Comprehensive Martial Arts: Relying on Pili Martial Arts to Achieve Dimensionality Reduction Attack

Chapter 342 Prelude to the Battle
Datang Post:

"At the beginning of this month, the Hidden Yuan Society released a new list of heroes, and the heroes on the Mystery List have added new members."

"In the southwest of Dongwulin, the Nanzhao Kingdom is ready to make a move and seems to be interested in expanding its territory. General Xuanwei Cao Xueyang led a group of Tiance Mansion soldiers to the border."

"Half a month ago, Wang Yifeng took action to clean up the Valley of Evil and hunted down the three great evil men in Wuliang Mountain."

"Recently, Japanese warriors and Yin-Yang masters have appeared in various places in the martial arts world. A disciple of the Sword Sect who does not want to reveal his name has reported that Fujiwara Hirotsugu is suspected to have made a comeback and intends to seize the martial arts of various sects and the power of the dragon veins again."

"The 'Sword Contest' jointly organized by Cang Jian and Ba Dao will be held in Jiangnan soon. Heroes from all walks of life are rushing to participate in the event, causing quite a stir in order to win the 'Sword Post'."

"..."

In Hangzhou city.

At 9 o'clock in the morning, Lu Ping was in a seven-star restaurant, eating the breakfast provided by the restaurant while reading the Tang Dynasty Post published by the Yinyuan Society not long ago.

This newspaper is published once a month, and its content mainly covers the changes and developments in the Tang Dynasty's underworld and the imperial court. In this era without mobile phones and computers, it is the only channel in the underworld that can widely receive news from the outside world.

Lu Ping didn’t pay much attention to the previous pieces of news, after all, they were things that had already happened.

His focus was on the last item.

The first sword fighting competition to be held at Cangjian Villa will be the most important event in the martial arts world in the future.

Since the end of last year, when "Ye Qifei's 18th birthday" was used as a gimmick, the sword fighting competition has been promoted in the martial arts world for a full three months, and the two major villas have also made sufficient preparations for it.

After arriving in Hangzhou, Lu Ping found that it was more lively than he had imagined:

All the major inns were overcrowded, and some even sold out their woodsheds;

Roadside stalls can be seen everywhere, selling all kinds of snacks and exquisite gadgets from all over the world;
There was a constant stream of people coming and going on the streets, and nine out of ten of them were carrying guns, sticks, knives, or swords. One could tell at a glance that they were gangsters.

After some observation, Lu Ping discovered that nearly half of the people in the city were disciples from various sects.

This can be seen from their clothes. For example, Chunyang disciples all wear Taoist robes, Shaolin monks wear shaved heads and monk robes, Qixiu disciples wear pink clothes and fans, and singing disciples carry long zithers on their backs...

Compared with the remaining half of the wandering people in the martial arts world, these knights from famous families are obviously relatively richer, because they are well-equipped: sophisticated weapons, gorgeous clothes, and can even afford to stay in inns.

Today's Hangzhou city is comparable to the cities that hosted the Olympic Games, Asian Games and World Cup.

In such extraordinary times, it is normal for inns to raise prices but still be in short supply.

Yesterday, Lu Ping came to Hangzhou City and found an inn that looked pretty good to check in, but he discovered that their accommodation fee was twice as high as usual!
Although Lu Ping could afford it with his family wealth, he had been busy traveling and now he was a step late and all the rooms had been taken by others.

Just when he was about to spend the night on the roof...

He suddenly thought of the jade pendant that Ye Qifei had given him.

Originally I just wanted to give it a try, but who knew that the effect of this jade pendant would be so incredibly good.

When Lu Ping took out the jade pendant, the innkeeper was immediately astonished and reported it to his superiors immediately.

Soon after, the innkeeper came out with a smile and personally took Lu Ping to the 'SVIP Suite' of the most luxurious 'Seven-Star Restaurant' in the city for free.

On the way, Lu Ping learned from the innkeeper that nearly 80% of the inns in Hangzhou were owned by Cangjian Villa.

So Lu Ping had the rare opportunity to experience high-standard service.

Of course, it's mainly about eating, drinking, massaging, foot bathing and so on, there are no improper services.

……

After finishing his breakfast, Lu Ping got up and went out to digest his food and see if there was anything fun he could join in.

Although the city appears to be lively and harmonious on the surface, in fact, it is full of crises everywhere.

You know, there are only two hundred sword and knife calligraphy pieces distributed by Cangjian and Badao, but there are at least two thousand people who want to participate in the event. It can be said that there are too many monks and too little porridge.

