The Great Martial Arts World: Hot Topics and Great Heroes

Zhao Min wasn't stupid either; she retreated into the crowd. A-San, who was weaker than A-Da and A-Er, also used his Vajra Finger to point at Chu Luren, hoping to hold out for as long as possible.

His powerful external martial arts were easily subdued by Chu Luren with a grappling technique, his elbow striking back. Seeing that he was still trying to exert force, Chu Luren pinched his fingers, slapped his elbow, and pressed down at the same time. A sound of bones breaking rang out!

This Indian guy was ruthless; he gritted his teeth, let out a muffled groan, and tried to use his other hand to grab Chu Luren.

But how could they possibly stop them?

Fortunately, Ah Er, whose face was ashen and who was clearly in bad shape after being hit by the Xuanming Divine Palm, rallied his spirits and pounced on Chu Luren.

Taking advantage of the opportunity created by Ah San, Ah Er once again grabbed Chu Luren's arms, but unfortunately, Chu Luren's acupoints were instantly reversed. What should have been his weak points shot out a burst of true energy as solid as sword energy, which pierced Ah Er's hands, causing them to bleed profusely.

Chu Luren wanted to seize the opportunity to capture the king, but he had only taken two steps forward when A'er ignored the injury on his hand and still grabbed at Chu Luren.

First, he tried to use his own arms to entangle Chu Luren's arms, but Chu Luren used his strength to break them.

Taking advantage of this moment, the two elders of Xuanming had already grabbed Zhao Min and were about to escape using their lightness skills!

The two elders of Xuanming were almost unharmed, but... they were far less loyal than Ah Da, Ah Er, and Ah San. They only took Zhao Min with them when they saw an opportunity and had no intention of fighting them head-on.

As long as they rescue Zhao Min, they will be considered to have done nothing wrong.

Chu Luren also tried to use his lightness skill, but Ah Er, whose arms were broken, still clung tightly to Chu Luren's waist. Chu Luren then struck him on the back, causing Ah Er to spit out a mouthful of blood before collapsing to the ground.

At this moment, Ah Da unleashed his eight arms, and countless sword shadows attacked Chu Luren, but none of them could penetrate Chu Luren's body. Instead, Chu Luren used his fingers as swords to stab and slash, breaking all his sword moves!

At this moment, Chu Luren turned his head again and saw that the Xuanming Elders had already fled far away with Zhao Min, and it was too late to chase them... yeah right!

It was quite far, but with Xiao Hong keeping up, they wouldn't lose track of each other. And how incredibly skilled was Chu Luren in terms of lightness of movement?

Seeing that Chu Luren was chasing so fast, Zhao Min whispered to the two elders of Xuanming to put her down first.

"Alliance Leader Chu, are you reluctant to let my daughter leave? But my father is still waiting for me to return. If he doesn't come back and today's events get out, I'm afraid things will get out of hand on Zhongnan Mountain," Zhao Min threatened.

The Ancient Tomb Sect and the Quanzhen Sect were both located within the Mongol Yuan territory, so it was definitely impossible for them to have actually killed Zhao Min.

However, Zhao Min then added, "How about this: Alliance Leader Chu, let me leave, and then... I will grant you three conditions, how about that?"

"The conditions are off, and the princess need not worry. Our alliance just wants to give the princess some advice." Chu Luren was not easily fooled.

Killing her is impossible, but releasing her isn't so easy either—if Zhao Min is captured alive, surely the Prince of Ruyang won't remain so ruthless?

Upon hearing this, Zhao Min feigned a pitiful expression and said, "Alliance Leader Chu, you only know one side of the story. My father already has many powerful enemies in the court, especially now that there is no war on the eastern front and my father is idle. If people find out that I have been captured alive by the Alliance Leader and my father has done nothing, someone will surely slander me to the Great Khan. At that time, in order to show his loyalty to the Great Khan, my father will have no choice but to disregard my safety..."

Chapter 627 Conditions

Zhao Min's words left Chu Luren speechless...

Moreover, the two elders of Xuanming were standing to the side, looking ready to fight. They hadn't been seriously injured and still had the strength to fight. The reason they fled was more to protect Zhao Min.

Otherwise, if Chu Luren only fights these two, it will be easy to win, but difficult to kill them!

However, the Chu Lu people have many tricks up their sleeves, especially the "Qiankun Wuji Gong + Guixu Wujin Jing", which not only provides extremely strong defense but also allows them to use the opponent's strength against them. Even if a few less skilled experts surround them, it won't make much difference to the Chu Lu people.

