The Proof of the Heavens Begins with The Legend of the Condor Heroes

Chapter 31 Jianghu Inn
"How is the construction of the Jianghu Inn in Xiangyang going?" Fang Hao clinked glasses with Li Shiba and then asked.

"After getting the full support of the alliance leader, Master Zhang dared not slack off. He also knew that Xiangyang has a unique terrain and is a place that military strategists must fight for, so he personally led the team to give instructions. Now there are three storytellers and more than 20 shopkeepers and waiters in Xiangyang's Jianghu Inn, which is already quite large." Li Shiba replied.

The Jianghu Inn Plan was one of the future development plans that Fang Hao set for the Dajiang Alliance before leaving.

As we all know, intelligence work is extremely important at all times. It just so happened that Zhang Shiwu had traveled all over the country for decades and got to know many storytellers.

Fang Hao asked him to organize these storytellers and set up small gangs in various places to specialize in intelligence work.

Fang Hao was responsible for providing money, manpower and manpower. With Fang Hao's strong support, the results were remarkable.

In the area south of the Yangtze River, more than a dozen small inns were established, which provided Fang Hao with a preliminary intelligence network.

Thanks to the spread of Jianghu Xiaozhan, Fang Hao's heroic deeds since he left the island, such as "beheading the corrupt official Shi Miyuan", "unifying the Thirteen Villages of Taihu Lake", and the recent story of "suppressing the Quanzhen Sect with the sword and palm", have been widely circulated.

Thanks to this, the name of the Dajiang League became widely known in the martial arts world, and Fang Hao's status in the martial arts world naturally rose as well.

"Has anything big happened in the six months since I was away from the alliance?" Fang Hao asked.

"There have been repeated incidents of bandits in the water fort, and the Haisha Gang on the sea have also come to attack several times, but they were all sent away by Protector Zhang." Li Shiba replied.

The Dajiang Alliance had just been established and there was a lot of work to be done. There was no such position as deputy leader. Before Fang Hao left, he simply appointed Zhang Yimang as the protector and Zhang Shiwu as the general manager. Now it seems that the effect is quite good.

"That's good." Fang Hao thought for a moment and then said, "Write a letter and tell Zhang Shiwu that I'll be back in half a month at most."

"Yes." Li Shiba seemed to have thought of something and continued, "By the way, Alliance Leader, you asked me to wait near Xiangyang to find a strange snake with fleshy horns on its head and golden light. We have already got some clues. Here is the map."

"Really? Let me see it!" Fang Hao's eyes lit up.

What he asked his men to look for was naturally the strange beast that the protagonist Yang Guo encountered outside the city of Xiangyang during the Condor Heroes period - the Bosuqu snake.

According to the original story line, the divine eagle raised by Dugu Qiubai feeds on this snake. If they find the Bosuqu snake, they will be close to finding the divine eagle and discovering Dugu's sword tomb.

Although Fang Hao has now initially mastered the "Nine Yang Divine Art", he is also fascinated by the Sword Demon Dugu Qiubai's discussion on the realm of swordsmanship.

If there is a chance, Fang Hao would certainly like to see it for himself.

Of course, in fact, it is not just Dugu Sword Tomb. If the power of the Dajiang League is strong enough in the future, he also wants to look for the Lingjiu Palace in Tianshan, the Overseas Knight Island, and the Langhuan Jade Cave in Wuliang Mountain. Maybe there are still some relics left by their predecessors.

"The range of activity of this Bosuqu snake is really too large!" After looking at the map drawn by Li Shiba, it included several large mountains and valleys outside the city of Xiangyang.

If he really wanted to follow the map, it would be as difficult as finding the entrance to the ancient tomb at the foot of Mount Zhongnan.

You know, he spent a full six months searching for the entrance to the stone chamber below the ancient tomb, and only managed to find it with the help of his supernatural power "Lucky Star".

It is too difficult to find Dugu Sword Tomb with this map.

Fang Hao thought about it and told Li Shiba to continue the investigation and narrow the scope, while he himself prepared to take a boat down the river and return to Taihu Dajiang Alliance.

Fang Hao had already made up his mind, but then he saw a strange old man at the ferry terminal.

The old man was wearing a gray Taoist robe and looked to be about eighty years old. He was skinny and gaunt, with white hair and beard. Strangely, his skin was as rosy and shiny as a baby's. Old age and newness, in this old man, reached a contradictory unity. When ordinary people saw him, they would only think he was extremely ugly.

But in Fang Hao's eyes, this was clearly a performance that could only be achieved by cultivating one's internal strength to the level of returning to nature.

In other words, the plain-looking old man in front of Fang Hao is actually a master of the Five Supremes level!

And at the moment when Fang Hao was looking at the old man, the old man in gray robe seemed to be inspired and his eyes shot towards Fang Hao's direction.

Fang Hao only felt that he was locked by a powerful aura. He had only felt this feeling from his master Huang Yaoshi!

That is the aura that belongs uniquely to... a martial arts master!

The moment the grey-robed old man saw Fang Hao, he smiled, revealing his missing front teeth, and said, "My friend, I guess you are the disciple of Huang Lao Xie, Alliance Leader Fang, right?"

Fang Hao's teacher is nicknamed "Eastern Evil" and his style of doing things is both good and evil, but his martial arts skills are there, and not many people in the world dare to call him "Huang Lao Xie" directly.

However, the old man did not shy away from the question and said in front of Fang Hao that Huang Yaoshi's nickname must be extraordinary.

Thinking of this, Fang Hao couldn't help but ask, "What's your father-in-law's name?"

"He is a countryman who has been practicing wild fox Zen for sixty years on Mount Kongtong. I have long forgotten his name."

The grey-robed old man changed the subject and said, "Some years ago, I once accepted a useless disciple. He practiced Taoism with me for more than ten years, but unfortunately he couldn't stand the loneliness and said he wanted to go out and venture into the world."

"The old Taoist advised him that his kung fu was not yet perfect and if he met a real master, he would surely die, but he didn't listen."

After hearing this, Fang Hao was confused. He didn't understand why the old man said so much nonsense to him.

"I'm old, and I'm a bit nagging." The gray-robed old man obviously realized this problem, and said with a self-deprecating tone: "Qian'er probably wants to go down the mountain because he thinks I'm nagging."

Fang Hao connected the names "Kongtong Mountain" and "Qian'er" together, and an idea suddenly occurred to him: "You are Shi Qian's master!"

"That's right!" The grey-robed old man said calmly, "Although once you enter the martial arts world, life and death are determined by fate, but Shi Qian has been my disciple for seventeen years, so I must ask for an explanation from him."

"How about this, I will only throw three punches. If you survive, it means you are not destined to die. What do you think?" said the old man in gray robe.

"You are so arrogant, old man!" Fang Hao sneered and said, "You want to avenge Shi Qian? I will take it!"

Although the masters in the world of The Legend of the Condor Heroes have deeper internal skills as they get older, as long as they are human, they are bound to experience the decline of qi and blood, birth, aging, sickness and death.

Shi Qian's master looks to be nearly ninety years old. Even though his internal strength is unfathomable, he is old after all. Even if he wants to take action, he probably won't be able to do so.

Young and strong people are better at boxing, which is also an unchanging truth in the world of low-level martial arts.

It is rare to find a master-level expert who can still jump around freely in his eighties or nineties.

In the Tian Long era, there were the Sweeping Monk and the Three Xiaoyao Elders, and in the Yi Tian era, there was Zhang Sanfeng. The old man in front of him was obviously not among them.

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