The Great Martial Arts World: Hot Topics and Great Heroes

This short figure was about the same height as Yu Canghai, but unlike Yu Canghai, she did not resemble a dwarf; rather, she looked like a real eight or nine-year-old girl.

Only the temperament between his brows was completely different from that of a child; there was no trace of innocence, but rather coldness, maturity, and stubbornness.

"My lord, if this person refuses to leave, should we..." The young figure knelt down, asking humbly with a hint of resentment.

After all... if he didn't kneel, he would be much taller than the Child Granny.

Clearly, while respecting the old woman, they were also extremely dissatisfied with Chu Luren's recent probing.

"Shut up! You little brat, you think you've become so capable after just a few days in charge of the Yangtian Department? Since my senior brother has taken him as a disciple, do you think you can so easily surround and kill him?" The old woman patted her on the head.

The person who just disguised herself as the Child Granny was Fu Minyi, the leader of the Yangtian Department—the youngest leader among the Nine Heavens and Nine Departments.

She was always favored by the old woman, and was more enthusiastic than others when teaching her martial arts.

What angered Tong Lao even more at this moment was that they couldn't defeat the Chu Luren...

"Your Majesty, are we really going to let him stay in the palace after that? What if..." Fu Minyi was a little worried, after all, they also knew that Tong Lao had a major enemy who might come knocking on their door.

"Hmph, this person is most likely my junior brother, whom he sent to stop that bitch." Granny Tong had guessed it too.

However, she was only about 60-70% sure, and she couldn't rule out the possibility that this guy was sent by Li Qiushui to test her!

"Then... if we maids join forces with him, can we stop the Lord's enemy?" Fu Minyi asked expectantly.

Upon hearing this, Granny Tong became agitated and slapped her head three times: "You're infuriating! You're infuriating! Even if it's true, do you expect me to need his disciple's protection? If he refuses to see me, then he should never show his face again! You want to team up with that pretty boy? Have you taken a liking to him? Have you no shame..."

When Tong Lao got angry, she started yelling like a shrew, and the palace maids were already used to it. At this moment, Fu Minyi was not angry at all, but instead admitted her mistake in fear.

After venting her anger, Tong Lao sighed and said, "Hey, did it hurt? I was so angry I lost my mind. What kind of pretty boy is he..." She continued, "But maybe we can use him to shield us. Then we can have the Four Swordsmen watch over him and say... I gave the Four Swordsmen to him! Men, ha, they're so easy to fool!" She said with a hint of disdain.

Of course, if Xiao Mimi said that, it would be her reflection after seeing many things. But if Tong Lao said that, it would be Chen Zhou's dissatisfaction after seeing so many people competing and his thought, "I could do that too."

"But don't let those four little girls really get the better of him. Once I've recovered my strength, I'll let this little sect leader know who his grandma is on Misty Peak!" Granny Tong added.

"Your Majesty is wise," Fu Minyi immediately replied.

Compared to the Thirty-Six Caves and Seventy-Two Islands surrounding Lingjiu Palace, the Nine Heavens and Nine Departments within the palace are completely opposite.

The Thirty-Six Caves and Seventy-Two Islands could easily backfire if one was not careful. The maids in the palace were either adopted orphans or people who had been harmed by men and then rescued by the Child Granny, so they were all extremely loyal.

……

Chu Luren was then led to his residence, which, although not on the main peak, was a place of birdsong and fragrant flowers. Granny Yu seemed to be displeased with Chu Luren's probing, and her attitude became much colder, though she remained respectful.

"Thank you for showing me the way, Granny Yu. I'll just wander around. No need to be so polite," Chu Luren said, cupping his hands in greeting.

Grandma Yu glared at him – “You still want to shop around? Who’s being polite with you? Did anyone offer to show you around?”

"The palace is full of women, and there are many taboos. Young Master Chu, you'd better not wander around!" Granny Yu said directly.

"Then I will wait here for good news from my master." Chu Luren readily agreed.

Although Granny Yu doubted whether Chu Luren was really so obedient, she didn't say much. Moreover... not long after, Granny Yu came again with the four sword attendants, Plum Blossom, Orchid, Bamboo and Chrysanthemum!

Chu Luren came out upon hearing the sound and saw four girls who looked exactly alike except for the color of their clothes. How could he not guess who they were?

