The Great Martial Arts World: Hot Topics and Great Heroes

“Miss Liu, your brother certainly remembers your kindness, but in this world, kindness is kindness, and it doesn’t necessarily require deception or cover-up to be considered remembering kindness,” Jiang Yulang said sarcastically from the side.

"What business is it of Young Master Guan Jiang that I'm disciplining my brother? Did you instigate Brother Qin?" Liu Qing was now like a hen that had lost its temper, not caring about the face of the Jiangnan hero and his son, and "pecking" at whoever he saw.

“You…” Jiang Yulang paused upon hearing this, but he didn’t want to argue with the woman.

Liu Jing looked back at Liu Qin and saw that he was still silent with his head down, so she asked in a cold voice, "When did you say that you saw Senior Tie making a deal with a scholar?"

“One month ago…” Liu Qin murmured in reply.

"where?"

"In the Iron Mansion."

By this time, Tie Wushuang had already stood firm and no longer needed anyone's support.

He was too shocked by Liu Qin just now, but seeing Liu Jing stand up—although he had forgotten what the girl looked like and only remembered her identity when Liu Qin addressed him—he suddenly felt that the martial arts world was much better again.

"Did Old Tie know that Hua Wuque would be coming a month ago?" Liu Jing stared at Liu Qin, but Liu Qin's eyes darted around.

He was also helpless. He couldn't very well say that he got the poison after arriving in Changsha, otherwise people would definitely question the scholar's identity. The "scholar" was someone Jiang Yulang had instructed him to say, which seemed to be an allusion to a certain master of poison in the martial arts world. But if he was in Changsha, why didn't he see the others?

"I don't know," Liu Qin said through gritted teeth.

Clang—

Liu Jing drew her sword!

Liu Qin was so frightened that she quickly backed away, and those present immediately stopped her.

However, Liu Jing, with red eyes, held the sword to her neck with her backhand. Amidst the gasps of surprise around her, Liu Jing took a few steps back, refusing to let her master stop her.

"The Liu family has suffered such a great humiliation today. How can I face my father in the afterlife? Only death can let people know that the Liu family are not all ungrateful villains! Liu Qin, from now on we are not siblings, and you must never set foot in the Liu mansion again, or I will never forgive you even as a ghost!" Liu Jing said as she was about to commit suicide on the spot.

Liu Qin was so frightened that she couldn't stand up and fell to the ground, shuffling backward.

Fortunately, just then, a pebble flew from behind Liu Jing, grazing her shoulder and knocking the longsword from her hand...

Following the trail, everyone saw another young swordsman, Hao Datong was the first to react: "Yang Guo? When did you learn the Finger Flicking Skill?"

Yang Guo pursed his lips and then said, "Grandmaster Hao, this was passed down to me by the Eastern Heretic because he took a liking to me. I haven't betrayed my sect."

"You..." Hao Datong's face flushed with anger. That was not what he meant at all.

The old man and the young boy seemed to be incompatible when they were in the sect. Fortunately, Yin Zhiping belonged to the Daoist alchemy school and didn't take anything anyone said to heart. He was not easily swayed, so the conflict never broke out.

However, the two had a very cold relationship. Yang Guo hadn't even greeted Hao Datong before, as if he were simply from Xiangyang and had nothing to do with Hao Datong.

"Excuse me... Miss Jing, you're wrong. Your brother is a scoundrel. Why are you trying to commit suicide here? If you die, the Liu family will only have this kind of person left. Wouldn't that make the world misunderstand even more?" Yang Guo stepped forward, picked up the sword, and handed it back.

When Yang Guo looked at Liu Jing, she felt a little embarrassed and blushed. She didn't forget to explain in a low voice, "I... I also have an older brother."

Hua Wuque breathed a sigh of relief. If Liu Jing had been implicated in committing suicide, he would have been unable to sleep for days and nights.

Hua Wuque himself had long since given up on pursuing the matter further, after all...

If it wasn't Tie Wushuang's doing, Hua Wuque had some suspicions, but he stopped himself from thinking about it too much.

He simply didn't want to pursue the matter, but the others dared not not to, otherwise, if Yaoyue investigated, it would surely implicate many people!

Just then, the back door opened, and Chu Luren strode in from the back courtyard, while... Yaoyue was right behind him.

Well, Chu Luren took advantage of the fact that Benxin Yaoyue hadn't returned yet, and deliberately used this opportunity to intimidate others.

