Martial Arts World Assassin

Chapter 126 Zhenwu Sword and Diamond Sutra

Huang Sixi originally thought that the elders who stayed behind on the Black Wood Cliff would ask him all kinds of questions, and he had already prepared his own answers, but to his surprise, none of them were used at all.

Huang Sixi mentioned that Jia Bu died in Jianglong Villa. The elder who stayed behind did not ask about the cause of Jia Bu's death. Instead, he congratulated Huang Sixi and said, "After the death of Hall Master Jia, Hall Master Shangguan will be promoted immediately."

It turned out that among the many halls of the Sun and Moon Sect, the Qinglong Hall was the most powerful. Jia Bu was the head of the Qinglong Hall, and Shangguan Yun was the head of the White Tiger Hall, one level lower than Jia Bu.

Now that Jia Bu is dead, Shangguan Yun can take over the position of Qinglong Hall Master according to the rules.

Huang Sixi smiled and replied: "If I am promoted by the leader, I will never forget the kindness of you brothers. You brothers will all have a share of the treasures in the Qinglong Hall."

When the remaining elder heard that he was willing to bribe, he couldn't help but smile and said, "Then I would like to thank Master Shangguan first. Please wait on the cliff for a while. Once the leader comes back, we will immediately notify Master Shangguan to come and see us."

In recent years, the Sun-Moon Divine Sect has been filled with flattery, and almost all of its members are trying to curry favor with the powerful. Everyone is preoccupied with thinking about how to please their superiors and win over their colleagues, and they have completely thrown aside their respective duties.

So although on the surface Blackwood Cliff was heavily guarded, in fact the interior had already been corrupted to the point of being utterly corrupt.

Now Dongfang Bubai is out hunting down Ren Woxing, the chief steward Yang Lianting has died, and Huang Sixi, who is pretending to be "Shangguan Yun", is now the highest-ranking elder on Heimu Cliff.

In other words, if Dongfang Bubai unfortunately died outside, then Shangguan Yun would be able to take over the power of the Sun Moon Sect and then be crowned as the leader.

When Huang Sixi was walking on the Black Wood Cliff, all the disciples of the Demon Sect were very respectful to him and no one questioned his identity. Even when he wandered around the treasure rooms on the cliff in a swaggering manner, no one stopped him.

He couldn't help but think: "Originally, I was planning to sneak into the treasure room at night, but considering the current atmosphere of flattery on Blackwood Cliff, there is no need for me to act secretly."

He had drawn a map of the Black Wood Cliff when he was at Jianglong Villa, and knew the location of the treasure room on the cliff, so he went directly to check it out.

As a result, he was told by the demon sect disciple guarding the treasure room that the key to the door was controlled by Yang Lianting himself, and no one could open the door without Yang Lianting's permission.

Huang Sixi said, "Butler Yang has passed away. Dongfang Cult Leader has given me the job of guarding the treasure room. I want to check the situation inside!"

The dozen or so disciples on duty said in unison, "Master Shangguan, please check. We have always been loyal to our duties and have never lost a single treasure in the room."

"We have to check to find out whether he is missing or not."

Huang Sixi gave another order: "Manager Yang died outside the cliff. If he had the key with him, it might fall into the hands of outsiders. Therefore, all the locks on the treasure room doors need to be replaced. You are responsible for this."

The disciples who were guarding the door looked at each other in bewilderment, wondering how they could be responsible for changing the locks. Could they just smash all the locks and replace them with new ones?

But there are multiple doors in the treasure room, and each door lock is made of fine iron. If there is no key, it can only be opened with a sharp weapon that can cut through iron like mud. They are all ordinary believers, so where can they find magical weapons?

The iron sword that Huang Sixi carried could break the door lock. The reason he asked this was that he just wanted to test whether the group of disciples guarding the door would raise any questions.

Little did they know that these disciples were all Yang Lianting's confidants. With the death of Yang Lianting, they were in urgent need of finding new backers. They dared not offend the elders of the sect at all. Even if they had objections, they would keep them in their hearts and dare not speak them out loud.

