The Great Martial Arts World: Hot Topics and Great Heroes

But Chu Luren's expression was strange...

"Your father? He kidnapped Nongyue?"

So this bad luck is hereditary?

Chapter 551 Dangerous Hostages

Liu Sheng Piaoxu was also somewhat puzzled by Chu Luren's attitude. He didn't seem as anxious or worried as she had imagined; instead, he seemed to find it "unbelievable"...

Doesn't this person worry about his female companion's safety?

Or are they already suspecting something?

"I saw Father taking her to a secret stronghold of the Xin Yin Liu in Lingfeng Mountain, west of Lin'an City. We shouldn't delay! Let's go there quickly!" Liu Sheng Piaoxu urged, not wanting to give Chu Luren time to think.

Upon hearing this, Chu Luren nodded and said, "Yes, we should not delay."

If we had come any later, Lingfeng Mountain would have been awash in blood...

As Liu Sheng Piaoxu led the way, Chu Luren followed behind and asked, "When you saw my friend, was she injured?"

"Not yet. She probably didn't resist; she just went with her father," Liu Sheng Piaoxu reassured Chu Luren.

Chu Luren sighed inwardly—it seemed that Lianxing was indeed in a bad mood, probably because she hadn't yet vented the anger she felt from the sect leader yesterday.

He actually followed Yagyu Tajima-no-kami to the Shinkage-ryu headquarters instead of turning against him on the spot.

This is a move to wipe them out completely...

"We need to hurry! Hold me back!" Chu Luren said decisively.

Chu Luren wanted to see if there was a chance to ask Yagyu Tajima-no-kami about the God Marquis's plans; if he went too late, he might be doomed...

Liu Sheng Piaoxu hesitated for a moment, then hesitantly reached out her hand, only to be grabbed by Chu Luren, and then... she did the dolphin run!

"Follow my true energy, don't resist," Chu Luren reminded him.

Then, a lifelike phantom of a Kunpeng appeared, enveloping the two of them. Chu Luren even added a layer of "evil-repelling true energy" buff, instantly making the scene eerie and sinister.

The two sped across the street like roc wings, heading straight for Lingfeng Mountain, which was indicated by the drifting catkins!

……

"Wait! It's just ahead, let's wait a bit!" Liu Sheng Piaoxu said from not far from the manor.

According to the plan, she will then find a way to help Chu Luren hide his identity and sneak into the manor to take away the imprisoned "Nongyue". Then, Yagyu Tajima-no-kami will catch up and fight with Chu Luren. Although Chu Luren's martial arts are high, he will definitely not be able to escape quickly because he has a burden!

This was also what Liu Sheng Piaoxu was worried about. After feeling Chu Luren's true energy surge into her body, and the two of them seemed to be one in terms of lightness, Liu Sheng Piaoxu was a little worried that her father would not be able to catch up at all.

If we follow the plan, there is a cliff not far from the back door. After escaping through the back door, Yagyu Tajima-no-kami will catch up with Chu Shika-to near the cliff. Later, when Yagyu Hyouse tries to stop her father, she will accidentally knock her father, who is fighting with Chu Shika-to, off the cliff!

However, in reality, there were already ninjas attached to the cliff below, ready to rescue people at any time. Moreover, a corpse that had been smashed beyond recognition was also prepared at the bottom of the cliff, naturally dressed in the clothes of Yagyu Tajima-no-kami.

Then Liu Sheng Piaoxu could naturally collapse and stay by Chu Luren's side, watching him at all times and having the opportunity to frame him at any time.

Just as Liu Sheng Piaoxu was hesitating about how to patch up the plan to solve the "what if we can't catch up" problem, Chu Luren suddenly spoke up: "We can't hesitate any longer! Listen..."

"Huh? What are you doing? Rushing in like this, my father and the others will be in danger..." Liu Sheng Piaoxu was stunned when she saw this.

How could this person be so reckless?

Don't you know there are hostages inside? Are you going to have a direct confrontation?

If there were no cliff, how would my dad fake his death?

However, Liu Sheng Piaoxu had only taken two steps when she realized something was wrong—there seemed to be some panicked commotion coming from the manor…

When Liu Sheng Piaoxu chased Chu Luren to the door, he saw two swordsmen dressed in Japanese attire trying to escape in a panic.

"Kojiro, Shinnosuke, why are you running away?" Yagyu Hyouse asked angrily in Japanese. Chu Luren could only half-listen and half-guess, but fortunately, he understood the few simple sentences.

The Japanese spoken by the two people behind them was even more complicated, and in their panic, their words were incoherent, so Chu Luren couldn't understand a word they said. They just gestured and pointed to the backyard.

