The Great Martial Arts World: Hot Topics and Great Heroes

Many major sects that learned the inside story turned their attention to the Beggars' Sect.

Upon closer inspection, someone with sharp eyes noticed that... when Wu Changfeng was being watched, he instinctively reached out to grasp the ghost-head knife, but immediately withdrew it.

Boss Wu immediately shouted, "The Beggars' Sect is up to something! Brothers, attack together!"

Suddenly, seven or eight people from the Beggars' Sect sat down, but they couldn't withstand the larger number of brothers from the Righteous Alliance. With a few punches and kicks, they were quickly subdued. The Southern Beggars' Sect had been tricked by the First-Class Hall before, and several bottles of antidote were taken from them.

It hasn't expired yet, and Chen Guyan happens to have a bottle on him. Just now, while everyone was paying attention, they secretly cured a few people from Emei and Shaolin, but unfortunately, they were immediately subdued again...

Chu Luren then remembered something else: "Yu Yan, didn't you say back then that Elder Chen Guyan's way of playing with the bag had some 'Qiankun Yiqi' techniques?"

While seemingly asking Wang Yuyan, Chu Luren turned to Shuobude, as if seeking confirmation of something...

Chapter 635 Last Will and Testament

Upon hearing Chu Luren's words, Shuobude struggled to stretch his neck and look at Chen Guyan. The latter was clearly avoiding Shuobude's gaze and tried to turn his head away, but he had already been restrained by An Dongzhu, so where could he hide?

"You are...it's you? Third brother?" It was as if he suddenly recognized something.

"So you're still alive?" Behind the surprise, there was also a sense of regret and sorrow, a complex mix of emotions.

"Not bad, are you very disappointed?" Chen Guyan, seeing that he had been exposed, simply revealed his face.

Before he could speak, Zhou Dian asked, "Shuobude, isn't he the beast your Chen family produced back then? The one who committed adultery with your sister-in-law and made you so angry that you shaved your own head?"

It's forbidden to say anything!

If it weren't for the poison, I might have fought Zhou Dian to the death first...

"Why are you glaring at me? He cheated on you, so you're taking it out on your own brother?" Zhou Dian said without thinking.

Chu Luren initially thought he was just talking nonsense, but seeing how unusually angry he looked... it seemed like he was serious?

"So that's what you did! You colluded with Cheng Kun, wanting all the factions and the Ming Cult to be weakened so you could get revenge, right?" At this moment, Boss Wu kicked Chen Guyan in the stomach.

“That’s right. He’s usually organizing a righteous army in Nanyang. He’s just a stinking beggar, so naturally he has no chance to take revenge.”

"I always said the Beggars' Sect has no good stuff, but I think there might be other reasons!"

"How did they get the antidote for the Sorrowful Breeze? Are they colluding with Yipintang?"

Whether it's the Thirty-Six Caves, the Seventy-Two Islands, or the various factions of the Starry Sea, they are all very experienced in this regard—as long as a pretext is given, all sorts of labels and foul language will immediately follow.

Wu Changfeng was furious at the scolding: "Nonsense! This antidote was clearly stolen from Yipintang in Wuxi! Why do you have 'Sad Breeze'?"

However, without Chu Luren's prompting, the large group continued to berate him for being shameless—did they steal it? It was clearly Alliance Leader Chu and Hero Qiao who saved them, and they had taken several bottles of antidote!

Wu Changfeng realized that he had been led astray, and that he had been accused of being ungrateful. Moreover, he was no match for the arrogance of others, so he had no choice but to shut up in frustration.

"Enough! Everyone, don't get so agitated. I believe that apart from a few sects that colluded with the Mongol Yuan, the vast majority of sects were instigated and are victims."

As Chu Luren spoke, he glanced in the direction of Shaolin and the Beggars' Sect, and then continued, "Everyone should also try to recall who has been in contact with Cheng Kun, who is Yuanzhen of Shaolin. I have obtained solid evidence that Cheng Kun is not only related to the death of the Yang Sect Leader, but also... has a real motive to frame the Ming Cult!"

