The Great Martial Arts World: Hot Topics and Great Heroes

This final moment of consciousness felt incredibly long for him, but to others...

Because the White-Clad Fiend was wearing a full-coverage mask, no one could see his face. They only saw the woman in white approach him, ask him a question, and then the White-Clad Fiend not only did not answer, but in the blink of an eye, he fell straight to the ground. Those who were close and had sharp ears and eyes could see that he was completely lifeless!

At least it's clear that the person was completely stiff; when they hit the ground, they were rock hard...

Chapter 714 Deterrence

The White-Clad Demon was not a righteous person to begin with, and when he was "killed" on the spot by this woman in white, no one stepped forward to help.

only……

Everyone was terrified at the sight of the woman in white—the so-called "slaying" was actually a complete fabrication, as no one had actually seen her make a move!

The invisible influence of true energy alone was enough to kill the Whiteboard Demon Star.

Although the Whiteboard Demon Star suffered some minor injuries during his fight with Wang Yuyan, he was by no means "weak and frail." In fact, in a brief exchange, he would still be able to unleash eight or nine tenths of his strength.

Only Chu Luren was present; he didn't seem too surprised and appeared quite used to it.

The eighth level of Yaoyue's "Bright Moon Skill" and Lianxing's eighth level are completely different in nature...

The chilling energy of "Mingyu Gong" comes from "stillness." The power of ultimate stillness manifests as coldness. Inviting the moon allows one to achieve a certain degree of stillness within a certain range.

The feeling of "coldness" around her is not due to the cold air she releases, but rather because one's own inner energy is affected by her and becomes completely "still," thus generating a chill from the inside out!

With a character as weak as Baiban Shaxing, Yaoyue wouldn't even need to make a move...

This already has some characteristics of the ninth level. When Yaoyue's "Mingyu Gong" is perfected, even ordinary peerless "masters" will find it difficult to remain calm in front of her.

Zuo Lengchan then looked at Yaoyue with a serious expression—Wang Yuyan's martial arts skills were merely astonishing, not enough to cause him concern, but Yaoyue's move...

"May I ask which palace master of the Yihua Palace you are?" Zuo Lengchan asked in a somewhat nervous and deep voice.

"I am Yaoyue," Yaoyue said coldly.

The atmosphere became somewhat tense, and even the righteous warriors of the Righteous Alliance dared not speak out for justice. It was said that the Palace Master of the Yihua Palace, Yaoyue, was a bit of a germaphobe. What if he thought that his words were dirty and angered her?

However, they all stood up straight, looking at the leader with admiration and looking down at others with arrogance.

Don't they think their alliance leader is just a bully using the enemy's authority? Look! Our alliance leader said that Yihua Palace has joined the alliance, so he brought Palace Master Yaoyue along. Who still has any doubts?

Everyone else was also amazed. When they first saw the woman in white, they were just marveling that Chu Tai Sui had a beautiful woman by his side. But now they never expected that it was the Grand Palace Master Yao Yue herself accompanying Chu Tai Sui.

Were you two together before?

Of course, no one dared to actually ask.

Zuo Lengchan then stood up, cupped his hands, and said, "So it is the Palace Master Yaoyue who has graced us with her presence. I have failed to greet you properly."

Yaoyue showed no intention of returning the courtesy. Instead, she looked at Chu Luren and said, "This place is a mess. Let's finish this quickly so we can get rid of them as soon as possible."

The whole place had this impression that there were too many people here and they were an eyesore...

Zuo Lengchan's face turned pale. It was one thing for Yaoyue to ignore him in terms of etiquette, since everyone knew that Yaoyue was not a person who knew proper manners. However, Yaoyue now looked down on the Five Mountains Assembly, thinking that they were just a rabble who only wanted to finish their business quickly and disperse the people.

If Chu Luren had said that, Zuo Lengchan would have pulled everyone aside and asked, "Do you look down on all of you fellow martial artists?" But when Yaoyue said it, Zuo Lengchan just sulked – because she certainly wouldn't care about other people's opinions and would frankly admit, "I'm not targeting anyone in particular, but everyone here is trash."

Will Zuo Lengchan have an attack or not?

