The Great Martial Arts World: Hot Topics and Great Heroes

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At the same time, Chu Luren also appeared on the night market street.

After Dongfang Jiejie finished singing, she asked Chu Luren to accompany her to stroll through the Qixi Festival lantern fair.

The older sister wanted her younger brother to accompany her to the lantern festival, a perfectly reasonable request that Chu Luren naturally wouldn't refuse. As for news about Murong Jiu... Dongfang had also had people inquire about it carefully.

"Little brother, are you close to Li Mochou? By the way, I heard that the leader of the Ancient Tomb Sect once held a martial arts contest to find a wife?"

"Little brother, isn't the leader of the Ancient Tomb Sect very beautiful?"

“Brother, it seems that Yaoyue is also heading towards Nanyang... I wonder if she will visit the lantern festival.”

"Little brother, can you imagine what it would be like to invite the moon to stroll through the Qiqiao Lantern Festival?"

"Little brother, if we go to the lantern festival together, won't she and Li Mochou be angry when they see us?"

"Here, little brother, have some candied hawthorn..."

"Ah! Little brother, if we eat a candied hawthorn, won't Yaoyue and Li Mochou be angry when they see us?"

"The women of the Flower Palace and the Ancient Tomb Sect are truly terrifying, unlike my sister, who only cares about her younger brother..."

Without anyone noticing, Sister Dongfang had already implicated two groups of people.

Chu Luren felt a little guilty after hearing what Sister Dongfang said—although she was just accompanying her sister to the lantern festival, she couldn't help but worry that others would misunderstand!

In order not to spoil their mood at the lantern festival, the Chu Lu people wholeheartedly guarded Mingyutai, trying their best to spot and avoid them in advance.

Suddenly, Chu Luren discovered a "black hole" on his Mingyu Platform—this was because the aura around the Inviting Moon Token had all "quieted down," making it impossible for Chu Luren to sense anything.

"Sister, let's go watch the lion dance over there." Chu Luren suddenly became interested in this kind of rudimentary martial arts.

Hmm? It seems to be more than just superficial...

"Okay!" Dongfang replied with a smile, then pulled Chu Luren over.

Before Chu Luren could even catch his breath, he suddenly realized that the "black hole" was approaching him!

Chu Luren: ...

That's right, Chu Luren forgot one thing—even if his Mingyutai was a mutated version, the area of ​​Yaoyue after breaking through the Heavenly Gate was definitely larger than his!

Chu Luren was initially nervous, but then convinced herself that it was nothing—I was just accompanying my sister to the lantern festival, what's wrong with that?

She's just my older sister.

Don't overthink things.

There's nothing I can do about it if that's what you think!

Thinking this, Chu Luren's face beamed with the expression of a moral gentleman, and he stood even more upright.

Just then, as Yaoyue approached with a cold smile, all that could be heard was...

"Ah!" Dongfang exclaimed, seemingly startled by the sudden pounce of the "lion dance."

She hurriedly hid behind Chu Luren, clutching his clothes tightly and pressing her whole body against his back.

Chu Luren: ...

Seeing Li Mochou and Yaoyue arrive together, Chu Luren gave a warm smile: "Why are you two together?"

Li Mochou looked at Dongfang, whose big eyes were blinking at her, still hiding... no, lying behind Chu Luren, and sneered, "Did we come at the wrong time?"

"No, you've come at the perfect time. The most exciting part of the lion dance is just beginning," Chu Luren said calmly.

Even though Chu Luren felt the chill creeping over him, he remained calm and composed.

Although many of the onlookers had discreetly dispersed by this time, a portion of them, and most importantly, the lion and dragon dancers, remained focused on their performance and watched without even glancing at them.

Ok……

Chu Luren had also discovered that although the lion dancers were not considered experts by Chu Luren now, the seven or eight people with the two lions and the dragon would have been more than capable of wiping out a wave of the Huashan Sect five years ago.

A significant portion of the surrounding "audience" were also "professionals".

"Ha, the Sun Moon Cult actually organized a lantern night market for the Qixi Festival? The Eastern Cult Leader is really going to great lengths!" Yaoyue said coldly.

