The Great Martial Arts World: Hot Topics and Great Heroes

Leigu Mountain is located in the Central Plains, only about a hundred miles away from Songshan. For the Chu Lu people to travel from Fujian, it was indeed a "long and arduous journey," but if they had no burdens, it would not have taken seven months.

Therefore, Chu Luren pondered whether he should first go to Wudang to report to Master Zhang... no, to discuss with Master Zhang all matters concerning exposing the martial arts conspiracy of the Southern Heaven Treasure!

If all goes well, Chu Luren can first go to Emei, and after making a big fuss there, he can then travel back to Leigushan by rain or shine. In this way, time will be very tight, but as long as Chu Luren behaves himself in the second half of the journey, Ding Chunqiu will not expect that Chu Luren, who should be in Shu, will appear at the "Zhenlong Chess Game".

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"Brother Chu, my master is coming to Fuzhou, what do you think..." Lin Pingzhi was a little unsure, so he came to Chu Luren to discuss it.

"I won't say anything, you can handle it yourself. Just remember one thing: Yue Buqun is a 'gentleman's sword' because he has no shortage of patience. No matter what he does, as long as he's not dead, never underestimate him," Chu Luren reminded him.

Chu Luren had no idea what Yue Buqun was planning to do.

However, Yue Buqun's patience was absolutely first-rate.

In the original work, during the battle at Shaolin Temple, Yue Buqun lost to Linghu Chong. Moreover, after Linghu Chong knelt down and refused to get up, Yue Buqun kicked him, but ended up having his leg broken by Linghu Chong's internal force—a defeat that was utterly humiliating.

However, it is explicitly mentioned later that Ren Yingying relayed Ren Woxing's words to Linghu Chong: "The internal energy obtained from the 'Star Absorbing Skill' is not one's own after all. Before it is fully integrated and completely taken into one's own use, it has no ability to counteract on its own!"

If Linghu Chong hadn't actively activated his internal energy, then Yue Buqun's leg would have been broken in a truly bizarre way...

Unfortunately, Linghu Chong was filled with guilt at the time and didn't think much of it, while Ren Woxing, although he saw through something, didn't take Yue Buqun seriously.

Later events proved that Yue Buqun had already practiced the "Evil-Repelling Sword Technique" at that time, but he deliberately kept it hidden. Firstly, it made it easier for him to ambush and kill Dingxian and Dingyi, who opposed the alliance, without arousing suspicion. Secondly, it was to lure Zuo Lengchan into being unsuspecting and carelessly agreeing to "discuss the alliance leader based on martial arts," ultimately turning the tide in one fell swoop.

Whether it was enduring a spy like Laudenuo who had been lurking around for over a decade and even stole the "Zixia Divine Skill," or pretending to have his leg broken by the backlash of his own "traitorous disciple," how humiliating it was.

However, he eventually got his revenge. Laudenuo stole the fake sword manual prepared by Yue Buqun and, by concealing his true abilities, earned the position of leader of the Five Mountains Alliance...

"You don't need to think too much. Now your senior sister knows about the sword manual. Unless Yue Buqun is a tiger that eats its own cub, he won't practice the Evil-Repelling Sword Technique. He can be ruthless enough to castrate himself, but if everyone knows that he castrated himself, he might not be so ruthless." Seeing Lin Pingzhi's tension, Chu Luren also comforted him.

For Yue Buqun, castration was a "minor matter," but it was a major matter if others found out that he had castrated himself!

Just then, a "cooing" sound suddenly came from outside...

Upon hearing this, Chu Luren rushed out to check and saw a figure in brown clothes covered in blood struggling to climb into the Fuwei Escort Agency. Already severely injured, the figure was made to stagger even more by Xiao Hong's call and was on the verge of vomiting blood!

Upon closer inspection, although he had a beard glued on, wasn't this Linghu Chong?

"Little Red!" Chu Luren quickly stopped Little Red from calling out again.

"Senior Brother, what's wrong?" Lin Pingzhi quickly stepped forward to support him.

"Junior brother... be careful, be careful..."

Chu Luren also curiously approached, wanting to see what Linghu Chong was going to tell Lin Pingzhi, not only disregarding his own suspicion and reputation, but also making himself look so miserable.

“Be careful… Lao Denuo… is from Songshan! Be sure to… notify… Master…” Linghu Chong finished speaking and then fainted.

Fortunately, she fainted, which prevented her from seeing the embarrassed looks on Chu Luren and Lin Pingzhi's faces. At least she still thought that she had played a significant role...

Chapter 384 You even laughed out loud

"Junior Sister... watch out!"