Upon hearing this, Liu Sheng Piaoxu's expression changed, and he immediately rushed to the backyard. Chu Luren, unsure if he was in time, followed him. From the front yard to the backyard, corpses could be seen everywhere.

Some were dressed as Shinkage-ryu samurai, while others were probably other Japanese warriors hired and recruited by Yagyu Tajima-no-kami.

At first glance, most of them didn't even have time to draw their swords, and there were very few signs of fighting. The few signs were all caused by the bodies hitting the ground. It was clear that these "experts" had almost no chance to fight before they were killed!

Only a handful of people managed to save their lives by hiding or fleeing in the opposite direction.

Liu Sheng Piaoxu hurriedly continued to chase after him. It was clear that her father had escaped through the back door, and the female demon had been chasing him, which was why she had let go of some unimportant people.

Chu Luren didn't understand what the others were saying, so he just followed along...

After exiting through the back gate, we chased along the mountain path for two or three miles, and then we heard the sounds of fighting in the distance!

"Nongyue, capture him alive!" Chu Luren shouted in desperation.

However, it was too late. When the two rushed out of the forest path and arrived at the wide part of the cliff, they saw Yagyu Tajima-no-kami, who had several wounds and was bleeding everywhere, being knocked off the cliff by a small, transparent figure of light...

"Oh my god!" Yagyu Hyousu shouted.

She had practiced this shout before, but she never expected to shout it out under these circumstances.

At this moment, Xiao Guang gradually returned to human form. He frowned and glanced down at Liu Sheng Piaoxu, who was lying on the cliff, crying and looking down as if trying to find the whereabouts of that person.

Then he turned to Chu Luren and asked, "Chu Lang, what did you just shout?"

The Mingyu Gong has extremely strong perception, especially after the eighth level. However... after transforming at the eighth level, the perception distance will be compressed, or rather, it will be concentrated around the body. As a result, one can even "hear" the flow of the opponent's true energy.

Because he was focused on what was in front of him, he didn't hear what the deer-man was shouting...

Chu Luren sighed helplessly, while also feeling a bit puzzled. Logically speaking, Yagyu Tajima-no-kami should be dead. That single palm strike had taken away eight-tenths of his life, and under those circumstances, it would have been impossible for him to muster any true energy. If he had fallen like that again, even several lives wouldn't have been enough.

However... this scene before him seemed somewhat familiar to Chu Luren. If he had made prior arrangements, he might have been able to survive.

Although it's obvious that Yagyu Tajima-no-kami's "arrangement" wasn't for the current situation, they were all going to be knocked off the cliff, weren't they?

Just then, Lianxing suddenly frowned and looked towards the cliff, as if she had discovered something. She even revealed a cold smile. Chu Luren quickly stopped her and made a "shush" gesture.

Judging from Lianxing's reaction, it's clear that there was indeed a trap below the cliff.

However, after looking at Liu Sheng Piaoxu who was crying and screaming, Chu Luren felt that... he could observe and make use of her!

This familiar scene...

If Liu Sheng Piaoxu is indeed a spy for Shenhou, then Chu Luren will have the opportunity to pass on some false information to Shenhou, causing him to completely lower his guard and regard him as just a "very annoying guy"!

Of course, this is on the premise that Yagyu Tajima no Kami is still alive—otherwise, Yagyu Hyouse probably wouldn't be interested in going undercover.

Although she didn't know what Chu Luren was going to do, Lianxing, having vented her anger a little, silently complied with Chu Luren's restraint and didn't make a fuss...

Chapter 552 Conspiracy

Yagyu Tajima no Kami VS Reisei...

If it were fifteen years ago, Yagyu Tajima-no-kami might have been able to hold his own against him due to his age, but in the past fifteen years, Reisei's progress has been far greater than his!

In today's martial arts world, if Zhang Zhenren and the mysterious Buddhist master, these two big shots who knocked on the Heavenly Gate, are undoubtedly in the first tier, then Yaoyue, Dongfang Bubai, Qiao Feng, Chu Luren's senior uncle, and so on, are in the second tier. Among them, Yaoyue and Dongfang Bubai are undoubtedly among the top in the second tier, while Qiao Feng's performance fluctuates more.

Moving up to the third tier, Lianxing would definitely be among the top, or at least at the very top of the third tier, or perhaps even at the very bottom of the second tier...

Chu Luren and Murong Jiu are both in the middle of the third tier, while Yagyu Tajima no Kami is either at the head of the fourth tier or at the tail of the third tier!

