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Chapter 10:

Quickly, the two made their way to Huangchun, stopping as they realised that everyone had been gathered in cages. They were surrounded by ghostly warriors, who looked fierce…and furious.

Lady Green quickly recognised them as the Outlaws of Liangshan…but how they were here she didn't know. First and Second Squad, along with the Air Force, had also been forced into cages. But that was not what bothered them.

In the middle stood a tall man, whose warriors were guarding the cages. The tall man was holding a rattling box in his hands, and he was smirking at the ghostly person that was currently tied up in the middle.

Lady Green sucked in a breath.

Hu Sanniang.

When Gu Dasao was called down to earth from where she had been residing in Heaven, she had been confused. Such a call hadn't been made since…since those times when she had fought alongside her husband and her brothers of Liangshan.

She had made her way down with the others, she had not expected to find the villagers from the village that had called her down in cages.

And she definitely had not been prepared to see Hu Sanniang, one of her closest friends, tied and gagged in the middle. None of them had seen Hu Sanniang ever since her death even though they searched.

The same had gone for Lin Chong.

She noted the crazed-looking man holding a rattling box.

She held up her own blades. "How dare you?!" she lunged forward, but was held back by her husband, who shook his head. She glared at him, but he didn't back down.

They watched as the man announced who he was - a hunter.

"And you may ask what I've been hunting down all this years?" the hunter smirked. He pointed at Hu Sanniang. "Her, and all of her descendants."

"What?" Wang Ying lunged forward. "Why?!"

"Oh, I do it all for your sake, Wang Ying."

This had confused them all.

"What?" Wang Ying demanded.

The hunter had laughed, looking at Hu Sanniang, who looked back up at him blankly. "Her children."

"You mean…their children." Song Jiang said.

The hunter shook his head, still smirking. This clicked into Gu Dasao's head, but she ignored it for now. For now, one of her closest friends was tied up by a madman. And she would help her, despite if she had cheated on her own husband or not.

Wang Ying was glaring at Hu Sanniang now, who held her own glare against him. "How could you?" his voice was deadly quiet. This wasn't good. When he was mad, he yelled and shouted. Not like this. Not like this.

Hu Sanniang glared back at him. "After what you had done to me? What would you have expected me to do?!"

"Done what?" Song Jiang interrupted, but Gu Dasao had figured in all out. Looking at Sun Erniang, it was clear that she had figured it out too.

"Abuse." Gu Dasao whispered.

It had only been a whisper, but everyone around had heard it clearly.

Sun Erniang growled at Wang Ying, about to lunge at him, but her husband stopped her in time. Her scream was ear-piercing. "When I get my hands on you, I'll rip you piece by piece with my own hands and feed you in my buns!"

The group from Big Green had asked who their respective heroes were when they had compared the 108 heroes of Liangshan Marsh to Big Green, and it was revealed that Sun Erniang was Mystique Sonia.

The heroes looked alarmed as they stared at Mystique Sonia, but she shook her head.

Her buns were all vegetarian.

"With who?" With just those words, everyone fell quiet again. They looked at the man, who smirked as he held up the rattling box in his hands.

"Guess. I'll give you a hint…it's a former exiled instructor." Lu Zhishen lunged forward, eyes blazing at the indignity of having had his blood brother suffer his afterlife days trapped in a box, affair easily forgotten as he realised that Hu Sanniang had been abused by Wang Ying.

He was held back by Wu Yong and Song Jiang, screaming curse after curse.

And, just then, two people emerged from the forest.

"Ah." The man grinned. "We have company. And my last prey."

They looked alarmed, looking around.

It didn't take an expert to find out what he was talking about. "Lin Chung! Lady Green!"

Gu Dasao admired the similarities in both of them and their ancestors, mad as she was. Lady Green held two blades, much like Hu Sanniang, and didn't look like a damsel in distress. Lin Chung was quiet, but eyes blazed with the same fury that Lin Chong had had whenever he went into battle.

"Run!"

Both pair of eyes widened as hunters surrounded them.

Their weapons were raised, and, before they could blink, Lin Chung had sent one of them sprawling back to the head man, who laughed. "Incredible. To think that you even obtained his skill…"

Suddenly, the man raised a blade and flung it at Lin Chung. He had no time to move as the blade pierced his chest.

A scream from someone. They didn't bother finding out who as Lin Chung collapsed, blood oozing out of the wound. The cloak he had been carrying dropped with a thump. Lady Green leapt back, eyes wide.

And, just then, the rattling stopped.

No one paid any attention.

But then, the box rattled again. Fiercely.

Caught off-guard, the man dropped the box. Thinking quickly, Gu Dasao flung one of her blades at the lock.

It broke open.

And then a spirit tackled the head man, eyes blazing.

"Lin Chong." Song Jiang whispered, looking at the furious exiled instructor.

His appearance had not changed at all from the picture - hair still long, but hat no longer there. Clothed robes, square shoes, tanned skin with the 'golden mark' on the left side of his forehead. Hu Sanniang looked at him, calm, even as he lunged forward at the head man.

The head man blocked it surprisingly quickly, though he stumbled back at the force.

Knowing that he was outmatched, the head man leapt onto a horse. Lin Chong followed, spear in hand. Gu Dasao rushed to Hu Sanniang, releasing her from her bonds. The moment she did, Hu Sanniang sprang to her feet, her twin blades appearing in her hands.

The other men looked panicked as Song Jiang released the prisoners. Following their leader's example, they leapt aboard horses and galloped in his direction.

Spearing a warrior and shoving him off, Lin Chong leapt aboard the sprinting horse and disappeared into the forest. Hu Sanniang leapt aboard a spare horse, eyes blazing as the horse, too, disappeared into the forest.

Meiren's heart thudded as she looked at the old senile man, who seemed crazy with fear.

The scene seemed all too familiar.

Both disappearing into the forests.

But, this time, Hu Sanniang was determined to return with Lin Chong…if not, not at all.

Lina peered into the room. Lin Chung was sitting there with Grandmother. She wasn't technically their grandmother, but everyone called her by that and she treated everyone as if they were her own.

Her grandmother was talking to Lin Chung, a hand on his face as he looked up at her, eyes blinking.

His back was to her, and Lina felt frustrated. She couldn't see anything now. And she wanted to play with Lin Chung. It was rare that his parents let him out at all except for school, and she wanted to take the opportunity.

Then grandmother started talking to Lin Chung in a low voice as Lin Chung wiped his eyes. "Is the light still bothering your eyes?"

Lin Chung nodded, frustration evident in his stance. He shifted anxiously, and looked at grandmother. "There isn't anything wrong with me, is there?"

Grandmother's face darkened. "No, there isn't. Your mother had no right to do that with you." she then looked up, and caught sight of Lina. "Lina's here, Lin Chung. Go and play with her."

Lina beamed as she opened the door, too elated to feel upset about being caught. But her breath caught when she saw Lin Chung. Instead of the bright purple eyes she had gotten used to seeing, they were now a dull black and white. Instead of the light that was usually in them when they played, it was replaced now by a constant thin film over it.

But she could tell that they wouldn't want her to talk about it.

So she kept quiet, and only when she was in her bed did she wonder what happened to those pretty purple eyes that he used to have.