Based on the previous confessions of the Mongol lackeys, this person must have been the mastermind behind it all!

"What? Sect Leader Yang is already... also related to Cheng Kun? No, Zi... cough cough, Alliance Leader Chu, what exactly do you mean by that?" Iron Crown Daoist asked at this moment.

The Ming Cult members were all poisoned, and Chu Luren hadn't offered to help them with the antidote, so they were somewhat upset and no one paid any attention to him. However, they couldn't care less about that at the moment.

Xiao Zhao then took out the parchment scroll of "The Great Shift of Heaven and Earth" and folded the first part of the technique onto it. She placed it in front of Yang Xiao and asked, "The will of the Yang Sect Leader has been found by Brother Chu and me. Left Envoy Yang can verify it."

Yang Xiao and the others were quite awkward about the sudden appearance of the beautiful Xiao Zhao—after all, she was a maid on Bright Peak before, and... she didn't look like this!

Yang Xiao glanced at it a few times and then barely moved his neck slightly before saying, "That's right, it's our sect's 'Great Shift of Heaven and Earth'... It also contains the last words of Sect Leader Yang?"

"That's right. Sect Leader Yang suffered a qi deviation and died in the secret passage. Behind this is Sect Leader Yang's last words! However, this matter... concerns Sect Leader Yang's reputation, so it's best for others not to take it too seriously."

After Xiao Zhao finished speaking, the island lords and cave masters said "excuse me" and carried Yang Xiao, Wei Yixiao, Yin Tianzheng, the Five Wanderers and Zhuang Zheng over separately. The contents of this letter were obviously not suitable for public disclosure—Yang Dingtian didn't want the entire Ming Cult to know that he had been cuckolded, did he?

"Damn it! How dare that scoundrel Cheng Kun..."

"What a pity for the hero Yang, who lived such a life!"

"So, the leader of the Ming Cult chose Brother Xie the Third? What a pity... Cheng Kun, that scoundrel, must have harmed Brother Xie the Third's entire family to take revenge on the Ming Cult!"

"I originally thought that it was Brother Xie who had dragged down the Ming Cult and failed the Master's teachings, but I never expected... that it was the Ming Cult that dragged Brother Xie down."

The Ming Cult's higher-ups recognized Yang Dingtian's handwriting and clearly approved of the content.

Then look at Shaolin...

If they were only skeptical before, they are now undoubtedly convinced that Cheng Kun, also known as Yuanzhen, was deliberately harming the Ming Cult. Shaolin... it's hard to say whether they are accomplices or one of the masterminds behind it!

"Benefactor Chu! What exactly did Master Yang's last letter say? Could you please show it to this old monk?" Kong Wen also noticed something was amiss and took the initiative to ask.

Upon hearing this, the members of the Ming Cult cursed Shaolin Temple angrily.

Kong Wen also felt that it was not fake—after all, people like Yin Tianzheng usually had good character and would not insult him without reason, disregarding his status. They were different from the demons and monsters of a certain alliance.

"I told you, this matter concerns the reputation of Master Yang. If you want to see it, Monk Kongwen..." Chu Luren said meaningfully.

Upon seeing this, Kong Wen pondered for a moment before saying, "Amitabha, I only wish to verify whether what is written above truly constitutes evidence against the Ming Cult by my nephew Yuanzhen! If it is indeed true, I will henceforth practice the meditation of silence! I will not speak again until I see the Tathagata."

Kong Wen had made a solemn vow, and Chu Luren nodded and said, "Sister Zhao, take a look at that old monk."

Apart from Zhou Dian shouting things like "he should cut off his own tongue," the other members of the Ming Cult did not object anymore.

Although they disdained empty talk, since the old monk dared to make a vow, everyone still believed him.