The two elders of Xuanming remained silent, only offering a silent deterrent, while Zhao Min continued, "My agreement with Alliance Leader Chu still stands! Although the Great Khan now trusts the Golden Wheel Monk, I have always felt that the insightful people in the Central Plains martial arts world are more worthy of being won over and joined forces with."

Zhao Min sometimes refers to herself as "this princess," and sometimes as "this humble woman." Her temperament also switches between graceful and dignified and beautiful and playful. When she is graceful and dignified, she also has a bit of straightforwardness, and when she is beautiful and playful, she also has a bit of heroism.

Chu Luren always felt that her words were implying something...

In other words, Zhao Min didn't trust or even disliked "Golden Wheel Monk"?

No, it should be said that the strategic positioning is different!

Prince Ruyang stationed his troops at Tongguan and commanded the Mongol army on the eastern front. Therefore, in terms of the strategy of managing the martial arts world, Zhao Min tended to recruit masters from the Central Plains martial arts world. Jinlun and his group, on the other hand, clearly intended to target Xiangyang and the Southern Song court. Moreover, they formed their own faction, using Tantric masters to directly confront the Southern martial arts world.

Under the current Mongol Yuan system, the less military action is taken, the more Ruyang Prince's power will shrink. Even before it shrinks, some people will resent that someone who has no combat missions is in charge of a large army!

At least Zhao Min hinted to the Chu Lu people that the relationship between the Prince of Ruyang and Jinlun's side was not good.

"I wouldn't dare use the word 'defection,' but with Alliance Leader Chu's extraordinary talent and ambition, if he were to join forces with our Ruyang Prince's Mansion, it would be no problem for him to first destroy Shaolin and then annihilate Wudang! At that time, Alliance Leader Chu would be the most powerful figure in the martial arts world..."

"Stop talking nonsense! I am only temporarily in charge on behalf of Master Zhang. When I meet Master Zhang in the future, I will persuade him to come out of seclusion and take over the Righteous and Righteous Alliance!" Chu Luren interrupted hurriedly.

First destroy Shaolin, then annihilate Wudang?

You're dreaming!

Then I will be the newest grave in the martial arts world...

Zhao Min was taken aback upon hearing this, then smiled and said she didn't believe it—you're from the Starry Constellation Sect and the Sun Moon Cult, yet you don't have that many demons and monsters, and you even want to win over the Ming Cult... and you even want Master Zhang to be the leader of the alliance?

"Princess Zhao Min said she would grant me three conditions?"

“We can make a vow by high five,” Zhao Min said, extending her hand, which was as white and delicate as the jade fan pendant.

“Princess, if it’s just a gentleman’s agreement, we really can’t believe it. How about we agree on a method whereby the princess will mortgage three of her servants to us… Of course, two of those servants have probably already been crippled. If the princess doesn’t care, there’s nothing we can do.” Chu Luren said to himself.

"Isn't Alliance Leader Chu afraid of being ridiculed for being so petty?" Zhao Min mocked.

Chu Luren thought for a moment, then asked in return, "Does the princess think... who else in the world would ridicule our alliance for such a thing?"

Zhao Min: ...

“Alright, then let those three servants follow you for now. But Ah Er and Ah San are injured. Would Alliance Leader Chu be so kind as to treat them?” Zhao Min asked tentatively.

"It can't be cured," Chu Luren said directly.

It wasn't all a lie. Although neither of them lost an arm or a leg, many of their bones and joints were shattered, not just healed.

Even if "Divine Illumination True Qi" could save him, the bone fragments would have to be removed first. After the treatment, the bones would likely be shortened in several places, and his external martial arts skills would be reduced to less than two or three tenths.

Zhao Min stared at Chu Luren for a moment, then said, "The Vajra Sect's sacred medicine, 'Black Jade Bone-Mending Ointment,' can treat broken bones. I will send someone to deliver it to Alliance Leader Chu later, and I hope Alliance Leader Chu will grant me this treatment."

"Alright, but... the first condition is that you also get me a hundred or two hundred catties of Black Jade Bone-Mending Ointment! I'll release that Indian then." Chu Luren naturally started by releasing the least important people.

Zhao Min, half annoyed and half coquettish, said, "Alliance Leader Chu is joking. The Black Jade Rejuvenating Ointment is made from precious ingredients and is not easy to refine. Even if you raided the Vajra Sect, you probably wouldn't have two or three pounds... I'll just give Alliance Leader Chu enough medicine to apply to his whole body!"

