Published: March 7, 2025
Chapter 326: This Injury is Quite Strange
In the temporary headquarters of the Golden Horse Knights Hall; in Yin Wufa's room.
Yin Wutian had his head wrapped in bandages, sitting on a small stool, holding a basin of water to wash his brother's feet. The hot water steamed up.
After carefully washing, he dried them with a clean towel, lifted Yin Wufa's feet gently, and placed them on the bed. He then began to massage his brother's lower body from above.
"Enough, no need to exert yourself," Yin Wufa said, eyes closed, sounding dejected. "It's useless now. I can feel it; although the muscles on the outside seem fine, the veins inside are already dead."
Yin Wutian remained silent, concentrating quietly to help his brother circulate his blood.
"The one who injured you... are they someone we can't afford to provoke?" Yin Wufa suddenly opened his eyes, looked at Yin Wutian’s face, and asked darkly.
Yin Wutian still did not respond. Yin Wufa sighed and murmured, "Did you visit Brother Kong today?"
"I did," Yin Wutian inhaled deeply, his voice hoarse. "Brother Kong should be living comfortably and happily now."
"Heh…" Yin Wufa let out a bitter laugh, saying languidly, "That bastard Kong Heartache, he has it easy now, closing his eyes and not caring about anything… heh..."
He stared blankly at the wall not far in front of him for a long time, then said pensively, "When we meet in the underworld in the future, I must have a good fight with him… He risked his life to save someone as crippled as me… Haha, and his last words were…"
He trailed off, his mind seemingly echoing Kong Heartache's desperate roar from back then: "Don't let me die with my eyes closed!"
It felt like he could see Kong Heartache fighting desperately amidst a sea of enemies, charging left and right.
"Don't let me die with my eyes closed!" Yin Wufa finally murmured, confusedly saying, "Wutian… if one day in the future… you must not let me die with my eyes closed."
"Brother…" Yin Wutian suddenly looked up. "What are you talking about?!"
"In the past, you and I, as brothers, roamed the lower three heavens, killing and looting; living freely! Later, we took money and heads; amidst the chaos of thousands of troops, we came and went carelessly—one strike and it's bloodshed and death… then, we saved Brother Kong; the three of us laughed proudly in the martial arts world; although the world called us demons, those days were the happiest of our lives."
Yin Wufa smiled heavily, his eyes reflecting nostalgia, saying, "...But then, the Fifth Minister found us, established the Golden Horse Knights Hall, promised us high positions and wealth, and finally we escaped the mountains; I never wanted the high positions and riches; nor sought to bring glory to our ancestors, but thought... the descendants should not live a life like ours, as wildlings, should they?"
His eyes filled with desolation, he continued, "Everyone says we are throne experts, but who knows that we have little knowledge? We even learned to read by forcing an old man to teach us; if others don’t explain clearly, we can’t understand; even if they curse us… Heh, do our descendants have to live like this too? That's why I agreed to the Fifth Minister's invitation..."
"I'm not doing it for this outstanding position," Yin Wufa said with a tragic smile. "Since coming to Zhongzhou, the Golden Horse Knights Hall has grown, every time we act, it’s a success; under the Fifth Minister's strategic planning, we’ve become invincible, ruling the dark world of the lower three heavens..."
"But we are not happy! Originally, the three of us would eat and drink together every day; but since we have become brocade-clad and well-fed, the times we gather to drink are few and far between!"
"Last year... Brother Kong actually died in battle!" Yin Wufa inhaled deeply, his voice growing hoarse. "From now on, the days of the three of us sitting at the same table drinking... are gone forever."
Yin Wutian remained silent, continuing to massage Yin Wufa, but his expression grew increasingly sorrowful.