Linghu Chong had a nightmare in which Lao Denuo cruelly hung Lin Pingzhi from a tree and whipped him a hundred times, then a hundred times, then a hundred times… He then shaved Lin Pingzhi's head, grabbed him by the neck and asked, “Do you still dare to act cool?” “Do you still dare to flaunt your wealth?” He then shoved Lin Pingzhi into a slop bucket and shoved him into it…

Just as Laudenuo was about to kill his junior sister, Linghu Chong was suddenly awakened.

However, when he opened his eyes, he didn't see his junior sister. Instead, he saw Chu Luren, Lin Pingzhi, and a burly man he didn't recognize, all leaning close to him and looking at him.

"Hiss..." Linghu Chong gasped, but his excitement caused his wounds to tear open.

"Senior Brother, you're awake? Did you have a nightmare?" Lin Pingzhi asked with concern.

Although the message Linghu Chong brought was of little value, it was still a token of his good intentions.

"Yes, yes... I dreamt of that scoundrel trying to harm my junior sister." Linghu Chong knew he was talking in his sleep and couldn't hide it anymore.

"Huh? Then why were you smiling at the beginning, Senior Brother?" Lin Pingzhi asked curiously.

"I didn't laugh! How could you think that about me?" Linghu Chong denied excitedly.

Lin Pingzhi: ...

Lin Pingzhi felt that his senior brother was acting strangely, but seeing that he was inexplicably angry, he stopped being curious. After all, it wasn't the first time his senior brother had acted strangely.

"Is he alright? Are you sure he didn't hurt his brain?" Chu Luren asked Li Kuilei.

"I am a divine physician from the Eastern Han Dynasty, named Hua Tuo, who specializes in curing those strange diseases..." Li Kuilei was about to start singing again when Chu Luren pushed him away.

Li Kuilei may seem crazy, but he is still clear-headed. He dares not be stubborn with Chu Luren and just mutters, "Your illness is superficial and will worsen if left untreated..." He is glared at by Chu Luren and then leaves listlessly.

Compared to Xue Muhua, Li Kuilei only had a rudimentary understanding of medicine, just as Xue Muhua had the skill of an amateur opera singer.

Not wanting to alert the enemy, Chu Luren and Lin Pingzhi took Linghu Chong to another old house in the city and called on Li Kuilei, who was still there, to treat him—it was just an external injury, and Li Kuilei's professional skills were no worse than theirs.

"Junior Brother Lin, where is Junior Sister?" Linghu Chong asked hurriedly.

"Senior Brother, don't worry, Senior Sister is still at the escort agency," Lin Pingzhi reassured Linghu Chong.

Chu Luren deliberately added, as if he didn't want to stir things up, "Laudeno is here too."

"Ah! No! Go find that guy quickly, he's a spy for the Songshan Sect!" Linghu Chong was so anxious that his wounds were about to burst open.

Lin Pingzhi glanced helplessly at Brother Chu, speechless to himself—why are you teasing him?

He then explained to Linghu Chong gently, "It's alright, Young Master Murong is here too, he's the Southern Murong, he's Brother Chu's friend..."

“That’s right, I have already instructed Brother Murong to make sure to protect Madam Lin.” Chu Luren nodded reliably.

Linghu Chong: ...

"Brother Chu! Don't talk nonsense... My senior sister and I... haven't officially gotten married yet."

Linghu Chong: T_T.

"Help me up! I'm going to die together with that scoundrel Laudenuo!" Linghu Chong felt he shouldn't be in bed.

"Wait, senior brother, this is what we and Brother Chu think..." Lin Pingzhi explained.

Half of it was for Linghu Chong's sake—Lin Pingzhi suspected that it was Lao Denuo who did it. After all, he was a master of Huashan swordsmanship and someone the sixth senior brother trusted. Lao Denuo perfectly fit the profile. Moreover, Lao Denuo did go back to Huashan at that time, so it's hard to say that he didn't take a detour to Hengshan at full speed.

"Laudeno didn't spend those two months with you and Junior Sister?" Linghu Chong frowned, already convinced that it was Laudenuo's doing.

"Did you or Lu Dayou do anything that incurred Lao Denuo's resentment, or that made Zuo Lengchan wary?" Chu Luren asked at this moment.

Laudenau was an undercover agent and not exactly a good person, but he wasn't crazy. He couldn't have killed Lu Dayou just to show that he wasn't a good person, could he?

Although Lao Denuo is the second senior brother, he joined the sect already possessing martial arts skills. Even with the wildest imagination, he wouldn't think that driving Linghu Chong away would make him the heir apparent, would he? Not to mention his age; he might not even outlive Yue Buqun...

Thinking of this age, Chu Luren also thought of something else!

"I... could it be that Zuo Lengchan suspects that I possess the 'Evil-Repelling Sword Technique'?" Linghu Chong didn't think he had done anything that would make anyone hate him.

"Did the Hengshan disciple who was victimized show signs of humiliation at the time?" Chu Luren suddenly asked.