Hua Wuque's expression turned awkward again upon seeing this, but he still forced himself to step forward and said, "Master, I am unworthy to have troubled you to come in person... Afterwards, I hope you will leave it to me to handle, and I dare not trouble you any further."

“Troublesome,” Yaoyue said coldly.

Upon hearing this, everyone felt a chill run down their spines. Before today, they might have considered joining forces to counterbalance each other, but now they all felt somewhat uneasy.

"Master..."

Hua Wuque wanted to say something more, but was interrupted by Yaoyue. She raised her hand to stop Hua Wuque from speaking and looked at Chu Luren, saying, "I believe you. Whoever you say it is, I will kill them, and this matter will be settled."

Everyone: !!!

Jiang Biehe and Jiang Yulang: ? ? ?

An unreasonable person who trusts a reckless scoundrel?

Is there any logic to this?

"Let's go with him!" Chu Luren said bluntly, pointing directly at Jiang Yulang.

"Alliance Leader Chu, Yu Lang wasn't even at the banquet at the time..." Jiang Biehe was about to refute, and the others were also about to speak.

However, Yaoyue was a woman of her word, and Jiang Yulang's movements immediately froze, his heartbeat and blood freezing from the inside out...

"No!" Lotus couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

Everyone was taken aback—what was going on?

At this moment, Lianhua fell to her knees before Yaoyue, repeatedly kowtowing and saying, "Palace Mistress! It was me, it was me who was bewitched and plotted against the young master! Kill me if you want!"

Jiang Biehe's face paled—good heavens, if she jumped out now, wouldn't that just confirm everything? He immediately looked at Duan Tianya…

"Yaoyue, he must be thinking, 'Why are all the women of Yihua Palace so stupid!'" Chu Luren leaned in a foot away and whispered to Yaoyue, pointing at Jiang Biehe.

Chapter 848 Outrageous

When Chu Luren directly pointed out that Jiang Yulang was the "murderer," most people present did not believe him, thinking that he was just making a random accusation because of his bad relationship with Jiang Biehe.

However, the disciples of Yihua Palace stepped forward at this moment, not only taking the blame for the poisoning themselves, but also pleading for "others". This... could it not be that you, Jiang Yulang, seduced them?

As Yaoyue looked at the lotus, her anger flared up like a cold flame, instantly lowering the temperature of the entire front hall by thirty or forty degrees.

"Very good, very good." Yaoyue looked at the second traitor of Yihua Palace in more than a decade, her eyes already capable of killing.

Just as Yaoyue reached out, preparing to place her hand on her head and finish her off, Hua Wuque suddenly knelt down in front of her and said, "Master! Show mercy... It was my fault for not discovering Lianhua's intentions in time, which allowed her to be deceived by villains!"

Looking at Hua Wuque and the lotus, Yaoyue had become somewhat "crystal clear as jade".

Liu Qin then realized what was happening and quickly knelt down in front of Tie Wushuang again: "Master! Your disciple was wrong! It was Jiang Yulang, it was him who told me... that the evidence against you for murdering Young Master Hua is conclusive and there is no way to overturn the case."

He also said that the Yihua Palace was notoriously tyrannical, and that it would definitely implicate its disciples. He... he said that as long as I was willing to identify you, he would find a way to save me! He said the same thing to Senior Brother Bai. Senior Brother Bai, say something!

“I…Junior Brother Liu! You…I did not betray Master, Jiang Yulang did say that.” Bai Qiong hid her ring while repeatedly accusing Jiang Yulang.

As a result, the way everyone looked at Jiang Biehe and his son became strange.

Although none of these are direct evidence, this is not a case handled by the Ministry of Justice. At this point, everyone present can basically see something.

"Are you going to take this blow for her?" Yaoyue asked coldly.

"This disciple is unfilial and is willing to accept Master's punishment," Hua Wuque said without any surprise.

The same thing happened before when they were outside the city. When Jiang Yulang fled, he didn't care about anyone else at all. One reason was that he was worried about being accidentally injured by the aftermath. On the other hand, Jiang Biehe and Jiang Yulang were both worried that Chu Luren would take advantage of the chaos to kill them and then claim that he committed suicide out of guilt!

So the father and son escaped extremely quickly...

Lotus was consumed by jealousy and wanted to take advantage of the chaos to kill the courtesan, but Hua Wuque mistakenly thought she was trying to save her.

Just then, a small iceberg, several people in size, crashed down. Hua Wuque quickly stepped in front of the two of them and shattered the iceberg with a single palm strike.

