Zongwu: Aspiring to be the mastermind behind the scenes

Chapter 184: Eighteen Heroes Fighting the Devil

"Who wakes up first from this dream? I know it all myself... I slept so comfortably!"

Lu Xiaofeng stretched lazily, walked out of the room and went downstairs, and was suddenly shocked.

"Why are there so many people?"

Affected by the war, the north is desolate and the people are poor. For an inn like this, it is considered good if it can have more than ten guests a day.

But now, the first floor of the inn is full of guests.

Moreover, most of them have weathered faces and hold swords in their hands, obviously they are people from the martial arts world.

"Could it be that there is another big event happening around here?"

"Brother Lu!"

Suddenly, a man stood up from a table and shouted, "You're finally awake!"

Lu Xiaofeng's eyes lit up: "Li Tanhua?"

That person was Li Xunhuan.

He was accompanied by his two friends, Tie Chuanjia and A Fei.

"When I arrived at this inn, the waiter told me that there was a strange person who had been sleeping for half a month, and I knew it was you, Brother Lu."

Li Xun Huan raised his glass and said, "I haven't even congratulated Brother Lu yet, but he has already reached the Grandmaster level."

Lu Xiaofeng said modestly: "Lucky, lucky..."

After chatting for a while, Lu Xiaofeng said, "Brother Li, you know I've been asleep for half a month. Has anything big happened around here?"

Li Xun Huan laughed and said, "This is really a big deal!"

He took out a copy of the Southern Hou magazine and handed it to Lu Xiaofeng.

Lu Xiaofeng took a look and said in surprise, "I never thought that after I slept for half a month, so many exciting things happened in the martial arts world!"

This Southern Marquis Newspaper mainly reports on the affairs of the Sun and Moon Sect.

The former master, Ren Woxing, came out of the mountain again and climbed up the Blackwood Cliff, but was defeated by another person and could only become the Left Protector of Light.

Not to mention that there are ten evil men joining the Sun Moon Sect.

At the end of the entire report, the Songshan School’s anti-demon manifesto was published.

"Since its inception, the Sun and Moon Divine Sect has stirred up the turmoil in the martial arts world. Many of its members are violent and ruthless, committing numerous evil deeds and causing endless harm. The people have suffered greatly from it, and it is called the Demonic Sect.

The former cult leader, Ren Woxing, acted recklessly, while Dongfang Bubai was arrogant and conceited, both of them scourges of the martial arts world. However, the current leader, An Wu, originally a demon from the Western Regions, has come to wreak havoc in the Central Plains, occupying the Sun and Moon Sect and gathering the Ten Evil Ones. His actions are even worse than those of Ren Woxing and Dongfang Bubai.

Such great demons and evils must not be tolerated. For the sake of peace in the world and stability in the martial arts world, we must act as soon as possible to destroy the Sun and Moon Sect.

If there are heroes in the world who want to take action, the Songshan Sect is willing to be the vanguard and wait for orders, just to destroy the evil sect and restore peace to the world.

hereby."

After reading it, Lu Xiaofeng said, "So, so many people have come here to rush to Blackwood Cliff to defeat the Sun Moon Sect. However, I've heard of the Songshan Sect, but it's just a second-rate sect. How can it have such a strong appeal?"

Li Xun Huan said, "It wasn't the influence of the Songshan Sect, but after the Songshan Sect issued this manifesto, the Huashan Sect and Shaolin Temple responded simultaneously, which is why it had such a great influence."

"Huashan Sect and Shaolin Temple? No wonder! But I wonder what other forces there are besides these two?"

"See for yourself."

Li Xunhuan took out another copy of Southern Waiting Magazine.

This is a follow-up report.

Ever since the Songshan Sect spoke out and the Huashan Sect and Shaolin Temple responded, all forces in the world responded one by one. However, because of the current chaos in the south and the siege of the Ming Cult by the six major sects, it has already attracted many underworld forces to participate.

Now, various major forces in the north are trying to attack the Sun and Moon Sect, but many forces simply cannot spare the energy and manpower to participate.

In fact, not many people were able to respond and send people to participate.

This Southern Newspaper lists a list of personnel sent by various forces.

Liu Yugu of the Huashan School.

Shaolin Temple is square.

Chongxu of the Wudang Sect.

Zuo Lengchan of the Songshan School.

Taishan Sect Tianmen.

The Hengshan School is calm and at ease.

……

Qi Zimu of Yueyingmen.

The Qijue Hall is easy to break.

There are a total of eighteen groups of people.

Southern Post even gave this action a nice name, calling it "Eighteen Heroes Fighting the Devil."

After reading it, Lu Xiaofeng couldn't help but shake his head: "In the south, there are six major sects besieging the Ming Cult, and in the north, there are eighteen heroes fighting against demons. The fighting and killing in this martial arts world really has never stopped."

Ah Fei snorted coldly and said, "This has always been the case in the martial arts world. It's not the first time. It's a pity that I didn't get to see such a grand event as the six major sects besieging the Ming Cult."