Everyone stared at Kong Wen, since it was just someone from the Ming Cult saying it, and they couldn't completely believe it.

Kong Wen looked at the back of the parchment scroll, his expression changed for a moment... then he let out a heavy sigh, closed his eyes, and said nothing more.

Everyone understands now: Kongwen has already acknowledged that Chu Taisui and the Ming Cult are not lying, and has begun practicing silent meditation!

"Chen Guyan! You still won't confess honestly how you colluded with Cheng Kun and the Mongol Tartars? When did Cheng Kun tell you about this secret passage?" Boss Wu said, patting Chen Guyan's face with his Green Wave Fragrance Knife, and red rashes immediately appeared on his face.

"Shut up! I, Chen Guyan, am an upright and honorable man, how could I..."

As soon as Chen Guyan opened his mouth, the surrounding crowd burst into laughter and chatter, spewing vulgarities such as "Standing tall and upright? You're standing taller than your sister-in-law, aren't you?"—another wave of insults came crashing down on him...

Not to mention Chen Guyan, he might also be glaring at Zhou Dian right now, looking like he wanted to skin him alive!

Chapter 636 The Facts Are Clear

By using the pretext of "instigation and instigation by the Mongol Yuan dynasty," the Righteous Alliance completely seized the upper hand in the fight for justice...

With their superior numbers and eloquence, they effectively suppressed the arrogance of the various factions.

Although if everyone were truly added together, the number would certainly exceed the number of people present from the Righteous Alliance, most sects have now begun to admit that they were "used," "instigated," and "unaware."

After all, the Righteous Alliance had indeed captured the Mongols, and even caught the Shaolin and Beggars' Sects red-handed. It seemed that even the Emei Sect was not clean either, which undoubtedly gave them an excellent reason.

Secondly, there is a more practical reason – now that we are already in a precarious situation, at their mercy, if we were threatened, we could still put up a fight, but since we are being told that we are being used, and there is “evidence”, most people will naturally choose to believe it!

Extinction was naturally unwilling to accept this outcome and continued to denounce the Ming Cult for its evil deeds, claiming that she had acted in the name of justice in the martial world. However…

Chu Luren had already instructed others on how to deal with this kind of dredging up of old grievances.

She said her piece, and we said ours—she spoke of the Ming Cult's misdeeds, and we spoke even louder, saying that the Ming Cult organized righteous armies to resist the Mongol Yuan dynasty, and that her enmity with the Ming Cult was merely to vent personal grudges and collude with the Mongol Yuan…

In short, they avoid giving any direct answers and simply stick to the label. Anyway... when it comes to shouting, the Righteous Alliance has an absolute advantage and can yell until no one can hear Extinction's voice.

While the Righteous Alliance was hurling accusations and spreading mud, they were also quite skillful, deliberately engaging in divisive tactics—for example, while accusing the "mastermind," they praised the Quanzhen Sect, the Northern Beggars' Sect, and so on, ignoring the various sects invited by the Emei Sect...

Using them as a foil shows that the various sects of Emei have ulterior motives.

Some sects, led by the Songshan Sect and the Changle Gang, have even joined the ranks of those criticizing Shaolin and the Beggars' Sect. The Songshan Sect, needless to say, originally wanted to shake Shaolin's position. The Five Mountains Sword Sect and the Ming Cult have no enmity; they just want to increase their own influence, so they are just trying to gain attention everywhere. Now that they have an opportunity to attack Shaolin, they will not let it go.

As for the Chang Le Gang...

They were shameless to begin with, and now that they could take a hit on the Southern Beggars' Gang, another major gang in the south, they were happy to do so.

From the moment they decided to take these shameless guys to Bright Summit, Emei and Shaolin were already doomed to lose more than half the battle—if only the core members of the major sects were present, the situation would be much better, at least there wouldn't be any "traitors."

This shouting match on Bright Summit is just a microcosm. If you go down to Bright Summit and among the people under the Mongol Yuan tyranny, this kind of argument can easily spread!