One of the disciples who was guarding the room respectfully suggested to Huang Sixi, "Master Shangguan, on the Double Ninth Festival two years ago, Manager Yang came to check the treasure room on a whim. He took a sword from the room and has not returned it yet. This sword can cut iron like mud. If we can take it, we can break the old lock in the blink of an eye!"

"What sword? Where did you get it from?"

"This sword is a treasure that was taken from Wudang Mountain in the past. It was hung in the Chengde Hall by General Manager Yang, who said it was a trophy of the Divine Religion. It should be displayed in public to publicize the Divine Religion's mighty force. It would be bad to keep it sealed in the treasury! When I was summoned by General Manager Yang last month, I saw the sword with my own eyes. I believe it is still hanging in the Chengde Hall!"

"The sword that was taken from Wudang Mountain, you mean the Wudang Sect's Zhenwu Sword?"

"It's the Zhenwu Sword!"

The 'Chengde Hall' mentioned by the guarding disciple was originally the hall where Dongfang Bubai received his subordinates. No one was allowed to enter unless summoned by the leader. Yang Lianting held great power in the Sun Moon Sect and was not worried at all about someone sneaking into the 'Chengde Hall' to steal treasures, so he hung the Zhenwu Sword in the hall.

Huang Sixi asked again: "Besides the Zhenwu Sword, did Chief Steward Yang take away any other treasures?"

The guarding disciple replied: "There is also a Wudang Sect martial arts secret book!"

Then another disciple interrupted: "A string of Shaolin Buddhist beads and Buddhist scriptures were also taken away by Chief Steward Yang and placed together in the 'Chengde Hall'. However, only the Zhenwu Sword was hung up by Chief Steward Yang. The other treasures were placed in the Sword Pavilion by him. Normally, they cannot be seen even when entering the hall."

This time, Huang Sixi sneaked into the Black Wood Cliff for the Zhenwu Sword. Since he already knew the whereabouts of the Zhenwu Sword, there was no need to enter the treasure room again.

He immediately left the treasure room and headed towards the back hall of Blackwood Cliff.

The back hall was Dongfang Bubai's private area, connected to a corridor where hundreds of warriors with spears stood, nominally Dongfang Bubai's guards.

But after Dongfang Bubai mastered the "Sunflower Manual", he hid in his bedroom embroidering all year round and did not summon any subordinates for several years. These guards were actually recruited by Yang Lianting himself and were also Yang Lianting's confidants.

They saw Huang Sixi rushing into the corridor and walking towards Chengde Hall. They asked carefully, "The leader is out and not in the hall. Why is Master Shangguan here?"

Huang Sixi said coldly, "When the leader went out, he specifically told me to step up patrols to prevent the scoundrels from causing trouble in the inner hall. What? Are you going to stop me?"

"I dare not! Master Shangguan, please inspect!"

All the warriors present lowered their heads with expressions of fear. Although they were ordered to protect the safety of Dongfang Bubai's inner palace all year round, they had no feelings for Dongfang Bubai at all.

They only come into contact with Yang Lianting on a daily basis and have never seen Dongfang Bubai. Even if Huang Sixi kills them on the spot, Dongfang Bubai may not care after he returns.

Naturally, they did not dare to stick to the religious rules.

Huang Sixi had a smooth journey and soon arrived at the Chengde Hall, where he saw the Zhenwu sword hanging on the wall.

He stepped forward and took down the sword. He saw that the scabbard was copper-green in color and had two seal characters "Zhenwu" inlaid with copper wire. He wondered if this was the sword Zhang Sanfeng used to wear.
In fact, Zhang Sanfeng's swordsmanship was so good in his later years that he no longer used the sword easily. The "Zhenwu Sword" was just the sword Zhang Sanfeng used in his middle age. He once wielded the sword to wipe out the demons, but he mostly relied on his profound martial arts skills to slay demons.

