My path to immortality began with my posting to guard Dawancun.

Chapter 932 The Arrogant Young Man's Schemes (Three Chapters Combined)

Qinglin Town is the largest market town at the foot of Liuhe Mountain.

As dusk approached, the "Drunken Immortal Pavilion" at the east end of the town had already hung up a "Full" sign.

The shopkeeper stood hunched over at the door, fine beads of sweat glistening on his forehead, smiling obsequiously at each regular customer who came in.

"I'm so sorry, we have very important guests here today, and they've booked the entire place."

These words,
This naturally drew complaints from many regular customers.

The shopkeeper could only apologize repeatedly.

no way,
Those upstairs at this moment are all important figures in the martial arts world!

To know,
As a town built at the foot of Liuhe Mountain,

Liu Zhenshan, the leader of the Liuhe Sect, is practically the god of Qinglin Town!
However, at this moment,
Those gathered upstairs are at the same level of strength as Liu Zhenshan in the martial arts world, and there is more than one of them!
Faced with such a renowned and important figure,
How could a mere manager of Zuixianlou possibly afford to offend him?
He could only keep wiping the cold sweat from his forehead.

Quietly explain to these regular customers, persuade them to leave, and promise that they will come back in a few days to offer some small apology gifts.

Only then did the regular customers who had gathered around reluctantly leave.

The commotion at the inn's entrance
It did not have a significant impact.

at this time,

Inside a private room on the third floor, seven figures sat around a mahogany round table.

Eight cups of tea were placed on the table, but no one had touched them.

The last rays of the setting sun shone through the carved window lattice, casting a half-light and half-shadow on eight faces with different expressions.

"Hasn't our senior brother arrived yet?"

A burly man with a thick beard and a face full of scars impatiently tapped the table, the pair of gilded maces at his waist making a dull thud with each movement.

“I said that Liu Zhenshan is just a top-tier peak cultivator. He might not be able to defeat any one of the eight of us without a fight. It would only take two or three of us to join forces and kill him silently.”

"With Liu Zhenshan dead, the Liuhe Sect naturally has no ability to resist and can only obediently follow orders."

"Why let it keep jumping around here, to the point that this accident has now occurred?"

The bearded man muttered some complaints.

In his opinion,

The small Liuhe Sect only has one powerful member, Liu Zhenshan.

However, he was merely at the peak of the first-rate level, the same strength level as himself.

Even if he were to fight against him, he might not necessarily lose to Liu Zhenshan!
There are seven other members of the Chongyang Sect with similar strength to him!
Not to mention,

The sect leader, who is at the Innate Grandmaster level, and the two Supreme Elders are currently above!

these years,

The bearded man was somewhat displeased.

How dare the Liuhe Sect, so weak and easily destroyed, run amok?

"In my opinion, if our eldest brother comes quickly, and all of us brothers work together, we can easily crush the Six Harmonies Sect!"

"If you have absolute strength, what's the point of resorting to all those underhanded schemes!"

"What's your rush!"

But at this moment,

The man opposite, dressed as a scholar in white, lightly waved his folding fan. The four large vermilion characters "上善若水" (The highest virtue is like water) on the fan's surface were particularly striking.
He shook his head and said calmly.

"If the senior brother was summoned by the sect leader, there must be something important to tell him."

"Furthermore, the sect leader has always been a master strategist, and what he sees and thinks is beyond our imagination. It is precisely because of this vision that he has led our Chongyang Sect to grow to where it is today. Just follow his orders with peace of mind."

"Otherwise, are you expecting us to listen to you?"

"Haha, that works! But if Yuanba is in command, then you don't need to count me in!"

"I remember last time we wiped out the Four Great Bandits, Yuanba, you were leading the way, and you ended up taking all our fellow disciples to wander around in the mountains for six or seven days, right?!"

"You're talking nonsense. Don't let Yuanba's tall stature and seemingly dull appearance fool you; he's actually very meticulous."

"So meticulous that you lead people astray, huh! Haha!"