Even within the Song court's territory, it could be spread far and wide—after all, ordinary people wouldn't empathize with江湖 (jianghu, the martial arts world) feuds; if an old nun lost her lover, people would at most treat it as a joke.

But if you say that there are martial arts sects colluding with the violent Yuan, then everyone will be wide awake!

Even if martial arts sects don't care what ordinary people think, if too many people talk about it...

Public opinion can melt metal and destroy bones! Even falsehoods can become truth.

The common people are convinced that if a certain sect or faction colludes with the violent Yuan, the first thing to be affected will be the security escort agencies, martial arts schools, and the middle ground between the martial arts world and the common people. Gradually, this will rise to the level of public opinion in the martial arts world as a whole!

Having understood this point and known the intentions of the Righteous Alliance, those small sects that hadn't been implicated and had only come to take advantage naturally agreed, confirming that they had been deceived by these major sects.

Even more shameless people, or those with vested interests, will then turn around and bite back.

Major sects like Kunlun and Kongtong remained silent, not wanting to provoke them.

Miejue gradually realized this as well, and her eyes turned bloodshot with rage. The veins on her forehead were about to bulge out, and her lips trembled as she stammered, unable to utter a word.

On the Shaolin side, Kongwen, who was leading the group, practiced silent meditation, and the other monks seemed to follow suit, remaining silent despite the ridicule.

The Beggars' Sect was originally the most promising to challenge the Righteous Alliance—how clean could the mouths of stinking beggars be? Besides, ordinary dirty mouths have no effect on them.

Unfortunately, they are now in the spotlight because of the "discovery of the secret passage," and the Righteous Alliance is repeatedly bringing up their ungrateful behavior, which is about to confirm the Beggars' Sect's collusion with Cheng Kun!

And he has already "shyly" and indirectly confessed that the person who discovered the secret passage was Chen Youliang, who has been promoted to the Eighth Bag Elder.

"Alright, everyone, calm down! I think the facts are quite clear, but it's not appropriate for each faction to clean house in front of everyone right now." Chu Luren spoke up at this moment, stopping the verbal battle that had been going on for almost half an hour, and then made his own judgment.

Many people want to complain – how come the facts are already clear? So just because you won the argument, the facts are set in stone?

However, someone has indeed been caught red-handed. Seeing that the Righteous Alliance members had stopped talking, the others also quieted down. The old men of the Beggar Clan were willing to "fight" again, but their throats were already hoarse.

"I think everyone should go back and investigate thoroughly whether there are any people in your own sect who are colluding with the Mongols and Yuan Dynasty. Don't make a big mistake in the future and regret it too late! Fellow brothers of the Ming Cult, I think you all want to rebel against the Yuan Dynasty, but you have been deceived for a time. We should not let our friends suffer and our enemies rejoice."

The losses suffered by all sides today... are entirely the fault of the Mongol Yuan dynasty and a few scoundrels of the martial world! Once we have investigated, we will skin them alive one by one. Anyone who dares to start another conflict, don't blame the Righteous Alliance for disregarding sentimentality in order to uphold righteousness!

Upon hearing Chu Luren's words, many people readily agreed, or at least did not object.

After so much buildup, it's clear that anyone who steps forward now is helping the Mongol Yuan dynasty to instigate conflict!

Yang Xiao and the others knew that the Chu Lu people couldn't possibly join forces with them completely and simply kill all the people from the various factions, so they had no choice but to accept it reluctantly.

But at this moment, Yin Liting stepped forward and said, "Brother Chu! You have cured Yang Xiao, that dog of a poison. I want to fight him to the death. This matter has nothing to do with Wudang or Ming Cult!"

"Sixth Brother Yin, please calm down, this matter..."

"Yang Xiao, you scoundrel! Do you dare to step forward?" Yin Liting naturally wouldn't give face to anyone at this point, and drew his sword, pointing it at Yang Xiao.