I am a prince in Zhutian Films

Chapter 533 The Heroine Li Dongxi

Zhou Chengan and Wu Liuding exchanged twenty-seven blows.

Because Wu Liuding said from the beginning that they would only compete in swordsmanship, not in cultivation level.

Therefore, Zhou Chengan defeated the Wu family's sword champion of this generation with his swordsmanship. However, they agreed to fight again a year later, at which time there would be no more restrictions.

After losing the sword, Wu Liuding returned to the Sword Tomb somewhat uneasy, but to his surprise, the ancestor did not punish him this time, but only told him not to lose again next time.

However, what Wu Liuding didn't know was that after he left, the Wu family patriarch sighed deeply.

Because only he knew that an hour ago, the strange phenomenon of ten thousand swords resounding joyfully appeared again inside the Wu family's sword tomb.

A silent celebration!
That was the time when the two of them clashed.

As the two fought to the very end, Wu Liuding revealed murderous intent and sword energy.

However, Zhou Cheng'an naturally had a backup plan. If Wu Liuding disregarded the rules and tried to suppress him with his cultivation level, he would directly use his primordial spirit to control the sword.

At worst, I'll risk damaging my primordial spirit and give the Wu family's Sword Tomb a Sword Twenty-Three.

For Zhou Cheng'an, defeating Wu Liuding with swordsmanship was no different from defeating those who came to challenge him with fist techniques.

After leaving the Wu Family Sword Tomb, Zhou Cheng'an faced two more groups of martial arts practitioners who challenged him.

After that, Zhou Cheng'an simply stopped waiting for people to challenge him and instead went to find people to challenge him himself.

As time went on, Xu Fengnian became suspicious.

"Cheng'an, why do you always challenge those martial arts practitioners along the way?"

Zhou Chengan glanced at him and replied, "Naturally, I want to see more martial arts moves."

Why should we study martial arts moves?
Naturally, it's because of the system's techniques. Just like in the world of "Feng Yun," you need to collect martial arts to further unlock the system's techniques.

"Would you like to study martial arts techniques more often?"

Xu Fengnian murmured, then, as if thinking of something, suddenly laughed and said, "Then do you need a lot of martial arts manuals?"

"It doesn't have to be a secret manual; I'd like to see any martial arts technique from the martial arts world."

"Haha, then you'd better treat your brother well from now on."

elder brother?

He is actually older than Xu Fengnian.

Zhou Cheng'an glanced at Xu Fengnian, which immediately made Xu Fengnian take two steps back.

Just as Xu Fengnian was about to admit his mistake, Wen Huaxing hurriedly returned.

"Cheng'an, Xiao Nian, Lao Huang, hurry up! I heard there's a martial arts contest to find a husband up ahead."

Upon hearing this, Xu Fengnian immediately became interested: "Then I'll go take a look, and skip going to the Yin Academy?"

This place is not far from Shangyin Academy. Xu Fengnian obviously planned to go to Shangyin Academy to see his second sister, Xu Weixiong, but now... he probably backed down at the last minute because he was afraid of his second sister.

The mention of Shangyin Academy gave Zhou Cheng'an a clue, and he said indifferently, "I don't care."

As for Wen Hua, he knew nothing about this and just said anxiously, "What do you mean by 'upper yin' and 'lower yin'? Let's go quickly."

"You're in such a hurry, are you planning to hold a martial arts contest to find a husband?"

Xu Fengnian meant it as a joke, but to his surprise, Wen Hua actually nodded and then said to Xu Fengnian somewhat shyly, "Xiao Nian, may I ride a horse?"

Xu Fengnian was a very generous person to his friends, so he naturally wouldn't refuse a horse ride.

"Ride."

Wen Hua smiled, then secretly glanced at Zhou Cheng'an, seemingly wanting to say something but holding back.

Zhou Cheng'an understood and took the reins: "Let's go, Master Wen!"

Wen Hua laughed heartily on horseback, but as he laughed, his eyes reddened.

Then, he wiped his face hard and clasped his hands in a fist salute to everyone.

Unfortunately, compared to Zhou Cheng'an, his looks and reputation are still far inferior.

