The Great Martial Arts World: Hot Topics and Great Heroes

Murong Jiu:? ? ?

Murong Jiu glanced at him, puzzled, but... her curiosity about the little golden monkey was clearly far less than her curiosity about Lianxing. She frowned and asked, "And who is this young lady?"

“My name is… Nongyue,” Lianxing said, forcing herself to speak.

She didn't want to tell anyone her name, but she didn't expect this person to be such a good friend, chasing after Chu Luren all the way down the mountain.

Murong Jiu nodded slowly with a stern face, looking scrutinizing, which made Lianxing particularly dissatisfied.

"Where are Little Fish, Head镖师 Shen, and that dead monkey?" Chu Luren asked Murong Jiu.

"Pfft, pfft!" The little golden monkey started spitting again, but Chu Lu stopped it in time, saying, "I wasn't talking about you!"

Murong Jiu looked at the "fierce creature" that was being held down, then frowned and said, "I found that cave. Inside... there are the things you mentioned, and I also saw them. However, when I came down after rescuing Chief Shen, Xiaoyuer and that monkey were gone."

Because "Nongyue" was present, Murong Jiu didn't mention that the cave contained a batch of priceless red goods. After all, those were considered by her as the start-up funds for the restoration of the kingdom donated to her by Yingfei, and they were already hers.

It was precisely to move those items that Murong Jiu initially avoided Xiao Hong. However, after receiving a message from Xiao Hong not long ago, she rushed over...

Chapter 519 Naming

"Gone?" Chu Luren frowned deeply upon hearing this.

He then looked at Nongyue—if he considered the timing, it would make perfect sense if she went to "get rid of" Xiaoyuer first and then met him.

Chu Luren didn't blame her, after all, she didn't know that she knew Xiaoyuer. She just hoped that now that she knew, she could release Xiaoyuer, and by the way... everyone was so familiar with each other that they could invite each other to their home!

Once we get to the underground palace, we can all go on an adventure together—not the kind of adventure Uncle Duan does, but a proper adventure.

"Chu Lang, do you doubt me?" Lianxing saw the look in Chu Luren's eyes and felt a pang of sadness. She said with some disappointment.

"This...didn't you invite Little Fish and the Fruit Offering God to go?" Chu Luren felt a pang of sadness upon seeing this—we're all so familiar with each other, why would you lie to me?

Seeing Chu Luren's expression, Lianxing was both annoyed and amused. Most of her resentment had subsided, but she was still indignant—why do you think it was me? I said no, and you're still upset?

Murong Jiu interjected at this moment: "I found the monkey. I don't know what went wrong with him. He fell down and died. I just haven't found the little fish."

And at this moment, Murong Jiu's eyes also sharpened—Chu Lang? What exactly is your relationship?

"You really don't know Little Fish?" Murong Jiu scrutinized this "Moon-Playing Man".

Firstly, it was out of hostility towards the person who seduced her, and secondly... Murong Jiu had indeed noticed that Xiao Yu'er's expression was different when she mentioned him.

Lianxing's expression froze for a moment—of course she knew who Xiaoyuer was, and she had come here precisely because of Xiaoyuer!

Lianxing would naturally disdain lying, but she had no way to explain it, since it involved Hua Wuque and Xiaoyuer's big secret—even if she admitted that she was Lianxing, she could not explain why the dignified Second Palace Master cared about Xiaoyuer.

I used to think that if my sister and Chu Lang were together, maybe I could let go of the past, but now...

Lianxing hesitated for a moment, and it looked as if she really had captured Xiaoyuer!

“Ahem, Nongyue, I know that kid, and he’s quite unruly. Why are you keeping him locked up? How about we go to your house together and pick him up?” Chu Luren extended a reverse invitation to Nongyue.

Upon hearing this, Lianxing said somewhat petulantly, "I know Xiaoyuer, but I've never seen him! If you don't believe me, that's fine." With that, she walked straight out.

"Wait!" Murong Jiu was about to intervene, but Chu Luren stopped him.

After leaving the cave, Lianxing snorted and then used her lightness skill to leave.

On one hand, she was angry that Chu Luren didn't believe her, but on the other hand... Lianxing suddenly wondered if her sister had discovered Xiaoyuer and taken him away.

Upon realizing this, Lianxing hurriedly left. Firstly, she wanted to see her sister to see what she was up to, and secondly... she also didn't want her sister to see Chu Lang!