Chu Luren didn't mention asking for the recipe, firstly because some of the medicinal materials might be hard to obtain, and secondly because it's difficult to verify the authenticity of the recipe. It would be better to leave a sample and then let Xue Shinei decipher it later.

"It would take at least three people to connect the entire skeleton!" Chu Luren shook his head.

"Can we have two conditions?" Zhao Min had already agreed in her heart, but she was just teasing Chu Luren on purpose.

“Okay, then the third condition is to grant me three more conditions,” Chu Luren said magnanimously.

Zhao Min: ...

In the end, the two only settled this first "condition".

Chu Luren specifically asked one more question about the "Black Jade Meridian-Reconnecting Ointment," whether it could also reconnect meridians—the answer was no!

"Black Jade Broken-Healing Ointment" is ultimately a miraculous medicine of the Vajra Sect, because the Vajra Sect is known for its hard skills, and injuries are inevitable during the practice of hard skills. This is why long-term illness makes one a good doctor.

However, it is ineffective for severed meridians.

Chu Luren sighed inwardly—it seemed that using this Black Jade Broken Heart Ointment to help Master Wuyazi stand up was easy, but restoring his martial arts skills was impossible.

Wu Yazi was not only paralyzed due to a broken spine, but also had his meridians severed, rendering him unable to use much of his powerful Northern Darkness True Qi.

Otherwise, if it were just a bone problem, with his skill level, he could certainly float...

"Alliance Leader Chu, take my token and go back quickly! Otherwise, Granny Golden Flower might not be able to hold on." Zhao Min then gave the hairpin to Chu Luren, so that the three servants would not doubt Chu Luren's words.

At the same time, it was also a test: was Chu Luren's appearance at this time a coincidence... or did it have something to do with Granny Jin Hua?

Chu Luren took the hairpin that Zhao Min had deliberately used as a hidden weapon to hit his face, and said calmly, "It's not a matter of whether I can withstand it or not, hehe."

Zhao Min was taken aback at first, then suddenly realized something, and her expression turned somewhat unpleasant.

"Oh, Princess, don't worry. Apart from Ah Da and Ah Er, whom I'll 'keep' for, I won't forcibly detain the others unless they're in trouble." Chu Luren deliberately laid a trap for the Bitter Monk.

Upon hearing Chu Luren's words, Zhao Min became completely certain that Chu Luren had not come alone and had also notified the demons and monsters in the alliance!

At this moment, the real danger was that Master Ku and his companions were in grave peril...

Dongdong: There's a bonus chapter showing the proposal scene later on; the proposal itself is in the bonus section of "My Years of Signing In for Yu-Gi-Oh!"~

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 628 Another Day of Upholding the Code of the Martial World

Chu Luren had been chasing Zhao Min for a long time, and now that he had returned to the place where they first met, it was a time of chaos.

Amidst the cacophony, there could be faint, orderly shouts, seemingly an attempt to forcefully drown out the sounds of fighting.

"The world is filled with righteous energy..."

“A variety of shapes and forms…”

"Below are the rivers and mountains..."

"Above are the sun and stars..."

At this time, the Righteous Alliance brothers on Bright Peak numbered several hundred, several times more than the Mongols, and even the weakest among them were at the level of "a trusted junior of a certain island lord".

As for the level of experts?

If Ah Da and Ah Er are not injured, and Fan Yao does not hold back his strength, then if they join forces against Lian Xing, they will only last a few hundred more moves.

In terms of both quantity and quality, the Righteous Alliance has the advantage, and naturally, many people are unable to get involved and can only stand around.

How can simply standing there show off one's hard work and great achievements?

Especially those from the Thirty-Six Caves and Seventy-Two Islands, all eager to be the first to lead, and the others couldn't just stand by and do nothing, so...

Inside, shouts of battle erupted, while outside, a circle of people chanted in unison the "Ode to Righteousness" written by their leader.

As the song "Ode to Righteousness" played, those within the community who were dedicated to promoting righteousness became even more enthusiastic.

Another day of upholding the code of honor in the martial arts world...

When Chu Luren returned, the battle was nearing its end, and most of those who were determined to escape had their legs broken.

Ah Er and Ah San were originally quite good-natured, but they were already seriously injured and were now subdued. Only... Bitter Monk was fighting with Granny Golden Flower. The crowd didn't know which side the two belonged to, so they gathered around, watching the spectacle and cheering.

"The old woman is attacking his lower body! His lower body is unstable!"

"Ugly Monk, what did you do to that old woman? Why is she making trouble for you?"

"Did a kind sister slash your face?"

"The Alliance Leader has arrived!"

"The world is filled with righteous energy..."