Martial Arts World Assassin

Chapter 317: Immortality Decision

When Huang Sixi heard the hemp-clothed girl mention the Demon Sect, he casually asked, "You said Fu Gongju is a disciple of the Tianlian Sect. Is he a spy planted by the Demon Sect in the rebel army?"

The sackcloth-clothed girl chose her words carefully: "He shouldn't be a spy."

She also had her own reasons: "Fu Gongju's senior brother An Long is the current Lotus Master of Tianlian Sect, but An Long killed his master to ascend the throne. Fu Gongju hated An Long for killing his master. He has taken the initiative to leave Tianlian Sect, and now he and An Long are at odds. He joined the rebel army at the invitation of Du Fuwei, and there was no demon sect behind him to fan the flames!"

Huang Sixi thought after hearing this, in The Twin Dragons of the Tang Dynasty, all the historical figures he was familiar with before had profound martial arts skills, and some even had special identities that were unknown to the public.

He then asked: "How big is the gap between Fu Gongju's martial arts and his senior brother Anlong's?"

Maiden made a simple comment: "Even if the two Fu Gongju joined forces, they might not be able to defeat Anlong!"

Huang Sixi asked, "Is Anlong so strong?"

The sackcloth-clothed girl hummed softly and revealed to him: "Anlong is a master of a sect and one of the eight top masters of the Demon Sect."

Her introduction was not rigorous. The Demon Sect was divided into two factions and six sects. Each of these eight factions had a top figure, but the martial arts skills of the eight masters varied greatly.

Zhu Yuyan, who ranks first in fame in the Demon Sect, and Shi Zhixuan, who ranks second, have both mastered the magic skills to the point of being masters. As for the remaining six, they only have the title of masters but not the reality.

If the two masters Zhu and Shi join forces to fight against the remaining six top masters, they will still have a chance of winning.

Anlong's martial arts ranks fifth among the eight masters of the Demon Sect, only in the middle and lower levels, and is definitely not the strongest in the Demon Sect.

However, Huang Sixi was not very interested in the situation of the masters of the Demon Sect.

He only paid attention to the "Heavenly Heart Lotus Ring" and asked Miss Maid: "Fu Gongju and Anlongtou studied under the same master, but there is a clear gap in their cultivation. Is it that Fu Gongju did not learn the essence of the "Heavenly Heart Lotus Ring"? "

The hemp-clothed girl thought for a moment and replied, "He should have learned the essence of the mental method, but his aptitude is poor and he has not been able to practice it to the fullest! The Heavenly Heart Lotus Ring is an anomaly of the Demon Sect's refined innate true qi. The key to practicing qi is to focus on the heart meridian. The lotus true qi is as blazing as a flame, specifically burning the opponent's meridians!

However, if you are not careful in your practice, it will burn your body and you will most likely go astray. The Lotus Masters of the Tianlian Sect in the past were all afraid of losing their true energy and were unable to reach the pinnacle of the "Heavenly Heart Lotus Ring". Fu Gongju's aptitude is worse than Anlong's, so his cultivation will naturally fall behind!"

"Does the "Heavenly Heart Lotus Ring" cultivate the innate true qi?"

"Yes, the orthodox magic skills of the two sects of the Demon Sect can all cultivate innate true qi."

"There should be many innate masters in the Demon Sect, right?"

"I don't know exactly how many there are, but they should not be as many as the righteous ones."

By the time Miss Ma Yi reached this point, the outcome of the fight between Fu Gongju and Chen Leng had already been decided.

Chen Leng was a defeated general and might have been injured for a long time. He was in an unfavorable situation now. He was beaten back step by step by Fu Gongju and could only defend passively.

Fu Gongju's "Heavenly Heart Lotus Ring" had not been cultivated to its peak, but it was still powerful. The lotus energy permeated the surroundings, and the blazing power floated and burned, soon igniting the dry grass in the valley. Blown by the cold wind, the fire began to spread along the mountain.

Chen Leng was surrounded by wildfire and became even more anxious. He was quickly caught in a flaw by Fu Gongju and was hit in the chest by the lotus energy, causing him to spit out a mouthful of blood.

