Martial Arts World Assassin

Chapter 111 Luoshui Conference
"Junior Brother Huang, have you finished reading it?"

Master Bujie pointed at the letter in Huang Sixi's hand and said, "Let me take a look at what the Songshan Sect wrote to you."

Huang Sixi handed him the letter.

He only glanced at it, then waved the letter to Yi Lin who was standing behind him: "Lin'er, your senior brother is going to beat up Zuo Lengchan soon. This competition is rare in decades, and it will definitely be exciting."

He was not pretending to be relaxed, but he truly felt that Huang Sixi would not lose.

Yi Lin was different. She quickly grabbed the letter and read it carefully, unable to hide the worry on her face.

She hoped that Huang Sixi would continue to live in the temple, practice martial arts in the back mountain every day, and not accept any challenges from the martial arts world. Only in this way could he live a peaceful life.

Seeing that her master and two uncles were frowning, she thought that they would not approve of Huang Sixi going to compete with Zuo Lengchan.

She unfolded the letter of challenge and asked, "As the head of a sect, Zuo Lengchan actually invited a junior like you to a duel. This is bullying the weak. Even if you don't accept the challenge, your reputation won't be damaged. It doesn't matter if you don't accept the invitation, right?"

If Huang Sixi had not experienced the bloody incidents at Liu Mansion and Hengyang Branch, and he was just a pure newcomer in the underworld, he could have completely ignored Zuo Lengchan's declaration of war.

Even after he rejected Zuo Lengchan's challenge, his reputation would spread throughout the martial arts world. Instead of thinking that he was timid and afraid of fighting, people would look up to him.

After all, with Zuo Lengchan's reputation and status, anyone who could force Zuo Lengchan to personally issue a declaration of war must either be a master with unique skills or have an extraordinary background in martial arts.

However, Huang Sixi first killed Ding Mian and Lu Bai of the Songshan Sect in Liu's mansion, and then killed Jie Feng, the former leader of the Beggar Gang in the Hengyang branch. Huang Sixi was no longer a newcomer in the martial arts world, and his identity had long been very different.

Sect Leader Ding Xian continued Yi Lin's words, "After Jie Feng died last year, the Beggars' Sect has not elected a new leader. The reason is that their elders who teach martial arts and elders who enforce the law are at odds. They each have their own candidates and they have never reached an agreement. Recently, they suddenly reached an agreement and decided to compete for the position of leader in a duel. This time, they chose the Luoyang branch as the venue for the Beggars' Sect Conference."

"Dividing the rudder? That's not right!"

Master Bujie immediately pointed out: "In the past, the meeting for the leader to elect a new leader was always held at the Junshan headquarters in Dongting Lake. Why did they choose the Luoyang branch this time?"

"Because in addition to selecting a new leader, they also invited all the major righteous sects to watch the ceremony. Shaolin, Wudang, Kunlun, Qingcheng, and the Five Mountains Sword Sect all sent out invitations. Zuo Lengchan came forward and joined the other sect leaders to investigate the cause of death of the former leader Jie Feng."

Sect Leader Ding Xian looked at Huang Sixi and said, "Jie Feng died at the hands of nephew Huang. This news has spread throughout the martial arts world, but why was Jie Feng killed? There are many different opinions. Although the law enforcement elder Song Gengping has repeatedly announced to the public that Jie Feng had bad behavior, had an affair with a married woman, and tried to snatch the martial arts sent abroad, he was expelled from the Beggar Gang.

But Jie Feng had been the leader of the world's number one gang for decades and was very popular in the martial arts world. Most of the orthodox sects did not believe the explanation given by the Beggars' Gang. They believed that there was something fishy about Jie Feng's death. Zuo Lengchan went to Junshan Island in person to put pressure on the Beggars' Gang elders to have the Beggars' Gang re-examine Jie Feng's case. The Beggars' Gang was unwilling to take on this hot potato, so they entrusted the case to Zuo Lengchan for investigation.

The law enforcement elder Song Gengping is inside the Beggars' Sect. He can suppress the elders who transmit skills and others, and make the Beggars' Sect speak with one voice. Jie Feng deserves to be put to death.

After all, when Jie Feng forced Huang Sixi to hand over the Dragon Subduing Palm Technique, more than a hundred Beggar Gang heroes witnessed it, and the elders who taught the skills and others could not find an excuse to fake it.

During the period when Huang Sixi lived in seclusion in Hengshan, the Beggars' Gang unanimously announced to the outside world that Jie Feng's death was his own fault and there was nothing suspicious about it.

But Song Gengping could suppress the elder who was in charge of the transmission of skills, but he could not do anything to Zuo Lengchan. Even if he disagreed with Zuo Lengchan's request for an investigation, the elder who was in charge of the transmission of skills would bring in Zuo Lengchan as external aid and bypass him. His objection would be useless.

Sect Leader Ding Xian continued, "Because Zuo Lengchan will take the lead in investigating the cause of Jie Feng's death, the Beggars' Clan chose to hold the conference at their Luoyang branch. Their branch was built on the bank of the Luoshui River outside Luoyang City, only forty or fifty miles away from Songshan Mountain, making it convenient for Zuo Lengchan to organize people to help the Beggars' Clan!"