"What brings Alliance Leader Chu to our Five Mountains Assembly? Is he here on behalf of... Leader Dongfang to issue a challenge?" Zuo Lengchan asked, slowly withdrawing his clasped hands as he did so, reminding everyone, especially the other four factions, that the Righteous Alliance was on the side of the Demonic Sect.

Meanwhile, Zuo Lengchan kept observing Yaoyue out of the corner of his eye—sure enough, as long as he didn't mention the Yihua Palace or his satire of the Demonic Sect's Dongfang Bubai, Yaoyue wouldn't interfere.

Dongfang Bubai hasn't made a move in public for a long time, so in the eyes of others, his intimidation power is far less than that of Yaoyue!

Firstly, because back then, Yaoyue killed the two envoys, while the "reserve" two envoys were able to survive in Dongfang Bubai's hands, which led everyone to believe that Dongfang Bubai's martial arts were inferior to Yaoyue's.

Secondly, both Dongfang Bubai and Yaoyue have been background figures for a long time, not directly involved in the martial arts world, and are usually subconsciously ignored. Now that Yaoyue has appeared, Dongfang Bubai has not...

From an outsider's perspective, Dongfang Bubai has been living in seclusion on Blackwood Cliff for ten years without ever coming out!

"Master Dongfang has been exploring the Dao of Heaven and Man for a long time, and I'm afraid he has no intention of challenging Alliance Leader Zuo. I've come here because I heard that someone wants to force Brother Lin to merge the Huashan Sect. May I ask Alliance Leader Zuo if this is true?" Chu Luren asked aggressively.

"The Huashan Sect and my Songshan Sect have a long-standing friendship. Now, with just one sentence from Sect Leader Lin, are you going to disregard our years of friendship, switch allegiance to another sect, and mingle with the Demonic Sect?" Zuo Lengchan said bluntly.

"What a joke! Sect Leader Lin joined my Righteous Alliance with honor and dignity, which is much better than villains like Lu Lianrong and Yu Jizi, who would even smash their own ancestral hall just to curry favor with Alliance Leader Zuo." Chu Luren spoke directly by name, disregarding the rules of the martial world.

"You, you...who are you calling a villain?" Yu Jizi was so angry that his beard trembled.

He was also quite old, and in terms of seniority, he was Tianmen Daoren's senior uncle.

"Oh? You're not going to smash the ancestral temple of Mount Tai anymore?" Chu Luren asked sarcastically.

"I..." Yu Jizi wanted to say that he did not intend to smash the ancestral hall, but he did support the merger of the Five Mountains, so he did not dare to argue with Chu Luren about this matter.

The tall and strong Tianmen Daoist stepped forward and said, "Uncle Yujizi has always been a protector of the Taishan Sect's heritage, and I believe he would not agree with Alliance Leader Zuo's suggestion. Alliance Leader Chu is overthinking it."

She seemed to be refuting Chu Luren, but she gave Chu Luren a grateful look before glaring at Yu Jizi.

He only understood this when Zuo Lengchan mentioned that there were people from various sects who agreed to the unification of the Five Sacred Mountains...

No wonder my three senior uncles, Yu Jizi, Yu Yinzi, and Yu Qingzi, have been frequently trying to win over disciples lately. It turns out they are preparing to make trouble for me, the sect leader, at the Five Mountains Assembly.

Yu Jizi was glared at by his junior disciple Tianmen, and for a moment he was put on the level of betraying his master and ancestors. It would be difficult for him to say "agree" so he could only remain silent.

Ding Jing of the Hengshan Sect suddenly spoke up, saying, "That's right! No one from our Hengshan Sect has mentioned the unification of the Five Mountains to Alliance Leader Zuo. Before, in Fuzhou, the heroes of the Songshan Sect stood by and watched me die without offering any help. They even tried to sow discord between me and my junior sister, the sect leader, and coerce me into agreeing to this matter. Alliance Leader Zuo has yet to give an explanation!"