Even though Zhou Cheng'an is now a horse handler, people still can't help but turn their attention to him.

Of course, if Xu Fengnian changed his clothes, he might attract some attention, but since he was dressed in beggar's clothes, he was naturally ignored.

When they arrived at the arena for the martial arts contest to choose a husband, they witnessed a tall, strong man knocking a scholar down from his seat.

Wen Hua glanced at the man's physique, hesitated for a moment, then dismounted and walked towards the arena.

He made a dashing entrance, but left in a sorry state.

With just one punch, the man knocked him down.

The man didn't show off, and Wen Hua didn't care. He mounted his horse, clasped his hands in farewell to the crowd, and then said to Xu Fengnian and Zhou Chengan with a smile, "I was careless just now, otherwise I definitely wouldn't have been knocked down by his punch."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Cheng'an smiled faintly and said, "There are eight techniques of swordsmanship: thrusting, parrying, slashing, striking, splitting, hooking, lifting, and wiping. In our Taoist school, we also emphasize forging swords with true knowledge and spiritual perception. Would you like to practice swordsmanship with me tomorrow?"

"I'm not a member of your Taoist community, isn't that inappropriate?" Wen Hua said somewhat embarrassedly.

"It's just the most basic chopping. At least next time you go to a martial arts contest to find a husband, you won't get knocked down with one punch."

"Thank you, Cheng'an."

So, starting the next day, Wen Hua followed Zhou Cheng'an to practice swordsmanship, and it really was just the simplest slashing.

Old Huang found it truly pleasing to the eye when he saw Zhou Chengan draw his sword.

Xu Fengnian didn't seem to mind, but he would make sarcastic remarks whenever he saw Wen Hua about to give up.

And so, Zhou Cheng'an guided Wen Hua in sword practice while searching for people to challenge along the way. He traveled and stopped frequently, bypassing Shangyin Academy, and unknowingly arrived in Langya County.

The two famous Zen temples are located in Langya County.

The four of them and their horse went to Liangchan Temple. Xu Fengnian borrowed some silver from Zhou Chengan, prayed for his mother, and then threw it into the donation box.

Because Wu Su was a Buddhist, Xu Fengnian had more respect for Buddhism than for Taoism.

Zhou Chengan wanted to talk to Li Dangxin, but unfortunately, she wasn't on the mountain. So the four of them ate a vegetarian meal and then went down the mountain.

Five days later.

The four of them met a worried little girl by the roadside in a small town.

The young girl, not very old, looked at the four of them and asked cautiously, "Four friends from the martial arts world, could you give me some food?"

Is it her?
Zhou Chengan was a little unsure, but he still handed her a pancake.

Seeing that the other person looked like they hadn't eaten for days and was wolfing down their food, Zhou Chengan said, "Eat slowly, there's more if you're not full."

At the same time, he took off his water bag and handed it over.

After finishing a sweet potato, the little girl gulped down a lot of water, and then her stomach started growling, making her feel embarrassed.

Zhou Chengan didn't say anything, but simply handed over another pancake.

They actually only had two pancakes left, but Xu Fengnian and the others didn't object.

After finishing the last pancake, the young girl clasped her hands in a gesture of respect towards them with a hearty expression: "My name is Li Dongxi, a newcomer to the martial world. Thank you all for your righteous assistance!"

Old Huang nodded with a smile, which was his way of saying hello.

Xu Fengnian and Wen Hua, acting like江湖人士 (jianghu figures, people of the martial arts world), returned the greeting with clasped hands.

As for Zhou Cheng'an, he naturally bowed and thought to himself, "It really is her!"

This girl is Li Dangxin's daughter.

Li Dangxin, a monk in white robes, comes from Liangchan Temple and is recognized as the foremost person in the Vajra Realm.

As Wang Xianzhi, the second-best martial artist in the world, once said, only the white-robed monk Li Dangxin has mastered the essence of the Vajra Realm.

Besides, Li Dangxin is also a recognized living Buddha in this world, and there is no longer any Zen to be practiced.