The four sword attendants, Plum Blossom, Orchid, Bamboo, and Chrysanthemum, were orphans born from the same womb. They were discovered and taken in by the Child Granny while she was gathering herbs.

The four were considered the Child Granny's personal maids, but they were not among the Nine Heavens and Nine Departments. To make them easy to distinguish, they usually wore dresses in light red, moon white, light green, and light yellow respectively.

"Grandma Yu, who are these four people?" Chu Luren asked.

"The Lord was worried that Young Master Chu might have some inconvenience on the mountain, so he sent his maid to take care of Young Master Chu for a few days..." Granny Yu said, introducing the plum blossoms, orchids, bamboo, and chrysanthemums to Chu Luren.

Chu Luren chuckled inwardly—they even made a point of emphasizing that she was his master's maid, as if they were afraid I would ask them for her.

"Then I'll have to trouble the four of you." Chu Luren understood that these four swordsmen were probably there to monitor him.

At this moment, Chu Luren was even more certain that something had happened to the Child Granny; she might have already lost her powers and reverted to childhood...

Chapter 580 The Best Player of the Night, Boss Wu

Chu Luren understood that the Four Sword Attendants were called "servants" but were actually "monitors," so he behaved very obediently—only having Xiao Hong keep an eye on the main peak and the surrounding mountains every day.

I can roughly guess what my senior brother is thinking...

Chu Luren was about 60-70% certain that Tong Lao had already lost her powers and returned to childhood, and Tong Lao was also about 60-70% certain that Chu Luren was not lying and that he had come to help.

It's just that neither of them was completely certain, so they all kept it to themselves.

Chu Luren stayed at Lingjiu Palace for a few days, and apart from not being able to move around freely, he was quite comfortable...

On the third night, Chu Luren heard a "cooing" sound and then woke up from his Dao Embryo state.

"Coo coo..." Chu Luren also started cooing.

Then Chu Luren got up, passed by the outer room where Mei Jian and Zhu Jian were sleeping, and passed by the door where Lan Jian and Ju Jian were guarding, and walked out calmly.

From beginning to end, Chu Luren kept making "gurgling" sounds. From God's perspective, it wasn't particularly well hidden, but none of the four sword servants noticed that Chu Luren had left... including Lan Jian and Ju Jian, who hadn't closed their eyes!

Even the little golden dantian on Chu Luren's shoulder made faces at the two of them as they passed by...

After leaving, Chu Luren used his lightness skill to traverse between the surrounding peaks. Before long, he followed Xiao Hong to another mountain peak, which was a relatively secluded location within the Lingjiu Palace.

Judging from the position of Little Red, Chu Luren spotted a sneaky figure directly below it.

Chu Luren looked closely and realized it was none other than Xiao Wu, the one who left Misty Peak three days ago.

Seeing him tiptoeing around, and... carrying a sack? Chu Luren's expression was strange—could it be that Boss Wu is going to get MVP again?

Boss Wu was already nervous carrying the sack. He was about to sneak up when suddenly his shoulder felt a weight on it. Someone had placed a weapon against his neck!

This Boss Wu was a ruthless man. His first instinct was to cower and try to fight back. However... when he touched his waist, he discovered that his "Green Wave Fragrance Knife" was gone.

Meanwhile, the weapon at his neck was neither used to slash his neck nor taken away; it simply followed him, remaining on his shoulder the whole way.

After regaining his senses a little, Boss Wu smelled a familiar stench—not from being scared, but from… the stench of his knife!

His "Green Wave Fragrant Dew Blade" had an elegant name, but it was actually a long blade that had been poisoned for a long time, turning dark green and emitting a foul stench...

Then he realized that the knife he had placed against his neck was his own!

Fortunately, he had prepared himself for a desperate fight before going up the mountain and had taken the antidote in advance; otherwise, he might have been poisoned by the deadly poison that had seeped from his own knife.

At the same time, he dared not move at all—after all, not only had someone quietly touched his back, but he was also completely unaware that someone had taken his weapon?

Boss Wu instantly realized the gap between himself and this mysterious expert, and immediately stopped moving.

"I don't know... I don't know which expert is joking with me? Is there anything I can do to help?" Boss Wu said guiltily.

Chu Luren casually stuck the stinky knife aside—even if he were actually cut, the poison wouldn't harm him, let alone be able to smell it, but... it really did stink!