Knowing that he was no match for his opponent, he used the impact of the lotus energy to retreat rapidly. Then he turned around, leaped up from the ground, and rushed towards the opposite hillside, obviously trying to escape.

But just as he flew several feet into the air, three figures suddenly appeared on the opposite hillside and swooped down together.

Two of them attacked Chen Leng from the left and right, forcing him to stretch out his arms to block. After his palms collided with the two men, the third man raised a shiny copper mace and smashed it on his forehead.

His arms were restrained at the moment and he was in mid-air, so he couldn't make any evasive moves. He watched helplessly as the bronze mace fell on his head and hit him right on the top of his head.

'boom! '

Chen Leng's skull was shattered and he died instantly in the air. His body fell to the ground accompanied by a rain of blood.

The three people who attacked Chen Leng also jumped into the valley.

The three men were wearing similar tight-fitting clothes, as if they were from another rebel army.

The sackcloth-clothed girl glanced at the three people's attire, and immediately gathered her voice into a line and sent it to Huang Sixi's ears: "My dear, the leader of the East Sea Righteous Army, Li Zitong, is here! It's really strange, Fu Gongju's troops alone are enough to surround and kill Chen Leng, why would they bother Li Zitong to come?"

Huang Sixi asked, "Is the man holding the bronze mace Li Zitong?"

The sackcloth-clothed girl responded, “That’s him!”

Li Zitong looked to be about thirty-five or thirty-six years old, but he had experienced a lot, with gray hair on his temples. His eyes were thin and long, giving him a shrewd look that was hidden deep inside.

In his hand he held a copper mace, three feet and two inches long, which was the 'Nine-Section Copper Whip' that made him famous. Just now he used his unique Qigong 'Nine-Section Swing' on the copper whip and killed the Sui general Chen Leng with one blow.

But the purpose of his trip was not Chen Leng, he came purely to assist Gong Ju.

Fu Gongju was also very surprised to see him suddenly appear in the valley, and hurriedly clasped his fists and saluted: "Congratulations to Li Longtou for killing the tyrant's minions and venting the anger of the people of the world!"

He changed the subject and asked, "Our two armies had an agreement long ago that after joining forces to defeat the Sui army, we would split into two routes, north and south, to wipe out the remnants of the Sui army. Our Jianghuai army is in the south, and your army is in the north. How come Li Longtou suddenly left his camp and came to our front line?"

In name, it was to sweep away the Sui army, but in reality it was to divide the territory. The north belonged to the East Sea Army, and the south belonged to the Jianghuai Army.

After the rebels gained territory, they had the right to appoint and dismiss officials, collect taxes and grain, and dominate the area. They could not cross the line because it would damage the fragile alliance between the rebels.

It is especially taboo for the rebel leader to run around with his troops, as this would be seen as a turf grab.

Li Zitong laughed, "This lackey of Chen Leng killed many of our brothers in the East China Sea. I heard that he was here, so I hurried here to cut off his head and bring it back to pay tribute to the spirits of those brothers who died in the battle. Before I came here, I didn't know that Brother Fu had also caught up with him, otherwise I would never compete with Brother Fu for the credit, so as not to let General Manager Du blame you!"

Fu Gongju knew that he was inferior to Li Zitong in status, as the other was the leader of the rebel army and was on equal footing with Du Fuwei.

Fu Gongju was only a general under Du Fuwei, so he was very polite: "Since Li Longtou said so, please take away Chen Leng's body. I will not fight!"

Li Zitong praised: "Brother Fu is really a generous and heroic man. If General Manager Du can get your help, there is no need to worry about not accomplishing great things!"

After he finished his polite remarks, his tone suddenly softened: "Li has just learned of the secret military affairs of the Sui court. Brother Fu, please block the others and let's talk alone!"

Fu Gongju found him mysterious and could not figure out his intention for a moment, but he only brought two followers with him on this trip and they definitely did not come to embarrass him, so it was not a bad idea to listen to him talk about secrets.

Fu Gongju waved his hand, and hundreds of soldiers in the valley withdrew from the valley, leaving only a dozen or so confidants to guard behind Fu Gongju. Huang Sixi saw Fu Gongju and Li Zitong raise their heads and look around the valley, obviously using their advanced internal skills to sense whether there were any lurkers hiding in the grass and forests on the surrounding hillsides.