Seeing "Nongyue" leave in a huff, Chu Luren felt a little guilty and secretly blamed himself for being too harsh.

"What do we do next? Should we still look for Xiaoyuer?" Murong Jiu looked at the body of the Fighting Spirit Ape and knew that there was nothing more to worry about here.

"Of course we need to find it. Let's go out first," Chu Luren said, not forgetting to drag the little golden monkey out as well.

After learning about the Fighting Ape's Ultimate Skill, the little golden monkey reluctantly came out with Chu Luren. It appeared to be sitting cross-legged with its back to Chu Luren, its arms crossed in front of its chest, with a "I don't care about anyone" look on its face. However, even when Chu Luren put it on his shoulder, it didn't jump down.

On the contrary, Xiao Hong seemed a little dissatisfied. After discovering that there was something on the other shoulder, she jumped onto Chu Luren's head and made a "cooing" sound towards the little golden monkey.

"What's going on with this monkey?" Murong Jiu asked, somewhat curious.

It looks normal, but... it seems very spiritual.

“It might be a Fighting Spirit Ape, but I don’t know for sure… By the way, how about I give you a name?” Chu Luren picked up the little golden monkey that was about to be pecked on the head by Xiao Hong and brought it in front of him, while stopping Xiao Hong’s bullying.

The little golden monkey turned its head directly to the right...

So Chu Luren grabbed it by the scruff of its neck and spun it to the right. To avoid Chu Luren and express its disdain, the little golden monkey could only keep twisting to the right—and this fighting spirit of the Fighting Spirit Ape was quite something! It twisted until its face turned red and it looked like it was about to suffocate, but it still kept twisting!

"Look, look, isn't it interesting?" Chu Luren ignored the little golden monkey's complete rejection and even nudged Murong Jiu with his elbow, showing him the result of his teasing.

Murong Jiu:......

"Cuckoo..."

Murong Jiu remained silent, but Xiao Hong unleashed her full mockery!

The little golden monkey, however, reacted quickly and seized the opportunity to turn its head to the left...

"What do you think, 'Little Jin'?"

"Jin Jin? How about Ou Jin Jin? Hehehe..."

Chu Luren became vulgar all by himself.

Although the little golden monkey didn't understand what he was saying, it exuded an aura of rejection from head to toe.

"How about Sisi? We can't exactly call her Houhou, can we?" Chu Luren demonstrated his profound naming skills.

"Coo coo coo..." Little Red continued to make mocking gestures, leaning forward and backward, on Chu Luren's head.

"Little Red, which one do you think is better?" Chu Luren asked, seeing how involved it was.

Xiao Hong: ……

Little Red suddenly stopped laughing and flew away.

"Be careful. Keep your distance from the big ones. If you see small fish or anything suspicious, don't rush to land. Call us first," Chu Luren shouted, giving instructions.

"What do you think of Ou Jinjin?" Chu Luren asked Murong Jiu, engrossed in lowbrow entertainment.

Murong Jiu didn't understand, but still thought the name sounded bad, so with a "KU" sound, she opened her fan and, showing off her cultural knowledge, said, "In the Earthly Branches, the monkey belongs to the 'Shen' position..."

Chu Luren was taken aback: "W-would you mean to call him 'Shenhou'?"

"What I mean is that we can use 'Shen' as our surname, without needing to include 'Hou'!" Murong Jiu still didn't understand what he was talking about, she just thought the name sounded awful.

However, Chu Luren fell into deep thought at this moment—Shenhou? Shenhou?

“Hey, how about you be called ‘Golden Gallbladder’ from now on? It symbolizes your courage that shines like gold!” Chu Luren said to the little golden monkey in a serious tone.

Murong Jiu glanced at him and felt that Chu Luren himself was more courageous.

Little Golden Gallbladder's expression softened slightly at this moment. Although his instincts told him that something wasn't quite right, "Golden Gallbladder" was the most plausible name he had heard so far...

Chapter 520 As expected of you

Chu Luren released Xiao Hong, and together with Murong Jiu, they searched for a long time at the bottom of the valley...

During this time, they discovered that the few remaining giant apes looked at the Golden Gallbladder with great awe and did not dare to stop the two.

Even... Chu Luren discovered that they also showed him some respect, probably due to the extreme skill of fighting apes, which made Jin Dan particularly unhappy.

However, they found nothing in "finding the underground palace" or "finding Little Fish". After Nongyue left, she left no trace.

As the day passed, Chu Luren recalled the Five Absolutes Palace from the original work.