Lu Xiaofeng smiled and said, "You are in the North now, you can also go and watch the Eighteen Heroes Fighting the Demons."

Ah Fei shook his head: "Can these so-called eighteen heroes be compared with the six major sects?"

In fact it is.

The siege of the Ming Cult by the six major sects was massive.

The Ming Cult has a long history and immense strength, and its most famous skill, the Great Shift of the Universe, is renowned throughout the world.

When the former leader Yang Dingtian was in power, his left and right envoys, the four Dharma Kings, and the five wanderers were all masters. They also had the Five Elements Flag, the Four Gates of Heaven, Earth, Wind and Thunder, and various altars.

It can be called the overlord of the South.

It's a pity that Yang Dingtian disappeared inexplicably, and these masters fought for power after his disappearance, which led to the split of the Ming Cult and all the masters left the Ming Cult.

The White-browed Eagle King even created his own school.

But even so, when the six major sects announced that they would besiege the Ming Cult, all the masters who had left the Ming Cult rushed back urgently. It seemed that in the blink of an eye, the Ming Cult had returned to its peak.

Let’s look at the Ming Cult’s opponents.

Shaolin, Wudang, Emei, Huashan, Kunlun, and Kongtong are all first-class forces in the martial arts world.

In contrast, the Sun and Moon Sect has almost no powerful martial arts inheritance, and Dongfang Bubai directly took away a wave of elite soldiers. Although Ren Woxing has returned, the mysterious man An Wu from the Western Regions has become the leader, and the ten evil men serve as the ten elders, their strength is really limited.

Among their opponents, the so-called Eighteen Heroes, only Shaolin, Wudang and Huashan can be regarded as first-rate sects, while the other forces are second-rate.

In order to make up the eighteen groups, even the Qi Jue Tang, a force that was established only half a year ago, was listed.

Why?

Because Qi Jue Tang still has a grandmaster after all, even though it was only established half a year ago, it has the capital to become a second-rate force.

Further down, there are only some third-rate small forces.

You know, there are second-rate forces involved in the Ming Cult.

Yes, there are, and there are a lot of them.

However, it cannot be compared with the first-class forces such as Shaolin and Wudang, so it is only listed in the "etc."

I guess many second-rate forces that participated in the Ming Cult incident are regretting it now.

I thought that by participating in such a big event, I would become famous, but who knew that no one would even mention it.

The key is that the Ming Cult is still very difficult to defeat.

On the other hand, in the Sun and Moon Sect, even a new force can be reported in newspapers and become famous all over the world.

If I had known that there was the Sun Moon Sect behind the Ming Cult, I should not have responded to the six major sects and waited to attack the Sun Moon Sect.

Based on their strength, their names must be among the eighteen heroes.

Unfortunately, it was too late to regret now. The people sent to Bright Summit could not be withdrawn. Lu Xiaofeng asked, "Since Brother A Fei wanted to join in the fun at the Ming Cult, why did he come here?"

"This……"

Ah Fei hesitated for a moment and couldn't help but glance at Li Xunhuan.

Li Xun Huan said, "This matter concerns me, but I cannot discuss it in a place like this. If Brother Lu is curious, I will tell you once we get to the secluded place."

After eating and drinking, the four of them came to Lu Xiaofeng's room.

Li Xunhuan took out a picture from his arms, which showed a boy of fifteen or sixteen years old.

"Who is this?"

"Brother Lu, listen to me and tell me slowly."

It turned out that at the beginning of the year, Li Xunhuan read the famous detective Lu Xiaofeng written by Zhou Ming. The book said that there was another hidden story behind his father's death.

Li Xunhuan naturally wanted to find out the truth and find the murderer of his father.

He searched for a long time in the capital.

But since the incident happened more than ten years ago and involved court officials, it was naturally difficult to get any clues.

Until one day, when he passed by a brokerage shop and saw slaves being bought and sold there, he suddenly thought of this point as a starting point.

His father, Li Laotanhua, used to be an official in the capital, so naturally he had servants in his house.

Although more than ten years had passed and those servants had gone their separate ways, he was able to find a few of them in the end thanks to his reputation as Xiao Li Feidao and his unremitting search.

"The man in the painting is a servant my father bought from a pawnshop three months before his death. Right now, he's the most suspicious."

"Why is this?"

"Because this person's current identity is so different from his identity more than ten years ago!"

Li Xun Huan said, "More than ten years ago, he was an orphan whose parents had both died. But now, he is a warrior who has reached the realm of innate perfection!"

"Innate Perfection?" Lu Xiaofeng's eyes narrowed: "This gap is indeed huge!"

The boy in the painting is about fifteen or sixteen years old. More than ten years later, he should be in his early thirties.

Just a few years older than him.

But he had only achieved innate perfection not long ago.

In other words, this orphan, whose parents died more than ten years ago and who sold himself to a pawnbroker, was only a few years behind him in terms of spiritual progress.