However, the two did not search the location where Huang Sixi and the girl in Ma Yi were hiding.

The wildfire that Fu Gongju had just ignited had not been extinguished. It was burning slowly upwards along the hillside where Huang Sixi and Mai Yi Girl were. The smoke from the wildfire obscured all smells.

When the valley was empty, Fu Gongju clasped his fists and asked, "What exactly is the secret military secret? Li Longtou can tell us now!"

Li Zitong said nothing, but glanced at the dozen or so people behind Fu Gongju.

Fu Gongju added: "These are all the assassins I recruited. Even if we kill them, they won't say a word to the outside world."

Li Zitong then began to talk in detail: "Recently, the tyrant has been investigating the whereabouts of the ancient treasure book "The Secret of Immortality" in Yangzhou City. Brother Fu should know about this, right?"

Fu Gongju nodded and said, "A few months ago, the tyrant sent his lackey Yu Wenhuaji to the Shilong Martial Arts Field to snatch the "Eternal Life Secret", but failed. The treasure book was stolen by two hooligans from Yangzhou. Yu Wenhuaji was furious and chased them out of Yangzhou for more than a hundred miles, but still failed to catch up with the two hooligans!"

He pointed to the south and said, "One of my men saw Yu Wenzhi stop a boat on the southern river. The gangsters were on the boat at the time, but they were protected by a Korean swordsman. They fought fiercely with Yu Wenzhi on the shore. Yu Wenzhi was seriously injured and returned to Jiangdu to recuperate. He has not recovered yet. As for the two gangsters, they disappeared into the nearby mountains and forests after landing and have never been seen since!"

He thought Li Zitong was asking for information about the Secret of Immortality, so he told him everything he knew.

Li Zitong smiled and said, "Li has no interest in the Secret of Immortality. It is just a lie. How can a person be immortal?"

Fu Gongju immediately agreed: "What Li Longtou said is in line with my opinion. I also think that this book "The Secret of Immortality" is just a name. If it can really make people live forever, why has it been passed down since ancient times, and no one has ever lived without dying because of practicing the "The Secret of Immortality"? But Li Longtou, if you are not here for the "The Secret of Immortality", what do you want to do?"

Neither of them had any interest in "The Secret of Immortality".

Huang Sixi, on the contrary, has a great interest.

He couldn't help but look towards the south. The two gangsters that Fu Gongju mentioned must be Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling, and the Korean swordsman must be Fu Jun'er.

It was Fu Jun'er who seriously injured Yu Wenzhi that helped Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling completely escape the Sui army's large-scale hunt.

But Fu Jun'er was also hit fatally by Yu Wenzhi's family heirloom "Ice Mysterious Power" and died on the same day.

After Fu Jun'er's death, Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling, out of self-blame, did not want to read "The Secret of Immortality" anymore, so they buried it next to Fu Jun'er's grave.

If Fu Jun'er and Yu Wenzhi really had a decisive battle in the nearby mountains and forests, then the "Secret of Immortality" must be buried not far away.

Thinking of this, Huang Sixi reached out to the Qiankun Yiqi Bag and took out the Feng Shui compass given by the Clay Buddha.

"The Secret of Immortality" is woven with black gold thread and is impervious to water and fire. It has remained intact after hundreds of years of inheritance. It is itself a rare treasure. Perhaps the Feng Shui compass can sense the strange aura emitted by "The Secret of Immortality".

Even if the strange aura is not obvious, Huang Sixi can rely on the Feng Shui compass to search for graves within a radius of dozens of miles. As long as he finds Fu Jun'er's grave, he will definitely find the "Secret of Immortality".

He just held the Feng Shui compass in his hand, and the needle in the center of the compass pointed to "fire". He knew that it must be the fire at the foot of the mountain that was causing the problem and disrupting the compass's sensitivity.

When the girl in sackcloth clothes saw him take out a strange compass, she thought it was very unique, so she turned her head, widened her bright eyes, and observed it curiously, but she couldn't make any sense of it.

She didn't ask any more questions, but just looked at him silently.

