Liver into a martial arts legend: starting with Embroidered Spring Blade

Chapter 95 The consequences of not following the rules! [34]

The three of them walked.

Jiang Xuan glanced at Lin Pingzhi and asked, "Pingzhi, if your master doesn't kill all the people from the Qingcheng Sect, will you feel resentful?"

Lin Pingzhi was stunned for a moment, then quickly said, "I am fortunate to be alive today and to have the opportunity to avenge my parents. How dare I have any complaints against Master?"

Lin Pingzhi paused and continued, "Furthermore, I think Master is doing the right thing."

"The main culprit in this matter is Yu Canghai alone. The others followed orders, perhaps out of necessity."

"Now that the evil thief Yu Canghai has been killed by Master, there's no need to kill all the remaining people. If they're willing to leave the Qingcheng Sect, why not spare their lives?"

Hearing this, Jiang Xuan nodded with satisfaction.

This is one of the reasons why he values ​​Lin Pingzhi.

He is kind-hearted and principled, but not foolish or hypocritical. He knows what to do and what not to do, and has his own plans and goals.

Moreover, he has a high aptitude for martial arts and has perseverance and determination. With a little training, he will definitely be a great help to me in the future.

This can be considered as Jiang Xuan's own selfish desire.

After all, everyone is selfish.

It is true that he admires and sympathizes with Lin Pingzhi, but he would not meddle in other people's affairs for no reason.

I just hope that Lin Pingzhi will live up to his expectations in the future.

Soon, the three of them arrived at the gate of the county government office.

After learning the identities and purpose of Jiang Xuan and the other two, Guan County Magistrate Xu Weiyi hurried out and respectfully welcomed the three people in.

After serving tea, Xu Weiyi respectfully inquired, "Sir, I wonder what the Qingcheng Sect has done wrong? Do you need me to send someone to assist you in this operation?"

Jiang Xuan took a sip of his tea and said calmly, "Put up a notice saying that the head of the Qingcheng Sect, Yu Canghai, wiped out the entire Lin family of the Fuwei Escort Agency in order to seize the Lin family's Sword Manual of Exorcism. To silence him, he also killed a Jinyiwei guard. According to the law, he should be exterminated along with his entire clan."

"But the court is kind-hearted and will only punish the ringleaders."

"Now that Yu Canghai is dead, the Qingcheng Sect must be destroyed. I give the people of the Qingcheng Sect three days. If they know what's best for them, they should escape from the mountain as soon as possible. Otherwise, they will perish along with the Qingcheng Sect."

"By the way, all the Qingcheng Sect's property now belongs to the imperial court. Tell them that they can escape, but they are not allowed to take anything with them. Anyone who disobeys this order will be put to death."

Xu Weiyi's forehead was sweating, and he nodded quickly: "Yes, I understand."

"Yes." Jiang Xuan nodded and said, "After reading the notice, send people to guard the gate of Qingcheng Sect and carefully check all those who come down the mountain."

"Yes, I will take your orders."

Xu Weiyi bowed respectfully, then quickly turned around to do it.

……

Qingcheng Mountain.

The forests are lush and green all year round, and the mountain is surrounded by peaks, resembling a city wall, which is why it is named Qingcheng Mountain.

The Taoist temple built by the Qingcheng Sect on Qingcheng Mountain is called Songfeng Temple. From a distance, it looks magnificent and majestic, with both the solemnity and majesty of Taoism and a hint of luxury.

But everyone in the temple was feeling very uneasy at this moment.

Because they haven't contacted the leader Yu Canghai for more than half a month, and there has been no news from Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

This is very wrong.

They suspected that something might have happened to the leader, but they had no evidence to prove it.

Therefore, in the past few days, everyone has been leaderless and worried. They can't even concentrate on their normal daily practice, and always feel that something is going to happen.

And today, what they worried about finally happened.

Upon hearing that someone had arrived from the Guan County government office, the Qingcheng Sect dared not neglect the matter. Taoist Master Jingxu, the elder now in charge of the temple's affairs, hurried to the main hall to greet him and politely inquired, "I wonder what brings you to Songfeng Temple, sir?"

"..."

For a moment.

After reading the notice, the Dianshi glanced arrogantly at the pale-faced people of Qingcheng and said, "Everyone, if you want to blame someone, blame your leader for being so blind as to dare to murder the Jinyiwei. Now that the notice has been issued, you'd better run for your lives."

"I would like to advise you that the officer here on this mission is a captain of the Imperial Guards in the capital. Please do not make any mistakes!"

