The Great Martial Arts World: Hot Topics and Great Heroes

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Yaoyue also noticed something—Lianxing's hands and feet had become deformed again.

At this moment, Chu Luren, Yaoyue, and Zhao Min, who was brought by Yaoyue, were in a secret room in the water village.

"Palace Mistress Yaoyue, wait!" Zhao Min hurriedly called out to Yaoyue, whose murderous intent had resurfaced.

"What else do you have to say?" After learning about Lianxing's situation, Yaoyue had decided to break Chu Luren's arm and leg and kill everyone else.

Afterwards, Yaoyue will go after that old madman, and then inform Hua Wuque to send Second Master and Chu Luren back to Yihua Palace to recuperate—after Lianxing's meridians were mostly destroyed, she could no longer use her internal energy to support her deformed limbs, so let's destroy the limbs of her beloved as well…

Inviting the moon has its own logic of thought.

“Even if the meridians are severed, it is not beyond cure!” Zhao Min quickly said.

Upon hearing this, Yaoyue's expression shifted slightly: "How can it be treated?"

"I don't know..." Zhao Min said, but before Yaoyue could slap her, she quickly added, "But hasn't Hero Yan recovered? Aren't you curious, Palace Master Yaoyue, how did I know about Lu Zhongyuan?"

Back then, Wan Chunliu was in Kaifeng, but his efforts to treat the plague were ineffective, resulting in the deaths of ninety-eight people. He was wanted by the government. My father, who was on a diplomatic mission at the time, hid him in the mission and helped him escape the pass. This gave him the opportunity to go to the Valley of Villains. That's why when we met, we weren't bothered by Master Yan or Master Lu because of our Mongol-Yuan stance...

The Divine Physician Wan's method of reconnecting meridians has already been successful on Hero Yan. As long as my father begs him, the Divine Physician Wan will definitely agree to treat Palace Mistress Lianxing!

Zhao Min knew about Yan Nantian and even Lu Zhongyuan because after leaving Bright Peak, she encountered Wan Chunliu and Yan Nantian, who had recently left Evil Valley.

At that time, Lu Zhongyuan already possessed 80% of Yan Nantian's original skill, so naturally she didn't want to cause trouble for Yan Nantian.

However, it is conceivable that without Wan Chunliu's connection, Yan Nantian would have absolutely ignored the Mongol Yuan dynasty, which had seized Guanzhong, Hetao, and Hedong while Yan Nantian was trapped in the Valley of Villains.

Yaoyue stared at Zhao Min for a moment, probably... convinced that she wasn't lying, before saying, "Before she recovered, you..."

"I have always admired Palace Mistress Yaoyue and am willing to follow her... I wonder if I could have the honor of becoming her disciple?" Zhao Min interrupted before Yaoyue could finish speaking.

“Yes, you must not leave my side.” Yaoyue gave no leeway whatsoever, speaking in a tone that implied “you are a hostage.”

Chu Luren looked at Zhao Min. Yaoyue didn't greet the two of them and walked straight out of the room, perhaps to visit Lianxing. Zhao Min then said to Chu Luren, "What are you looking at?"

"You were so straightforward when you talked to Palace Mistress Yaoyue," Chu Luren thought to himself. "That's completely different from how you always tried to keep me in suspense and act cheeky when you talked to me."

Hearing Chu Luren's sarcasm, Zhao Min said in embarrassment and anger, "But I also saved your life, and I don't have to go to the Yihua Palace to be... how should I say it? a concubine?"

"Don't worry about me. She's all bark and no bite when it comes to me," Chu Luren said confidently.

Zhao Min: ? ? ?

The man in front of me...

Why is he so confident despite his average appearance?

He's all talk and no action...

Did you know that Yu Lang and Jiang Feng both died terribly?

"Speaking of which, why don't you stop threatening me with the matter of hiring Doctor Wan and make Yaoyue work for you?" Chu Luren mocked again.

Didn't you want to recruit even that old madman?

Zhao Min paused upon hearing this, then continued, "Although I don't know why you're so confident, I can sense that no one else is that important to her. The fact that healing Palace Master Lianxing is enough to spare my life is simply because I'm unimportant, not because she cares about her sister that much."

Chu Luren thought for a moment, then said, "Yaoyue should be able to hear the chirping of insects from anywhere on this island."

Zhao Min: !!!

