The Great Martial Arts World: Hot Topics and Great Heroes

"Brother Chu! Show some respect to the princess! (Is the princess's residence a place for you? You're not welcome here!)"

"Wow, so you're quite respectful, at least in terms of posture? (I've discovered the treasure trove of the Liancheng Sword Manual...)"

"What nonsense are you spouting? You, you... (The gates of the princess's residence are always open to you!)"

The three of them exchanged words, one part loudly arguing and the other quietly muttering.

Even Yunluo, who had experienced the "salted fish ventriloquism incident," was somewhat unaccustomed to Chu Luren's lewd remarks. Her face flushed red as she shouted, "Does the Princess's residence give you the right to make decisions?!" Then, she suddenly realized that she had reversed the loud and soft voices, and a clever idea struck her...

Snapped!

A slap landed squarely on Chu Luren's face, perfectly matching the emotion.

Yunluo looked at Chu Luren with a guilty and aggrieved expression and blinked – I had no choice, I didn't hit you on purpose, and besides… my hand really hurts!

……

The three parted on bad terms.

This scene happened not far from a tea stall outside the city. Many people in the martial arts world saw it, and there may even be spies from the Dragon Guard Manor among them. Naturally, it soon spread throughout the martial arts world and reached Zhao Wushi's ears!

Chu Luren did not enter Lin'an City afterward, but left the Song court directly. When he was discovered again, he was already at the Feng Prince's Mansion in Manjing...

Of course, after arriving in Manchuria, although some people from the Qing court wanted to visit the leader of the alliance, they were all refused, as if to say, "I'm just here to visit my elder brother, don't try to get close to me."

The reason why they knew that Chu Taisui was in Manjing was only because they saw the Four Swordsmen appear with him and sleep side by side with his sworn brother in the Fengwang Mansion—the two were still so close. Even though he did not meet any other Qing officials, it still made many anti-Qing forces suspicious of Chu Luren's motives for coming to Manjing.

But in reality...

The Four Swordsmen are indeed the Four Swordsmen, but the "Chu Luren" in the capital is actually Princess A'Zhu in disguise. Isn't it normal for her and Prince Feng to sleep together wherever they are?

As for the real Chu Luren, he came to Jiaxing with Huang Rong, hiding his identity.

The whereabouts of the Golden Lion King are of great interest to many in the martial arts world. Chu Luren does not want to cause any unnecessary trouble. Now Zhang Wuji has also discovered that Xiao Zhao is not among the people who met up with him. They are preparing to set sail from the north to Icefire Island, which has already attracted a lot of attention.

Chu Luren naturally had to secretly go to Ling Snake Island with Xiao Zhao, so as not to let Brother Zhang Xian lead the enemy away for nothing!

Concealing her identity is quite simple; Huang Rong only needs to disguise herself slightly to avoid attracting attention.

As for Chu Luren... if he keeps his white-clad swordsman attire and the four sword attendants are no longer by his side, he will not be recognized unless he encounters someone he knows.

Since we're in Jiaxing and about to head out to sea, we can skip the salted fish and drunken crab and just eat fresh ones.

Besides waiting for Xiao Zhao, Chu Lu Ren and Lian Xing also agreed to meet in Jiaxing.

However, since "Nongyue" was on the road, she naturally wouldn't tell Liusheng Piaoxu her purpose. As for after arriving in Jiaxing, everyone went straight to sea, so she didn't have a chance to send a message to Shenhou!

However, Chu Luren waited for three days, but all he got was... the seriously injured Liu Sheng Piaoxu!

If it weren't for Xiao Hong, who was foraging for food outside the city, finding her, she might not have been able to enter Jiaxing at all.

When Xiao Hong warned Chu Luren and Chu Luren arrived outside the city, and just as he saw Liu Sheng Piaoxu, his first thought was that the Liu Sheng family... or rather, the Divine Marquis, was up to something again!

However, Chu Luren immediately realized something was wrong—Liu Sheng Piaoxu's abdomen was pierced by a wound, and if he had waited any longer, he might have truly died.

Even now, it seems that they couldn't hold on before they even entered the city and had to use the "Yuan Gui Qi Gong" to feign death.

Of course, it wasn't entirely a matter of resigning oneself to fate. She also carried a pot of "Dragon's Gall" wine, which she deliberately sprinkled around the area—that is, wine infused with Dragon Pills. Little Red was particularly sensitive to this smell, and Chu Luren had given it to Lianxing.

Liu Sheng Piaoxu was seriously injured here, but Lianxing was not around... Chu Luren's heart tightened, and he quickly used his internal energy to heal her!