After saying this, the Dianshi waved his hand and led his men out of the temple, ordering: "Encircle Songfeng Temple. This Qingcheng Mountain will belong to the imperial court from now on. Anyone who leaves the mountain must be carefully inspected and no one is allowed to take anything away!"

"Yes!"

A group of yamen runners quickly dispersed and guarded the exits of Songfeng Temple.

At this time, there was deathly silence in the main hall of Songfeng Temple.

Everyone's face turned pale, unable to believe what they heard.

"how so?!"

After a long moment, a disciple uttered in disbelief, "Is the Sect Master dead?"

"How dare the Sect Leader kill the Jinyiwei?"

"How dare he?!"

"It's over!"

"Our Qingcheng Sect is finished!"

Everyone looked desperate.

If he killed an ordinary yamen runner, perhaps he could use some connections and maybe be saved.

But no one expected that the leader would dare to kill the Jinyiwei.

Now that the Jinyiwei from the capital have come in person, how can they resist?
Taoist Master Jingxu also had a pale face. Facing the gazes of his disciples, he didn't know what to do.

"Ugh……"

At this moment, a sigh sounded.

Everyone looked back and immediately perked up. They quickly bowed and asked, "Elder Xushan, you're here? Please tell me, what should we do now?"

Taoist Master Jingxu looked back, moved his mouth and called out "Senior Brother".

Taoist Priest Xushan sighed and said, "I knew that Senior Brother's obsession was too deep and would eventually harm the Qingcheng Sect. Now, retribution has indeed come."

"Our Qingcheng Sect was ultimately destroyed by him. How will I have the face to face our ancestors after a hundred years?"

Everyone looked sad.

One disciple gritted his teeth and said, "At worst, we'll just fight them!"

"That's right!"

"Whether to kill someone or not, isn't it up to them? I don't think Master would do such a thing!"

"I also believe in Master. Maybe Master is not dead after all..."

For a moment, the crowd was excited and talked a lot.

"enough!"

Taoist Priest Xushan suddenly shouted, interrupting everyone's discussion. He then shook his head and sighed, saying, "Everyone, run down the mountain for your lives. Our Qingcheng Sect can no longer survive this disaster. There's no need to sacrifice your lives in vain."

"Brother!"

Taoist Jingxu shuddered, looked at Taoist Xushan, gritted his teeth, and said, "Is this really the only way?"

"The imperial court is acting so tyrannically. Why don't we send out a call for heroes, inviting fellow martial artists from all factions to seek justice for our Qingcheng Sect?"

Taoist Priest Xushan shook his head and sighed, "Junior Brother Jingxu, my Qingcheng Sect has many taboos in the martial arts world. We absolutely cannot touch them."

"Over the years, the imperial court and the martial arts world have not interfered with each other. The imperial court will not target our Qingcheng Sect without reason."

"Since the imperial court has come with such fanfare this time, they must have a legitimate reason and have solid evidence. Under such circumstances, even if we ask for help from the various factions, no one will take the risk and come to our rescue."

"The imperial court is weak, not as strong as it once was, but it is not something that any faction can contend with."

"This... is what happens when you don't follow the rules!"

At the end of his speech, Taoist Priest Xushan sighed again.

Taoist Jingxu's figure swayed, his face pale: "Brother, don't you want to give it a try?"

"No need."

Taoist Priest Xushan shook his head, sighed, and turned to leave.

"Brother!"

Taoist Master Jingxu suddenly shouted, "What about you? Aren't you leaving?"

Taoist Master Xushan paused, and after a moment of silence, he said, "I will live and die with Songfeng Temple."

……

As soon as the notice from the Guan County government was issued, it quickly caused an uproar in the city.

The Qingcheng Sect has been passed down for more than two hundred years and is the undisputed leader of the martial arts world near Qingcheng Mountain.

Who would have thought that now, they would offend the imperial court and end up with the destruction of their entire family?

That Sect Leader Yu is really confused!

For a time, countless people were filled with emotion.

As the news spread, some surrounding underworld forces also learned about it.

But in the end, the result was just as Taoist Master Xushan said, no one chose to stand up for the Qingcheng Sect.

They all remained silent, pretending not to know.

If the imperial court abuses its power to bully others, they will certainly unite and rise up in resistance.

But in this matter, it was the Qingcheng Sect that broke the rules first.

The news that Yu Canghai was trying to steal the Lin family's Sword Manual of Exorcism had already spread at the Hengshan School's Liu Zhengfeng's retirement ceremony a few days ago.

All the major sects knew about this. But they didn't expect that this guy would not only kill the entire Fuwei Escort Agency for a sword manual, but also dare to kill people to silence them, even daring to kill the Jinyiwei.

