Martial Arts Secret Realm: Only I Can Know the Plot?

"Because of the characteristics of the evil faction, they will use any miracle they can think of. Even if they are at the same level, those who use their methods without restraint are always better than those who have restraint," Dong Dahai said.

"We don't know the main forces within the evil faction yet, but he probably doesn't either. He's just afraid that the experts from the four major families will help us, and he's not confident he can defeat them."

"This also means that his strength is at most at the fourth level, which certainly doesn't match the rumors of those at the peak of the fourth level."

"After all, according to the information, the experts from the four major families are probably only at the peak of the fourth realm, so the level of martial arts here is not very high."

Du Ming's eyes lit up: "You mean, he actually joined the righteous path to seek stability?"

Dong Dahai shook his head: "It's not that I'm not confident. It's that I'm cautious. The ferocious tiger has survived until now not because of its strength, but because of its caution."

"Madness is just a cover for him."

Sun Fan nodded in satisfaction.

He interrupted the discussion, saying, "Your analyses are all valid, but you've overlooked one point."

Everyone looked at him.

"The Fierce Tiger chose the four major families not because the evil path was too weak," Sun Fan said, "but because he needed a status."

Du Ming was taken aback: "What's your identity?"

"An identity that can reasonably attack us in the secret realm should, in theory, be easier for the evil path to take action against, since they have no scruples. But that's not the case," Sun Fan said. "Think carefully about the mission hints from before. The four major families are targeting the evil path, so they have a reason to take direct action. But those people in the evil path have no reason to provoke the four major families unless necessary, since they haven't said what their main mission is."

"And since this is a faction-based mission, we can't follow his example and choose one of the four major factions."

Dong Dahai's pupils contracted slightly.

He hadn't considered this aspect.

At this point, Sun Fan suddenly smiled.

"But who said we're going to join the evil camp?"

Everyone was taken aback.

Sun Fan looked at Dong Dahai: "You just said that Fierce Tiger chose the four major families because he didn't want to take any risks. What if we go to a place he wouldn't dare to take risks?"

Dong Dahai frowned: "Is there a third-party force in the secret realm?"

"Yes," Sun Fan said. "Moreover, this force is not affiliated with the four major families or the Blood Blade Sect."

He paused, then said, "A person, a good person."

Du Ming realized what was happening: "You mean... that extraordinary person in prison?"

Sun Fan nodded.

"According to the secret realm's information, there's an extraordinary person imprisoned in the jail, along with that farm boy, Di Yun. These two might also be powerful, neither righteous nor evil. They are independent."

"But isn't the main quest over there a prison break?" Red Wolf exclaimed anxiously, "Fighting the prefect—helping with the prison break is an evil path!"

"Helping someone escape from prison is a heretical path? But what if... the prefect himself is evil?" Sun Fan's lips curled slightly.

Everyone was completely stunned.

Is the prefect evil?

This is something we rarely encounter in previous guides to the secret realm.

It's not their fault.

According to information from the Martial Arts Forum, Sun Fan had previously...

Jin Yong's novels make up more than 80% of the secret realm.

In those worldviews, good people are good people, and bad people are bad people.

They don't have that much complex humanity.

But Liancheng Jue is an exception among Mr. Jin Yong's novels.

Here, there are almost no truly good people for the protagonist.

Even Ding Dian only accepted Di Yun after repeated testing and rigorous "forging".

From Di Yun's perspective.

Perhaps, everyone in the world is a bad person.

This is a world where the lines between good and evil are blurred.

He looked at everyone: "The Fierce Tiger chose the four great families because he thought we would choose the evil path, or be forced to choose the evil path. But he overlooked one possibility—we won't choose any side. We'll go to the prison, contact that extraordinary person and Di Yun, and then—"

He paused, then said, "Let them become our force, not the other way around."

Du Ming was the first to speak, his voice trembling slightly: "Squad leader, do you know what you're saying? That extraordinary person in prison even said in the mission prompt—'Highly likely to lose his life'."

"I know," Sun Fan said, "but I also know what that extraordinary person's name is."

Everyone was taken aback.

Sun Fan looked at them and said, word by word, "His name is Ding Dian."

Nobody has ever heard of this name.

But Sun Fan's next words made everyone hold their breath.

"Ding Dian, known in the martial arts world as the successor of Mei Niansheng, also known as 'Iron Bone Ink Calyx,' was the last villain to see Mei Niansheng. The reason he was imprisoned was not because he couldn't beat the jailers—it was because he himself didn't want to get out."

Du Ming's pupils constricted sharply: "Don't want to go out? Why?"

"Because he's waiting for someone," Sun Fan said, "a woman he loves. He stayed so he could see her flowers every day."

It was so quiet that you could hear your own heartbeat.

Only Dong Dahai, with his hideous scarred face, suddenly revealed a strange expression.

He collected the information.

He was quite certain that the name of the extraordinary man in prison was not among the information he had collected.

Not to mention this touching love story.

Sun Fan had already prepared his explanation.

"Last time I entered the secret realm, I stayed in that world for a long time," he said. "During that time, I heard many stories. Some of these stories are related to these secret realms."

He paused for a moment: "That world and our secret realm may be more deeply connected than we imagine."

This explanation is somewhat far-fetched, but it makes sense.

Everyone knows that time flows differently inside the secret realm than outside. Having spent a long time inside, one can indeed hear many stories that are unheard of outside.

Many researchers of secret realms on the forum have already discovered this.

Although many secret realms are not interconnected, their storylines seem to be interconnected.

Or rather, some secret realms are the history of other secret realms.

Some secret realms are the future of others.

As for why those stories happen to match the plot of this secret realm—that's just Sun Fan's luck.

He's already had one great adventure, so it wouldn't be surprising if he had another.

Red Wolf was the first to react: "You mean, you know how this secret realm's plot unfolds?"

"I have a general idea," Sun Fan said, not giving a definitive answer, "but it's been too long, and I can't remember some of the details. I should have a good grasp of the general direction."

Du Ming pressed further, "Then you're saying that Ding Dian... his internal energy that can bring the dead back to life, is that true?"

Sun Fan looked at him: "Have you ever seen me lie?"

Du Ming fell silent.

Indeed, Sun Fan is a man of few words, but he always does what he says.

From defeating Yan Gaojiang to reaching the top of the first grade, not a single word he said was empty talk.

"I believe in our class monitor," Mu Xue'er was the first to speak up. "Before the last secret realm, everyone thought our class monitor was going to his death. But he came back alive, and with a lot of skills. This time, I believe in him too."

Red Wolf gritted his teeth: "Anyway, I'm going to die. If I choose the evil path, I'll die if I run into the ferocious tiger. If I choose the righteous path, I'll die if I can't even get in. I might as well take a big gamble."

Du Ming hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

Dong Dahai didn't speak, but just looked at Sun Fan, waiting for him to continue.