Chapter 678 Emergency

Liu Sheng Piaoxu was severely injured. If it weren't for the Liu Sheng family's "Yuan Gui Qi Gong," which almost stagnated his life force and forcibly slowed down his blood flow...

Especially since Xiao Hong followed the scent of the gentian wine and found her in time, and then Chu Luren, who possessed the "Divine Illumination True Qi," arrived, her life was saved.

Chu Luren felt that this was probably genuine, otherwise the probability of it turning into reality would be too high!

The two were in a grove of trees outside Jiaxing City, where golden light shone for nearly half an hour before Liu Sheng Piaoxu woke up, her face pale.

Seeing Chu Luren pressing his palms against hers, Liu Sheng Piaoxu was initially bewildered, then immediately showed a panicked expression and said, "Brother Chu! Quick... quick, go save Sister Yue!"

Upon hearing this, Chu Luren temporarily stopped his cultivation and helped her up, then quickly asked, "What's wrong with Nongyue?"

"He was... a very slovenly villain! Sister Nongyue and I were on our way to Jiaxing to meet up with Brother Chu, but we encountered that villain on the way... Fortunately, the villain went mad halfway through, and Sister Nongyue deliberately lured him away, which allowed me to escape." Liu Sheng Piaoxu said that she escaped, but she was obviously seriously injured.

He was sustained only by his willpower, wanting to reach Jiaxing to seek help from Chu Luren, but halfway there he simply couldn't hold on any longer, so he could only pour out the gentian wine, silently practice the "Yuan Gui Qi Gong," and leave it to fate...

"It's... the leader of the Four Spirits!" Chu Luren's face darkened, and he hurriedly asked, "Where is Nongyue leading that madman?"

"Taihu! We're heading towards Taihu..." Liu Sheng Piaoxu said weakly.

"Rongrong, take Liusheng back to the Jiaxing Inn. I'm going to check on Taihu Lake." After instructing Huang Rong, Chu Luren quickly used his lightness skill and headed towards Taihu Lake.

Meanwhile, Xiao Hong flew over first – Nong Yue still had half a jar of “Gentian Wine” on her. “Taihu direction” was too vague, so Xiao Hong was the main force in finding people!

Chu Lu's heart was burning with anger. Lianxing's martial arts skills were ultimately inferior to those of that old monster, otherwise she wouldn't have forced the heavily injured Liu Sheng Piaoxu to escape.

Fortunately, the old monster relapsed into his madness halfway through, otherwise Lianxing would probably be in grave danger.

Coo-coo-coo-

As night fell, Little Red's loud cry rang out, and Chu Luren quickly changed direction and rushed towards the direction from which the sound came.

After running for several miles, they saw... three masters fighting!

That's right, there were three, and none of them were Lianxing. One of them was indeed that old monster, and Chu Luren recognized the other two as well—the Xuanming Elders under Zhao Min's command...

How did these three end up fighting each other?

Chu Luren quickly looked around again, but he didn't see Lianxing. Instead, he spotted Zhao Min and the Bitter Monk.

At this point, "Bitter Monk" was already seriously injured—how seriously, no one knows, but he was clutching his chest, looking like he was "seriously injured and couldn't stand up," and was half-lying on the ground.

Zhao Min, on the other hand, had a grim expression. While giving Master Ku the pill, she stared furiously at the battle between the Xuanming Elders and the old monster, and said, "Elders, there's no need to hold back!"

Lianxing isn't here? Xiaohong only discovered this old monster?

Chu Luren, anxious about Lianxing's whereabouts, shouted, "You old thief Long! Prepare to die!"

He deliberately clarified who was friend and who was foe, not wanting to cause unnecessary misunderstandings with the Xuanming Elders. He only wanted to join forces with them first and take down this old scoundrel.

Even the two elders of Xuanming were at a disadvantage against this old thief. If it weren't for their seamless cooperation when they joined forces, they would probably have been defeated long ago.

Chu Luren suddenly appeared out of nowhere, but seeing that he had a grudge against this old monster, the Xuanming Elders were overjoyed and quickly joined forces with him to fight the "head of the four spirits"!

Chu Luren once fought alongside Lianxing against the leader of the Four Spirits. However, due to their lack of unity, Chu Luren was not only defeated but also seriously injured Lianxing.

Now Chu Luren's martial arts have improved to a higher level, but even if the two elders of Xuanming joined forces, they are no match for Lianxing. Moreover, the "Xuanming Divine Palm" is not good at teaming up with others.