Go ahead and kill me, but you haven't been able to cover it up and have been discovered.

It is said that the bodies of the Jinyiwei, Yu Canghai and others are now on their way to the capital.

There are witnesses and evidence everywhere, there is no way to clear one's name.

Now the imperial court wants to destroy the Qingcheng Sect under the pretext of handling it according to the law, which is reasonable and logical.

If they intervene, wouldn't they become Yu Canghai's accomplices?

When the imperial army arrives, who can stop those thousands of soldiers?

Those who practice martial arts are not invincible.

Therefore, no one dared to take the risk.

And on the Qingcheng Sect's side.

As the news spread, no one dared to come to help, and the people of Qingcheng gradually became desperate.

On the morning of the third day, some disciples finally began to come down the mountain.

Some of them even tried to take advantage of the situation by hiding secret manuals or money and bringing them down the mountain, but they were all discovered by the yamen runners stationed there.

They were not allowed to take anything away except the clothes they were wearing.

This was the order from the captain from the capital, and no one dared to disobey.

Although the people of Qingcheng were filled with grief and anger, they did not dare to disobey, and in the end they all did as they were told.

Soon, the entire Songfeng Temple was deserted.

The attic, which was once bustling with activity, has now become extremely deserted.

And time finally came to the fourth day.

Jiang Xuan and his two companions set out from the county government office, three people and three horses, without any guards.

Wanderingly.

We hurried on our way while watching the scenery on the mountain.

By noon, the three finally arrived at the entrance of Songfeng Temple.

The yamen runner guarding the mountain gate hurried forward to pay his respects.

Jiang Xuan waved his hand and asked casually, "Is everyone gone?"

The leading official said respectfully, "Your Excellency, most of them have left, and only the last one has remained until now."

Jiang Xuan raised his eyebrows, slightly surprised: "Is there really such a stubborn person?"

"Go in and have a look."

Jiang Xuan was the first to walk into Songfeng Temple.

Everyone quickly followed.

When I arrived at the entrance of the main hall, I saw that the Taoist temple was empty, with only one person sitting outside the main hall.

He was dressed in a black Taoist robe and looked to be about thirty-five or thirty-six years old. He had an immortal look and indeed looked like a Taoist practitioner.

The Taoist priest held a long sword and sat calmly on the steps in front of the hall.

After Jiang Xuan and the others arrived, he stood up and bowed, saying, "I am Taoist Xushan of the Qingcheng Sect. Nice to meet you all."

Taoist Xushan?

Jiang Xuan's eyes flashed, and he vaguely felt that the name sounded familiar.

He soon remembered that in "The Knight-errant", there seemed to be a Taoist priest named Xushan, who was the leader of the Qingcheng Sect.

In the original drama, after receiving the order to reward the good and punish the evil from the Island of Knights, Taoist Xushan used his profound internal strength to melt the two copper plates into two pieces of scrap copper, demonstrating his profound martial arts.

Unfortunately, in the end, he died at the hands of the two young messengers who rewarded the good and punished the evil.

I wonder if they have the same name, or if the person in front of me is the Taoist priest Xushan?

However, being able to defend the Qingcheng Sect alone does show that he is courageous.

Jiang Xuan looked at Taoist Xushan and said calmly, "Why don't you leave?"

Taoist Priest Xushan smiled slightly and said, "I grew up in Songfeng Temple. If I leave here, I don't know where to go. It's better to finish my life and die here. Perhaps this is the best destination."

Jiang Xuan nodded and said, "It seems you still want to struggle."

"I don't dare."

Taoist Xushan shook his head and looked at Jiang Xuan, saying, "I heard that my senior brother died at your hands. Although I am not very talented, I would like to challenge you with my years of training. This way, when I finally die, I can give you an explanation."

As he spoke, he drew his long sword, held it upright behind him, and bowed with one palm: "I still ask for your blessing, sir, to see me off on this final journey."

Jiang Xuan nodded slightly and said, "I respect you as a person of character and can fulfill your wish. Come on."

Taoist Priest Xushan nodded and said, "Thank you, sir."

After saying that, the sword flashed, and Taoist Xushan's figure was as fast as lightning. His whole body seemed to turn into a sword light and stabbed towards Jiang Xuan.

Jiang Xuan stood still.

It was not until the sword light approached him that he suddenly drew his sword and swept it out.

sigh~
The swords flashed and their energy collided. Jiang Xuan slowly put away his sword and said calmly, "Although your skills are not as good as Yu Canghai's, your swordsmanship is not bad and is not inferior to his."