Faced with the teasing of his fellow disciples, Xiong Yuanba, one of the Eight Great Protectors, blushed deeply. He muttered, "Was that getting lost?" He didn't mean where he was lost. He was leading his fellow disciples to wipe out the Four Great Bandits who had fled. Didn't he bring back the heads of two of the Four Great Bandits' men? He kept saying that he was very clever and that they shouldn't try to fool him.

For a while,
The entire private room was filled with cheerful laughter.

However, Xiong Yuanba did not say anything more.

This is also true.
Over the years, the Chongyang Sect has flourished under the leadership of its senior brother, Peng Zhiguang.

After ten years of effort, the Chongyang Sect has dismantled two other major factions within the Five Sects Alliance. With the merger of the sects imminent, the Chongyang Sect is poised to reach unprecedented heights and may one day be able to rival top martial arts forces like the Shaolin Temple and the Celestial Master's Mansion.

Such means,

Such an achievement

This naturally convinced everyone in the Chongyang faction!
Just at this time,

The door to the private room suddenly opened silently.

A thin, middle-aged man strolled in. His gray cloth robe was inconspicuous, but the black jade thumb ring on his right thumb made all seven people present stand up at the same time.

"Big Brother!"

The middle-aged man who entered was none other than Mo Huaishan, the leader of the Eight Great Protectors of Chongyang!
"Senior Brother, how is it? Did the Sect Leader give any instructions?"

"With our strength, dealing with Liu Zhenshan shouldn't be too difficult, right? Why don't we just march up the mountain and take care of Liu Zhenshan, then we can settle things once and for all?"

"Anyway, as long as it becomes a fait accompli, outsiders can't say anything about it."

Inside the private room,

People started to speak up.

Mo Huaishan raised his hand and waved it.

"All sit down."

Between talking,

He also sat in the first seat.

Seeing that his fellow disciples had all sat down, Mo Huaishan pondered for a moment.
He gestured for Mu Qianliu, the white-robed scholar who ranked third among the Eight Great Protectors, to check the surroundings. Only after confirming that no one was eavesdropping did he speak:

"The situation is a bit complicated."

"According to our original plan, we would mobilize the bandits and thieves we controlled, as well as some of the forces of the Sun Moon Demon Sect that we secretly contacted, to attack the outer martial arts schools and escort agencies of the Six Harmonies Sect, kill their outlying disciples, force Liu Zhenshan down the mountain, and then deal with him in the wild."

"But not long ago, the sect leader received more detailed information."

"According to detailed intelligence from our inside agents, a few days ago, a distinguished guest followed Liu Ruyin to Liuhe Mountain. Liu Zhenshan received the guest with great respect. Afterwards, Liu Zhenshan took the guest to the forbidden area behind the mountain and had him stay there, preventing the disciples of the Liuhe Sect from having any contact with him. Fortunately, the agents within Liuhe Mountain were quite capable. They managed to meet the distinguished guest by delivering food and finally confirmed his identity."

"That distinguished guest from the Six Harmonies Sect is none other than the madman Shen Changchuan, who not long ago committed a major act that shook the entire martial arts world!"

As soon as this word comes out,
The surroundings fell silent in an instant.

The name Shen Changchuan, the madman youth, was naturally familiar to them, as seasoned veterans of the underworld.

In fact, it has become a household name recently!
As the largest gang in the world, the Beggars' Clan can be said to be above even its leader, Guo Jianglong. There are only four Nine-Bag Elders, who hold positions of great power and influence.

Each one of them is a seasoned master of innate cultivation, with unfathomable strength!
But such a great figure was ultimately defeated head-on by a boy who looked no more than ten years old in a small town called Sanjiang!

Such news,

Naturally, it spread like wildfire throughout the world in a very short time!
What's more, the Beggars' Sect was also involved, fanning the flames from behind, causing a great stir throughout the martial arts world in a short period of time.

As a result, Shen Changchuan was given the nickname of a mad young bandit by many people in the martial arts world!

For them, such a person is definitely a big shot!

After all, those eight people were only at the peak of the first-class level.

The distance from Lu Changhe, the nine-bag elder of the Beggars' Sect,

There is still an extremely long distance between them.

