Martial arts ascend to the gods

Chapter 390 Friendly Support
When he grew up, he couldn't even gather enough three Qi-replenishing pills for cultivation, let alone avenge Ma Xingkong.

Gradually, the thought of revenge faded away.

He comforted himself, saying that if he ever became a master, he would definitely investigate the truth of what happened back then.

Back then, many people believed that Ma Xingkong's death was not an accident.

At that moment, he looked up at the sky and gave a self-deprecating smile.

Even if he were to advance to the Innate Realm, he would still be unable to fulfill the vow he made that day.

I made so many vows and set so many goals when I was a child, and I haven’t accomplished almost any of them.

Not bad for this one.

The group chatted as they searched for the forest tribes.

Inadvertently, the conversation turned to the relationship between Zhou Leng and Ma Xingkong.

Rao Mingxian blinked. It was the first time he had heard that Ma Xingkong was Zhou Leng's uncle. He really didn't know that before.

"You guys found out too?" Shen Jun asked.

"You know Ma Xingkong too?" Jax asked.

"Everyone in our generation knows about it. They brought down the Lou family and made the Dong family look bad. It's a pity they were too powerful and were killed."

Tu Rong's heart skipped a beat, and he said, "It's all just a rumor, but the truth is he was seriously injured and died."

Shen Jun said, "You joined the Demonic Cult late, so naturally you don't know. I joined the Demonic Cult early. My master told me that it was the Lou family who asked the Rao family to do it. Otherwise, why did Huang Meng's sect specifically target the Rao family when they entered Rucheng last time? Tong Tianxia hates the Rao and Lou families to death because of Ma Xingkong... uh, Rao Mingxian. I'm sorry, I also heard it from my master."

Everyone looked at Rao Mingxian, whose face was ashen.

"I'll go ask the Rao family," Rao Mingxian said, turning and leaving towards the Rao family's cult of demons.

Tu Rong hurriedly asked, "What exactly happened?"

Shen Jun said, "I don't know the specifics, but the Lou family suffered too many losses. Even their heir died indirectly at Ma Xingkong's hands. It wouldn't be right not to kill Ma Xingkong."

"Is there any evidence?"

"How could there be any evidence? The person who did it back then is long dead."

Not long after, Rao Mingxian returned, looking distracted.

Tu Rong asked calmly, "How is it?"

Rao Mingxian remained silent for a long time before slowly saying, "The elders of the Rao family said they had heard about this, but were not quite sure."

Jax suddenly said, "I heard you used to be quite close to Zhou Leng?"

“We used to be friends,” Rao Mingxian did not deny.

Shen Jun retorted sarcastically, "Then your Rao family has done Zhou Leng a lot of harm. I investigated Zhou Leng before; he was poisoned by demonic poison in his senior year of high school. The demon that released the poison was hired by your grandfather, and it has a little bit to do with me, but not much."

“Oh, is that so?” Tu Rong said to Jax.

Shen Jun coughed lightly and said, "Actually, the Rao family did what they were told, and Zhou Lengchun is just unlucky."

"Up there? You seem to know a lot about it," Rao Mingxian asked.

Didn't your grandfather tell you?

"He didn't go into details, I can only guess."

Shen Jun said, "Since we're all on the same side, I have nothing to hide. It's just... that family decided to cooperate deeply with the Demon Prison in exchange for extremely important cultivation resources, and secretly pushed some forces towards the Demon Worshiping Cult to expand its influence. Your Rao family is the sacrifice. I estimate that letting you cultivate demonic arts wasn't your grandfather's idea, but rather the decision of the head of the Rao family and those above. However, the result is good; look, we've become friends, isn't that great?"

Jax laughed and said, "You'd better shut up."

Everyone looked at Rao Mingxian, whose face was deathly pale.

Everyone knew how miserable the Rao family had been in recent years, but no one expected that there was someone pulling the strings behind the scenes.

