Cyber Ghosts

Chapter 177 Black Jade Existed While the Diamond Was Broken
“Err?” Hao Ning heard a light voice. He knew what he should do then.

“Black Jade Discontinuous Ointment?” The man in front of him was confused about the thing. He turned back and asked, “What is that?”

“No idea,” the rest shook their heads at the same time.

“Nothing, tell me your rules,” Hao Ning said, taking out a handful of melon seeds from his pocket. He sat on the floor and said indifferently, “Remember, say it clearly.”

“You bastard!” One of them saw Hao Ning behaved so rudely. He rushed out of the group and wanted to hit Hao Ning’s head with his fist.

“Bang!” Many seeds were thrown out of Hao Ning’s hand, flying toward the man’s fist. From the sound of the melon seeds flying, we could see this was a difficult move to resist.

It was sure that the man’s fist was hit back before he stretched his arm. The seeds bounced back from his fist and flew toward the man’s face who just talked. The man felt hurt and facepalmed. He looked at Hao Ning nervously.

Hao Ning hurt two of them by only a handful of seeds. The rest of them were shocked very much. They even forgot what to say.

“Magic fingers art!” One of them said in a low voice. He added, “His Kung Fu is the magic fingers art!”

“Good boy. You knew much!” Hao Ning looked at the man, smiling. He continued to say, “What rules? Is it the rules about how to defeat you five?” He turned back and looked at Zhe after saying. He added, “Does this mean I bully you? Did you bully my friend like this before?”

“Of course not,” the man said, facepalming. “Although we outnumbered you. But we do not want to bully you. You will be treated as a winner if you can defeat two of us,” he said.

“Two? You really know the rules,” Hao Ning teased. They were scared about the movement Hao Ning just played. They did not respond to Hao Ning. Hao Ning continued to say, “If I win, what can I get? Make it clear.”

“The rules were the rules,” the man said. “100 million yuan!” he added.

“It is ok if you can defeat one of us,” one of them said. He waved his hand and said, “100 million loans without interests.” He threw a stack of paper to Hao Ning and said, “This is the contract. You have a look.”

Before the paper reached Hao Ning, there were three sounds “Bang, bang, bang”. Three seeds nailed the paper on the ground. The man who threw out the paper frowned. It seemed that he could not understand what Hao Ning did. Hao Ning took a glance and said, “I know. What about the two from you? You choose or I choose?”

“It’s up to you,” they said. “We don’t want to bully you.”

Now Hao Ning understood the reason why Zhe was hurt by them.

According to the message Zhe got from Ye. He must know that the “Seven Sided Strike” was very difficult to tackle. He must choose those who could not play the Seven Sided Strike. And in the first place, they wanted Zhe to fight against three of them. But they voluntarily reduce the number to two. So, it was natural that Zhe would choose those who could not play the Seven Sided Strike. It seemed that everything was in the control of Zhe. However, the biggest problem was that Zhe did not know what the two men who chose could play. At the same time, Zhe might think that they did not know his Kung Fu, either. That was the reason he fell into their trap.

This looked like a fight between them. Actually, before the fight, they already had calculated everything.

Thinking of this, Hao Ning sighed. Why were his friends hurt so often recently?

“Hey, what are you thinking now?” The man rubbed his face. The pain had faded away. He continued to say, “Which one you choose?”

“As you don’t want to bully me, so do I,” Hao Ning ate his seeds as if nothing had happened. He continued to say, “You choose the first one.”

Hearing what Hao Ning said, the man was shocked. He turned back, looking at the others. They looked at each other. And one lean man stood out finally, “I will fight against you.”

This man was short but his temple bulged. Hao Ning smiled at him. He thought that he had succeeded half. So, he said politely, “Give me your name.”

“No need!” the man said, narrowing his eyes. He wore a mask, which made Hao Ning difficult to judge whether he smiled or just stared at him. He continued to say, “You need to celebrate if you can be alive after fight.”

“Ok!” Hao Ning shouted at him, “Show your strength!”

After saying this, Hao Ning leaned his body toward that man, and said in a low voice, “You can play the Strongman’s Diamond Fingers, right?”

The man’s grim look turned into confusion. He said without thinking, “How do you know…”

“Bang!” Hao Ning said. The man was thrown out, lying on the ground far away. Blood flew out of his mouth. He lay on the ground still just like Zhe.

“What happened!” Xiao Hong said. He thought that Hao Ning would play his favors such as the Sliding-over-the-water Art or the Soul Cutter. He was poised to watch a 3-D Kung Fu movie. He did not expect that the movie was over so quickly. He was curious about what happened. So, he rushed to Liu Shuai. Liu Shuai was lying on the ground quietly. Although he could not move, he still opened his eyes widely to watch the movie.