Upon hearing this, Master Bujie suddenly became angry and asked, "Is Zuo Lengchan bored? The death of Jie Feng was an internal dispute of the Beggars' Sect. No one in the Beggars' Sect expressed any objection and unanimously agreed that Jie Feng deserved to die. Why is Zuo Lengchan meddling in other people's business?"

Sect Leader Ding Xian said the key point in one sentence: "If Zuo Lengchan meddles in this matter, he can win over the new leader of the Beggars' Sect and deal with Master Huang openly!"

With Zuo Lengchan's status in the martial arts world, if he used the name of revenge for Ding Mian and Lu Bai to issue a declaration of war to Huang Sixi, it would not be glorious if he won, and it would be a disgrace if he lost. The leaders of the various sects would look down on his behavior of bullying the weak. The key is that Hengshan Sect, Taishan Sect, and Hengshan Sect all owed Huang Sixi a favor at the hand-washing ceremony in Liu's mansion, and they would prevent Zuo Lengchan from taking revenge on Huang Sixi.

If Zuo Lengchan pushed Huang Sixi too far, causing the three sects to unite and become enemies of the Songshan Sect, this would affect Zuo Lengchan's ambition to unify the Five Mountains sects.

Zuo Lengchan thought about it and felt that if he issued a declaration of war to Huang Sixi in the name of re-examining Jie Feng's death, not only would his reputation not be damaged, but the Hengshan School, Taishan School, and Hengshan School would also have no excuse to intervene.

Because the leaders of the orthodox sects such as Shaolin, Wudang, Kunlun, and Qingcheng all had good relations with Jie Feng, none of them objected to reinvestigating the cause of Jie Feng's death.

They felt that even if Jie Feng really violated the rules of the Beggars' Sect, his crime did not deserve the death penalty, and that Huang Sixi had gone too far in killing Jie Feng.

Of course, Jie Feng has been dead for more than half a year. Even if the leaders of various sects are on good terms with Jie Feng, they are no longer interested in him. They will not make enemies with a master like Huang Sixi just for Jie Feng.

However, at this critical juncture, Zuo Lengchan was willing to play the hero and seek justice for Jie Feng. The leaders of various factions also readily supported him. They were all happy to see Zuo Lengchan give Huang Sixi a beating.

When the Beggars' Sect's Luoshui Conference is held, Zuo Lengchan can deal with Huang Sixi with justification without having to worry about any obstruction or future troubles. Even if Zuo Lengchan unfortunately fails to win over Huang Sixi, the orthodox sects will help save his life.

Moreover, the venue of the Luoshui Conference was on the territory of the Songshan School. Zuo Lengchan was sure that even if Huang Sixi won, he would not dare to kill him.

Therefore, this Luoshui Conference against Huang Sixi was almost impeccable. Even Zuo Lengchan admired himself for being able to come up with such a perfect strategy.

Anyway, wouldn't it be over if Huang Sixi didn't attend the Luoshui Conference? He couldn't not go either. If Huang Sixi ran away, the righteous sects would think that he was guilty and was plotting to murder Jie Feng out of personal grudge.

At that time, Huang Sixi will be jointly excluded by all the righteous sects, and he will no longer have a foothold in the righteous path.

The three tribes of Hengshan all looked worried, and this was the reason. They did not want Huang Sixi to go to Luoshui as the risk of fighting with Zuo Lengchan was too high. They were worried that Huang Sixi would never come back.

But if Huang Sixi does not accept Zuo Lengchan's challenge, Zuo Lengchan may support a new leader of the Beggars' Sect and distort the truth about Jie Feng's death.

"Nephew Huang, whether you accept Zuo Lengchan's declaration of war or not is not convenient for us to decide, so you should decide for yourself!"

Ding Yi said, "If you are willing to go to Luoshui, your two uncles and I will escort you along the way. We will also contact the Taoist of Tianmen in Mount Tai and Mr. Mo Da in Mount Heng to stop him from assassinating you during your duel with Zuo Lengchan! If you don't want to go to Luoshui, the Hengshan Villa has been built for you and you can move in now!"

Once the Hengshan School accepted Huang Sixi as an example, it will continue to recruit more male lay disciples in the future. The Hengshan Branch was only built now, and it was not just for Huang Sixi to move in.

Master Bujie was very surprised when he heard about the situation in the other courtyard: "Master, if you accept Junior Brother Huang, and if Junior Brother Huang does not go to compete with Zuo Lengchan, he will be ridiculed by the righteous people in the world. Aren't you afraid of affecting the reputation of Hengshan Sect?"

Ding Yi said: "How could I care about the opinions of those fools? I know exactly what kind of person Huang is. He will be a disciple of Hengshan Sect in the future. If anyone wants to laugh at him, let them laugh!"

Master Bujie looked at Master Dingxian again and said, "Master, are you willing to accept Master Huang as your disciple?"

Sect Master Ding Xian nodded: "What Third Junior Sister said can represent me and Senior Sister!"

She had already agreed to Huang Sixi's move to Hengshan, but the construction of the villa was slow.

As the head of a sect, she believed that recruiting Huang Sixi as a disciple would benefit the Hengshan sect more. First of all, with Huang Sixi staying in Hengshan, Zuo Lengchan would not be able to think of joining Hengshan to merge with the other sects.

Sect Leader Ding Xian felt that for both public and private reasons, she must be more protective of Huang Sixi, rather than treating him as a hot potato and pushing him out.

(End of this chapter)