If we say that Ye Gucheng, Ximen Chuxue, Lu Xiaofeng and others are the first-tier strong men among the younger generation in the martial arts world.

With this level of cultivation, the other party can at least be considered as the second tier.

There are so many martial artists in the world who have been practicing martial arts since childhood, but they may not be able to achieve this level, let alone an orphan who has not yet entered the martial arts world since he was a teenager.

Obviously, there is something fishy about this person's identity.

"So what is his current status?"

"The deputy leader of the Seven Absolutes Hall...Yi Xin!"

"Yi Xin? Qi Jue Tang? What's the relationship between him and Yi Jue?"

"It is said that he is Yi Jue's sworn brother."

Yi Xin's innate and perfect strength is not surprising to Li Xunhuan.

But Yi Jue is not someone to be trifled with.

The name of the Demonic Sword Yi Jue is quite famous in the North.

If the Songshan Sect had not suddenly appeared and started the story of eighteen heroes fighting against demons, the biggest hot topic in the northern martial arts world right now would probably be the story of the Demon Sword Yi Jue who killed two masters in one battle.

Rumor has it that when Yi Jue killed the two masters, he was only at the innate realm.

However, not long ago, Yi Jue clearly revealed his master's cultivation level. Therefore, many people believe that Yi Jue had actually broken through to the master level a long time ago, but was just hiding his strength temporarily. It was only revealed after he killed the two masters.

It is not certain which of these two rumors is true and which is false.

If it's the latter, that's fine.

But if it is the former, then Yi Jue’s true combat power is probably overestimated.

When Li Xunhuan was at the innate realm, he could also kill the master with a flying knife.

But that was a blow he used all his strength in.

In other words, he can only strike once.

Although he picked up martial arts training again after returning to the Central Plains, and has now broken through to the Grandmaster level with his years of accumulation, it is still unknown who is stronger compared to Yi Jue, who is at the Innate Realm and can kill two Grandmasters with one sword.

"Yi Xin...Yi Jue..."

Lu Xiaofeng paced around the room, then suddenly realized what was happening. He said, "Li Tanhua, you told me everything about this matter, from beginning to end, no matter how big or small. I'm afraid you have other motives, right?"

Li Xun Huan smiled, but also said frankly: "There are many doubts behind this matter, and it is extremely difficult to investigate. But God has let me meet the famous detective Lu Xiaofeng here. If I don't ask for your help, wouldn't I be letting God down?"

Then he changed the subject and said, "But if Brother Lu has something else to do, I naturally won't force him."

"What can I possibly do? I'm free!"

"That……"

"I helped with this!"

The place where the eighteen heroes gathered was Sunjia Town, an unremarkable name.

Not far ahead of this town is the core of the Sun and Moon Sect's sphere of influence.

Although the Sun Moon Sect has been shrinking its power over the past period of time and seems to want to concentrate all its manpower at Black Wood Cliff, we still have to be on guard.

The Sun family in the town has two acquired martial artists, one of whom is a Shaolin descendant. It is said that his master is a lay disciple of Shaolin. When they heard that the eighteen heroes were going to meet in Sunjia Town, they directly gave up their own house as the main gathering place for all forces.

Sitting at the front of the hall were Wudang Chongxu and Shaolin Fangzheng.

The first person on the left is Liu Yugu from the Huashan School.

The first person on the right is Zuo Lengchan of the Songshan School.

Although the Songshan School is nothing compared to the three first-rate forces, it can be said to have a long history and profound foundation compared to other second-rate forces.

Although the Qijue Hall is a newly established force, no one dares to underestimate it because its master Yi Jue is at the true master level and he holds a high position.

I don’t know who arranged this, but opposite him is Qi Zimu from the Yueying Sect.

Although the two masters of Yueying Sect died, they invited the junior brother of the two masters, who was also a powerful master.

With him in charge, Qi Zimu is naturally qualified to take a position.

To be honest, the so-called Eighteen Heroes promoted by the Southern Magazine seem a bit forced, but the people listed on the list must have some abilities.

Either you have power or you have strength.

At this moment, everyone gathered together to discuss how to advance.

"The Sun Moon Sect is different from other sects. It has a large number of people and a military heritage. If we want to attack it, we must not only be wary of experts, but more importantly, we must be able to deploy troops and battle formations."

Chongxu said, "As an outsider, I have some skills in martial arts, but I know nothing about deploying troops and forming battle formations."

Fang Zheng also said, "I am the same."

Liu Yugu said, "I don't know how to deploy troops."

Chongxu said, "Since that's the case...if there are any of you who are skilled in military tactics, please recommend yourself."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone in the hall suddenly became restless.

Judging from this, the people above are actually going to give up the power of command?
However, if you really think so, you might be fooled.

In the first position on the right, Zuo Lengchan was eager to try.

Obviously, he will step forward and take command.

But at this moment, a strong man walked in and said, "My dear heroes, there is another expert outside who wants to help us!"

(End of this chapter)