The 'Zhenwu Sword' itself is not a particularly outstanding magical weapon, it is just sharper than ordinary swords. Even though it is the treasure of the Wudang Sect, it has greater symbolic significance.

When Huang Sixi drew out the sword, a flash of light suddenly appeared before his eyes. On the sword appeared a line of sword writing: "The relics of the famous masters: Contains the Wudang School's Tai Chi Magic Skills. The relics have returned to Wudang and can be read and inherited."

In The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, the most famous relic is the Zhenwu Sword. Huang Sixi originally thought that the Zhenwu Sword would be able to break through walls, but it turned out to be completely wrong.

The sword only contains a book called "Tai Chi Magical Skills", and does not specify that the person who taught the skills was Zhang Sanfeng of Wudang. It is not yet known whether Huang Sixi can inherit Zhang Sanfeng's internal strength after reading it in the future.

However, once we take the Zhenwu Sword and return it to the Wudang Sect, the outcome will be clear. This mission to obtain the relic of a famous figure won’t take long.

He immediately sheathed his sword, walked to a display case against the wall, opened it, and found three antiques inside.

Two of them are books.

The one on the left is the Wudang Sect's martial arts secret book "Tai Chi Boxing Manual". More than 80 years ago, the evil cult sneaked into Wudang Mountain and stole the Zhenwu Sword and the original copy of "Tai Chi Boxing Manual" written by Zhang Sanfeng.

Huang Sixi opened the scripture and took a look, and found that the paper had turned yellow a long time ago, and the handwriting was old and outdated. It should be the handwriting of Zhang Sanfeng. However, this needs to be identified by the Wudang disciples themselves. There are a large number of Zhang Sanfeng's authentic works left in the Wudang Sect. With a little comparison, they can tell the authenticity of the "Tai Chi Boxing Classic".

The secret book on the right is not written in Chinese. The entire volume is in Sanskrit. This should be the original Sanskrit version of the Buddhist scripture "Diamond Sutra".

The Diamond Sutra currently circulated in Shaolin Temple and other temples are all Chinese translations by the eminent monk Kumarajiva of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. The Sanskrit version has been lost in the Central Plains.

The original Sanskrit sutra in Huang Sixi's hand is a rare and unique copy. However, the Diamond Sutra is not a martial arts secret book and is of no use to martial artists. Only monks who have studied Buddhism in depth will have a special liking for the original Sanskrit sutra.

In the original novel, after Ren Woxing died suddenly, Ren Yingying succeeded as the leader of the Sun Moon Sect. In order to resolve the conflict with the righteous path, she presented the Sanskrit version of the Diamond Sutra to Shaolin Master Fangzheng. After receiving the sutra, Master Fangzheng was ecstatic and was extremely grateful to Ren Yingying.

At that time, Ren Yingying not only gave away scriptures, but also a string of old rosary beads.

The last artifact in the display case is the Buddhist rosary.

The surface of the pearl sparkles with pearl patterns like the Zhenwu sword.

Huang Sixi picked up the Buddhist beads and took a closer look, and found that the contents were almost the same as those of the Zhenwu Sword: "A relic of a famous master: it contains the Shaolin School's Diamond Sutra. Once the relic returns to Shaolin, it can be read and inherited."

Huang Sixi seemed quite confused after reading it.

He thought, "The Diamond Sutra is not a Buddhist martial arts book. It won't help me improve my martial arts skills after inheriting it. How can it help me comprehend any Zen? But I don't plan to become a monk, so even if I comprehend a deeper Zen, it won't be of any use."

He couldn't figure out the mystery for a moment, so he just put the Buddhist beads on his wrist.

Then he stuffed the two secret books into his arms, wrapped the Zhenwu sword with black cloth and hung it around his waist.

This time he sneaked into Blackwood Cliff after disguising himself. He left his heavy sword at the inn and asked Lan Fenghuang to look after it. He only carried Shangguan Yun's personal sword.