Back then, when Li Dangxin returned from his journey westward, someone spread a terrifying rumor that eating a piece of flesh from a white-robed monk could grant one immortality. Evil spirits flocked to the area, but none of them succeeded. Finally, when Li Dangxin was nearing Chang'an, he cut off a piece of flesh in front of everyone and gave it to a man who was starving and freezing to death. Several years later, the old man died peacefully of old age, but he had not achieved immortality, and only then did the doubts dissipate.

Because Li Dangxin took his apprentice Wu Nanbei out of the house, Li Dongxi took two hundred taels of silver and went down the mountain to make her way in the world. Yesterday, she met someone.

The man was starving and freezing, and fainted on the road. She kindly rescued him.

However, the young girl is new to the world and doesn't yet understand the principle that wealth should not be flaunted.

After the man finished eating her food, he noticed that she had a lot of silver in her pocket. He told Li Dongxi that her father was seriously ill and had sold his daughter because he had no money for treatment. Now her father had passed away, and he wanted to redeem his daughter, but he was short two hundred taels of silver.

Without suspecting anything, Ms. Li handed the money over to the man without hesitation.

Before leaving, the man told Miss Li to wait there, and that he would definitely come back to return the money.

And this wait lasted for two days.

After hearing this, all four of them naturally knew that the person was a fraud.

However, Lady Li was clearly unaware of this until she noticed the strange expressions on Wen Hua and Xu Fengnian's faces, and then she realized that she might have been deceived.

"Have I been scammed?"

"It shouldn't be," Zhou Cheng'an said thoughtfully.

Xu Fengnian also realized what was happening and laughed, "Definitely not."

“Of course not.” Although Wen Hua didn’t know why the two of them said that, she nodded repeatedly.

"No, no! No!" Old Huang was a little slow to react.

Seeing that all four of them said no, Lady Li smiled.

Seeing this, Zhou Chengan sat down next to her and started chatting with her.

As a seasoned veteran, he quickly ascertained the man's appearance in just a few words.

Meanwhile, Li Nvxia also learned from Xu Fengnian and Wen Hua that Zhou Chengan was the Zhou Yichui who had recently risen to fame in the martial arts world.

"Brother Zhou, so you're the famous Zhou Yichui from the martial arts world?!"

"I didn't expect that you, Lady Li, had also heard of my brother Cheng'an's name," Xu Fengnian laughed heartily.

Zhou Chengan slapped her across the face and said to the little girl with a speechless expression, "It was me."

Lady Li stood up, clasped her hands in a respectful gesture, and said earnestly, "Let's get to know each other again, Lady Li Dongxi!"

"Zhou Cheng'an".

"Brother Zhou, shouldn't you add your nickname?" Lady Li looked at him expectantly.

Upon hearing this, Xu Fengnian and Wen Hua immediately moved away from Zhou Cheng'an. If they didn't run away, they would definitely get a beating.

"Zhou Cheng'an, the one who gets hammered on Monday."

"Nice to meet you!" Miss Li smiled happily.

Zhou Chengan smiled and turned to Xu Fengnian and Wen Hua, saying, "You two stay with Lady Li. I'll go find something to eat."

Hearing his almost clenched teeth as he spoke, Xu Fengnian and Wen Hua nodded repeatedly.

Zhou Chengan strode forward and went straight to the largest martial arts school in town.

After introducing himself, the curator felt a chill run down his spine.

He had naturally heard of Zhou Yichui's reputation, after all, Zhou Yichui had challenged many people along the way, and he had heard that he had recently gone to Liangchan Temple to find the white-robed monk.

Although the martial arts school owner didn't think Zhou Yichui could defeat that white-robed monk, he was definitely not someone their school could afford to mess with.

Fortunately, it seemed that Zhou Yichui wasn't there to challenge him, but rather to ask him to help find someone, which made the gym owner breathe a sigh of relief.

After hearing Zhou Cheng'an's description of the person, the innkeeper patted his chest and said, "Wait for me for half an hour, and I will definitely find the person for you."

In fact, before an hour had passed, the master of the martial arts school arrived with a disciple.

The disciple clasped his hands in a salute and said, "Master Zhou, the man you are looking for is named Hou San'er. He is a local ruffian who only cares about himself and doesn't have a family to feed. Right now, he is gambling at the Baishui Gambling House."

