The Great Martial Arts World: Hot Topics and Great Heroes

In addition, the target audience for the posts is not limited to the leaders of various sects. It's just that people with families and jobs are easier to find, so there are more posts!

In addition, there was an agreement with the Iron-Blooded Marquis back then that the heroes on the Heroic List could only issue reward orders; otherwise, if the masters on the Heroic List were "punished for evil," the First Manor in the World and the Marquis would be the first to lose face.

Murong Jiu dared not say that he was on the side of justice in every matter, and even a year ago he was still embroiled in unsolved cases. However, in general, it had not reached the point of “punishing evil”. Xia Ke Dao did not demand that people in the martial arts world be morally perfect. Generally, only those who were recognized as evil would be subject to the order to punish evil.

Moreover, Murong Jiu had never been removed from the Heavenly Ranking, so it was Zhang San who issued the reward order.

At first, Murong Jiu hadn't decided whether to go or not, so she only said, "I'll entertain the two envoys when I return."

Generally speaking, the scope of Xia Ke Dao's (侠客岛) system for rewarding good and punishing evil extends from Zhang San and Li Si, who come from overseas in the east, to the snow-capped mountains of Tibet and western Hunan in the west, to the Tianshan Mountains, Hengshan Mountains, and the Changbai Mountains and Heilongjiang River in the north, and to Leizhou in the south...

Xia Ke Dao generally avoids going to places further west from the Snow Mountain Sect, further north from Shuobei, further south from Leizhou...

The itinerary is to first take a sweep from east to west, offering some easy targets and rewards that can be declined. The real bloodshed will begin when they return from west to east!

Finally, Zhang San and Li Si were to go out to sea with the person who received the order, and naturally they would also have to return.

Notorious gangs like the Chang Le Gang will definitely be dealt with when they return.

Murong Jiu originally wanted to discuss it with Chu Luren, so she didn't agree to Zhang San's offer, but she also didn't refuse outright. She only said that she would decide when they returned.

However, after discovering that Zhang San and Li Si had issued punishment orders to some Jiangdong outlaws with mediocre reputations, Murong Jiu, out of consideration for winning people's hearts, accepted the reward order on behalf of the Jiangdong outlaws!

Considering Murong Jiu's martial arts skills, and the fact that she was only protecting the Jiangdong bandits, Zhang San and Li Si agreed that as long as Murong Jiu accepted the reward order, the Jiangdong bandits would not issue any further orders.

Due to numerous restrictions, it's quite difficult for Xia Ke Island to issue any truly valuable "reward orders." After all, people can accept them or not. And of all those invited to Xia Ke Island throughout history, only Master Zhang and Iron-Blooded Marquis have returned. In fact, after Master Zhang went there, he forbade Wudang disciples from going there. Therefore, most reward orders simply cannot be issued...

The two island masters, Long and Mu, invited everyone to Xia Ke Island with a purpose. They weren't there to do anything heroic. Since they couldn't just rush in like in the original story, they naturally had to use some tactics.

If we're only talking about the outlaws of "Jiangnan East Road," then Xia Ke Dao (侠客岛) has undoubtedly made a profit by not posting for them this time, in exchange for Nan Murong.

Chu Luren initially complained that Murong Jiu was too impulsive and unrealistic—what use is it for those people to remember your favor?

However, I wasn't too nervous, because... Chu Luren would definitely choose to go to Xia Ke Island as well!

Although Chu Luren understood that Xia Ke Island was likely more mysterious and held greater secrets than in the original work, the general direction was correct and it was definitely related to the opportunity presented by the Tai Xuan Jing.

Moreover, Chu Luren is also going to Wudang soon, so he can ask Master Zhang what exactly is on Xia Ke Island...

"Strange, why don't Zhang San and Li Si send me any messages?" Chu Luren was still puzzled.

"Of course they won't enter Lin'an. Otherwise, whether it's rewarding the good or punishing the evil, if they cause trouble in Lin'an at this time, the Eastern Depot and the Dragon Guard Manor won't sit idly by," Murong Jiu said matter-of-factly.

"Looks like we'll really have to keep an eye on them if we want this post in the future." Chu Luren is a lone wolf after all, usually wandering around, so Zhang San and Li Si probably won't come looking for him on their own.

"You're going too?" Murong Jiu was slightly surprised upon hearing this, and a little... embarrassed.

After all, very few people would go to Xia Ke Island on their own initiative. Chu Luren's enthusiasm must be because...

"Yes, I bet there must be some unparalleled martial art on Xia Ke Island that's why the others refuse to come back!" Chu Luren said confidently.

Murong Jiu:......

