Chapter One: Iron Heart and Iron Core
The cold wind was like a knife, scraping against one's bones.
The lingering fragrance of rice in the air indicates that this is another bumper harvest year.
But Yang Tiexin felt empty inside and out, because all of this was no longer relevant to him.
Suddenly, the sound of a baby crying broke the silence of the night, followed by a rude shout, interspersed with the moaning of a woman.
That Zhang Shiba is still as arrogant as ever! He's clearly overjoyed to have a new son, yet he pretends to be impatient and annoyed! It's fortunate that his wife is virtuous and can tolerate this boor!
A gust of cold wind swept by, making Yang Tiexin shiver and pulling him back to reality from his reverie.
After calming himself down, Yang Tiexin pushed open the wooden door and stepped into the house.
On the couch lay a half-finished new garment, one sleeve of which lay on the floor.
A sudden surge of inexplicable emotion welled up within him, and Yang Tiexin murmured involuntarily, "Xiruo!"
"Xi Ruo!" That was the soft murmur of Yang Tiexin's soul.
He is a soul from the future. He graduates, works, enters the hall of marriage, and in ten months, he will become a father. And then, there is no more.
A sudden car accident caused Yang Tiexin to possess the body of the critically injured and dying Yang Tiexin.
During the month or so that he was recuperating away from home, Yang Tiexin finally completed his fusion with Yang Tiexin and roughly understood the current situation.
He was familiar with the name and the stories associated with it.
The descendant of a loyal official suffered persecution and wandered the martial arts world. He was taught martial arts by a master and became a martial arts expert eighteen years later. He roamed the martial arts world with his sword, killed all his enemies, and won the heart of a beautiful woman.
Unfortunately, the protagonist of the story is not him, but the i***t from the Guo family next door!
He was merely a supporting character, serving as a thread in the entire story. His martial arts skills were weak, he was impoverished, and his beautiful wife was stolen, leaving him with nothing but ruin and a solitary wanderer. He reappeared eighteen years later, only to meet a tragic end with both he and his wife perishing.
Even more tragically, his supposedly exceptionally intelligent and gifted son showed no remorse whatsoever. Instead, he turned around and continued to recognize the enemy as his father, until he finally perished at the Iron Spear Temple. His despicable and vile actions successfully highlighted the righteous image of the Guo family as foolish, noble, and perfect.
Then, in the third generation of the family, it was still a tragedy! Although he became the protagonist, he was bullied since childhood. He finally found a beautiful wife, only to have a wicked Taoist priest steal her away. Even though he didn't seduce the girl, he still lost his arm in the process. Then he lost his wife too, leaving the poor young man to hide alone in a mountain ravine playing with birds!
Resentment! Anger! And endless sorrow!
Everything was absorbed into that cold iron spear!
The white snake spits out its tongue!
Swallows are stealing the nest!
A dragon emerges from the water!
Dragon's Tail Swing!
After swiftly completing the seventy-two moves of the Yang Family Spear Technique, Yang Tiexin stood still, his thoughts already wandering far away!
The moment Yang Tiexin raised the iron spear, his soul seemed to sense the original Yang Tiexin's love for the spear and the Yang family's spear technique—or rather, his fanatical worship!
As the Yang family spear technique unfolded, Yang Tiexin actually felt his soul gradually merging with his physical body, eventually reaching a state of mutual resonance and fusion.
Just as Yang Tiexin was slowly experiencing this state of unity between body and soul, a sound of footsteps interrupted his comprehension.
As they drew nearer, Zhang Shiba's rough voice rang out, "It seems like Brother Yang's house is haunted! I heard the Yang brothers brandishing their guns! They must be resentful because they were wronged by villains, so they came back to get their guns to seek revenge on those evil thieves!"
It's time to leave!
Yang Tiexin glanced around the room, carefully folded the half-sewn Xinyi on the bed, put it in his bosom, tucked the iron spear behind his back, and then walked out of the house with firm steps.
"Don't worry! I'll take good care of them! All of them!"
This is a promise from one man to another! It's heavier than a thousand pieces of gold!
From then on, there was no more Yang Tiexin in the world, only Yang Tiexin, this is on a spiritual level.
Alone, Yang Tiexin left Niujia Village and gazed at the frosty moonlight, feeling lost!
The world is so big, where should I go?
The grand show is still eighteen years away. By then, I'll already be a middle-aged man! The young Huang Rong probably wouldn't even look at me!
Go and snatch Bao Xiruo back? Although he knew where she was, he lacked the ability! The Zhao Prince's mansion in the Jin Kingdom wasn't easy to break into, especially since he also had to bring back a mother and child who had absolutely no martial arts skills. Without adequate preparation, going now would at best be suicide! He might even lose his wife and child!
Brother Guo's mentally challenged son doesn't seem to need his care. Those seven monstrous men and women are far more capable than he is! Should he kidnap him and make him even more mentally challenged?
Hmm, that's something we can give it a try!
However, the Mongolian desert is not an easy place to go! Without the protagonist's halo to protect you, you might die under the stray arrows of the Mongolian cavalry at any time!
The core of the problem lies in strength!
Martial arts are a must to learn, and you must learn the most advanced martial arts!
First, there's the internal cultivation method: either the Nine Yin or the Nine Yang. You must choose one! But how to choose it requires careful planning!
Zhongnan Mountain is not a good place to go in the short term. If that stubborn old man Changchunzi recognizes me, who knows what trouble he'll cause! Moreover, the Nine Yin Manual is only incomplete, and its target is extremely obvious. Once it's used, it'll be a real problem! Putting aside others, either of those two, the Eastern Heretic or the Western Poison, could kill me ten thousand times over with a flick of their fingers!
Even if you obtain the Nine Yin Manual, you can only hide it and not use it until you have mastered it!
Therefore, the only option left is to plan for the Nine Yang!
Shaolin probably hasn't discovered this divine skill yet, so we could try to find an opportunity to obtain it! However, Shaolin is currently under the rule of the Jin Kingdom, and going there would be fraught with danger, so we need to plan carefully! Moreover, many of those bald monks at Shaolin are not exactly benevolent people; they're not so easily fooled! We need to do our homework beforehand!
Then there's external martial arts. The Xuan Tie Heavy Sword would be a good choice, but unfortunately I don't know any swordsmanship! I also don't know if I can find something like the Dugu Nine Swords! There are a lot of snakes there, it seems quite dangerous! It's best not to go if you don't have at least a third of your skills!
Oh, right! Before that, there's another important matter to attend to!
My poor goddaughter, her family must be ruined by now! Please don't be too late!
Having made up his mind, Yang Tiexin didn't linger and strode towards Hetang Village.
Hetang Village is where Yang Tiexin was rescued after being injured.
Around this time, a plague struck Hetang Village, leaving nine out of ten houses empty. The family that saved Yang Tiexin also perished, leaving only a newborn baby girl.
After traveling more than ten miles along the mountain road, Yang Tiexin arrived at dawn.
Fortunately, Yang Tiexin arrived in time, just before the male homeowner took his last breath.
Under the hopeful gaze of the male homeowner, Yang Tiexin spoke with a firm tone, "I will raise her to adulthood! I definitely will!"
Amidst the firelight, Yang Tiexin, carrying the infant girl, strode away, heading into the world of martial arts!