Shen Jun spread his hands and said, "What else can we do about this? Just accept our fate. Anyway, I've already accepted my fate. We're all just living. Does it matter if we're human, a member of the Demon Worship Cult, or a demon? In the Dragon Kingdom, could we be above ten thousand people? But after trying the Demon Worship Cult, at least we've reached the Innate Realm. Even when His Majesty the God of Calamity destroys Blue Star, we still have a way to survive."

Rao Mingxian asked, "Back then, when the Lou family sought out the Rao family to kill Ma Xingkong, did they ask...which family?"

"Isn't that obvious? Without the Zhao family's backing, even if you gave the Lou family ten lives, they wouldn't dare. Back then, pulling up a radish brought up so much mud, and everyone was watching Ma Xingkong's life and death. Would the Lou family dare to kill him? On the day of Ma Xingkong's funeral, half of Rucheng took to the streets to pay their respects. What a magnificent sight. I was one of them."

“I am one of them,” Tu Rong said.

Shen Jun said, "I personally witnessed Tong Tianxia, ​​Wang Boxiong, and the others wearing mourning clothes and scattering Ma Xingkong's ashes into the Longyou River."

“I’m here too,” Tu Rong said.

"You were here too? Then you should remember when the Lou family mobilized their resources to criticize us for blocking traffic and disrupting order, right?"

"remember."

Shen Jun said, "At the time, I thought some people were even worse than those who worshipped the Demonic Sect. Now I realize that everyone was worshipping the Demonic Sect. The Rao family was decades ahead. I was naive."

Everyone couldn't laugh or cry.

Jax remarked, "Ma Xingkong is indeed a hero; he's quite well-known in our Eagle Alliance."

Shen Jun said, "Ma Xingkong's reputation in our Dragon Kingdom is basically equivalent to your Burning Evil Flame. I remember that the Burning Evil Flame set itself on fire in front of the White Building to oppose your Eagle Alliance's high-ranking members colluding with the Demon Worshiping Cult, right?"

"Yes. They weren't burned to death. They were rescued by the Hell Knights and, somehow, were transformed into powerful Hell Knight Commanders. Although our Orthodox Demon Worship Cult has a bad relationship with the Hell Knights and the Huang Meng faction, we still respect these righteous men."

Not far from Yinhu Town.

Zhao He's team.

One of them reported to Zhao He: "The Demonic Cult has sent word that Aiden's purpose this time is twofold: first, to obtain the ancient tree fossils and the Ancient Heart of Life; and second, to cooperate with the Radiant Candle in hunting down Zhou Leng."

"Zhou Leng actually offended Aiden and Bright Candlelight? Tell me what happened."

After his subordinate finished speaking, Zhao He smiled and said, "This Zhou Leng is indeed extraordinary. At such a young age, he dared to participate in the counter-offensive. Next time you see Zhou Leng, tell him about this." "Won't that anger Aiden?"

"It's a small matter. Even if I do nothing, Aiden will be angry anyway. As long as it doesn't delay our business, why not help Zhou Leng along the way?"

"That's what you said."

Elf Castle.

Zhou Leng drew his sword and walked onto the city wall.

After half a night of rest and study, his Star Trail Sword Technique improved further.

The battle continues.

As the sun rose, Zhou Leng took a short rest, quietly recalling the previous battle and filling in any gaps in his understanding.

Yin Hufeng had been secretly observing Zhou Leng.

He thought to himself, "I had some doubts about him from the beginning. Even if it was bestowed by the King of Light, I still have to be wary."

"Unexpectedly, he took the lead and was extremely powerful, unmatched by any other young elf."

"We can't let him die here."

"Fight for another day and night. If the Treant reinforcements have not arrived by tomorrow morning, let him lead the Prophet's Guard out through the secret passage."

There are naturally secret passages in the elven dungeon, but I didn't mention it when we first met.

"Perhaps, he truly is the future of the elves..."

Silver Lake Wind sighed, his aged body standing in the morning light, gazing fearlessly at the demons that roamed the mountains and plains.

He was born here, grew up here, and grew old here.

He only wished to rest here forever, and asked for nothing more.