Dongfang blinked without saying a word, then popped her head out from behind Chu Luren, raised her hand, held the candied hawthorn in front of her, bit off a piece with her pearly teeth, deliberately lingered it on her lips, and then tilted her head back and let it fall into her mouth.

Inviting the Moon: !!!

"Ahem, this is Nanyang City, calm down, there are so many people at the lantern festival..." Chu Luren quickly calmed the two who had started arguing again.

However, Yaoyue's fighting spirit had been ignited to the extreme. Sister Dongfang seemed calm on the surface, but in reality, she had already gathered her energy and was ready to meet the opponent's thunderous attack at any time!

Although it seems that many "extras" from the Sun Moon Cult have infiltrated the lantern festival, there are still quite a few ordinary people among them. Chu Luren was at his wit's end, so he had no choice but to resort to his old tricks again...

"Let's go! Mochou, let's go over there!" Chu Luren took a step and used the Fuyao Step, suddenly disappearing between the two of them.

Before Li Mochou could react, Chu Luren had already pulled her away.

Li Mochou was still angry and instinctively wanted to resist, but...

Then he realized that the one left there was the Grand Master of Yihua Palace, and a strange sense of satisfaction filled his heart. So he obediently followed Chu Luren and left.

Their similar emotional journeys meant that Yaoyue didn't harbor much hostility towards Li Mochou, but she did feel a sense of superiority, as if "this is a significantly weaker version of myself." This slightly annoyed Li Mochou, who had a strong sense of pride and feared no one when she was in a good mood. At this moment, she felt extremely satisfied...

Sure enough, their attention was immediately drawn away. However, Yaoyue only felt that the scene was vaguely familiar, while Dongfang had already prepared a plan—the same move would not work a second time.

Dongfang, tiptoeing and her red sleeves fluttering, appeared to be a delicate woman but was actually a blur of red as she caught up with Chu Luren. She then took her brother's other arm, leaving Yaoyue alone...

Inviting the Moon: !!!

Chapter 855 Encountering Poison Again

Although she didn't know whether the master's lover had been caught or whether he was alive or dead, Li Mochou had a great time at last night's lantern festival.

Chu Luren's left arm was still aching slightly; it was from an injury sustained last night during the Qixi Festival.

Chu Luren felt that the people of Nanyang should award him a medal of honor—it was Chu Luren who saved Nanyang from a disaster last night and allowed the Qixi Festival lantern festival to proceed as normal!

In the end, Chu Luren managed to calm Yaoyue down, but when he tried to touch her shoulder, his forearm came within a foot of hers, resulting in frostbite...

Fortunately, it was Chu Luren. If it had been anyone else, even Zhang Wuji or Duan Yu, they might not have been able to save that arm.

Under the enhanced Divine Illumination True Qi, Chu Luren's arm was able to move again, but it was still a bit stiff and would probably take a couple of days to recover.

Even Chu Luren needed two and a half days to recover, so you can imagine what kind of injury it was!

Last night, in that critical moment when the whole city was about to be in mourning, Chu Luren had a sudden inspiration...

Okay, actually, it was Sister Dongfang who wrote a hint in her palm at the end—there was a riddle-solving stall nearby, and "coincidentally" there were riddles praising the bright moon, riddles praising the red lotus, riddles praising the peony...

In the end, Chu Luren guessed all the answers and even gave the lanterns to the three of them, thus saving Nanyang.

Chu Luren sighed inwardly, "As expected of the Sun Moon Sect—I didn't even remember that Li Mochou liked peonies; it was Dongfang who reminded me!"

The handkerchief that Li Mochou gave to Lu Zhanyuan was embroidered with peonies. In the original work, when Li Mochou first appeared, she was also holding a peony in her hand, looking like a beautiful young girl in her early twenties.

Although Chu Luren became overconfident and suffered some minor injuries, he felt warm inside when he thought about how the lives and property of the people of Nanyang had been protected. It was truly a beacon of righteousness!

After the Qixi Festival, Dongfang and Yaoyue truly left...

Chu Luren had a vague feeling that the things the two of them were going to do would give him a major headache in the future.

