The Great Martial Arts World: Hot Topics and Great Heroes

Dai Qisi then poured wine for Xie Xun, raised her cup, and said with emotion, "Third Brother Xie, I have never said the word 'thank you' in my entire life..."

"Pfft...cough cough, you guys continue." Chu Luren couldn't help but laugh out loud.

This is probably why, no matter how fluently one speaks a language other than their native tongue, they are still thinking about their mother tongue.

This sentence wouldn't sound so awkward if spoken in Persian!

Xiao Zhao forcefully placed a chicken leg on Chu Luren's plate and shoved it into his bowl, giving him a "don't say anything" look.

Dai Qisi felt guilty when she thought about how Xie Xun would rather turn against the three envoys than attack her, and when she thought about her own actions.

Xie Xun was magnanimous. While drinking a cup, he also subtly tried to comfort Dai Qisi with words of reconciliation, showing that the Lion King still hoped that the Purple-Robed Dragon King could also reconcile with the Ming Cult.

She claimed she wanted to avenge herself on Miejue, but Xie Xun knew that Dai Qisi wanted to borrow the Dragon-Slaying Saber, probably to kill Fan Yao!

"Lion King, do you know about the dying words of Master Yang?" Chu Luren brought it up.

"Alas, I, Xie Xun... have failed the expectations of the sect leader." Xie Xun shook his head upon hearing this, clearly Xiao Zhao and Dai Qisi had already told him.

However, no matter how much Xie Xun wanted to, he couldn't become the leader now.

"Han is the daughter of Fourth Sister. If she is to take charge of the Persian main... branch altar, this identity is very good. Besides, the Sacred Flame Token has been delivered to our door, so it must be the will of Heaven." Xie Xun expressed his support for Xiao Zhao's position as leader.

Xie Xun's actions were not merely due to circumstances; in terms of his approval of Xiao Zhao, Xie Xun was even more appreciative than Dai Qisi. After Dai Qisi told Xie Xun about this matter, Xie Xun spoke with Xiao Zhao privately, mainly to test her attitude towards Right Envoy Fan.

After learning that Xiao Zhao had recognized this great contributor to the Ming Cult, Xie Xun wholeheartedly supported her—though he had been blind for many years, his heart was not blind, and he could distinguish between sincerity and hypocrisy.

"By the way, Brother Chu, I've translated the martial arts on those two Sacred Flame Tokens. They are indeed two independent martial arts, but... each of them has a part copied from the Great Shift of Heaven and Earth. It should be that after the Persian branch lost its supreme martial art, it combined some scattered parts with some strange Persian martial arts to create a... special application of the Great Shift of Heaven and Earth!"

However, they ultimately did not possess the complete "Great Shift of Heaven and Earth" mental cultivation method; it was merely a superficial understanding. "If Brother Chu were to cultivate it, he would surely achieve twice the results with half the effort," Xiao Zhao said at this moment.

This statement aligns with the original setting, but Chu Luren frowned: "Copying 'The Great Shift of Heaven and Earth'?"

No! That martial art... is fundamentally different from "The Great Shift of Heaven and Earth".

The reason Xiao Zhao said that is probably because... it was copied from the first few levels of "The Great Shift of the Universe"?

Well, given Xiao Zhao's skill in "The Great Shift of Heaven and Earth," she certainly couldn't reach the level of clearly understanding the essence.

In addition, Xiao Zhao said that they were two independent martial arts.

That doesn't make sense. If they are truly two independent martial arts, why didn't Chu Luren's consciousness condense into his martial will?

After finishing his meal, Chu Luren hurriedly asked for Xiao Zhao's translated version and went back to his room to study it...

Chapter 702: Number One in Kaidou

"This isn't borrowing; this is plagiarism!"

The Chu Lu people condemned the Persian Holy Fire religion.

At this moment, Aquaman was in his room, studying the translated version of "The Sacred Flame Token Divine Skill Part Two," and what he found next was quite unexpected...

This is a blatant rip-off of "The Great Shift of the Universe," and they've replaced the part about "mental techniques" with another extraordinary skill—which is probably also plagiarized.

No wonder he lacked the will to fight...

This is not about merging and adapting two martial arts, but simply piecing together two martial arts—if one "Great Shift of the Universe" is incomplete or impractical, then a similar part from the other is added.

If that didn't work, they separated out the parts they couldn't master, eventually creating six "Frankenstein's monsters".

It's just piecing things together without any personal understanding, so naturally there's no martial arts will to speak of.

Of course, Chu Luren also had to admit that after working so hard, no one actually died. The person who was working so hard really put in a lot of effort!

This explains why, when Chu Luren simply looked at the Persian script on the "Sacred Flame Token," the emblem of martial will did not come to mind.

"The other part of the combination must also be an unparalleled divine skill. The skills on these two Sacred Flame Tokens, one hard and one soft, come from the same martial art... What will be recorded on the other six tokens?" Chu Luren muttered to himself.