If he encountered Murong Jiu, Yagyu Tajima-no-kami would still have a chance to save his life, but if he encountered Lianxing, it would be really too difficult.

As can be seen from the traces of the previous battle in the manor, Yagyu Tajima-no-kami was retreating all the way, while Reisei not only defeated Yagyu Tajima-no-kami, but also dealt with the other Japanese masters who surrounded him with a wave of her hand.

After all, the "Transplanting Flowers and Jade" technique is also good at dealing with encirclement and attack, so when Lianxing heard that this person wanted to coerce and kidnap her to his lair, she "obediently" followed.

The way Liu Sheng Piaoxu is crying now doesn't seem like she's faking it...

Of course, it's not entirely acting; there's a bit of genuine emotion involved—after all, faking death requires coordination, and what Yagyu Tajima-no-kami is doing now is a "forced fake death," so he might actually be dead!

She was already preparing to build up her emotions, and now that she was genuinely worried, her crying came all too naturally.

And after a short while, she cried herself to death...

To be precise, it was mental and spiritual damage—it's unlikely that an internal martial arts master would cry until they faint; the only reasonable explanation is that their mental and spiritual state was damaged!

This demonstrates their professionalism. As Liu Sheng Piaoxu fainted, blood gushed from the corner of his mouth. Even Lian Xing, who stepped forward to examine him, remarked, "His heart meridian is damaged."

For a moment, Chu Luren couldn't be sure whether she was taking the act seriously or hurting her own heart.

Chu Luren leans more towards the latter. After all, it's a bit hard to believe that Liu Sheng Piaoxu, who was trained as a female warrior and ninja from a young age, would not react to her father's death by seeking revenge, but instead suffer mental damage to the point of falling into a coma.

Therefore, Chu Luren followed her lead and pretended to faint, sighing, "Sigh, she even came to warn me before that her father was going to harm you... I'll send her back to the inn to recuperate. Could you go downstairs and check if that person is really dead?"

Upon hearing this, Lianxing wanted to ask Chu Luren—what exactly is your relationship? Why is her father hostile towards me?

However, noticing that Chu Luren was subtly raising his eyebrows at her, she didn't ask anything and simply nodded, saying, "Okay."

Even if she were truly skilled at feigning unconsciousness, she would most likely be unable to perceive the outside world at this point. However, just to be on the safe side, Chu Luren carried her back to the inn first.

The reason for using it on my back...

It's because this posture doesn't seem so abrupt. Otherwise, given the current security situation in Lin'an, parading around with a woman who has fainted would definitely cause unnecessary misunderstandings!

After placing her on his bed, Chu Luren pressed her sleep acupoint—because it increases the depth of sleep and helps calm the mind, so even if she were discovered, it would be perfectly plausible.

"What's going on?" Huang Rong looked at Chu Luren in confusion.

Why did Chu Luren return with an unconscious woman on his back when he woke up?

After Chu Luren ensured that the acupoints were pressed to induce unconsciousness, he went to Huang Rong's room next door and told her about Liu Sheng Piaoxu.

“It is indeed very suspicious. You just happened to see her trying to save someone, and then she tried to assassinate you at Qunyu Courtyard? Hmm, threatening the Eastern Cult Leader does seem like an accident! And... you said her father might have faked his death from the beginning?” Huang Rong said, looking at the wall as if she wanted to see Liu Sheng Piaoxu sleeping through it.

On the one hand, people questioned her motives, and on the other hand, they marveled at the "luck" of the father and daughter!

Threatening the Eastern Cult Leader, kidnapping the Second Palace Master of the Yihua Palace... Are all the Japanese this naive?

"It's not certain yet, but Nongyue has already gone down the cliff to investigate, and I believe there will be results later."

Soon after, Lianxing also returned.

"How is it? Have you found Yagyu Tajima-no-kami's body?" Chu Shika asked immediately after seeing Reisen.

"We found a body that was so badly injured that it was unrecognizable. The clothes were indeed the same ones... He must have faked his death. At the time, I heard that there were people lying in ambush on the cliff face. They dragged him into the cave that had been carved into the cliff." Although Lianxing had been busy all day, killing people and climbing up and down, she was still dressed in white, which was as white as snow. She clearly did not forget to protect her white dress with her internal energy at all times.

On the corpse that Reisen found, there were also fake sword wounds—Reisen had not used a sword, but under the "transfer of flowers and jade" technique, Yagyu Tajima-no-kami was wounded several times by his own Japanese sword!

Because Reisen heard that Yagyu Tajima-no-kami had been rescued, she was certain that the corpses below were part of a pre-prepared "routine".