Shen Changchuan, who was able to kill Lu Changhe,

He must possess the strength of a Grandmaster!
For a time,

The gazes of those around him shifted uncertainly.

Once everyone quieted down,
Mo Huaishan then slowly continued speaking:

"After receiving the news, the sect leader collected more clues and guessed that the celestial phenomena on Mount Liuhe that day should be the strange phenomenon caused by that madman youth breaking through to the Innate Grandmaster level!"

"Our sect leader suspects that the brat named Shen Changchuan may very well possess an unknown, world-shaking divine martial arts manual!"

"The inheritance of such divine skills and treasures may even point directly to the supreme grandmaster, or even to the existence of shattering and ascending!"

"Otherwise, it would have been impossible for him to kill Lu Changhe, a senior innate grandmaster, with only a first-rate peak level, and even cause such a huge celestial phenomenon on Liuhe Mountain!"

Between talking,

A strange glint flashed in Mo Huaishan's somewhat sinister eyes.

In fact,
This is not just Peng Zhiguang's opinion.

In the martial arts world, many people believe this to be true, speculating that the brat named Shen Changchuan possesses an amazing divine skill manual!
Otherwise, how could someone so young, and at only the peak of the first-class level, have managed to kill Elder Lu Changhe, who was of a higher level?

The turmoil caused by the Battle of Sanjiang City was so great.
There might be a reason why some martial artists in the Jianghu covet the amazing inheritance that Shen Changchuan possesses!
"so what?"

But at this moment,

The burly Xiong Yuanba suddenly spoke up.

He drew his gilded mace from his waist, swung it in his hand, and the two weapons clashed together with a crisp clang, sparks flying in all directions.
He said with a resentful look:
"I heard that kid is only ten years old. So what if he possesses a divine martial arts manual?"

"Even if he started practicing martial arts from the womb, he would only have accumulated about ten years of skill!"

"If you ask me how strong he can be, I don't believe it at all!"

"In my opinion, the reason he was able to kill Lu Changhe, the nine-bag elder of the Beggars' Sect, was probably because he used other methods. Or rather, he took advantage of Lu Changhe's carelessness and didn't take him seriously, suddenly unleashing his power and catching the latter off guard, thus managing to kill him by sheer luck!"

"If it happened again, and Lu Changhe hadn't been careless, the outcome would definitely have been reversed!" Xiong Yuanba said with a hint of disdain on his face.

Ladies and gentlemen present,
Who among them didn't start practicing martial arts from a young age and then work their way up to where they are today?
The difficulties of cultivating qigong and strengthening one's true qi are all too clear to me!
Even if geniuses could cultivate faster than them,
But everyone has twelve two-hour periods in a day, and it's impossible for a genius to have more time in a day, so no matter how fast they go, they can't be that fast!

"In this martial arts world, what people love most is hearing stories of young people achieving fame, and they love watching inexperienced young heroes defeat the older generation of powerful elders!"

"Because they could never do such a thing, they placed their hopes on others!"

"Put yourself in the shoes of those young heroes who suddenly appeared out of nowhere, roamed the martial world, and stirred up the winds and clouds, and fulfill their past daydreams!"

"That's why whenever a young person makes a name for themselves in the martial arts world, especially when they do something that shakes the entire martial arts world and defeat the older generation of elders, their fame spreads throughout the world in a short period of time!"

"And those who spread rumors, after hearing those stories, will embellish them, adding even more luster to their achievements. In this way, the rumors are exaggerated far beyond what others can imagine!"

Xiong Yuanba spoke eloquently.

They scoffed at the rumors circulating in the martial arts world about the powerful strength of that brat Shen Changchuan.

Who isn't at the top? Who didn't start from their youth?
Everyone has two arms, two eyes, a nose, and a mouth. Does that mean you can be different?
Admittedly,

He also knew that there were geniuses in this world who were different from ordinary people!

Just like the sect leader, even if he spent his whole life trying, he would still find it difficult to reach the sect leader's level!
But the problem is,
Even someone like the sect leader...
He only reached the peak of the first-class level when he was in his twenties, and at that time, his strength was only enough to barely withstand a few dozen moves from a master at the Innate Grandmaster level!