Although this old monster is despicable when he's not insane and like a wild beast when he is, he is indeed among the top ten people Chu Luren has ever seen in terms of martial arts ability.

Fortunately, he was still insane at that time!

After being hit by Chu Luren's "Buddha's Palm", he immediately went even crazier, roared a few times and began to try to break through the encirclement.

Chu Luren originally wanted to keep him, but halfway through he discovered that the Bitter Monk was giving him a wink, so he changed his mind and simply drove him away—this old monster was insane, and in the face of the "Buddha's Palm," driving him away was the easiest thing in the world.

Of course, if we were to kill him, we would have to consider the desperate struggle of a cornered beast. With this old monster's martial arts style and his experience in death battles, even if he is out of his mind, his combat power might not be much lower.

"Don't pursue a desperate enemy." Zhao Min quickly offered the two elders of Xuanming a way out.

Then Zhao Min said in a coquettish tone, "I never expected that as an ally of the Prince of Ruyang's Mansion, Alliance Leader Chu would know so quickly that I was in danger. I am truly moved."

"Princess, I have something to attend to, we'll continue later! Did you see that old thief chasing a woman in white?" Chu Luren didn't have time for banter and quickly interrupted her.

“I haven’t seen that before. Could it be a friend of Alliance Leader Chu? Oh no, that villain looks very fierce. If it’s a woman…” Zhao Min looked as if to say, “Could she have been murdered?”

Chu Luren panicked upon hearing this—So you didn't see it? Then I…

In a flash, Chu Luren wanted to set off to chase after the old monster. Although he was not confident that he could subdue the other party or even win a battle, if Zhao Min did not see him, he would have no choice but to ask the old monster himself!

But just then, the Bitter Monk coughed painfully. Chu Luren looked over and saw that he was secretly winking at him again—Zhao Min was lying.

"Master Ku, how are you?" Zhao Min had only turned halfway around when Chu Luren struck her pressure points.

"What are you doing!" "Release the princess!" the two elders of Xuanming shouted.

Then, Xiao Hong landed on Zhao Min. Chu Luren suddenly realized something, leaned forward, and sniffed her.

"Hey! What are you doing? How rude!" Zhao Min said angrily upon seeing this.

There's a faint smell of alcohol!

Although Chu Luren couldn't discern the taste of the gentian wine, he could still identify the aroma. And the fact that Xiao Hong landed on her shoulder made the meaning all too clear.

She must have been in contact with Lianxing; she even spilled gentian wine on herself…

"The situation is urgent, Princess, please don't joke with me. Is my friend injured? Where is he now?" Chu Luren ignored the two elders of Xuanming.

Zhao Min then realized what he had discovered. She regained her composure and said confidently, "Let me think. In this situation, he is either dead or saved by me. What do you think, Alliance Leader Chu?" She said with a smile on her face.

Just then, Chu Luren suddenly felt a chill creep over him...

Chapter 679 What did you call me?

Seeing that the princess was in Chu Luren's hands, the two elders of Xuanming did not dare to make a move for a moment. However, at this moment, a chill suddenly rose from the bottom of their hearts!

Chu Luren immediately looked in the direction of the two Xuanming elders, raising his hand to unleash a "Buddha's Light Appears" attack...

However, it was soon discovered that the two people were not trying to harm him with the "Mysterious Dark Palm," but rather that there was another reason for the cold air.

Under the moonlight, a layer of white frost spread across the surrounding grass and trees. Although it was still the end of June, the temperature had plummeted by more than ten degrees...

Even the moonlight seemed colder, and when it shone on you, you could feel a chill.

A figure in white, seemingly slow but actually fast, walked slowly from the direction where the white frost was spreading.

"Where is Lianxing?" a voice colder than moonlight asked.

Lianxing? That name sounds familiar...

The same thought arose in the minds of the two Xuanming Elders, Zhao Min, and the Bitter Monk.

"Yaoyue... let me explain." Chu Luren quickly blocked Yaoyue.

Based on Yaoyue's hearing, Chu Luren estimated that she must have heard everything he and Zhao Min had just said!

It seems that besides gentian wine, which can attract Xiao Hong, Lianxing also has a way to ask Yaoyue for help?

Of course, it was also a coincidence that Yaoyue was also in the Taihu Lake area...

Chu Luren was afraid that if Zhao Min were to act recklessly, chopping off her hands and feet would be the least of her worries—judging from what she just said, Lianxing was probably injured when she was rescued by Zhao Min, so now they could all talk things over...