At this moment, Huang Sixi was no longer willing to continue to inquire about the conspiracy of Fu Gongju and Li Zitong. He only wanted to find the "Secret of Immortality". However, Fu Gongju had just ordered hundreds of volunteers to move out of the valley, and the troops were scattered around the foot of the mountain. Once he went down the mountain now, his whereabouts would be exposed.

He decided to wait for a while, until Fu Gongju and Li Zitong left with their troops, and then search for the "Secret of Immortality".

Looking back at the valley, Li Zitong was still talking nonstop: "Li heard that Manager Du was determined to get the "Eternal Life Secret". He once encountered those two gangsters in Liyang, but he failed to torture them to find out the whereabouts of the "Eternal Life Secret". Instead, the two gangsters escaped!

Recently, these two gangsters crossed the Huai River and headed north into Pengcheng County. When General Du got the news, he actually abandoned the Jianghuai Army and went alone to track down these two gangsters. He is simply treating the great cause of our righteous army as a joke!"

General Du was naturally Du Fuwei, the leader of the Jianghuai Army. Pengcheng County was located near Xuzhou in northern Jiangsu.

After Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling fled Yangzhou, they had no fixed place to live and wandered everywhere, from Yuhang in the south to Luoyang in the north, and from Donghai in the east to Jingxiang in the west. Only after they had traveled all over the territory of the Sui Dynasty would they stop to recruit soldiers and start fighting for hegemony over the world.

If nothing unexpected happened, Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling would meet Li Shimin for the first time when they went to Pengcheng.

Fu Gongju didn't care about Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling at all. He just said, "General Manager Du has other important things to do, not to track down those two hooligans! Now that the Sui army has been defeated, we only need to focus on managing the territory from now on. Li Longtou doesn't need to worry about the internal affairs of our Jianghuai army!"

Li Zitong narrowed his eyes and looked at Fu Gongju, and began to explain his purpose: "The Jianghuai Army can have the current situation, all thanks to your brother Fu, it has little to do with General Manager Du! Brother Fu, the people of the world need a leader like you who is dedicated to the people, not a martial arts fanatic like General Manager Du. For the sake of the people of the world, you should be brave enough to take responsibility and shoulder the burden of the Jianghuai Army!"

This is a bit blunt.

Huang Sixi and the girl in hemp clothes frowned at the same time. They had already heard that Li Zitong was instigating Fu Gongju to stab the big dragon head in the back and take his place.

Fu Gongju must have had such an idea. Any general who commands troops has the ambition to monopolize power.

But can the backstab be successful? Is the cost affordable? This requires careful consideration.

Li Zitong saw that Fu Gongju did not immediately refuse in a stern manner.

He continued to encourage: "In our southern righteous army, General Du is the most powerful, and everyone can see it. But for the future of our righteous army, Li is willing to take the risk and help you, brother Fu. When General Du comes back from Pengcheng, we will talk to him and persuade him to concentrate on practicing martial arts. Let you lead the Jianghuai Army. Only you can overthrow the tyrannical Sui Dynasty faster, which is good for all of us!"

He meant to ambush Du Fuwei on his way back.

If he joins forces with Fu Gongju, and with the help of their trusted assassins, it would not be difficult to kill Du Fuwei.

After the success, Fu Gongju will be in charge of the Jianghuai Army. What benefits will Li Zitong get?

Obviously, Li Zitong believed that Du Fuwei was a greater threat than Fu Gongju. If Du Fuwei was killed, Fu Gongju would be incompetent and it would be easy to annex the Jianghuai Army.

Would Fu Gongju be willing to be used by Li Zitong? This depends on how strong Fu Gongju's desire for power is.

When Fu Gongju was thinking, he suddenly caught a glimpse and found that the fire had burned the weeds on the hillside where Huang Sixi and the girl in hemp clothes were. In the hazy smoke, he could vaguely see the shape of clothes.

He immediately waved his hand behind him and said, "Let's go to that mountain and take a look. It looks like there is someone hiding there!"

Immediately, the volunteers leaped up, but just when they reached halfway up the mountain, they saw a blade coming down from the sky, which knocked the volunteers back to the bottom of the mountain.

(End of this chapter)