He took off his sword, threw it into the display case, and replaced it with the Zhenwu Sword and took it with him.

The guards outside Chengde Hall did not dare to search him.

Even though a few people noticed that there was something wrong with his sword, they did not dare to stop him or ask questions. Now that the situation in Black Wood Cliff has changed drastically and everyone is trying to protect themselves, naturally no one would meddle.

When Dongfang Bubai returns, he discovers that the "Zhenwu Sword" is stolen. If he holds the warriors present accountable, they will push the suspicion onto "Shangguan Yun". If Dongfang Bubai does not believe them and still wants to punish them, they will have no choice but to admit it.

Anyway, they would never stop Huang Sixi at this moment, because once they stopped him, their lives would be in danger.

Until Huang Sixi left the back hall.

He took advantage of the fact that several messengers had returned from the Black Wood Cliff to inform Dongfang Bubai of the news. He immediately went to the edge of the cliff and signaled the believers guarding the Black Wood Cliff to use a noose winch to lower him to the bottom of the cliff.

When Huang Sixi arrived at the foot of the cliff and met the messenger, he learned that Dongfang Bubai had caught up with Ren Woxing and others, and had a fight with them, killing several of Ren Woxing's subordinates. Ren Woxing knew that he was no match for Dongfang Bubai, so he fled and was fleeing for his life towards the south.

Dongfang Bubai was unable to stop Ren Woxing for the time being, so he sent people back to Heimu Cliff to notify all the disciples from various halls who were outside that once they completed their respective tasks, they should immediately go and meet up with Dongfang Bubai.

Huang Sixi asked the messenger, "Where is the leader now?"

The messenger replied, "They have left Hebei and crossed the Yellow River to Luoyang in Zhongzhou. It is said that the rebel Ren Woxing went to Jianglong Villa to seek help from a great master. That master once killed the head of Songshan Sect, Zuo Lengchan, with one palm strike at the Luoshui Conference! By the way, Master Shangguan, didn't the leader send you to Jianglong Villa before he went down the cliff? When did you return to the headquarters?"

The news that Jia Bu and Shangguan Yun died in Jianglong Villa has not been spread yet. The main reason is that all the disciples of the Demon Sect brought by these two people have been killed, and Dongfang Bubai is concentrating his manpower to hunt down Ren Woxing. He has no time to inquire about this matter, so the news is naturally difficult to spread.

Even if the messenger knew the cause of death of Jia Bu and Shangguan Yun, he would not dare to confront Huang Sixi, because the members of the cult on Heimu Cliff were basically flatterers. They would just stay out of the matter and would never bet on Huang Sixi.

Huang Sixi only said one sentence: "The master in Jianglong Villa is very powerful. Master Jia and I are not his match. I will go to Luoyang to meet up with the leader now. If I delay any longer, the leader will definitely blame me!"

After saying that, he left Blackwood Cliff.

Everything was peaceful until Huang Sixi was more than ten miles away from Heimu Cliff.

This made Huang Sixi himself feel incredible that the headquarters of the largest gang in the underworld had already been corrupted.

In fact, ever since Dongfang Bubai practiced the "Sunflower Manual" and began to live in seclusion and embroider, the defense on the Black Wood Cliff has become useless.

In the original novel, Ren Woxing, Xiang Wentian, Ren Yingying, and Linghu Chong did not disguise themselves, but simply pretended to be Shangguan Yun's subordinates. They also had unimpeded access to the Black Wood Cliff. After they killed Dongfang Bubai and Yang Lianting, they easily subdued all the followers on the Black Wood Cliff.

At that time, no member of the sect opposed Ren Woxing's succession as the new leader, and no one wanted to avenge Dongfang Bubai and Yang Lianting. They were all waiting to praise the new leader and flatter him.

The followers of the Blackwood Cliff sect no longer have any loyalty. They have long been collectively lost in the hymn of "unifying the world for thousands of years" woven by Yang Lianting.

(End of this chapter)