What kind of madman teenager is that?
He has no right to be compared to the sect leader!
That only possibility,
All those rumors and exaggerations in the martial arts world are nothing but falsehoods!

"So what if that brat advances to the Innate Grandmaster level? His age is a fatal flaw, his skill won't be very deep, and his combat experience is probably negligible. With the combined power of the Eight Great Protectors of Chongyang, we can easily trap him to death with the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation!"

Xiong Yuanba held the gilded mace, his face full of confidence.

As his words fell to the ground

The room fell silent for a moment.

next moment,
"Junior Brother Yuanba's words are excellent!"

Red-faced Tiger Zhao Tieshan slammed his fist on the table and stood up abruptly, his beard trembling involuntarily.

"No matter what, that so-called madman youth is nothing but a wet-headed child! When the eight of us surrounded and killed Bloodhand Butcher back then, he was probably still wetting his pants!"

"No matter how talented someone is, there is a limit!"

"Could he possibly be capable of defying common sense and reason?!"

"That's right! I felt a little embarrassed when I first heard about those so-called achievements circulating in the martial arts world."

"If a kid of ten years old could really do that, then he wouldn't be human, he'd be a god!"

Inside the private room,

The other eight bodyguards chimed in in agreement.

The Chongyang Eight Great Protectors, renowned throughout the martial arts world, are a group of middle-aged and young martial arts masters with an average age of over forty.
Before I actually met Shen Changchuan
How could I possibly submit to a mere brat?

this moment,
Some of them even felt a strong urge to fight Shen Changchuan!
"All right!"

Just then, Mo Huaishan clapped his hands, drawing everyone's attention back.

Although the words of others also tempted him somewhat.

Furthermore, he also had some doubts about the widely circulated stories about Shen Changchuan.

One of the most important reasons why he was able to maintain his position as the head of the Eight Great Protectors was that he never acted on his own initiative, but instead obeyed the orders of his senior brother, the sect leader!

"That's true, but we can't be careless. After all, according to the current intelligence, that kid has most likely already advanced to the Innate Grandmaster level."

"In addition to the divine martial arts manuals he possesses, his combat power is far beyond that of ordinary innate grandmasters!"

"Moreover, for us, the most important thing is still the sect leader's mission!"

While Mo Huaishan was speaking,
Everyone quieted down and looked at him.

Mo Huaishan didn't beat around the bush and directly told the others about Peng Zhiguang's plan.

"Our sect leader is going to change the plan. The previous plan to force Liu Zhenshan down the mountain and then ambush him on the way is now scrapped."

"Next, we should do our best to encourage martial arts practitioners in the Jianghu (martial arts world) to come to Liuhe Mountain."

"What the sect leader means is that the so-called mad youth dared to kill Lu Changhe, the Ninth Elder of the righteous path of the martial world. He is a bandit in the martial world, and may even be a spy of the demonic sect!"

"That Liu Zhenshan actually dared to take in such a suspected member of the Demonic Sect and treat him with the courtesy due to an honored guest. This is not the behavior of a leader of a righteous sect in the martial arts world. We should use the righteousness of the martial arts world to force him to step down and use this opportunity to completely eliminate the Liuhe Sect."

"In this way, no one can say it's wrong!"

At this point, a mysterious glint flashed in Mo Huaishan's eyes.

"Of course, taking advantage of the general trend to eliminate the Six Harmonies Faction is only one of the goals of this trip!"

"The most important thing on this trip is to force that so-called madman youth to his death and seize the divine skill he possesses!"

"If we can obtain the divine skill inheritance from him, our sect leader might be able to advance to the Grandmaster realm one day!"

As Mo Huaishan's voice faded,

The breathing of everyone around suddenly became heavy!
Grandmaster level!
It should be known that in the entire martial arts world, there are only seven top masters who are openly recognized as Grandmasters!

If this operation succeeds,

Is the sect leader truly capable of reaching the level of a Grandmaster?