Chu Luren estimated that the martial arts technique that was pieced together in the other half should be much more complete than the "Great Shift of Heaven and Earth" and of a high grade.

The strangeness that Chu Luren had sensed before was partly due to the strangeness of the martial arts, and partly because... this other martial art was indeed very strange. Not only was it completely different from the martial arts of the Central Plains, but it was also very different from the martial arts of India, Tantric Buddhism, and even the Great Shift of Heaven and Earth, which originated in Persia.

I don't know what the Holy Flame Sect was thinking. Since they have such a much more complete martial art, why not just change it to a "secret martial art"?

They insisted on using the incomplete "Great Shift of the Universe" to completely mess up this martial art...

Are you afraid of receiving a lawyer's letter from the copyright holder?

Chu Luren pondered this over and over, thinking that even with the other four Sacred Flame Tokens, it might not be enough to complete another set of divine skills. After all, the incomplete parts of the "Great Shift of Heaven and Earth" were all replaced by the original "Great Shift of Heaven and Earth".

"Unless we find the person in the Persian Holy Fire Cult who pieced together this martial art, we might not be able to learn its true essence." Before Chu Luren could feel disappointed, he suddenly heard a "cooing" sound coming from outside.

Chu Luren hurriedly went out of the house. It was only just dawn. After Xiao Hong cried a few times at the manor, she flew towards the ferry.

Chu Luren's heart stirred immediately. He guessed that the Envoy of Wonderful Wind and the Envoy of Flowing Cloud had become impatient and revealed their presence. So he hurriedly rushed to the ferry.

The others were also woken up by Xiao Hong. Before leaving, Chu Luren called out to them, thinking that even if the two of them joined forces, they were no match for him, so he did not let the others follow.

However, when Chu Luren arrived at the ferry, he first discovered that the boats he had brought ashore were still on the shore. He had a vague feeling that something was wrong. Then, looking out at the dimly lit sea, he discovered that a fleet of ships was approaching Ling She Island!

Meanwhile, the Wind Envoy and the Cloud Envoy were using their lightness skills to try to cross the sea and board a ship to reunite with the Holy Fire Cult members—Chu Luren had already noticed that the ships in the fleet also had Holy Fire totems.

"You stole my ally's Sacred Flame Token and think you can just walk away?"

With a long howl from Chu Luren, the Wind Envoy and the Cloud Envoy were immediately thrown into disarray, nearly falling into the sea...

At the same time, a giant Kun... no, it was Chu Luren who, in the form of a Kun fish, rose and fell like a Peng bird, and in a few moments caught up with Miaofeng Envoy and Liuyun Envoy!

As for the people on the Holy Flame Church ship, all that could be heard at this moment was a distant shout to stop them—their large ship could not reach the shore at all, and they could only land on the pier, or... use their lightness skills to cross the sea.

Clearly, there weren't many such experts on the ship.

While the Wind Envoy and the Cloud Envoy might be able to put up a fight with the Chu Lu people on land, the Sea King was not one to be trifled with at sea.

In no time at all, he was captured by the Chu Lu people!

After experiencing that storm, Chu Luren felt that in a fight at sea, no one below the Heavenly Gate was his match. Even if it were Yao Yue, they would probably fight to a draw first, and then sink to the bottom together. In terms of innate breathing and underwater pressure resistance, she was definitely no match for Chu Luren!

Even though Inner Strength is superior, the physical gap will widen underwater...

These two envoys, Miaofeng and Liuyun, are incredibly stubborn. If it were Chu Luren, he would have thrown the Sacred Flame Token into the sea by now, but they are still holding onto it tightly.

As Chu Luren dragged him back to the shore, he also took away the Sacred Flame Token.

On the Holy Fire Cult's ship, shouts and curses rang out as they became even more eager to get closer to the shore.

Those who understood Chinese rallied their inner strength and shouted at the Chu people not to harm the two envoys...

However, Chu Luren immediately subdued the two envoys by their pressure points and threw them aside. He had no intention of kidnapping them. Instead, he went to the pier first and struck down with his palm. The pier was shattered into pieces by the force of his palm and destroyed!

At the same time, Chu Luren did not wait on the shore, but once again wrapped himself in the Kunyu aura and swam towards the sea.

The ocean is the king's domain!

When the Persians saw this thug release the hostage, and then... they launched a surprise attack? They were surprised and overjoyed at the same time, but when the Chu Lu people capsized the first escort ship, their joy vanished.

At this moment, Chu Luren was like a real Kun fish, tumbling and maneuvering among the fleet while also stirring up real storms—although on such a large scale, the effect was certainly far less than the real typhoons he had faced before, it still caused the fleet to churn and become unstable.

"Gri-guri, guri-guri!"

The Persians were also in a hurry and began to use the cannons on their ships to deal with the Chu Lu people. However... hitting a target the size of a person was obviously a bit too much for these primitive cannons.