"By the way, when we go to the inn later, I'll introduce you to someone..." Chu Luren planned to tell Murong Jiu about Liu Sheng Piaoxu first, so that she wouldn't let it slip.

"A woman? Very beautiful?" Murong Jiu blurted out sharply.

"Hmm...not bad." Chu Luren thought for a moment and gave a fair evaluation.

"Oh, go ahead and speak." Murong Jiu said expressionlessly, opening her fan with a "KU" sound.

After Chu Luren explained Liu Sheng Piaoxu's background and her purpose in being by his side, Murong Jiu's expression slowly changed.

"So she's very likely the Marquis's inside man?" Murong Jiu understood Chu Luren's meaning and then asked, "So what are your plans afterward? Are you really going to leave her in Lin'an?"

“Of course we can’t stay in Lin’an, otherwise Rongrong and Yunluo will be in danger. She will definitely try to stay by my side, since the Marquis is more concerned about whether I will cause trouble for his plans. But as long as we leave Lin’an, the Marquis will be far away, and even if something unexpected happens, I’m not afraid of her causing trouble.” Chu Luren said quickly.

Huang Rong's suggestion that she stay in Lin'an was merely a ploy to lure her into a trap.

“Yes, maybe we can win them over even more completely.” Murong Jiu gave Chu Luren a deep look.

"By the way, I recently adopted a god-sister. Don't be surprised if you hear that..." Chu Luren, oblivious to everything else, brought up another matter.

"Very beautiful?" Murong Jiu asked again, preemptively.

"good……"

"You're really busy!" Murong Jiu shouted as she put away her fan.

Chapter 559 The Divine Marquis's Conspiracy

Although the birthday banquet had already passed, Chu Luren still introduced Murong Jiu to Yunluo...

However, Murong Jiu was being a little too eager!

"Hey, why is that young master Murong acting so strangely? Does he have some ulterior motive towards me?" Yunlu became suspicious as Chu Luren escorted her back to the palace.

Chu Luren chuckled upon hearing this, but Yun Luo turned her head and said, "You're still laughing?"

"It's nothing. I had arranged with her that if you felt really unwell, I would tell you a secret... I'll tell you when we get to your palace," Chu Luren said mysteriously.

As everyone knows, the palace of an adult princess, although located in the imperial city, is not in the inner palace. Since Chu Luren has a token and is accompanied by Princess Yunluo, he can pass through without hindrance.

The only person who might have warned Yunluo was Iron-Blooded Marquis, who was now unwilling to see Chu Luren at all—after all, in Zhao Wushi’s view, this guy was too hateful, and it wasn’t time to deal with him yet, so it was better not to see him!

"Princess, you're back? And the great hero Chu is here too?" Xiao Nu was a little confused when she saw Yun Luo—she had returned so early today, before the palace gates were even closing time.

However, upon seeing Chu Luren, he understood.

If Chu Luren hadn't returned before the palace gates closed, he wouldn't have been able to get in!

"You all go out first, I have something to say to Chu Luren," Yunluo said, shooing Xiaonu and the others out.

"Ah? Wait... Princess, please don't... Hey, then don't come back next time! What if someone sees us..." Xiao Nu wanted to argue a bit more, but Yun Luo had already pushed her out.

"What secret?" Yunluo's interest was piqued by Chu Luren's mysterious demeanor.

Especially since this is related to Nan Murong—Yunluo has always been very interested in gossip in the martial arts world, let alone this kind of "secret".

Chu Luren had already made an agreement with Murong Jiu that if Yunluo wasn't too opposed, they would not tell her for the time being. Instead, they would reveal her background to Yunluo!

Murong Jiu was even prepared to reveal more.

Even Wang Yuyan only knew that "Cousin Murong" was a woman, but did not know that she was a descendant of the Murong Zhuyan royal family.

However, Murong Jiu decided to tell Yunluo about this as well, as it could be crucial for her to propose marriage to the Song Dynasty in the future!

Murong Jiu estimated that even in Shenzhou, it would be difficult for Murong Zhuyan to restore its kingdom, but if small maritime countries like Chuyun Kingdom had the help of the Song Dynasty and his own status in the martial arts world, it would be easy to destroy one or two of them.

This was something Chu Luren had reminded her of before...

After all, it was impossible to get Murong Jiu to give up on restoring her kingdom, but she was conflicted because she wanted to stir up trouble everywhere, which was also somewhat disloyal.

So Chu Luren told her the stories of the "Three Heroes of the Mortal World" and "Li Jun of Liangshan," Zhang Zhongjian, the Bearded Swordsman, and Li Jun, the River Dragon, who both eventually went to sea and established their own countries overseas.