Originally, Hengshan was harmonious internally. In the original work, Dingjing was ambushed and killed by experts invited by Zuo Lengchan, who disguised themselves as members of the Sun Moon Sect. Dingyi and Dingjing were ambushed and killed at Shaolin by Yue Buqun. Linghu Chong, who succeeded as the sect leader, did not know the true nature of Yue Buqun and blindly followed the lead of Huashan, so he agreed to the unification of the Five Mountains in a muddled way.

Now that San Ding is still alive and has already questioned Zuo Lengchan's character, he is already the biggest destabilizing factor for the unification of the Five Mountains Alliance. At this moment, seeing Chu Luren step forward, Ding Jing also exposed this matter...

"It seems that Abbess Dingjing had some misunderstanding with Junior Brother Zhong. I had no such intention," Zuo Lengchan denied.

Azi then laughed out loud: "Pfft... Luckily, this misunderstanding wasn't too big, otherwise if Abbess Dingjing had killed Zhongzhen Taibao, we would have really had to compensate the Hengshan Sect."

"Hmph, Sister Zi, that's not right. Wasn't Junior Brother Fei also killed? We didn't see him fight back!" Mu Wanqing didn't know who she was dissatisfied with, but she added fuel to the fire.

Zuo Lengchan was so angry at the two girls that his face trembled, but... he had another trump card.

"Heh, it seems that Abbess Dingjing wants Sect Leader Dingxian to make a trip to Xia Ke Island?" Zuo Lengchan reminded everyone, not to forget the two envoys from Xia Ke Island, and by the way... they haven't given up on sowing discord among the three Dings!

Chapter 715 Justified and Righteous

Currently, among the Five Mountains Sword Sects, only Zuo Lengchan remains on the Heroic Deeds Ranking—partly because the competition on the Heroic Deeds Ranking is exceptionally fierce at this time, and partly because… Chu Luren suspects that the Dragon Guard Manor is maliciously controlling the ranking!

Previously, the Songshan Sect actually traveled all the way to the territory of the Song court in Hunan Province, intending to exterminate Liu Zhengfeng's entire family, who had already received the imperial decree. However, the Hulong Manor recalled Shangguan Haitang, who was supposed to go and mediate... At that time, Chu Luren suspected that their relationship was not normal.

Now that Zuo Lengchan has a place on the Heavenly Ranking, when facing Xia Ke Island, he's like a courtesan with someone backing her up—she can choose to accept clients or not…

Only when the Five Sacred Mountains are united can Zuo Lengchan exempt everyone from this punishment order.

"Hmph! Xia Ke Island? If the two envoys come, then Tianmen will have to make a trip!" Tianmen, the most hot-tempered of them all, was the first to be unable to tolerate it.

Upon hearing this, Yu Jizi, Yu Yinzi, and Yu Qingzi's expressions shifted slightly, but Tianmen immediately added, "After I leave, Junior Brother Tiansong will be the sect leader. If there are any rebellious disciples or traitors in the sect who want to hand over the foundation laid by the founder of the Taishan Sect, no matter who the sect leader is, they can be killed!"

Upon hearing this, Yu Jizi glared and puffed out his beard—why didn't you just call me out by name?

“The Buddha said, ‘If I don’t go to hell, who will?’ This humble nun from Xia Ke Island will go herself, so there’s no need for Leader Zuo to worry.” Master Dingxian also put her hands together and said.

"At my age, I can still drink this bowl of Laba porridge!" Mo Da's voice was very weathered.

Lin Pingzhi curled his lip: "I have already accepted the token from Xia Ke Island, so there is no need for Alliance Leader Zuo to worry about it."

"Ahem, actually, my Righteous Alliance can accept this token on behalf of three... no, four sect leaders, and there's no need for a merger..." Chu Luren's dry cough attracted everyone's attention, and he even deliberately included Zuo Lengchan in the conversation.

Yaoyue frowned and looked over: "You accepted the token from Xia Ke Island?"

Chu Luren was taken aback for a moment upon hearing this, then nodded: "I accept." He thought to himself that Yaoyue really only cared about matters of the martial world and didn't care about anything else.

"It's alright, you can accept it but not go." Yaoyue indirectly offered some advice, while also expressing her disdain for the rules of Xia Ke Island.

“I can go and see… what Master Zhang said.” To prevent Yaoyue from worrying, Chu Luren even brought up Master Zhang.