So don't think that everyone is really kind just because they all have a look of "hello, I'm fine, everyone is fine" and "friendship first, competition second" on their faces.

The truth is, each of these chivalrous men in the martial arts world is harboring evil intentions and full of calculations.

In order to become famous in the martial arts world and to obtain magic weapons and bonuses, he racked his brains all day long, thinking about how to snatch the "Sword and Knife Notes" from others.

The auditions for the sword fighting competition are in three days.

Unlike other competitions, this one did not require advance registration. On the day, three people gathered and entered the arena with their "sword cards" and randomly selected opponents. They fought until only 32 groups were left.

Therefore, if you want to participate, just enter the venue with the sword and saber sticker at the last minute.

This has resulted in a significant decline in the level of public security in Hangzhou in recent times.

But the officials and urban management of Hangzhou city chose to turn a blind eye to such things.

The reason is that Cangjian Villa and Badao Villa stuffed in a lot of money!
After walking onto the central street, Lu Ping soon heard the shouts of the heroes in the martial arts world -

"There is a post, one is missing, teammates come quickly!"

"Pure Yang Sword Qi combination, looking for flowers online~"

"Sister Qixiu over there, look over here, our team is in need of talents like you!"

"Give me a tank that can take a beating. My Mo Qinghe's beatings are really painful!"

"..."

Listening to the shouting in the street, Lu Ping couldn't help but recall the glorious days when he used to form a team to fight.

"There are only three days left. I don't know if Shen Jianxin has arrived in Hangzhou City. Has he found his last teammate?"

Half a month ago, when Lu Ping parted with the coalition of heroes in Qu Tang Gorge, he made a point of meeting with Qi Jin.

There are two main things to find him for.

One is that the Tianshan Snow Lotus has been handed over to Gu Zhilan, and according to his request, Gu Zhilan did not find out who sent the snow lotus;

As for the second thing, it was to entrust him to tell Shen Jianxin to come to Hangzhou City to meet up with him in the next few days and form a team to participate in the sword fighting competition.

There is a post on Lu Ping.

When Cang Jian and Ba Dao distributed the sword and knife cards in the martial arts world, they gave five to each major sect as a sign of respect.

Sects such as Chunyang, Wanhua, Qixiu, Shaolin, and Tiance all received the post.

The post in Lu Ping's hand was what he got from Dongfang Yuxuan when he came out of Wanhua Valley.

Now that the post is ready, all I need is teammates.

However, Hangzhou City is not a small place, and many people have come here now. He forgot to confirm the meeting place with Shen Jianxin. Now it is not an easy task for the two of them to meet up.

After wandering around the street for most of the day, Lu Ping found a storytelling stall.

"The last book said that you and I went back and forth, and in the past hundred years, all the heroes have risen to shine in the nine states."

"It is said that at that time, the heroes were still young, the mountains and rivers were infinitely beautiful, old and new friends met early, and the frosty blade tested the tides of the four seas..."

Most storytellers in the martial arts world have excellent eloquence and are good at stirring up emotions on the spot, so listening to them talk about the past of the martial arts world is a rare enjoyment.

At this moment, the storyteller was talking about the grand occasions of several sword-waving competitions and famous sword competitions in the past few decades.

This is actually an old tradition in the storytelling world.

Every time Badao Villa holds a Sword Show or Cangjian Villa holds a Sword Show, these storytellers will take out the manuscripts they wrote in previous years, make some minor changes, and then start telling stories about all the famous swords and knives in the world, and the stories of their respective owners.

Riding on this kind of popularity is both the most difficult and the easiest thing.

The hard part is that business is so good that sometimes they have to talk for eight hours a day;
The relaxing part is that the storyteller has already memorized the stories of those famous swords, sabers and celebrities, so when he starts telling the stories, he can just tell them what happened and when.

There is never a shortage of newcomers in the martial arts world, and most of the newcomers are full of yearning and curiosity about the past of the martial arts world, so these stories will always have an audience.

Soon, the storyteller finished telling a story and the audience around him cheered, liked, threw coins and gave rewards.

Lu Ping also generously joined the reward team and contributed his own money.

Just as he was about to turn around and leave, he suddenly heard the storyteller clear his throat a few times and change the subject.

"...Nowadays, Hangzhou is full of people from the martial arts world who have come to participate in the competition, but do you know who are the famous people in the city now?"

(End of this chapter)