Xiao Hong looked at strong-minded Liu Shuai and said, “What Kung Fu did Hao Ning play? Why can he end it so quickly?”

“I guess it is the Strongman’s Diamond Fingers,” Liu Shuai said. He was also confused, “But how did he end it so quickly?”

“No, it is not the Strongman’s Diamond Fingers,” Zhou Yuan said. Although he could not move his body, he still wanted to clarify. “I am sure he played the Integrated Sky and Man of the Soul Cutter.”

“Zhou Yuan, what you guess is right,” Hao Ning smiled and said. He could have played the Strongman’s Diamond Fingers. However, this Kung Fu needed finger strength. That was to say: the strength of the fingers should be strong enough. On the other side, the six-pulse excalibur could be played by inborn Qi. If Hao Ning played the Strongman’s Diamond Fingers to combat them, he might fail. This Kung Fu could be used to combat an ordinary person. This man, Hao Ning knew that he was a martial artist. He could play the Strongman’s Diamond Fingers. With his strong body, Hao Ning worried that his Strongman’s Diamond Fingers might fail to defeat him.

How did Hao Ning know the man who could play the Strongman’s Diamond Fingers? He guessed and confirmed it later by combating him. Zhe’s bones were broken during their fight. It was natural to guess that his bones were crushed by a Kung Fu skill. It must be the Strongman’s Diamond Fingers. Three of the seven could play the Seven Sided Strike. One of the rests two must be able to play the Strongman’s Diamond Fingers.

His probe began from the sentence “Black Jade Discontinuous Ointment”. It was those who practiced the Strongman’s Diamond Fingers who must know the Black Jade Discontinuous Ointment because it was good medicine for healing the broken bone. What a calculation he had! When Hao Ning said the Black Jade Discontinuous Ointment, all others were confused about what he said except this one. He said “oh” in a low voice. Although he said it in a very low voice, Hao Ning could hear it clearly.

In order to prove his guess. At first, Hao Ning played the “Magic fingers art” to shock them. And then he let them choose the first one for their fight. He calculated it carefully. The Magic fingers art had powerful strength. Only those who practiced horizontal Kung Fu could tackle it. Those who practiced the Seven Sided Strike might have their bellies hurt if they did not have enough inner strength. Even if they had enough inner strength, they were made of flesh and blood. If Hao Ning ran from here to there in the field without stop and hit them remotely by the Magic fingers art, they would be hurt too. Based on this information, the one who could stand out to combat the Magic finger art must be the one who had practiced Strongman’s Diamond Fingers. And he must have a strong body. Hao Ning guessed that if he did not hit him faster than the opponent, the man might have broken his palm.

And at the beginning, Hao Ning also asked, “Your Kung Fu is called the Strongman’s Diamond Fingers?” The man responded surprisingly, “How did you know?” After hearing what he said, Hao Ning made sure that this man could play the Strongman’s Diamond Fingers. So, he played the Soul Cutter of the Integrated Sky and Man. The strength Hao Ning played was just appropriate. It was just like that something was thrown to the table corner but nothing happened outside. However, the inside of the table had been broken. The Soul Cutter entered this man’s body, cutting his bones without touching his flesh or veins. The Soul Cutter was so fast that the man did not respond. His bones had been broken into pieces. At this time, what Hao Ning needed to do was to hit the bones out of his body immediately. To others, Hao Ning’s move was so quickly. The man’s bones had been broken. With the opponent’s Kung Fu as the main priority, it was natural for others to think that this man was also injured by the powerful Strongman’s Diamond Fingers. And in the eyes of others, they started very quickly. They did not see when they started, leaving others confused.

Hao Ning should have not done this like that. He was forced to do it. Even so, his plan was done in half. The rest should be done with the man’s help.

It was sure that somebody rushed out to check the man after seeing he fell on the ground. After checking, he wanted to get the small ornament on his chest. At this time, Hao Ning shouted at him, “Now, it is my turn. I choose you!”

He shot out a small stone toward the man while he was speaking. The stone hit on the man’s back of the hand. It was so painful that he drew back several steps.

Hao Ning rushed forward. He moved quickly to the lying man. His right hand got the ornament. He moved so quickly that others did not see what he did. Hao Ning stamped on the chest of the man and said to the one who drew back, “Are you ok to fight? If not, I will be the winner. I am busy!”

“Hey, bastard,” That man rubbed his back of the hand, putting his hand into his pocket. “Don’t exaggerate. I know you are good at Kung Fu. But you may die…”

The man waved his palm, rushing to Hao Ning’s head.

