The Great Martial Arts World: Hot Topics and Great Heroes

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Using "Divine Illumination True Qi" to save people is similar to initiation, but it is not a structure that can be "returned". Otherwise, if the true qi infused into Shui Dai's body is then drawn back, wouldn't that be a waste of effort?

"Brother Chu, that... flower... iron trunk, should we dig it out?" Di Yun guessed that Chu Luren hadn't gone all out before.

However, it would be a bit awkward for Di Yun to call him "Hero Hua" now, so he simply addressed him by his given name.

"They've already left," Chu Luren said, unsurprised.

"Huh? They're gone?" Di Yun was taken aback when he heard this.

"I didn't expect it to take so long to save Master Shui, and I didn't expect... that old bastard Hua Tiegan to be in such good condition. He begged for mercy without even being injured! Half an hour ago, he broke through his acupoints and didn't dare to get close afterward. He dug himself away in the snow."

Chu Luren had sensed it before, but he was busy "healing" Shui Dai at the time, so he didn't pay attention to him—although it wasn't impossible to interrupt, it was still better to finish it in one go.

Hua Tiegan didn't dare to get close and launch a sneak attack. After breaking through the acupoints, he just lingered in place for a while before digging through the snow and escaping.

Of course, they couldn't escape the Snow Valley!

After thinking for a moment, Chu Luren suddenly asked, "Where is Master Lu?"

“Master Lu found us before, and he and Blood Saber Ancestor chased each other in that direction. For some reason, only Master Shui and Hua Tiegan came back… Judging from what Master Shui said at the time, Master Lu may have already… sigh.” Di Yun said, pointing in the direction for Chu Luren.

"You all go back to the cave and wait for me. I'll go check on things," Chu Luren said, putting down the chicken.

Chu Luren estimated that Renyi Lu Dadao was probably in grave danger, but he still had to go and check on him.

Firstly, to see if there's any chance of saving him; secondly... even if he can't be saved, we still need to prepare his body for burial.

In the original work, Hua Tiegan, who was shameless, could not do anything to Di Yun after he turned evil. However, he was not as powerful as Di Yun, who could shoot down wild geese flying in the sky. When he was hungry, he even ate people, and even the corpses of his own sworn brothers!

Chu Luren called Xiao Hong, and they began searching in the direction Di Yun had pointed...

Chapter 491 The Fall of a Hero

"What is Master Hua doing?" Chu Luren followed the trail and found Hua Tiegan about to carry away Lu Tianshu's body.

“My elder brother died saving my niece, so naturally I must take care of his funeral!” Hua Tiegan said warily.

"Oh? Let me see first. Perhaps there's still hope for Master Lu." Chu Luren didn't expose him.

"Hmph! Young Master Chu must have expended a lot of internal energy just now to save my fourth brother, so why be so aggressive?" Hua Tiegan's face turned cold.

Chu Luren thought that he might be trying to scare him by imitating the Blood Blade Ancestor.

Although Chu Luren's internal strength had not fully recovered, he could still easily defeat Hua Tiegan!

"What are you saying, Sect Leader Hua? Why would it be forcing you to see Master Lu's corpse?" Chu Luren's tone also turned cold.

"Why? Let's not beat around the bush. You have my half-dead fourth brother, his daughter, and a silly boy. That's enough to last until spring. Why bother competing with me?" Hua Tiegan said matter-of-factly.

Hua Tiegan was already somewhat broken down, and after he left, he felt even more hungry and cold.

Although he had brought some dry rations with him, it wouldn't last more than a few days. Then Hua Tiegan thought about the situation in the valley; apart from the Yeti, there was no prey at all...

Thus, Hua Tiegan's evil thoughts continued to grow. He first went to find the Yeti's corpse—naturally, he first wanted to see if the Yeti was edible.

Although yeti are very different from humans, they are similar in overall size. If given a choice, Hua Tiegan would not want to eat yeti.

However, even when the Yeti was dead, its remains were tougher than ordinary cowhide, not only impossible to cook thoroughly, but also extremely foul-smelling.

Following the "foreshadowing" of the Yeti, Hua Tiegan then thought of his elder brother's corpse...

At the same time, because of her previous "insignificant" performance and the contrast with the "lofty" image of Chu Luren, she felt inferior and imagined that Chu Luren's "real purpose" for saving Shui Dai must be to preserve her freshness!

He regretted not having behaved better earlier, at least enough to lure his niece and that silly boy to his side. At the same time, he hoped that Chu Luren would eventually get rid of them all, and that when spring came and everyone went out, no one would speak ill of anyone else!

However, upon hearing his words, Chu Luren felt an instinctive nausea...