Although establishing a country overseas has a "loser's choice" feel to it, and Murong Jiu would have looked down on it in the past, after getting along with the Chu Lu people, Murong Jiu, who has long felt the difficulty of restoring the country, now thinks that it is not a bad alternative!

Of course, the best scenario would be for the Song, Yuan, and Qing dynasties to fight each other indiscriminately, after which the Murong clan would rise to power, raise the banner of the Murong Yan, and all the heroes of the martial world would respect the Southern Murong, and all the people would yearn for the Yan...

But this dream was almost crushed by the Chu Lu people!

In Chu Luren's opinion, Murong Jiu's current idea is quite dreamy—just based on that "noble bloodline" that is hundreds of years old, he is qualified to be the son-in-law of the Song court.

Is this the pre-Qin period?

After listening to Chu Luren's detailed explanation, Yunluo was genuinely a little excited.

She didn't realize that being a descendant of the Murong clan represented anything; she was simply excited about "sharing a great secret of the martial arts world"!

At the same time, Chu Luren and Yun Luo did not expect that in Lin'an... they were not the only ones who knew the secret of the Murong family!

……

"You've followed me for so long, yet you still refuse to show yourself here. Are you perhaps too ashamed to face anyone?" Murong Jiu deliberately came to a secluded spot in the city.

She originally intended to visit Qunyu Courtyard, even if she couldn't afford to offend them, it wouldn't stop her from wanting to see that so-called "adopted sister." However, she discovered that someone was following her on the way, so she deliberately brought them here!

"Young Master Murong is indeed brilliant. There are probably only a handful of people in the martial world who could detect that I was following you." A blind old man spoke in the voice of a middle-aged man.

This person not only moved stealthily, but also... changed clothes and disguises from time to time in some corners, having already changed his appearance quite a few times along the way.

"Heh." Murong Jiu chuckled noncommittally at his boasting.

In fact, if it weren't for Xiaojiu's warning, she might not have noticed.

"I am a man of many forms, nothing to boast about, but the Divine Marquis has invited you, young master, for a chat!" said the man who had not yet revealed his true face.

"Lead the way." Murong Jiu calmly closed her paper fan.

"Please!" the ever-changing scholar said, leading the way for Murong Jiu.

In the blink of an eye, Murong Jiu, who was a few steps behind him, turned around and he had already changed into the attire of a wealthy official.

The ever-changing scholar, the world's number one disguise master collected by the number one manor in the world...

First, they arrived at a private residence, and then passed through a secret passage. In a secluded and spacious underground chamber, Murong Jiu met the Iron-Blooded Marquis!

"Murong Fu of Gusu greets Your Highness," Murong Jiu said politely, cupping his hands in greeting.

Although Chu Luren and Tie Dan Shenhou had a very bad relationship, Murong Jiu felt that she should prioritize the cause of restoring the country, and Yingfei would understand!

"Murong of Gusu...is that Murong of Xianbei?" The Divine Marquis had his back to her, and his words caused Murong Jiu's expression to change slightly.

Then, Murong Jiuqiang, trying to remain calm, said, "The Dragon Guard Manor is indeed well-informed."

"Back then, Murong Zhuyan was full of talent, but unfortunately he ultimately failed to secure his rule over the world. Young Master Murong must be very unwilling to accept this, right?" Shenhou turned around and asked meaningfully.

"Your Highness is joking. I am merely a person of the martial world." Murong Jiu naturally wouldn't admit it so easily.

"A member of the martial arts world? After Murong Longcheng failed to contend for the throne with the Taizu, the Murong family never gave up. A member of the martial arts world... Young Master Murong is too modest." The Divine Marquis's intelligence had clearly been taking notice of the Murong family long ago.

After all, Murong Bo's actions left some traces, and the Marquis probably even knew the truth about what happened at Shanhaiguan back then!

As for why it wasn't addressed?

They probably shared the same thought as the Chu Lu people: that the Murong clan was dreaming...

Even the Iron-Blooded Marquis would be happy to see people stirring up trouble in the martial arts world, tearing each other apart, which is better than fighting against the imperial court.

"What do you mean by that, Your Highness?" Murong Jiu had already put on a stern face, while thinking about how to extricate herself.

However, the Iron-Blooded Marquis's special invitation to Murong Jiu was clearly not to do anything to her, but rather...

"I can give you a chance. You wanted to get close to my niece before? It just so happens that I have no son..."

You don't have a son? What a coincidence, neither does my father—Murong Jiu remained outwardly calm, but inwardly breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that this old man knew very little!