Outside the city wall, a mound of earth collapsed with a loud crash.

Then, a large brown silkworm cocoon emerged, followed by four tree people and a spirit mage.

"Chirp chirp..." Xiao Yong shouted loudly.

Even though Zhou Leng was hundreds of meters away, he heard Xiao Yong's voice amidst the chaos of the battlefield.

Turning his head, Zhou Leng was overjoyed and shouted, "Cover me!"

Zhou Leng jumped off the city wall and rushed towards his old friends.

Azure Flame and Lush Roots waved at Zhou Leng, only to be surrounded by demons in the blink of an eye.

The nearby elves either shot or used spells, and a barrage of attacks landed on both sides of Zhou Leng, scattering the monsters that tried to interfere with him.

Zhou Leng defeated the demon and rushed to the crowd, saying, "Let's go, let's get to the city wall first."

The group charged and crashed their way to the foot of the city wall.

The Roots and others were in a dilemma, as tree people are not good at climbing.

Without saying a word, Zhou Leng picked up the lush root and threw it onto the city wall, then did the same to the other three tree people.

The Crimson Flame flew up on its own.

Finally, Zhou Leng, carrying Xiao Yong, stomped on the monsters and climbed the city wall.

After putting Xiaoyong down, Zhou Leng asked, "Why are you here?"

Mo Shengzhi pointed at Xiao Yong and laughed, "He said you were here, so we discussed it and came to reinforce you. He said he could dig straight down, but he went astray."

"Chirp chirp..." Xiao Yong hurriedly tried to explain.

Zhou Leng patted Xiao Yong's massive body and laughed, "With Xiao Yong here, our retreat will be much easier. How about the Tree Man reinforcements?"

The Flourishing Roots looked around and whispered, "They were stopped by the giant insect army. The Heavenly Calamity is indeed powerful; it anticipated this possibility. I learned through the underground tree roots that the entire forest tribe is now being manipulated by the Heavenly Calamity."

Cang Fei Zhi Yan sighed, "After all, they are just avatars of gods. Even if they are just ordinary people among the gods, their knowledge far surpasses ours."

One of the tree-like beings said, "He can't be that powerful, can he?"

Zhou Leng said, “I’ll give you an example and you’ll understand. If an ordinary person lived four or five hundred years ago, spending their whole life in a village or town, occasionally going to the county seat, what could they know? Besides work and life, they would know nothing.”

“Now, an ordinary person on Blue Star, even if their martial arts skills are average, can easily find all kinds of military strategies, understand what a united front is, understand that a country needs strong organizational capabilities, and can easily analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the various races in the Ten Realms.”

"It's not that modern people are so much smarter than ancient people, but that modern people receive at least tens of thousands of times more information than ancient people."

“This information is usually useless, but when you’re really pushed to the brink, you’ll naturally be able to apply it. At the very least, you can come up with a solution.”

"The difference between the two is so great that it is visible to the naked eye."

"Now, we are facing a deity who has lived for countless years. The information he receives is tens of thousands or even hundreds of millions of times greater than ours."

"He may have weaknesses, selfishness, desires, and even all sorts of bad tempers and problems, but he is certainly not lacking in knowledge."

"He may have participated in a cosmic-level war, so even if he only sends out a wisp of his spirit, his strategic abilities would be enough to crush the entire Treeman world."

"Moreover, he not only has strategy, but also strength, directly intimidating the giant insect queen nest. Those giant insects are at his beck and call. How can we fight him?"

The Flourishing Roots sighed, "In the end, it's because we treants are too weak. Otherwise, why doesn't he cause trouble on Earth, in the Demon Realm, or in the Dwarf World?"

Cang Fei Zhi Yan half-jokingly said, "Think positively. The reason he didn't go to the dwarf world might not be because the dwarf world is too powerful. It could also be that even the God of Calamity can't command those stupid green-skinned orcs..."

boom!
A loud noise interrupted Cang Fei Zhi Yan's words.

"Brutal Blood, you dared to ambush us..."

(End of this chapter)