As a result, Hua Wuque, whose body was already weak, also suffered minor injuries...

Just as Yaoyue was about to strike Hua Wuque, Chu Luren shouted, "Jiang Biehe, what are you laughing at?"

Jiang Biehe: ? ? ?

Chu Luren did not directly advise Yaoyue—this child, Que'er, really deserved a beating this time.

However, Chu Luren preemptively attacked Jiang Biehe!

Seeing Chu Luren unleash a palm strike with boundless Buddhist light, Jiang Biehe dared not hesitate and hurriedly parried. However, even though Chu Luren hadn't gone all out and had even intentionally yielded, Jiang Biehe still showed weakness after three moves and was forced to use the "Heart-Shattering Palm"—indeed, this guy had cultivated the "Nine Yin Manual"...

Having tried what he wanted to try, Chu Luren used one hand to grab Jiang Biehe's hands, and with a twist, pressed down. A sound of bones breaking was heard at the same time as Jiang Biehe's scream!

Seeing the "Great Hero of Jiangnan" in such a miserable state, everyone present felt sorry for him. However, since Jiang Yulang's crimes had already been exposed, no one dared to say that it had nothing to do with Jiang Biehe Society, and no one pleaded for him immediately.

Just as someone was about to speak, Chu Luren shouted again, "What a 'Heart-Shattering Palm'! Isn't this the move that killed Master Xuanku? Speak! Where did you steal the 'Nine Yin Manual' from!"

"You were there when Mei Chaofeng lost the Human Skin Scripture. So that's when you stole it, and afterwards you even tried to frame Zhu Cong?" Chu Luren deliberately exposed this matter.

Sure enough, Guo Jing suddenly realized what was going on and quickly said, "Ah! Jiang, Hero Jiang... that day you took the antidote from me and never returned the sheepskin, so... so it was the human skin scripture that Mei Chaofeng lost?"

Although the others didn't quite understand, they vaguely guessed that Jiang Biehe had tricked Guo Juxia's disciple into giving him the human skin scripture, which he was unaware of.

This alone is enough to prove that Jiang Biehe is not a true gentleman!

Chu Luren attributed Xuan Ku's death—which was attributed to being struck in the heart meridian by a rigid palm strike—to being injured by the "Heart-Destroying Palm." Under normal circumstances, no one would believe it, but now...

If someone has done a lot of bad things, then as long as he's around, he's responsible for all the bad things he does!

It's like crying in front of Duan Zhengchun about having an illegitimate child with someone from the righteous path...

Jiang Biehe glared at Duan Tianya, only to discover that... Duan Tianya was also glaring at him.

Jiang Biehe: ? ? ?

Why are you making that face? Didn't the Marquis explain it clearly to you? This isn't what the Marquis told me...

Chu Luren had just kicked out and struck Jiang Biehe squarely in the abdomen, sending him flying sideways—his dantian was destroyed!

Just as Jiang Yulang was about to jump out of the window to escape, Chu Luren was thinking of waiting for him to escape before pulling him back in, which would make the situation even more desperate. However... just as he was halfway across, he saw a pebble hit him between his legs with a "thud" from behind!

"Ah!" Jiang Yulang also screamed and hung on the window.

Yang Guo then withdrew his hand as if it were not his own doing. Hao Datong stared at him from the side—"We are a prestigious and righteous sect, how could we possibly use such underhanded tactics against others?"

Chu Luren dragged Jiang Yulang along, then kicked him away, saying, "Yaoyue, if anyone should die in someone else's place, it should be him."

I also kicked his paper fan to pieces—you pretended to be a dashing young master, you pretended to be a playboy!

"Ha, fine! Lotus, kill him now, then cripple your own martial arts, and you will no longer be a member of the Yihua Palace. The Yihua Palace will have no jurisdiction over you!" Yaoyue said coldly.

"No...Palace Master, please! I beg you to spare Yulang, it's me..."

"You lowly servant!" Yaoyue slapped her so hard that she had to kneel down and do a 360-degree aerial spin, one side of her face immediately swelling up beyond recognition.

She even specifically addressed him as "Yu Lang," and Chu Luren had no idea what she was thinking.

"Then you'll all die together!" Yaoyue's mind was made up.

At this moment, Lianhua could no longer hold back and threw herself at Jiang Yulang, crying out, "Yulang! I'm so sorry!"

Given Yaoyue's temperament, she would naturally want to scare her away at this moment, and would never let them die together, just like she did with the real "Yulang" and Huayuenü back then.