The Great Martial Arts World: Hot Topics and Great Heroes

If Chu Luren ruins things again, in Shenhou's mind, Chu Luren will be one step closer to being labeled an "obstacle"... He should still back down.

He wasn't too afraid of a mere Divine Marquis Chu Luren. The world was so vast; could Chu Luren really chase after him and kill him?

However, the Dragon Guard Manor, which controls intelligence from both the court and the public, the Number One Manor in the world, which guides public opinion in the martial arts world, Shen Wansan, the richest man in Jiangnan whose gold and silver can block the Yangtze River, and countless martial arts spies, whether open or covert... if all of these were to target a single person, even the people of Chulu would not have the confidence to withstand it.

Lu Chengfeng then said, "To be honest, the secret envoy of Wu Sangui that I captured at Guiyun Manor this time is none other than his son, Wu Kang. This person..." As Lu Chengfeng spoke, he glanced at Huang Rong out of the corner of his eye and found that she was completely unmoved. So he wisely changed the subject of Chu Luren's guarantee of this person's life and said directly, "This person is related to the Black Wind Duo. I received this before and originally wanted to use him to lure those two people into a trap."

"The Black Wind Duo?" Ke Zhen'e sensed something.

The other five siblings also stood up...

"Wu Kang?" Guo Jing also noticed something, but his masters ignored him.

The Seven Heroes of Jiangnan and the Black Wind Duo were sworn enemies. Ke Zhen'e's biological brother, Ke Bixie, and Zhang Asheng, the fifth of the Seven Heroes, died at the hands of the Black Wind Duo!

"Mei Chaofeng is coming? Big brother, why don't we wait with Master Lu? After we kill that villain and avenge Fifth Brother, we can secretly release Wu Kang!" Seventh Sister Han Xiaoying said hatefully.

They naturally knew that the "Black Wind Duo" couldn't possibly come; at most, only Mei Chaofeng could come, because the Seven Freaks and the Duo had fought once in the desert, and Chen Xuanfeng had already died.

“That’s right, don’t worry, Master Lu. Chen Xuanfeng is dead, and Mei Chaofeng has had her eyesight crippled just like mine. If we attack together, she will only be able to be executed!” Ke Zhen’e was still worried that Lu Chengfeng lacked confidence.

"Chen... is dead?" Lu Chengfeng was stunned upon hearing this, a feeling of disorientation and déjà vu lingering in his heart.

"This... let's forget it. Since there's only one woman left, let's just consider her pitiful... don't delay important matters!" Upon seeing this situation, Lu Chengfeng didn't want to dwell on past grievances anymore, and his expression was still somewhat dazed.

Just then, Chu Luren heard a loud voice above him, clearly from Mei Chaofeng on the roof, who couldn't stand such talk anymore.

Chu Luren and Huang Yaoshi quickly hid, so that when the people below who heard the sound looked up, they couldn't see themselves.

Moreover, Mei Chaofeng no longer hid. She directly shattered the tiles and used her lightness skill to float down from the roof, instantly attracting everyone's attention.

"What a joke! Lu Chengfeng, when have I ever needed your pity? The Seven Heroes of Jiangnan, well done, well done! Let's settle all our old and new scores together!" Mei Chaofeng's eyes were closed, but she had long since developed the ability to locate sounds.

At this moment, Mei Chaofeng was still beautiful, but there was a hint of hardship in her eyes, and her eyes were closed. She looked eerie just standing there.

Clearly, while he has a foundation in internal martial arts, he has gone astray...

"Mei, Senior Sister Mei? What happened to your eyes? Senior Brother Chen... is he really dead?" Lu Chengfeng was overwhelmed with mixed feelings upon seeing his old friend again after twenty years.

"Heh, so what? I'm blind, are you blind too? Your Senior Brother Chen has been murdered, are you satisfied now?" Mei Chaofeng mocked.

"I..." Although Lu Chengfeng did not regret having repeatedly arranged for people to ambush and kill them in the past, he could not say he was "satisfied" when he suddenly heard that Chen Xuanfeng was dead.

The Seven Heroes of Jiangnan were surprised to hear how the two addressed each other, but they could also tell that there was indeed a grudge between the senior and junior disciples.

Ke Zhen'e shook the iron staff in his hand and said angrily, "Mei Chaofeng! In the battle of the desolate mountain back then, you only knew that your husband died, but did you know that my fifth brother also died?"

"Back then, considering your husband's death and your blindness, we promised Master Ma Yu we wouldn't seek revenge. But now it seems... Heaven won't allow us Seven Freaks to coexist with you, Mei Chaofeng! Let's settle this today!"

"Masters, let me try her out first!" Guo Jing knew that Mei Chaofeng's moves were ruthless and did not want his six masters to take risks.

Seeing this, Lu Chengfeng quickly interjected, "Everyone, please listen to me... In my opinion, since both sides have lost loved ones, and today is at Guiyun Manor, why don't we... give me some face and decide the winner without deciding life or death?"