Zhao Min glared at Chu Luren, suspecting that he was deliberately trying to harm her.

After waiting anxiously for a while, Zhao Min was relieved when Yaoyue did not return. At the same time, she gained a deeper understanding of the "confidence" of the Chu Lu people.

So it wasn't just empty talk, you're saying this even if Yaoyue hears you?

"Cough cough...cough cough cough..." Overly nervous, Zhao Min coughed twice after letting out a sigh of relief, and then the coughing became more and more violent.

Chu Luren watched her cough for a while, then sighed and said, "Let me heal your wounds, otherwise you might develop a chronic condition."

Previously, Zhao Min was injured by Yaoyue's cold energy. If it is not completely removed, she may suffer from a persistent cough like Dai Qisi when she gets older.

Zhao Min really suffered an undeserved disaster this time. Her only mistake was thinking that she could control that old madman and even leading him to the Taihu Lake area.

Moreover, after discovering the seriously injured "Nongyue", Zhao Min saved her. Although it was to exchange for A'da and A'er, Chu Luren still felt somewhat grateful.

Of course, if he hadn't heard about Wan Chunliu's ability to reconnect meridians, Chu Luren probably wouldn't have been so kind to her in his anger—after all, he didn't have much of a relationship with Zhao Min, but Lianxing was different; there was always a difference in closeness, and you couldn't always reason with her.

"Thank you." Zhao Min stared into Chu Luren's eyes, as if she wanted to speak with her eyes, but her mouth, which was actually used to speak, was very honest.

In other situations, Zhao Min would definitely use her advantages to be mischievous and disrupt Chu Luren's mindset in order to gain the upper hand in the cooperation. She would at least ask something like, "Do I need to take off my clothes to heal my wounds?"

But now Zhao Min knows that Yaoyue can hear her anywhere in this water village. What if... she is really unhappy that she "seduced" Chu Luren?

Chu Luren was also very honest; regardless of whether the person being treated was male, female, young, or old, they didn't need to take off their clothes.

He used pure Yang energy to remove the cold energy from Zhao Min's body, and then used divine illumination energy to help her recuperate.

"Do you know where the Divine Physician Wan is?" Chu Luren asked after finishing his practice.

Zhao Min shook her head: "I don't know. Hero Yan is at a critical moment. Even if he knows that I am a princess of the Ruyang Prince's Mansion, Doctor Wan will not reveal where they are. However... as long as Hero Yan appears, Doctor Wan will no longer need to hide."

Yaoyue clearly understood this as well, and wanted to know the news of Yan Nantian's breakthrough into the martial world. It was actually very simple: once the real Yan Nantian recovered his skills and made further progress, he would definitely take the initiative to find Xiaoyuer and Yaoyue!

Then Zhao Min can ask Wan Chunliu to treat Lianxing.

This is also why Yaoyue spared her life—if it were her, Wan Chunliu wouldn't have cared at all.

Moreover, with Yan Nantian protecting her, Yaoyue had to admit that directly threatening Wan Chunliu... would probably be very difficult!

But if it were the Ruyang Prince's Mansion, which had been kind to Wan Chunliu, asking for help, and only Lianxing was being saved instead of Yaoyue, even if Yan Nantian knew, he wouldn't stop it...

Chapter 682 The Clever Ascetic Monk

"By the way, what are you doing at Taihu Lake?" Chu Luren asked, staring at Zhao Min.

What happened to the promised "eastward advance"? Why are we coming to the heartland of the Song Dynasty?

"Whatever Young Master Chu comes for, we'll come for the same thing," Zhao Min said matter-of-factly.

Chu Luren initially thought she was farting, but then he realized—Zhao Min had also come for Xie Xun?

No, Zhao Min is probably more interested in the Dragon Slayer Saber, right? But their goals are indeed the same!

But...why?

Chu Luren felt that his arrangement was quite ingenious. Even Zhang Xiandi went to Beihai, so how could others know that Xie Xun had already been taken to Ling Snake Island ahead of time?

Seeing the slight surprise in Chu Luren's eyes, Zhao Min finally became a little smug: "I didn't expect that I would find out that the Lion King is living in seclusion on Ling Snake Island in the East China Sea, did I? You even sent the Lion King's adopted son to the north to mislead people in the martial arts world..."