"Hmph." Yaoyue snorted coldly and stopped talking.

Chu Luren miscalculated. For most people, mentioning "Master Zhang" would be reassuring, but for Yaoyue, it made her feel that Chu Luren thought Master Zhang was more reliable than her? This only fueled her dissatisfaction; she'd rather he just say he wanted to go himself…

After all, others are far inferior to Master Zhang and have lost the will to compare, while Yaoyue... is only one step away!

No matter how big or small this step is, it's still a step...

Chu Luren noticed Yaoyue's unhappiness, so he whispered, "You're about to knock on the Heavenly Gate, aren't you? Look, the leader of the Taishan Sect is called Heavenly Gate... Hahaha... Uh."

Inviting Moon responded indifferently to Chu Luren's supposedly clever lame joke.

Tianmen: ...

In fact, apart from Mount Hua, the other three factions were not tempted—after all, there was also the Sun Moon Cult within the Righteous Alliance, and the enmity between them was too great…

As for Zuo Lengchan, he regarded this as an even greater humiliation.

Mount Hua was chosen because Lin Pingzhi himself had no sense of belonging to the Mount Hua lineage, and the sect was already sparsely populated with only a handful of junior disciples who had not experienced much of the fighting within the Sun Moon Sect. He usually heard Yue Buqun talk more about how despicable the Sword Sect was...

However, Zuo Lengchan was unwilling to let the Righteous Alliance take advantage of Xia Ke Island, so he said, "Oh? But that's because the sects that joined the alliance gave their martial arts inheritance to Alliance Leader Chu, right?" He implied that Zuo Lengchan was no better off.

Chu Luren said frankly, "That's true. The Mingyu Gong, the Sunflower Manual, the Great Shift of the Universe, and so on, have all been passed down to me thanks to the Grand Palace Master, the Eastern Sect Leader, and the heroes of the Ming Cult. As for the Five Mountains Sword Sect, it doesn't matter. Our alliance already knows the Five Mountains Sword Technique, so it should be more complete than the inheritance passed down by the predecessors of various sects after their bloody battle with the Sun Moon Divine Sect at Mount Hua."

Chu Luren not only admitted it, but also specifically mentioned the martial arts of the Sun Moon Sect and the Flower Palace—Yaoyue glanced at him again at this moment... This time Chu Luren was very clever. Since Yaoyue was present, he put the Mingyu Gong first.

It gives one the feeling that "Chu Taisui has already mastered these 'peerless skills,' so what's a few tricks from a nobody?"

When Chu Luren admitted to the Five Mountains Sword Technique, Zuo Lengchan stared in astonishment and asked, "You know the Five Mountains Sword Technique? Including the Songshan Sword Technique?"

Chu Luren asked in a surprised tone, "Otherwise, who do you think was the master of the Songshan Sword Technique at the Prince of Pingxi's mansion back then?"

Zuo Lengchan: ...

This matter-of-fact tone made Zuo Lengchan shudder with anger.

Well, now that I think about it, when the Prince of Pingxi’s mansion was forcibly broken into, the Songshan Sect was suspected at the time, but it was later confirmed that it was Chu Taisui who did it—Chu Taisui knew the Songshan sword technique, and there were actually traces of that back then!

At the time, Zuo Lengchan thought that he had only learned a superficial trick and was deliberately framing someone, and that the service provided by the Prince of Pingxi's mansion was not up to par, so he admitted his mistake without giving it much thought.

"Does Alliance Leader Chu truly know the lost sword techniques of the Hengshan Sect's predecessors?" Mo Da hurriedly asked.

Tianmen then asked in a simple voice, "Where did Alliance Leader Chu learn the Mount Tai Sword Technique from?"

"I know a little bit, it's naturally a gift from heaven." Chu Luren acted as if "your ancestors appeared to me in a dream."

Lin Pingzhi chuckled inwardly, but naturally didn't expose his brother Chu.

If it were any other martial arts school, they would definitely be very nervous to find out that their skills had been learned by others.

If the person who learned it can handle it, the evil sect will most likely kill them outright. As for the righteous sect... even if the person didn't learn it by stealing or robbing, they will definitely give them a warning.