Moreover, while it's customary for the Seven Heroes of Jiangnan to fight seven against one, it's ultimately not very fair. I think it would be better for this Brother Guo to try it out with my Senior Sister Mei first!

Lu Chengfeng completely forgot the way he had saved face for the Seven Heroes of Jiangnan when Qiu was still around...

Chapter 315 It must be because my senior sister is so beautiful

The Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms!

Chu Luren never expected that Guo Jing would actually learn the Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms, and... this was the "Ancient Subduing Dragon Palms," taught by the great hero Guo.

Below, Guo Jing and Mei Chaofeng exchanged dozens of blows, and Guo Jing actually gained the upper hand – his strength was much greater than when they met in Luoyang!

The protagonist's rise from third-rate to second-rate was so remarkable that Chu Luren couldn't help but marvel at his incredible luck, realizing that people like himself who work hard and make a down-to-earth effort are becoming increasingly rare.

Of course, Mei Chaofeng's strength was actually approaching that of a first-class practitioner, but... on the one hand, her haphazard practice of the Nine Yin White Bone Claw lacked staying power, and on the other hand, and more importantly—she was blind!

Although she has become accustomed to identifying locations by sound over the years, just like Duan Yanqing, even if he created the Soul-Chasing Staff Technique and the Meridian-Deficient Qigong, the limitation of his disability on his strength is still extremely significant.

Especially upon hearing the resounding roars of true energy, Chu Luren couldn't help but suspect that this martial art had an additional advantage against blind people...

The two fought their way from inside the house to outside, and everyone quickly followed. Chu Luren and Huang Yaoshi also followed behind, quietly hiding to the side.

However, in just a few moves, Mei Chaofeng was injured by Guo Jing's Dragon Subduing Palm. But before she could finish, she grabbed Guo Jing's arm, and the poison immediately entered her body—Mei Chaofeng had cultivated the Nine Yin White Bone Claw into a poisonous claw...

Upon seeing this, the Seven Monsters were immediately alarmed. Ignoring Lu Chengfeng's previous advice, they rushed forward. Mei Chaofeng managed to hold on with all her might, but the second brother, Zhu Cong, stole the antidote and a human skin from her body!

"Brother, save Jing'er first!" Zhu Cong said hurriedly.

Ke Zhen'e usually dealt with poisons and hidden weapons. After identifying them as antidotes, he gave them to Guo Jing for internal and external use. As for the "cloth," Zhu Cong didn't take it seriously and simply stuffed it into Guo Jing's arms along with the antidote.

Mei Chaofeng then realized that her antidote was gone, and more importantly... the scriptures were gone!

“The scriptures…where are my scriptures?” Mei Chaofeng asked anxiously.

"Hey, hey, don't talk nonsense. I only took the antidote, not any scriptures." Zhu Cong was indeed not lying. He didn't know what the tattered cloth was, he just thought it was for wrapping the antidote.

Bullying a blind old woman is not a glorious thing to do, but in order to get the antidote, he didn't care about that. However, he felt ashamed to steal a blind man's secret manual.

Jiang Biehe, however, seemed to realize something and glanced at Guo Jing's arms.

“Scriptures… thief… my thief…” Mei Chaofeng, as if possessed, lay on the ground groping around without any regard for her image.

Seeing this, the Seven Freaks couldn't help but feel a pang of sorrow—although their own brothers had died at her hands, just as Lu Chengfeng and Ma Yu had said when they tried to persuade her, Mei Chaofeng's husband was also dead and she was blind.

As for Ke Bixie?

Back then, Ke Bixie certainly didn't covet the scriptures, but those who pursued the Black Wind Duo were probably less than half truly driven by a sense of justice. As for whether the Black Wind Duo went berserk first, or someone else willingly committed suicide, no one could say for sure, and nobody cared. It was nothing more than a matter of江湖恩怨 (jianghu grudges) and fighting...

Seeing that Mei Chaofeng was all alone, both insane and blind, they decided not to take any further action.

"Senior Sister Mei, there's nothing on the ground..." Lu Chengfeng couldn't help but remind her.

"If you don't leave the scriptures here today, none of you will live!" Mei Chaofeng had lost her composure and was still going to forcefully attack.

However, Guo Jing had already recovered. Seeing this, he stepped forward and parried a few moves, then advised, "Senior Mei, my masters don't want to make things difficult for you today... Why don't we call it a day?"

Mei Chaofeng ignored this advice, launching one attack after another. While her movements appeared powerful, they were actually chaotic and less effective than before…

However, when Mei Chaofeng was really struggling to hold on, Huang Yaoshi began to secretly "point the way with stones"—marking Guo Jing's location with stones!

In this way, Mei Chaofeng quickly turned the tide. However, others were not blind. Although it was just a small pebble, and it was getting late and the moon was already out, it was eventually noticed by others after a while.

"Jing'er, be careful! Someone is throwing stones to indicate the way!" Even the blind man Ke could hear it.