"Didn't you leave? What are you doing back? What are you carrying on your back?" Chu Luren asked in a series of questions.

Without even using a falsetto, Boss Wu was already relieved when he heard it was a man, and... he also vaguely guessed who it was, so he mustered up his courage and slowly turned his head.

Upon recognizing Chu Luren, he immediately knelt down and said, "Young Master Chu! I...I have come to..."

As he knelt down, the sack he was carrying fell off his back and twitched a few times on the ground.

Wu Laoda quickly lowered his head and dared not speak—he only hoped that Chu Luren and Lingjiu Palace were outwardly friendly but inwardly hostile, otherwise he would not have a chance to survive.

Seeing this, Chu Luren used a finger strike to cut the rope binding the sack in mid-air. Then, the person inside sat up and then took the sack off from head to toe.

She looked to be just an eight or nine-year-old girl, and when she first peeked out, she seemed... quite panicked?

However, Chu Luren always felt that there was a hidden disdain in those fearful eyes!

"You've got guts..." Chu Luren praised Old Wu.

"Great Hero Chu, you may not know this, but the women of Lingjiu Palace are all extremely vicious. I... I was forced to do this because I wanted to break free from their control... If Great Hero Chu is willing to uphold justice, we who have been oppressed by these wicked women are willing to serve you as our master. When we level this Misty Peak, the entire Lingjiu Palace will belong to you. What secret manuals will be readily available then?"

Chu Luren was taken aback for a moment, then asked, "Who told you I came here to find the secret manual?"

"This..." Boss Wu looked at Chu Luren with a smirk - if you're not here to find the secret manual, what else could you be here for?

"Hmph, don't waste your time. By all accounts, I and Tong Lao are from the same family. You've misplaced your efforts to sow discord." Chu Luren was secretly annoyed. Someone must be spreading rumors in the martial arts world again, trying to ruin his reputation.

And just how corrupt has this deteriorated to this extent?

This is Lingjiu Palace...

Anyone would tempt you by saying, "Once we take over this place, all the women in the palace will be yours," right?

Why is it that when it comes to me, all I have are secret manuals?

Although Chu Luren really didn't care about women or anything like that...

"Hehehe, Brother Chu, that's not quite right. The closer the brothers are to each other, the more likely they are to harm each other!"

Just then, a distant female voice was heard.

Moreover, unlike Boss Wu and Chu Luren, the two of them hadn't spoken very loudly before, trying not to disturb others.

The woman's voice was loud and clear, echoing around. Although this hilltop was relatively secluded, it immediately became noisy!

A genuine look of panic appeared on the girl's face. She then stood up angrily and kicked Wu Laoda, sending him sprawling face-first into the dirt.

"You!" Old Wu was furious at the sight, but when he turned his head and saw the girl's face, which was not at all like a child's, he felt a chill in his heart for no reason and did not say anything.

That's right, this little girl is none other than the Heavenly Child Granny!

Although she had only recently regained her youthful energy, each day was equivalent to a year. Even if she only had three to five years of energy left, it was impossible for Old Man Wu to capture her silently.

However, things were different tonight—the old woman discovered that Li Qiushui had come to the mountain, so she deliberately did not stay on the main peak, but instead stayed in this secluded place.

Even when they encountered Boss Wu, they didn't cause any trouble. Instead, they pretended not to know martial arts and were captured by Boss Wu. They thought that being taken down the mountain like this was a way of escaping a disaster...

Moreover, if Li Qiushui follows the clue that "the four sword attendants are her senior sister's personal maids," she will only find Chu Luren!

But as if things weren't going to go wrong, Wu Laoda was utterly useless and was caught on the spot by Chu Luren.

Now Li Qiushui has discovered it again...

Chapter 581 Let's hear what my junior disciple has to say

"You lowly wench! Are you ashamed to be seen by others? Hahaha, look who this is! My junior brother specially sent his disciple to fawn over me, saying he regrets marrying you, you stinking 'bitch,' and now he's all I care about!"

The eight- or nine-year-old Tianshan Child Granny was still not cute at all, and even... not wise at all. When she opened her mouth, it sounded like a shrew cursing in the street.

When Wu Laoda heard Tong Lao's voice, he was scared half to death—it was much more childish than the voice he usually heard from Tong Lao. However… he had previously thought she was mute!

And why did this "little girl" pull Chu Taisui and say that she was "the successor of her junior brother"?