Upon boarding the second, larger ship, another group of people charged towards Chu Luren. However, Chu Luren simply thrust both hands into the deck, and when he lifted it up, it was as if a giant fish had leaped out of the sea, shattering the deck into pieces. The cultists were all thrown back by the impact.

At this moment, a burly man wearing soft armor and wielding an iron whip stepped out from the crowd, breaking through the deck fragments that were carrying true energy and sweeping towards everyone, and charged towards Chu Luren.

Chu Luren's eyes lit up when he saw this. This man's martial arts were slightly weaker than the three envoys, but he should also be an important figure. So he did not fight him, but instead took a stance of lowering his center of gravity and assuming a horse stance. Then, everyone on the ship felt the ship shake violently, and the big man with the iron whip also temporarily steadied himself.

Then came the second and third rocking... each one more violent than the last. Just as the onlookers realized Chu Luren's purpose and tried to stop him at all costs, it was too late. They could not stand at all, and on the fifth rocking, the not-so-small ship capsized on the sea!

Chapter 703 The King of Treasure Trees

On the shore, Miaofeng and Liuyun watched the demon intercept the Holy Church's fleet in the sea. While they were horrified, they disregarded the backlash and forcefully attacked their acupoints.

Persian martial arts are vastly different from those of the Central Plains, so theoretically it should be easier to strike acupoints. However, Chu Luren directly left the Six Qi Finger Force on the two of them...

The two had already suffered considerable internal injuries from trying to break through the acupoints, and had only managed to open them up by a third. Just then, they suddenly felt a chill in their hearts, and saw a woman in white walking over.

They vaguely remembered this person; when they were escaping, the demon had tried to have this person stop them, but the person hadn't made a move then.

Although we only met once and my memory of her appearance is already hazy, Yaoyue's temperament is the kind that you would never forget after just one meeting.

Besides Yaoyue, Xiao Zhao and the others also followed one after another, only to see Chu Luren alone, leading the fleet to escape to a more distant sea—oh, except for Xie Xun, who didn't see it.

Seeing that the other party had actually fled to the sea, Chu Luren did not continue to pursue them. Instead, he took the two men who seemed to be important figures and returned to the island.

After all, the Chu Lu people are not the real Kun, and they still need a place to settle down.

The storm greatly improved the martial arts skills of the Chu Lu people, especially in sea battles, where they could be considered kings. At the same time, it also made the Chu Lu people more respectful of heaven and earth.

The two men brought back, one wielding an iron whip and the other an octagonal hammer, were both captured from slightly larger ships.

The Holy Fire Cult's fleet consisted of one large ship, six smaller ships, and a dozen escort ships. One escort ship and two smaller ships had just been capsized by the Chu Lu people—these two men were captured from the two smaller ships!

In terms of martial arts, the two were only slightly weaker than the three envoys, Feng, Yun, and Yue...

However, at sea, the Chu Lu people simply overturned the ship, and from then on, they were completely at the mercy of the Chu Lu people!

The Holy Fire Cult also noticed this, so they began to steer their boats away from the shore, and Chu Luren brought the two of them back—the other members of the Holy Fire Cult were clearly more concerned about these two.

"Who are you two?" Chu Luren asked, throwing the people down.

The two of them were quite stubborn; they turned their heads away and didn't answer at all.

Seeing this, Chu Luren drew a Sacred Flame Token from his waist and said, "Fine! Since you won't speak, you must not be important figures. As members of the Sacred Flame Sect, you not only stole sacred objects but also disrespected the sect leader. On behalf of our allies, we will execute you first! You should die by burning, but due to limited resources, we will let you die under the Sacred Flame Token!"

After saying this, Chu Luren didn't give them a chance to speak again. He directly ordered the man who had been holding the iron whip to strike down...

Although he didn't use any extraordinary techniques, Chu Luren's slap was more than a thousand pounds of force. If it had been a solid slap, even an iron weight would have been dented by the Sacred Flame Token!

Seeing this, Dai Qisi was about to stop him, but Xie Xun quietly stopped her. Xie Xun was blind but observant, and he noticed that although Chu Luren looked fierce, he did not have much killing intent.

Sure enough, the Wind Envoy and Cloud Envoy immediately shouted, "Stop! You mustn't be disrespectful to the Treasure Tree King!"

Chu Luren stopped just as the Sacred Flame Token was pressed against his scalp. The strong wind tore at his scalp, causing a sharp pain and revealing some small, tearing wounds...

"The King of Treasure Trees?" Chu Luren asked further.

As he spoke, he used the Sacred Flame Token to tap his head repeatedly, asking, "What is the Treasure Tree King?"

Seeing Chu Luren's frivolous attitude, the big-bearded man with the iron whip was furious, but he only glared at him without saying a word—he dared not say more, nor was he willing to answer "What is the Treasure Tree King?"

Xie Xun, standing to the side, then said, "The Treasure Tree King? It's... one of the Twelve Treasure Tree Kings of the Holy Fire Sect?"