Without a doubt, the Chongyang School is about to reach unprecedented glory!
And each of them will likely be inscribed in the sect's ancestral hall after their deaths.

He will be worshipped day and night by future disciples of the Chongyang Sect!
"Give the order, Senior Brother!"

"As long as we can accomplish our sect leader's great cause, we will not hesitate to go through fire and water, or even be shattered to pieces!"

Xiong Yuanba flared his nostrils, breathed heavily, and stared with eyes as wide as copper bells as he spoke in a muffled voice.

His heart also stirred with excitement at Mo Huaishan's words.
Their complexions were all slightly red!

"Excellent! Senior Brother, please give the order!"

"For the sake of the sect's great cause, why should I hesitate to sacrifice this hundred-odd pounds of flesh and blood!"

"If we can help our sect leader reach the Grandmaster realm, then even dying here would be worth it!"

The other major bodyguards expressed their opinions excitedly.

Even if it means risking everything,
We must capture that so-called madman youth Shen Changchuan; we absolutely cannot let him escape!

"Peace of mind!"

Mo Huaishan raised his hand and pressed down to quiet them down.

"Our sect leader is a man of great loyalty and righteousness; how could he possibly send us to our deaths in vain?!"

"Don't worry, the sect leader and the two elders will be dispatched at the same time, hiding behind us to cover our actions."

"The sect leader and his people are here to help!"

"Good! With our sect leader and two innate elders here, this plan will surely be a piece of cake!"

The others, upon hearing this, also had their eyes light up.
I couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

to be frank,
If they were to face Shen Changchuan, who had broken through to the Innate Grandmaster realm, the eight great protectors of Chongyang wouldn't be too afraid even if they joined forces.

But if the other party is determined to leave...
Even we ourselves would find it difficult to keep them here.

After all, once they catch up, the formation will be difficult to continue forming.

Without a well-formed formation, it would be easy for the enemy to defeat it one by one.

Now, the three innate masters of the Chongyang Sect have mobilized simultaneously.

Then there's absolutely nothing to worry about!

They didn't believe that the so-called madman youth was capable of surviving the combined attack of the sect leader and the two elders.

Everything is stable!

"Before I came here, I had already contacted martial artists from various forces in the surrounding area."

"It's all thanks to the Beggars' Sect's instigation that Shen Changchuan has now become a target of public hatred and hatred."

"As a result, many people were paying attention to the kid's whereabouts and were chasing after him, thinking about whether they could use his head to curry favor with Guo Jianglong, the leader of the Beggars' Sect."

"Otherwise, it won't be so easy to gather enough influential martial arts figures to coerce Liu Zhenshan with righteous indignation!"

"Now, everyone, get plenty of rest. We'll start climbing the mountain in two days!"

As Mo Huaishan finished speaking,

The people around him echoed in agreement.

A glint of light flashed in his eyes.

I can already foresee the scene two days later where everything goes smoothly and successfully!
at the same time,

Liuhe Mountain.

In the courtyard of the forbidden area behind the mountain,

"Mr. Shen, according to the intelligence from down the mountain, the eight great bodyguards of the Chongyang Sect have arrived and are gathered at the Zuixianlou in Qinglin Town."

"We haven't seen any trace of Peng Zhiguang or the two innate elders of the Chongyang Sect yet. Everything seems to be in the hands of the Eight Great Protectors of Chongyang. However, many martial arts figures have been gathering here recently, so the situation is probably not that simple!"

"I have a feeling that all of this is being orchestrated by Peng Zhiguang! And the purpose behind this grand spectacle is probably not limited to the Six Harmonies Sect."

Liu Zhenshan was reporting the situation to Shen Changchuan in front of him.
A hint of worry appeared on his face.

"Why should Sect Leader Liu care? They've come to us of their own accord, isn't that a good thing?"

"That's perfect, it saves me the time and effort of looking for them!"

Shen Changchuan chuckled lightly, closed the Six Harmonies Sect's inherited cultivation manual he was reading, and shook his head slightly.

Let's keep everything as usual.

"I want to see what they can come up with."

"If Peng Zhiguang were to come in person, that would be even better."

(End of this chapter)