The Great Martial Arts World: Hot Topics and Great Heroes

The fake traveler could roughly guess the situation by this time, and he played harder and harder, but the sound of the Chu deer's suona had already drowned him out like a tide.

After another round of invisible clashes, the fake passerby's playing was interrupted, not only missing a note, but also breaking the treetop beneath his feet.

She abandoned the suona, leaped into the air, and shouted, "Qin, come!" Her voice was no longer concealed; it was clearly a somewhat hoarse female voice!

At this moment, a long wooden box flew straight up from the fallen leaves. The fake passerby stepped on it and "flew around in the box" for half a circle before landing on a stone platform. The box opened by itself, and a wooden zither was released and landed on the stone platform, just the right height for the fake passerby sitting behind to play.

Chu Luren felt that the other party wanted to compete with him in music, which was exactly what he wanted. Although he expected that this was the other party's strength, it was not his weakness either. Moreover, he could take advantage of the suona and, more importantly, he did not need to go out.

"You scoundrel, how dare you impersonate our alliance? Who is behind this?" Chu Luren's voice, accompanied by the suona horn, came from all directions.

The fake passerby didn't answer, but instead began to play the seven-stringed zither in front of him.

Clang—clang—clang clang clang clang clang—

The melodious and stirring sounds of the zither intertwined and collided with the high-pitched and generous sounds of the suona, exploding in circles of air around them. Trees suddenly shattered with each note, and the ground occasionally bulged and burst open...

This fake passerby's internal strength is inferior to Chu Luren's, and even inferior to Chu Luren who can only use seven or eight tenths of his strength now. However, after using the seven-stringed zither that he is comfortable with, his musical skills are indeed superior to Chu Luren's!

However, Chu Luren's suona is inherently advantageous in the battle of sound. Back when he encountered Huang Yaoshi, Chu Luren's internal strength was far inferior, yet he still managed to disrupt Huang Yaoshi's flute playing with the sound of his suona. How much more so now?

In a simple battle of rhythms, the fake traveler could barely maintain a stalemate. However, when the Chu Luren changed his strategy slightly and began to deliberately "push" her rhythm with the suona, he immediately threw her into disarray.

While it does affect the suona music, it undoubtedly causes greater disruption to the opponent's musical rhythm...

The fake passerby's mind went blank for a moment, as if a thick, hard suona horn was being pounded into her head repeatedly.

Chu Luren's suona music only achieved 20% of its intended effect, while her zither playing was off-key by 30-40%, resulting in a mismatched melody and a less than 50% improvement in overall effect!

If we disregard "sonic skills" and focus solely on "sonic attacks," then Chu Luren, with his superior internal strength and more "unique and outstanding" musical instrument, would naturally have a significant advantage...

With a loud bang, blood gushed from the fake passerby's finger, and the bluestone beneath the zither was shattered!

The fake passerby exclaimed in surprise, quickly snatched the damaged seven-stringed zither, and with a single step, floated to a distant tree branch. Looking at the cloaked figure who had appeared, the fake passerby turned back and said hatefully, "Chu Luren... I will remember you!"

Chapter 898 Cherishing One's Feathers

This fake passerby possessed extraordinary lightness skills; even the fake Little Red landed on her shoulder and they both departed together…

Chu Luren looked around. Although he felt he should be able to catch up, he was injured and didn't know how far he would have to chase. There was no need to be so reckless. If there were other ambushes, it would be very disadvantageous.

"It's you?" Guo Xiang looked at the cloaked figure in surprise.

There are many people in the martial arts world who wear cloaks, but it's rare to see someone so well covered up!

Especially since she had just met her during the day and that her older sister had glared at her, Guo Xiang naturally had a deep impression of her.

Liu Dahong calmed his internal energy, which had been boiling over due to the sound attacks between the two sides, and then spoke with difficulty: "You are... Alliance Leader Chu?"

In contrast, Guo Xiang, whose internal strength was not high but was very solid, recovered the fastest.

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Xiao Hong then landed on Chu Luren's shoulder, confirming her identity.

"Hmph, blind as a bat..." Chu Luren asked in a hoarse, sarcastic voice.

Chu Luren's voice had only recently recovered.

The relationship with the Mu family was not good to begin with, and these fools actually fell for the trap, almost ruining their reputation. Naturally, Chu Luren had no good attitude towards them.

Mu Jiansheng and Liu Dahong were speechless for a moment, but just then, Liu Yizhou, his face flushed, roared at Chu Luren, "You are Chu Luren? Then why didn't you go after her? Why were you hiding? Are you all in cahoots? Where are my junior sister and the little princess?"

Liu Yizhou was already in a bad mood, and his mind was further disturbed by the sound attack, so he naturally acted a bit brainless.

"Yizhou!" Liu Dahong quickly stopped him and reminded him, "Calm down and concentrate!"

In fact, Liu Dahong and Mu Jiansheng were also puzzled – given Chu Taisui's personality, why didn't he chase after the expert who impersonated him? Judging from the fight just now, although that person was also very powerful, he was no match for Chu Taisui.

And... why is Chu Taisui dressed like this?

It's not impossible that Chu Luren hired someone to put on a show, since they still haven't figured out the other person's identity.

However, having just been saved by Chu Luren, it was inevitable that they would lack backbone at this moment, and neither Mu Jiansheng nor Liu Dahong voiced any questions.

"We were indeed rash in this matter. My sister's disappearance has inevitably caused us distress. We apologize to Alliance Leader Chu for this. We are also grateful for Alliance Leader Chu's righteous intervention, which prevented us from being harmed by villains." Mu Jiansheng gave a token thank you.

In fact, if Mu Jiansheng sorted out his logic a little, he would know that the other party was definitely not there to kill them, otherwise why would they be pretending to be Chu Luren?

