were confirmed, the four burly men almost burst into tears, their exaggerated expressions making them unbearable to look at.

"An acquaintance?" At this moment, Li Lang seemed to have noticed something and asked.

The old man blushed, while the younger one lowered his head, stammering and unwilling to answer.

Wolong, being a bit thick-skinned, hesitated for a long time before finally saying, "The four leaders from Langya Mountain back then."

Indeed, it was like meeting an old friend in a foreign land!

Seeing this, Li Lang pursed his lips and said, "These are all good actors."

As night fell, two bonfires were lit in the courtyard of Wangcai Cooperative, and the enticing aroma of dog meat drifted over the walls and across the street, growing ever more distant.

Seven or eight people sat around the campfire, their eyes fixed on the sizzling, oily dog ​​meat roasting over the flames.

"Squeak, squeak, squeak!" Suddenly, a monkey jumped up from the crowd, pointed at the campfire, and shouted loudly, presumably meaning, "The dog meat is cooked."

"Shut up, you monkey. Fatty, get the knife." Li Lang tapped the monkey on the head and said irritably, "Listen to me, this is what happens when you dare to cause trouble outside."

The monkey is, of course, the little saint. It returned alone, without any trouble following behind. It should also be considered lucky, coming back just in time to eat dog meat.

The little saint was tapped on the head by Li Lang, but he was very obedient, with his head down and eyes downcast, but his eyes never left the dog meat on the campfire.

Wolong took out his knife and cut the meat, and everyone began to eat heartily.

"Hey, want some too?" Fengchu held up a fragrant dog leg, waved it at Wangcai who was curled up in the corner, and said with a sly smile.

"Waaah." Wangcai trembled and let out a whimper in protest.

"Hahahaha." The crowd burst into laughter.

Two flower-shaped grills were roasting over the bonfire, brought by the Four Heroes of Langshan, as a greeting gift for the second brother, Longfeng.

Seeing this, Li Lang knew that he couldn't get rid of the four heroes, so he simply ate and drank his fill of the ready-made roasted meat and some good wine before making any further moves.

The Four Heroes of Langshan were originally hunters from the foot of Langya Mountain, living peaceful lives. With diligent hunting, they should have had no problem making a living. But their biggest mistake was getting involved with Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong!

That day, four people worked together to surround a wild boar, but after a long time, they still couldn't take it down. The wild boar, driven by its predatory instincts, charged and was about to injure them.

Just then, the monk Wolong appeared and struck the wild boar on the head with a powerful Vajra Palm, causing the boar to scream and roll on the ground.

The next instant, the Phoenix Chick Taoist descended from the sky, uttered "Amitabha," and flicked his whisk, sending countless strands of whisk piercing the wild boar meat, causing it to groan and scream in agony...

"Brother Long, I think you feel better as a monk." After enjoying the dog meat and drinking to their hearts' content, one of the Four Heroes spoke up.

"Exactly, and Brother Feng too, being a Taoist priest would be great, he looks like a master." Second Jie chimed in.

The Crouching Dragon and the Young Phoenix exchanged a silent glance, neither of them speaking.

"Thinking back to those days on Langya Mountain, they were truly unforgettable. My elder brother knew that his younger brothers were living in poverty, but he had no money to help them. He actually thought of writing a letter back home, saying that they had been kidnapped and that he needed money to ransom them. What a noble act!" The third hero began to reminisce about the past.

Hearing this, Li Lang glanced casually at Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong, thinking, "This script seems a bit off?"

The two men, Zhuge Liang and Feng Chu, were flushed. They had drunk too much and were saying whatever they wanted, no one cared. They could just treat it as nonsense.

"Also, my brother said that the Crouching Dragon and the Young Phoenix are very famous in the martial arts world. If I go out to make my way in the world, I can mention these two names and people will give me face wherever I go. I really believed him. From then on, I had a deep-seated obsession with the martial arts world." The Fourth Hero was a cripple, and when he spoke, he was so moved that he choked up.

"Alas, it's our fault." Hearing the four men speak their true feelings after drinking, and seeing their tattered clothes, he knew they must have suffered a lot over the past year. Wolong felt a pang of pity and spoke up.

"The martial world isn't as easy as you think, is it?" Especially the Fourth Hero, whose leg wasn't lame before, but after a year in the martial world, his leg became lame. Thinking back to that time, it must have been very painful.

Fengchu felt ashamed as well; they shouldn't have fooled an honest person for the sake of a moment of boasting.

"It seems that no matter where you are in the world, every man has a dream of wandering the martial arts world in his heart!" Hearing this, Li Lang understood the general idea and couldn't help but sigh.

At this point, the basic outline of the story is clear: the four people's dream of wandering the martial arts world was ignited by the monks and Taoists on Langya Mountain, and it quickly spiraled out of control.

They wanted to enter the martial arts world, but Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong were under orders from their master and dared not leave for even a moment. So, their dreams overcame their reason, and the four of them set off together. From then on, they were in the martial arts world and had no choice in their own destiny.