With the original work as a reference, Chu Luren understood what this guy was saying!

"Do you think I'm like a filthy person like you? Besides, I... have a bird!" Chu Luren coldly reminded the guy, "Don't lose your integrity anymore, don't disgust me anymore, I can share some food with you."

Hua Tiegan was taken aback upon hearing this. He first looked at Chu Luren and frowned... Then, as if remembering something, he said angrily, "Why is Young Master Chu teasing me? That little red bird? Is it enough to feed me for three to five days?"

Chu Luren: ...

As soon as Hua Tiegan finished speaking, a flash of red light appeared, and Xiao Hong swooped down, pecking at Hua Tiegan with two "whoosh" sounds. However, the sky was clear and the weather was fine, so Hua Tiegan easily spotted her in advance and blocked Xiao Hong with his short gun.

Without "mana replenishment," it would be very difficult for Little Red to attack a top-tier expert...

Even after replenishing mana, they still have to rely more on sneak attacks!

Little Red's attack failed, and she immediately landed back on Chu Luren's shoulder, cooing as if to say, "Quickly replenish my mana, I'm going to peck this bastard to death..."

"Don't rush, go get some food for Hero Hua." Chu Luren didn't mean to replenish its mana, but he said it meaningfully, and then nudged Xiao Hong.

After Little Red took flight, it circled twice in the air, then let out a loud "coo-coo" before flying towards the higher part of the valley.

Upon seeing this, Hua Tiegan was initially excited, then his face turned pale—clearly, he had already guessed what Chu Luren meant…

The exciting thing is that there's no need to worry about food at all, but the reason that made me pale was... wouldn't I be "exposed"?

Originally, I thought it was a matter of survival, so my persona was no longer important. Besides, if Chu Luren and I were in cahoots, then after we got out, no one would say anything about anyone else. The only thing to worry about was whether Chu Luren would kill us!

However, it seems that there is no need to worry about silencing them, but... will Chu Luren "talk nonsense" before he goes out?

Think about what you've done. If word of it gets out into the martial arts world, how would you be any different from Yue Buqun?

Hua Tiegan's face changed from ashen to deathly pale, but he still comforted himself, thinking that he had only broken his persona and lost his integrity, which was still very different from Yue Buqun...

He claimed that he had only "accidentally killed" Liu Chengfeng, and that no one knew about it.

Apart from that, although his other actions were dishonorable, his situation was still much better than that of Yue Buqun, who killed his six disciples, framed his eldest disciple, coveted his youngest disciple's family sword technique, and even cut off his penis in front of a crowd of martial arts practitioners.

I used iron bars, I didn't hurt anyone, I shouldn't be unhappy...

Moreover... after we got out, the "Red and White Tai Sui" little lecherous monks got into a fight. As long as Shui Dai doesn't wake up, I'll have a great chance!

A glint of "wisdom" flashed in Hua Tiegan's eyes.

Just as Hua Tiegan was pondering this, Xiao Hong threw a dead rat in front of him—who cares about a pheasant? A rat is good enough!

Hua Tiegan didn't react for a moment, underestimating Xiao Hong's intelligence. He didn't know that it could go back to Murong Jiu to ask for food. He really thought that Xiao Hong could only hunt on its own after flying away from the snow valley, so he didn't dislike the mouse.

Instead, he laughed awkwardly, "Ha...haha, I see. Actually, that's what I meant too. There might be some misunderstanding between us. Since Young Master Chu wants to handle the burial, then I'll trouble you." As Hua Tiegan spoke, he slid Lu Tianshu's body over.

At this moment, he no longer needed to pretend to be a brother.

Chu Luren glanced at Lu Tianshu's corpse and couldn't help but sigh inwardly—his heart had been pierced directly by a blood-stained knife, and even if Mei Niansheng were to be resurrected, she couldn't do anything about such a serious organ being destroyed.

Chu Luren picked up Lu Tianshu's body, and as he turned away from Hua Tiegan, he said, "From now on, I'll give you one or two dead rats every day. As for the rest, you'll have to figure it out yourself!"

Chu Luren was speechless about this guy...

After returning to the cave where Di Yun and Shui Sheng were, the two saw that Chu Luren had brought back Lu Tianshu's body, and after confirming from Chu Luren that he could not be saved, they were both overcome with grief.

Afterwards, Di Yun volunteered to find a place to dig a pit for Lu Tianshu as his burial site. The simple tombstone was inscribed with "Tomb of Lu Tianshu, the most righteous and benevolent of the Four Heroes of the South"...