Judging from Zhao Min's words, she didn't know about Icefire Island at all, and only thought that the Lion King had always been on Spirit Serpent Island.

Chu Luren couldn't stand her smugness and deliberately asked, "Do you think Yaoyue is pretty?"

Zhao Min: ...

She now knew that Yaoyue could hear the sounds of the entire water village.

"The Palace Mistress of Yaoyue is naturally a celestial being descended to earth, a beauty that would shame the moon and put the flowers to shame!" Zhao Min had no choice but to flatter her.

Yaoyue is indeed very beautiful, especially her bright eyes and her temperament, which surpasses her appearance. However... being forced to say "beautiful" like this makes Zhao Min feel a little depressed.

At the same time, Zhao Min looked at Chu Luren with increasing astonishment and suspicion—why was this person still alive? Could it really be…?

But why?

Seeing Zhao Min looking at him with a questioning and conflicted expression, Chu Luren felt that she was thinking of something impolite, so he pondered and said, "If this were my first time meeting Palace Mistress Yaoyue, it would be disrespectful not to write a few thousand words to praise her beauty. I have long heard that Princess Shaomin is well-versed in Central Plains culture, not only is she highly skilled in martial arts, but she is also a good writer..."

"So you wrote it?" Zhao Min said through gritted teeth.

"No, I'm uneducated," Chu Luren said confidently.

Just then, a faint "hum" entered the room.

Chu Luren paused abruptly, temporarily halting his bullying behavior. Zhao Min looked at him mockingly, but remained silent.

"Never mind, she's just too proud to admit it," Chu Luren said as she left the room.

The two elders of Xuanming and the Bitter Monk were also in the water village at this time, but Yaoyue forbade them to approach the room where Zhao Min was, and also forbade anyone to pass on messages.

The Xuanming Elders and the Bitter Monk were both principled, but since Zhao Min had given the order, they would comply for the time being...

Chu Luren first asked the people of the water village, and they all said they saw the "white-clad fairy" visiting the woman who was seriously injured.

Chu Luren immediately understood. Yaoyue had just left, and although she hadn't said anything, she must have heard Lianxing's movements and had most likely woken up.

Since that was the case, Chu Luren did not disturb the sisters' reunion, but went straight to the Bitter Monk.

"Right Envoy Fan, why have you come to Taihu Lake?" Chu Luren asked bluntly.

"Aba, aba aba..." the ascetic said while hurriedly winking at Chu Luren.

Seeing this, Chu Luren's expression turned slightly serious as he asked, "Yaoyue, is there anyone else around?"

Fan Yao: ? ? ?

Yaoyue naturally ignored him. Chu Luren looked at Fan Yao in confusion: "Since Yaoyue didn't remind me, there shouldn't be any outsiders. What's wrong?"

"So Alliance Leader Chu... and Palace Mistress Yaoyue are really that close, hehe." Fan Yao was momentarily at a loss for words.

He had also heard of Yaoyue's realm, so when he was near Yaoyue, he regarded himself as a true "bitter monk" and even wanted to remind Chu Luren not to speak.

……

Meanwhile, in Lianxing's room, Lianxing looked at her sister with some fear, her face growing colder and colder. Yaoyue was not one to comfort people, and to the seriously injured Lianxing, she only said coldly that she had found a way to help her reconnect her meridians and told her not to cause her any more trouble.

Lianxing had grown accustomed to her sister's way of interacting with her, but...

Afterwards, Yaoyue's expression grew colder and colder. Even though she hadn't said anything, just as Yaoyue gave a cold "humph" and stood up with murderous intent, Lianxing pulled her sister back.

"Sister, who made you angry?" Lianxing looked at Yaoyue pitifully.

When Yaoyue saw her deformed left hand, she closed her eyes briefly, then sat back down...

Although Lianxing had questions, after thinking it over, she figured there couldn't be anyone else!

……

At this time, Fan Yao had already told Chu Luren the whole story.

It turns out that after the Ruyang Prince's Mansion learned that the Ming Cult was going to the North Sea with Zhang Wuji, the Lion King's adopted son, to bring the Lion King back, Fan Yao worried that the Ruyang Prince's Mansion would interfere. So, he meticulously planned, created a false impression, and used a series of maneuvers to switch the Lion King with another...

Zhao Min believed that this was a ploy to lure the tiger away from the mountain, and that the Lion King was actually on Ling Snake Island!