"That's what Master Dingyi said, so it shouldn't be wrong." Linghu Chong only saw Lu Dayou's corpse; naturally, he wouldn't show him the corpses of the Hengshan disciples.

Lin Pingzhi also looked over in confusion, knowing that Brother Chu must have thought of something.

"At Laudenuo's age... he's still thinking about this kind of thing?" Chu Luren felt something was off and even made up his mind to go to Qunyu Courtyard to check if Laudenuo had any spending records!

Linghu Chong and Lin Pingzhi were even more clueless, but Lin Pingzhi clearly felt that this was not a coincidence.

"By the way, what happened to your injury before? Did you run into people from the Songshan Sect? Surely you weren't seen by Abbess Dingjing?" Chu Luren asked curiously.

"No, I don't know where this evil sect expert came from. I discovered that he seemed to be following Junior Brother Lin and Junior Sister. I followed them for a while but was discovered. I was caught off guard and was stabbed first, and then..." Linghu Chong didn't finish his sentence, but it was clear that he was not reconciled to his serious injury.

Linghu Chong felt that the man's strength was not something he couldn't win against if he had taken the situation seriously from the beginning!

However, Linghu Chong didn't know who it was, and didn't even care...

After all, there are many evil factions targeting Lin Pingzhi, and it's impossible to tell who they are, nor is it necessary to.

Chu Luren asked curiously, "What are the martial arts styles?"

He was even planning to draw a lucky master from the evil sect...

"I couldn't quite tell, but it was a knife anyway." Linghu Chong wasn't very helpful.

"How did you find out about Laudenuo's matter?" Chu Luren and Lin Pingzhi had not yet told Linghu Chong that they had known about it all along.

Linghu Chong wasn't that perceptive; otherwise, if it were Huang Rong or Ren Yingying, they would probably have already suspected that Chu Luren and Lin Pingzhi knew about this long ago—otherwise, why would they only ask now?

"The person who set up the scheme to meet me and Junior Sister Yilin in Hengshan should be from Songshan. I...I later...I followed them and heard them mention Laodenuo." Linghu Chong's words were somewhat vague.

His reasons for being eager to leave Hengshan were simple: firstly, he felt that his junior sister (and junior brother) might be in danger; secondly, he couldn't tell the Hengshan Sect that his second junior brother was a traitor within Songshan!

Not only is it embarrassing, but he also lacks concrete evidence...

Chapter 385 Drawing a Lucky One from the Evil Sect

"In short, Lao Denuo is still the most suspicious! Master will be arriving in Fuzhou soon. Senior Brother, you should keep a low profile for now. I haven't told Senior Sister yet either, so as not to expose him in front of Lao Denuo. We need to think of a way to get him to reveal his crimes on his own!" Lin Pingzhi felt that since he was going to hand over his sword manual anyway, he might as well make more use of it and help clear Linghu Chong's name.

Linghu Chong felt a little embarrassed upon hearing this, as he hadn't been able to save him even in his dream...

"It's not 'us,' it's 'you all.' You've already put away the sword manual. I need to go to Wudang to discuss some things with Master Zhang." Chu Luren acted as if he was very familiar with Master Zhang.

"Has Master Zhang emerged from seclusion?" Lin Pingzhi asked in confusion.

"Well, if we can't run into him, then we'll just have to talk to Sect Leader Song first." Chu Luren put on a very high-handed attitude.

"Then I wish Brother Chu a safe journey. Next time you come to Fuzhou, my senior sister and I will treat you properly," Lin Pingzhi said casually.

Linghu Chong felt that Laudenuo had gone too lightly "just now"...

"I might be in Shu before June of the year. If you need to find me there, you can leave a message at Qunyu Academy," Chu Luren said after a moment's hesitation.

Before Linghu Chong could react, Lin Pingzhi, with sharp eyes and gratitude, said, "Thank you, Brother Chu!"

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Why did Lin Pingzhi go to Sichuan?

Besides Emei, there is another major sect in Sichuan: Qingcheng!

Although Chu Luren didn't actively offer to help, if Lin Pingzhi wanted to take revenge while Chu Luren was in Sichuan, it wouldn't be unreasonable for Chu Luren to help keep things quiet.

As a chivalrous person, Chu Luren would not directly call for Yu Canghai's attack. After all, the Qingcheng Sect is not the Fuwei Escort Agency, and Chu Luren has not yet reached the point where he can be a target of public criticism without any consequences.

However, if Lin Ping comes to seek revenge, and the Qingcheng Sect tries to bully the weak with numbers, or if other sects want to interfere, then Chu Luren's role in "keeping order" will be evident!

Chu Luren felt that as the second-ranked person on the Heavenly Ranking, if he wanted to put order on this occasion, he would challenge Yu Canghai and Lin Pingzhi to a one-on-one duel. There shouldn't be many people who would be so stubborn as to disrespect him.