Huang Rong then said with a stern face, "Hmph, my senior sister is beautiful and charming, so naturally she has people helping her... What? Just because she's blind, does that mean she deserves to be bullied?"

Huang Rong was speaking up for Mei Chaofeng on one hand, but on the other hand, she was being sarcastic and sarcastic—in her opinion, it was clearly Chu Luren who was secretly helping her!

Although I knew Chu Luren probably didn't have those kinds of thoughts, I still acted sarcastic and sarcastic as usual, but...

Chu Luren: ? ? ?

Why did you suddenly attack your dad?

There's still no concrete evidence of your dad's affair with Mei Chaofeng!

Why did you "open fire"?

Look at Huang Yaoshi's old face, even the mask can't hide its blackening...

For a moment, Huang Yaoshi was caught in a dilemma, unsure whether to throw the pebble or not. He could only glare at Chu Luren—when did my daughter become so gossipy? Did she learn it from you, kid?

It's not surprising that Huang Rong misunderstood, since in her memory only Chu Luren was hiding in the shadows, and the way he threw the stones did indeed have some of the "finger flicking magic" feel to it.

Fortunately, Mei Chaofeng stopped after hearing Huang Rong's words, and Guo Jing, being an honest man, didn't press the matter since a blind woman had voluntarily stopped.

"You called me Senior Sister? Who are you? Are you Master's new disciple?" Mei Chaofeng asked, trying to pinpoint Huang Rong's location.

"Senior Sister Mei, this is our mentor's daughter!" Lu Chengfeng said hurriedly.

“Daughter? It’s you… That’s right… You must be this old by now.” Mei Chaofeng remembered that before she and Chen Xuanfeng fled to the desert, they had secretly returned to Peach Blossom Island once. At that time, they met a little girl who had just turned one year old and called Huang Yaoshi “Daddy”.

Chu Luren can't see anything wrong with the other settings, but at least in terms of the timeline, it's more in line with the revised version.

Otherwise, considering that Mei Chaofeng left the island not long before Huang Rong was born, and that Ke Zhen'e was blinded by the Black Wind Duo in his "early years," Guo Jing should conservatively call her "Aunt Rong"...

However, in the current timeline, Ke Zhen'e went blind in an accident in his early years, and the Seven Freaks had been searching for Guo Jing for two years when Ke Bixie was killed by the Black Wind Duo. Chen and Mei returned to the island several years after leaving, and met Huang Rong when she was one year old.

"Master... how is he?" Mei Chaofeng didn't even care about the fight or the enemy in front of her, and asked Huang Rong about Huang Yaoshi's condition.

"At least I haven't died of anger yet!" Huang Yaoshi appeared at this moment.

This old show-off didn't just walk out of the grassy area; instead, he circled around, went to the rooftop first, and then descended from the sky under the moonlight...

"Master!" Lu Chengfeng and Mei Chaofeng exclaimed at the same time.

The former is simply anticipation and longing, while the latter also contains deep guilt and unease.

"Father? What brings you here?" Huang Rong was surprised to find her father there as well.

Huang Yaoshi listened to Huang Rong's tone, which didn't seem to indicate that she already knew he was nearby, and he wondered to himself—so she didn't know it was me? Then why was she suddenly being sarcastic towards me?

In a flash, Huang Yaoshi realized that they were talking about that kid. Thinking about how he had lost his composure, his old face flushed. However, no one could see his awkwardness. They could only see him standing there with his upright posture, deliberately exuding his aura as deep as an abyss.

"Hmph, I can go wherever I want!" Huang Yaoshi had nowhere to vent his anger.

“Master…” Lu Chengfeng hurriedly had himself taken off the sedan chair and bowed to Huang Yaoshi.

Upon seeing Lu Chengfeng, Huang Yaoshi didn't look at him directly, but he must have felt guilty. He stopped throwing a tantrum and said gently, "Chengfeng, you're very good... Get up."

Before Lu Chengfeng could speak, Huang Rong came over and insisted, "Father, Senior Brother Lu's leg is broken, he can't get up."

Huang Yaoshi: ...

Chapter 316 Huang Rong - Undermining the Stage

Lu Chengfeng realized that his junior sister was speaking up for him, but how could he see his master embarrassed? He quickly changed the subject, saying, "I am relieved to see my master safe and sound!"

Huang Yaoshi felt a tightness in his chest. This unlucky kid, why did he only become more infuriating after coming out? Who taught him all this?

Apprentices are still the best...

In an instant, Lu Chengfeng became more and more pleasing to Huang Yaoshi's eye.

“Chengfeng, is this young man your son? Why don’t you teach him the martial arts of Peach Blossom Island?” Although Huang Yaoshi looked resentful and glanced at him out of the corner of his eye, he was clearly still soft-hearted.

"I've already had my senior brother start teaching his son martial arts," Huang Rong said quickly.

Huang Yaoshi: ...

Lu Chengfeng lowered his head, not daring to speak. After all, one was his master and the other was his master's daughter, so he dared not interrupt at this moment.