“Really?” Hao Ning smiled. He touched against the man’s palm. After touching, his expression changed.

“Ha, ha, ha. You got caught!” seeing Hao Ning touching his palm, the man laughed. He took out several spiders with the other hand. The spiders were alive with skulls on their backs. So terrible!

“Black widows?” Hao Ning screamed.

“Yes,” the man said. Seeing Hao Ning stretching his right hand, He thought that Hao Ning wanted to kill the spiders with his Magic finger art. He flipped his palm and clenched a fist. After half of a breath, he opened his fist. The spiders turned into ash.

Before Hao Ning understood what happened, the man licked all ash with his tongue. Hao Ning felt disgusted. He opened his mouth and said, “Hey, what you did is not a healthy way! Beware of food poisoning— As mentioning poison, I always felt uncomfortable about my stomach. I suffer from diarrhea. Do you have any medicine for me?”

“It is so easy. You need Chinese medicine,” the man replied arrogantly when he heard what Hao Ning said.

“Is this man out of his mind?” Seeing this man turning himself into a doctor, Hao Ning couldn’t help thinking. “What’s wrong with this man? Did he want to be a doctor or not? Was he a doctor before and changed his job into a killer?”

” Hao Ning,” Zhou Yuan smiled and nodded. “Has already grown up!” He thought.

“You cook the materials with a gentle fire. And then rub it into pellets. Have it three times in one day…” The man said happily. He did a double take, stared at Hao Ning and said, “Are you making fun of me?”

“Ha, ha,” Hao Ning blinked. He pushed out his left palm with strength. “I did not make fun of you. You said it voluntarily, right? You must be Doctor Xue and can play Solutions to Kung Fu.”

“Bang”. The man’s hand that touched with Hao Ning’s turned into green. It looked like he was poisoned. Seeing his palm, the man drew back several steps to withdraw his palm.

Hao Ning also drew back several steps, looked at the man, and smiled.

The man searched for something from his pockets hurriedly. He found two pills finally. He put one into his mouth. And he crushed the other one and put it on his palm. After doing this, his palm turned into a normal color. The man said with a heavy breath, “Who are you?”

“Doctor Xue really made greater efforts for it,” Hao Ning looked at the man, smiling. “Carrion Poison, Sadness, and crisp breeze, Solutions to Kung Fu and the black widow, all of them are your creations, right? I guess, the Strongman’s Diamond Fingers and the Seven Sided Strike are the covers. You are the one we want, right?”

“How do you know?” Doctor Xue did not deny his question. He asked in reply, “What else do you know?”

“Nothing. I just know clearly that who you are,” Hao Ning smiled. He said nothing more.

Hao Ning knew that the contract one of them threw to him was not a normal one. Hao Ning could see an indistinct green light on the paper. It was obvious that the paper was poisoned. Hao Ning, of course, was not afraid of the poison at that time. However, he did not want to touch the poison. His action made them think that he was scared of poison.

About the thought that the man was Doctor Xue. As a matter of fact, he was not right about it. The man who could use those poisons skillfully and play the Solutions to Kung Fu belonging to the Minstrel must be Ding Chunqiu in The Flying Dragon. However, the only thing Ding Chunqiu could do was to poison others. He would not save others when he saw somebody was poisoned. Although Solutions to Kung Fu needed to rub the poison on the palm for touching the opponent. The movement was similar to the man’s action. The action Ding Chunqiu did was to rub the poison on his palm all the time. It was not similar to what the man just did. It was obvious that this man knew this Kung Fu skill. However, he used it rarely. He might use it when he combated an enemy.

Hao Ning thought of it carefully. It must be the man who was related to Ding Chunqiu but not so close to him. It was Doctor Xue definitely.

Unexpectedly, Hao Ning used a trick to get the truth.

However, Doctor Xue was at the side of Nezha. Why was he involved in this matter? Hao Ning did not get the answer at that time. The whole thing was more complicated.

“Who are you?” Doctor Xue asked Hao Ning, staring at him.

“I am the one who will kill you!” Hao Ning answered. He put out a finger. A small stone flew toward Doctor Xue’s head. At the same time, Hao Ning played the six-pulse excalibur. One finger point was on his head directly. As a matter of fact, the speed of the invisible sword Qi of the six-pulse excalibur was much faster than Magic fingers art. Before the stone threw out by the Magic fingers art touched Doctor Xue’s head, the six-pulse excalibur had penetrated Doctor Xue’s head. Because the speeds of both were too fast. It looked like that Hao Ning used the Magic fingers art to penetrate Doctor Xue’s head.