Needless to say, Yaoyue is going to find Yan Nantian to challenge Hua Wuque and Xiaoyuer to a duel. At that time, Yaoyue will definitely take the blame for the deaths of Jiang Feng and his wife. After Xiaoyuer and Hua Wuque finish their fight, she will definitely have a battle with Yan Nantian!

Chu Luren wanted to find a way to ruin her plans...

Although Dongfang didn't say anything, Chu Luren still remembered that she had cooperated with Wu Sangui in the past.

As tensions between countries escalate, Chu Luren feels that what she is about to do will be even more explosive than Yaoyue's battle against Yan Nantian.

In comparison, the "sect mission" of the Ancient Tomb—to sabotage the Dragon Guard Manor and capture Wang Chongyang—was practically a publicly funded vacation.

On the tenth day of the seventh month, Chu Luren and Li Mochou arrived in Luoyang, concealing their identities.

At this time, Luoyang City was peaceful. It seemed that after the turtle-killing competition, the various turtle-killing teams had not caused any major disturbances.

“Luoyang is Wu Sangui’s stronghold after all. People from the Dragon Guard Manor shouldn’t pass through here, right? Even if they were to leave Guanzhong and go to Huainan from here, they should have bypassed Luoyang.” Li Mochou had changed into peasant woman’s clothes and awkwardly followed Chu Luren.

"No, the Dragon Guard Manor is very likely colluding with Wu Sangui behind the scenes, and they are more likely to pass through here. Let's wait for three days. If there is no news within three days, we will head west without stopping. It would be best if we could find them. If we can't find their whereabouts, we will go all the way to Lin'an and block them!"

Chu Luren was preparing according to the fact that Wang Chongyang had already been captured.

In fact, Chu Luren didn't really want to go to Lin'an, since it was the stronghold of the Divine Marquis, and he was in danger of being trapped there if he wasn't careful.

The old monkey was wary of him before, and after poisoning him, he only asked Murong Jiu to cause trouble instead of harming him, but that doesn't mean he didn't dare.

Especially after Chu Luren pulled the rug out from under them and spread the "romantic story of Gu Santong and Su Xin" throughout the martial arts world...

"How do you know that the Dragon Guard Manor is colluding with Wu Sangui?" Li Mochou asked suspiciously.

“Look, Wu Sangui, that old turtle, is a bastard, and Zhao Wushi, that old monkey, is also a bastard… They’re colluding, isn’t that reasonable?” Chu Luren said confidently and clearly.

Li Mochou: ...

Xiao Hong searched the vicinity of Luoyang City but found nothing. However, that night, Chu Luren was awakened from his cultivation by "hostility".

result……

bang-

The newcomer was drugged at the door again. This time, the petite woman who poisoned him came up from downstairs, carried him away, and "threw" him out!

It's clear that this person is extremely skilled with poison. Last time, she lived next door, so Chu Luren discovered her releasing the sleeping potion. But this time, since she was downstairs, it seems that the poison was laid in advance.

Not only was it colorless and odorless, but because it itself did not harbor any hostility, even Chu Luren did not notice it beforehand!

This was the second time Chu Luren had encountered something like this, and he was starting to take it seriously—the first time could be described as "a female rogue taking advantage of a handsome man, and a ruthless heroine standing up for justice," but this time it had followed him all the way to Luoyang...

They've got their eyes on me, haven't they?

Leaving aside the person who poisoned the body, why are those who repeatedly act bravely and righteously always around?

If it was to protect herself, Chu Luren didn't know her at all. If it was just a coincidence... then the hostile person must have been following her on purpose. She only lost him in Nanyang, but it doesn't make sense that she would keep running into people who are trying to help others.

Of course, there's also the possibility that the Good Samaritan had his eye on the female hooligan...

Chu Luren remained outwardly calm, but he had already locked onto this ruthless female knight-errant who had repeatedly performed acts of bravery. Seeing that she had once again thrown that female hooligan into the garbage dump and covered it with a rag, Chu Luren decided to go to her room first to see if there was anything that could reveal her identity.

But just then, a strange fragrance wafted over – a sleeping potion!

It was similar to the sleeping incense used by the Poisonous Heroine, but the odor was much stronger. It wasn't specifically for Chu Luren; it permeated the entire inn.