Di Yun hesitated for a moment, but still buried the Blood Saber Ancestor as well—specifically, he buried him far away at the other end of the Snow Valley, so that Master Lu would not be bothered by seeing him.

Chapter 492 Surprise

For several days in a row, the miracle still did not happen—Lu Tianshu's seventh day memorial had passed, but Shui Dai still had not woken up.

If these few days are missed, Shui Dai may not be able to wake up easily...

However, judging from the presence of eye movements and instinctive twitching reactions when in pain, it is not impossible.

Although Shui Sheng was disappointed, she also understood from what had happened before that the current outcome was already something to be thankful for.

Fortunately, Shui Dai's internal strength was quite advanced, and he was also practicing an authentic Taoist mental cultivation method.

Even if one does not wake up, simply taking a few ginseng slices each day is enough to maintain internal energy circulation, enter a fasting state, and sustain the need to lie still.

As for the ginseng, it was naturally brought over by Xiao Hong!

In the past few days, Chu Luren had tried to leave through the valley entrance or the cliff several times, but none of the attempts were successful, and he almost caused trouble.

There is only about a month left until the seventh year of Tiansheng. When spring comes and the temperature rises a bit, these snow monsters should fall into a deep sleep. Moreover, Chu Luren originally wanted to go into seclusion for a while, so he did not insist and decided to stay in the snow valley for another month or two.

Hua Tiegan didn't dare to come close, so he naturally didn't know that Di Yun and Shui Sheng ate a balanced diet of meat and vegetables every day, and that Chu Luren ate drunken crab and salted fish. He thought that the little red bird couldn't hunt much in a day, and he wasn't dissatisfied with the fact that he could only get dead rats every day—at least with some tree bark and boiled snow for water, he could survive.

These days, Chu Luren spends his nights using his Dao Embryo to comprehend various techniques and skills, while during the day he works out the "Divine Illumination Scripture"...

I have a feeling that the "Divine Illumination Scripture" does fit the meaning of "blooming" and "overflowing". However, the "Divine Illumination Scripture" alone is definitely not comparable to the "Endless Return to the Void Scripture" and is far from being able to replace the "Northern Darkness Nurturing Kun Technique".

Before descending, Chu Luren had already incorporated the "Star Shift" into the "Endless Return to the Void Scripture"—as a martial art for deflecting force, it was undoubtedly part of the "Return to the Void" lineage.

This has greatly enhanced the Chu Lu people's "True Qi of Returning to the Void" in terms of "adapting to circumstances".

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After cultivating for half a month, Shui Sheng called out to Di Yun, "Hey, isn't your internal energy very high?"

"Uh... not tall, not tall at all, far inferior to Brother Chu." Di Yun quickly shook his head.

"Of course I know I'm nowhere near as good as Brother Chu! I didn't ask you to do me any big favors... Could you go and hunt a few geese for me?" Shui Sheng noticed that she could already see geese flying north.

Di Yun looked up and nodded this time, saying, "That's no problem, but Miss Shui, what do you need the wild goose for?" Di Yun asked curiously.

Shui Sheng felt a little embarrassed upon hearing this, but thinking that she couldn't avoid it later, she still said, "You... of course you're not cold wearing the tattered monk's robe of the Blood Blade Sect! Brother Chu is only wearing a thin coat, what if he gets frostbite? I want to weave a feather robe, but if it's only made of pheasant feathers, it's too bright and not warm enough!"

Di Yun wanted to nod in agreement, but at the same time, he also wanted to complain...

My tattered monk's robes are barely enough to cover my body, how can they keep me warm? I'm relying entirely on my inner energy, okay?

Not to mention Brother Chu's thin coat, it's obviously not cheap, it must be warmer than mine, right?

This sounds like I have superior internal strength...

However, Di Yun also felt that Brother Chu had saved them, and they should indeed be properly thanked. Shui Sheng was making clothes, and it would be even better if he could help.

So Di Yun used stones to shoot down the wild geese that were flying by.

After two days of busy work, Shui Sheng's clothes were almost finished—she had already been using pheasant feathers to make the shoulders particularly eye-catching and reminiscent of cheap web games, but it was precisely because she felt they were too flamboyant that Shui Sheng thought of using wild goose feathers to fill them...

That day, Shui Sheng was preparing to give Chu Luren a surprise, but when Chu Luren returned to the cave, he said first, "Look what Xiao Hong brought you this time! Miss Shui, you'll be so happy to see it!"

Shui Sheng and Di Yun looked at the bundle that Chu Lu Ren had brought back...

Two men and one woman, along with three sets of outer garments, inner coats for warmth, and cotton boots, were taken out by the Chu Lu people.

Shui Sheng: ...