The general structure is a huge underground palace, with a treasure area, a weapons area, a secret manual area, an exit, and a blocked entrance to an underground river.

Xiao Mimi's underground palace was dug right above the Five Absolutes Palace. It's possible that some underground movement made it easier to dig nearby, or that it utilized some of the external diversion material from the excavation of the Five Absolutes Palace.

In the original work, Jiang Yulang coincidentally dug through the Five Wonders Underground Palace, which allowed this magnificent underground palace to reappear!

However, the passage from Xiao Mimi's underground palace to the Five Great Underground Palace can only be described as a side effect of crustal changes over a long period of time. The true entrance to the Five Great Underground Palace, which was also the exit from which Xiao Yu'er and Jiang Yulang escaped, was under a statue in a dilapidated temple.

"So, while you were up there, did you find a dilapidated temple near this valley?" Chu Luren asked Murong Jiu.

Chu Luren hadn't held out much hope; he'd only asked casually. But Murong Jiu nodded and said, "There is one. I left that batch of red goods there and asked Chief Escort Shen to keep an eye on it for me."

Chu Luren was surprised to hear this. Firstly, he was puzzled that Murong trusted Shen Qinghong so much. Secondly, Chu Luren felt like he was blind to what was happening under the lamp and that he had been working in vain all along!

Murong Jiu only understood the first meaning, so she said, "For the sake of the guards he protects, Chief Escort Shen can be trapped for more than ten years. What is there to distrust?"

“Yes, Chief Escort Shen is indeed very capable. I plan to return the escort to him…” Chu Luren nodded upon hearing this.

Murong Jiu:! ! !

"No! That money has already gone into the treasury of our Great Yan!" Murong Jiu said immediately.

Perhaps realizing that his words were somewhat unreasonable, Murong Jiu further explained, "Back when Shen Qinghong disappeared, the three major escort agencies of Weiyuan, Zhenyuan, and Ningyuan had all had their signs removed by the cargo owner as compensation. This shipment was already closed. I rescued him, so naturally the goods are mine!"

Shen Qinghong's Zhenyuan Escort Agency is the Zhenyuan Escort Agency of Zhenyuan Prefecture in western Hunan, not the Zhenyuan Escort Agency of Bagua Dao Wang Weiyang, whose headquarters are in Manjing and who entrenched himself in Hebei.

What Murong Jiu said wasn't entirely without merit, but...

"Then it should be mine too, right?" Chu Luren sorted out his logic.

"Yingfei, why do we have to be so clear about things... Brother Chu! Let's share half when we meet!" Murong Jiu and Chu Luren weren't buying it, so they had to start talking about their friendship again.

“Here’s what I’m thinking: why don’t we have Old Shen take this batch of goods back, find the previous owner, compensate the owner, and then redeem the old escort agency… After that, we can consider it as us becoming shareholders in his agency.” Chu Luren still felt that Shen Qinghong shouldn’t have only retired from the martial arts world after all these years.

Although Shen Qinghong said that, she must have had regrets if she really retired.

Upon hearing this, Murong Jiu considered it carefully for a moment, his eyes flashing with thought. Then, with a "KU" sound, he closed his paper fan and said, "You mean... help Chief Escort Shen establish his reputation for integrity, and then gradually plan for various escort agencies to join forces, serving as the vanguard for our restoration of the country?"

Chu Luren: ? ? ?

Indeed, escort agencies are very suitable as the vanguard of "rebellion". Putting aside the manpower, the main thing is that escort agencies have the best understanding of the terrain of the areas with escort routes!

In this day and age, "understanding the terrain" is the key to rebellion, not to mention that security escort agencies also have the hidden function of "getting acquainted with bandits"—once they raise a flag of rebellion, they can contact these bandit strongholds!

It can be said that the镖局 (bodyguard agencies) have a great deal of hidden assets in terms of rebellion.

Shen Qinghong was previously the chief镖头 (chief镖头 is a term used to describe someone who is very famous) of the three major镖局 (镖局 are used to describe镖局 in Zhenyuan, Ningyuan, and Weiyuan), which means he had a great reputation in western Hunan. However, that was more than ten years ago, and he is definitely "out of fashion" now.

However, if Shen Qinghong can return this missing shipment of goods seventeen years ago, his reputation will once again soar, and he may even become a legend in the world of escort services!

Although it was more than a decade late, as long as his experiences over those years are spread, who wouldn't praise him as a "good man"?

What is the most important thing when running a security escort agency?