“You! You killed him!” the rest shouted. They saw that Hao Ning killed one of them so quickly. They drew back immediately.

Hao Ning did not answer them. He put his hand into Doctor Xue’s pocket. He took out a silk bag. Hao Ning held the silk bag and the ornament— In fact, it was a small gourd. He came to Liu Shuai, standing in front of him. Hao Ning used Combining Yin and Yang and Soul Cutter to walk back and forth on the gourd — From what Hao Ning did, it was safe to say that he could use the Soul Cutter skillfully. He must know that the silk bag and the gourd had some specific prohibitions. So, he used the Combining Yin and Yang to break the circle of the cause and result first. And then, the small gourd turned into a big bowl. There was something dark and sticky inside. But it smelled good. The silk bag turned into bigger. Hao Ning opened the silk bag. There were many bottles inside. Hao Ning took out one of them. He opened it and put it in front of Liu Shuai, Zhou Yuan and Ye. They sneezed it and coughed. They could stand up then.

“Oh？I am ok now!” Liu Shuai said. He moved his arms and legs. He found that he had strength again.

“Apply this Black Jade Discontinuous Ointment to Zhe’s body,” Hao Ning said. He took out a spray and sprayed to Zhe. He clapped his hands and said, “The Carrion Poison has been gone too.”

“How long can I recover after applying this?” Liu Shuai said, looking at the dark and sticky thing. He added with a frown, “It will take one hundred days to recover after bones injured! I suggest we apply it at home.”

“At home?” Hao Ning said with a smile. “We did not complete our job yet.” Hao Ning added. He took out a small blue ball out of the silk bag. Liu Shuai had a look at it. It was the Soul Coin Material. Hao Ning squeezed it hard and put the pieces into the bowl with “Black Jade Discontinuous Ointment”. He passed the bowl to Liu Shuai and said, “With the help of the Soul Coin Material, the effect of the Black Jade Discontinuous Ointment will be much better. Apply it to him.”

Hao Ning was right. As the Black Jade Discontinuous Ointment was not made in this secular world, the Soul Coin Material must have some positive effect on it.

“Fine,” Liu Shuai turned back. As he was ready to apply the ointment, he looked at Ye. He said, “This is your job.”

“Ok,” Ye replied in a timid voice. She did not dare to speak with Hao Ning as Hao Ning killed somebody just a few minutes ago. Her expression in her eyes to Hao Ning had changed. She murmured, “So scary, so scary.”

“You must know that this man killed 7 persons yesterday with his one finger,” Liu Shuai said. He knew what Ye was afraid of. He teased at her and said, “Do you have the strength to stand up?”

“What you did was to save Zhe?” Zhou Yuan said, standing up. He smiled at Hao Ning and added, “You are really a good friend.”

“Err?” Ye said. Although she did not dare to look at Hao Ning, she still paid attention to their talk. In particular, when she heard the words “to save Zhe”, she paid closer attention to their talk.

“This is the only way,” Hao Ning said. He swept his sweat, shrugging his shoulders. “Zhe suffered from much poison and his bones were squeezed totally. If we sent him to a hospital, he could be able to stand up again. However, due to his broken bones, he would never have a chance to practice Kung Fu again. If he has no chance for Kung Fu, he will be dispirited. That is the reason I have to get the Black Jade Discontinuous Ointment from our enemy. This is a medicine not made in this secular world— As you know, above all, no matter how powerful we are, we cannot get the great medicine like Black Jade Discontinuous Ointment to heal the injuries caused by the Strongman’s Diamond Fingers.”

“That is the reason you cheated your opponents,” Zhou Yuan said, crossing his arms in front of his chest. “And you moved after you were sure which one who had the Black Jade Discontinuous Ointment and its antidote.”

“Do you have a better idea?” Hao Ning looked at Zhou Yuan, shrugging. “I have limited ability. That is the only idea I can get at that time.”

“No,” Zhou Yuan thumbed up. “I just wanted to say that if you did not treat him as a true friend, you will not do so many things for him.”

“Above all, he always honors his promises,” Hao Ning said, looking at Zhe. He saw that Ye’s tears dropped on Zhe’s hand. Hao Ning was touched deeply by her. When could he have a girl like her who could take care of him considerably? he thought. Thinking of this, he teased at himself. He came here for saving friends. Why did he admire other’s love? So, he continued to say, “And Zhe got hurt because our friend Long Fei…”

“Hao Ning,” Ye said in a low voice. “The thing is not over.”

“I know,” Hao Ning waved his hand, walking toward the enemy.