"It's a pity that he is the leader of Qingcheng."

"And if you do something wrong, you have to pay the price."

Taoist Master Xushan paused, a wry smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he shook his head and said, "Your Excellency is right. If you do something wrong, you must pay the price."

"My poor senior brother deserved his death, sir, your swordsmanship is excellent..."

As soon as he finished speaking, a blood mark bloomed from his neck.

Taoist Priest Xushan coughed lightly and slowly fell to the ground without any struggle. He closed his eyes and waited for death to come.

Jiang Xuan shook his head, walked over his body, and said, "Take away everything that can be moved."

"Yes!" The yamen runners immediately took action.

Jiang Xuan took Xu Longqing and Lin Pingzhi and went straight to the library of Songfeng Temple.

The Qingcheng Sect has been established for over two hundred years. Although this generation is lacking in talent and no master-level figures have emerged, its foundation is still good.

The various books and secret manuals in the library are also well preserved.

The people from Qingcheng Sect did not deliberately burn it before leaving.

I think they should also know what Jiang Xuan wants, and this is also part of the reason why he gave them time to escape.

If they really dared to burn these things before leaving, then everyone related to the Qingcheng Sect would have to die.

Jiang Xuan looked through them one by one and soon found the place where the Qingcheng Sect kept the martial arts secrets.

Among them are Yu Canghai's famous skills, Crane's Lie in the Nine Skies Magical Art, Songfeng Sword Technique, Destroying Heart Palm, etc., all of which are first-class martial arts.

In addition, there are several unique skills that have appeared in other movies, TV shows and novels.

Such as Xuanmen Gangqi, Tianluobu, Tiangang Palm, Tiandun Sword, etc., the grades are not low.

The sword used by Taoist Xushan just now is the Tiandun Sword, which is as famous as the Songfeng Sword Technique and is of the same first-class level.

"With so many first-rate martial arts available, if one cultivates them diligently until they reach perfection, one can become a top-tier expert sooner or later. Why would one covet a eunuch sword technique..."

Jiang Xuan shook his head.

However, he also understood that not everyone had excellent talent for martial arts, and not everyone had a system panel like him.

The higher the grade of martial arts, the harder it is to master.

Take the Songfeng sword technique for example. Yu Canghai practiced it for decades, but he only barely achieved great success. He hasn't even reached perfection, let alone mastered the sword moves.

In this situation, even if you distract yourself to practice a few more martial arts, it will not increase your strength much.

Because if you can't win a fight with someone even with your highly-developed Songfeng swordsmanship, what's the point of learning another highly-developed swordsmanship?

Unless the other sword technique you change to happens to restrain your opponent.

Otherwise, it is better to specialize in one skill. After practicing to perfection or developing a style, swordsmanship is no longer restricted by moves, and any swordsmanship can be used with ease. Even if it has not reached perfection, with the blessing of sword style, the power can be doubled.

Moreover, after mastering one sword technique, practicing other sword techniques will be twice as effective with half the effort.

Otherwise it's a waste of time.

As for Yu Canghai, he simply wanted to take a shortcut.

After his internal strength and swordsmanship reached a bottleneck and he was unable to break through, he thought of the Sword Manual of Exorcism that had defeated his master in the past. He thought that the Sword Manual of Exorcism was some advanced and quick-learning swordsmanship, and wanted to use it to break the bottleneck of his strength.

Of course, this is not his fault.

The Sword Manual of Exorcism is an internal sword technique. As long as one has the determination to castrate himself, and then practices it and uses it with internal force, it will indeed be extremely powerful.

This kind of martial arts that cultivates both internal and external strength is rare in the world.

But this sword technique also has its shortcomings, that is, it is impossible to practice sword momentum, and the limit is perfection.

Speaking of which, the Three Talents Sword that Jiang Xuan had obtained before was also an internal sword. In terms of grade alone, it was definitely not inferior to the Sword Manual of Exorcism.

After all, in the original novel "Legend of the Condor Heroes", Tang Pei, with the help of this sword technique, after mastering it, won the title of "Ganlin Blessing Seven Provinces" and became famous in the martial arts world.

It can be seen that this sword technique is also not weak.

It’s just that Jiang Xuan was not interested in swordsmanship, and he didn’t want to waste time practicing this kind of swordsmanship that couldn’t produce sword moves, so he never practiced it.

But now that he has accepted Lin Pingzhi as his disciple, and Lin Pingzhi also happens to be a swordsman, he can pass on this sword technique to him.

So that he wouldn't always be thinking about the Sword Manual of Exorcism.

(End of this chapter)