"Thank you very much, Master Li. You've worked hard, young man," Zhou Chengan said to the two men respectively.

The disciple was clearly taken aback by the unexpected politeness shown to him by the rising star Zhou Yichui.

As for the martial arts school owner surnamed Li, he smiled politely and said, "Master Zhou, you're too kind. I'll have my assistant take you to the Baishui Gambling House."

“In that case, I’ll have to trouble you, Brother Liu.” Zhou Cheng’an bowed and said with a smile, “Master Li, I have other matters to attend to, so I won’t keep you any longer. I hope we can meet again sometime, and I’ll treat you to a drink then.”

"Alright, I look forward to meeting Master Zhou again next time."

Master Li was overjoyed. He had a significant conflict with Baishui Gambling House and was well aware of its situation. He knew that Zhou Chengan's visit would inevitably lead to a confrontation with Baishui Gambling House.

Rumor has it that this Zhou Yichui has quite a temper.

It seems likely that Baishui Casino will suffer significant losses.

Of course, it would be even better if Zhou Chengan could remove the cancerous tumor that is Baishui Gambling House.

Zhou Cheng'an walked very fast along the way, and the disciple leading the way had to run to keep up with his pace.

He was worried that Hou San'er would lose all his money.

But the reality was far beyond his expectations.

When he went in, he saw a stack of silver notes in front of Hou San'er, which looked like he had won at least one or two hundred taels.

At this moment, Hou San'er was excitedly shouting, "Big, big, big..."

Seeing that Hou San'er had exceptionally good luck at gambling today, everyone else placed their bets as well, shouting "Big!"

Throughout the entire gambling den, it seemed as if only the word "big" could be heard.

The dealer, a middle-aged man with a blank expression, lifted the dice cup and shouted, "Four, five, six, big!"

"Win, win again!"

For a moment, the gambling den was filled with cheers.

As soon as Zhou Chengan entered, the expressionless Zhuang Jia glanced at him.

After all, it would be too conspicuous for a Taoist priest, especially one with such outstanding appearance and temperament, who seemed like an immortal descended to earth, to appear in a gambling den.

Xiao Liu'er had already been sent back by Zhou Cheng'an, and he sat down directly next to Hou San'er.

Hou San'er glanced at Zhou Cheng'an, then, while fiddling with the silver coins, chuckled, "Master Daoist, why don't you join in for a couple of rounds?"

"No, I'm here to collect a debt from you!"

Hou San'er was a local ruffian with a lot of bad deeds to his name. When he heard Zhou Cheng'an's words, he grabbed the silver notes and was about to run away, without even taking the money on the gambling table.

Zhou Chengan kicked the stool, pinning it to the ground.

Just as Hou San'er was about to run away, the people from the gambling den were already standing at the door.

Before long, all the other gamblers ran out, leaving only Hou San'er, Zhou Cheng'an, and the other people in the gambling den.

You've won several hundred taels of silver, and you still want to run away?

Surely no one really thinks they can make money from gambling dens?
They're letting you have a taste of success first, because a bigger trap is waiting for you.

Seeing that his fat sheep had been captured by Zhou Cheng'an, the expressionless dealer coldly said, "Daoist, are you trying to cause trouble at my Baishui Gambling House?"

Zhou Chengan shook his head: "I told you, I came to collect a debt from him. He owes a young girl two hundred taels of silver, plus two taels of interest, which makes a total of two hundred and two taels."

Before the dealer could speak, Hou San'er cried out, "Fifth Master Liu, save me! I don't know him at all!"

Master Liu ignored him completely and said to Zhou Cheng'an, "You two caused trouble at my Baishui Gambling House, so you need to pay compensation. Five hundred taels! Daoist, I don't need you to pay more. You only need to pay one hundred taels, and Hou San'er can pay the rest."

"You're asking for a hundred taels right off the bat, that's unreasonable."

"Master, in this Baishui Town, I am the embodiment of truth."

With just a glance from Master Liu, the people from the gambling den instantly surrounded them...

(End of this chapter)