Nine times out of ten, it's aimed at the Chu Lu people...

In other words, it's entirely plausible to say that they were implicated by the Chu Lu people.

"Who told you that the disappearance of the young princess of the Mu family is related to our alliance?" Chu Luren asked in a deep voice.

"Well... we found some clues, and now it seems they were also forged by villains," Mu Jiansheng replied casually.

"No, you didn't say that at the tavern. Who is this 'reliable friend'?" Chu Luren clearly wasn't going to give him any face.

The people of Chulu cannot rest easy until the person who instigated this is eliminated.

Liu Yizhou was about to speak again when Liu Dahong stopped him, clasped his hands in a fist and said, "My Muwang Mansion will definitely investigate this matter thoroughly and give Alliance Leader Chu an explanation. However, there may be some misunderstandings. In order to avoid alerting the enemy, we cannot tell you directly. We hope you will understand!"

He was indeed a trusted friend of the Mu family.

Despite the unexpected turn of events, Liu Dahong still wanted to investigate on his own rather than revealing his "friend" directly, lest he be retaliated against by Chu Luren.

In other words, even now, they believe that their friend either had a faulty intelligence or that Chu Luren was indeed the problem!

"Heh, you won't tell? I've been wandering the martial world for years, do you think I wouldn't know who tricked me? I, Chu Luren, may have many enemies, and even more people who don't like me, but who would go to such lengths to frame me, and who is connected to your Mu Wang Mansion... Heh! After thinking it over, it can only be that fake eunuch, Wei Xiaobao!"

When Chu Luren spoke, he had his back to the group and appeared to have his eyes covered, but in reality, he was observing their reactions from within.

As expected, when Wei Xiaobao's name was called out, Mu Jiansheng and the others changed their expressions slightly—Chu Luren immediately understood.

"It's alright if you don't want to tell me. In all my years of wandering the martial world, I, Chu Luren, have not only made many enemies, but also many more friends! The Righteous Alliance is spread all over the world. I'll help you find out the whereabouts of the young princess and that Miss Fang!" Chu Luren said deliberately.

Upon hearing this, Mu Jiansheng immediately became anxious: "Wait! Alliance Leader Chu, this matter need not be troubled by the Righteous Alliance..."

Why would they want others to know about something like this?

Especially since they are members of the Righteous Alliance!

If two girls go missing and are kidnapped, how much gossip will there be in the future?

"Hmph, if you don't want to find your sister soon, I, the leader of this alliance, also have to consider my reputation! Otherwise, if Wei Xiaobao goes around the world making his name, wouldn't that ruin my reputation?" Chu Luren said disdainfully.

The people from the Mu family also realized that Chu Luren was turning the tables on them.

Seeing this, Liu Dahong had no choice but to promise, "Alliance Leader Chu, rest assured, my Mu Wang Mansion will definitely investigate this matter thoroughly, and if there are any rumors about this in the martial arts world, my Mu Wang Mansion will do its utmost to clarify them."

As for Chu Luren mentioning Wei Xiaobao again...

Liu Dahong neither admitted nor denied it.

"Our alliance can't wait much longer. If you tell us the whole story, we can be patient until it really becomes a hot topic in the martial arts world. Otherwise, we'll have to clarify things immediately, which will also help the Mu family find the young princess and Miss Fang as soon as possible!" Chu Luren threatened directly.

These people are stubborn and won't budge, they only move when pushed!

Moreover, Chu Luren had indeed caught them red-handed. Mu Jiansheng glanced at Liu Dahong, and after seeing the old man nod, he sighed and said, "Alas, since that's the case, then tomorrow at 9:00 AM, we'll meet at the tavern in Fengling Ferry during the day today, where we didn't recognize Mount Tai. We'll definitely discuss this in detail with Alliance Leader Chu then."

Chu Luren knew they would definitely need to discuss it first, so he didn't press them further and simply nodded: "Okay."

Then he left without looking back...

Having just met Chu Luren, Guo Xiang was unwilling to give up so easily. She quickly chased after him, calling out, "Lord Chu, Alliance Leader Chu, wait a moment..."

However, Chu Luren did not turn his head back. Although Guo Xiang used her family's lightness skill, how could she catch up with him?

In his haste, he accidentally stepped into a mud pit and misjudged his movements, stumbling and falling. When he got up, he saw that he was covered in mud and couldn't help but feel discouraged.

Chu Luren, standing on the Mingyu Terrace, saw her carelessness and secretly used his movement technique to circle back to the back: "What are you chasing?"

"Ah!" Guo Xiang was startled and almost fell back down.

Upon seeing that it was Chu Luren returning, he said with a smile, "I heard about your heroic tales, Chu Taisui, so I came with the people from the Mu Prince's Mansion to come and see..."

"Yes, I do have many heroic legends," Chu Luren said, nodding.

"So, were you angry with my older sister at the tavern earlier?"

Chu Luren: ...

"Don't take it to heart. My older sister is just straightforward; she doesn't mean any harm!"

Chu Luren: ...

"Did you make up those rumors, or did your subordinates?"

Chu Luren: ...

Chapter 899 Chu Tai Sui's Observation Log

Guo Fu discovered that Guo Xiang was missing that night and was getting anxious when Chu Luren brought Guo Xiang back to the inn.

"Second sister! What happened to you? Who...who are you? Let go of my sister!" When Guo Fu saw Guo Xiang covered in mud and in a very disheveled state, and then saw the strange man she had seen during the day standing next to her, she immediately became furious.

Chu Luren rolled his eyes and said, "Did I catch him?" After saying that, he went upstairs directly—Chu Luren's room was also in this inn, and he had arrived earlier than the three siblings.

"you……"

Guo Fu wanted to say something more, but Guo Xiang interrupted her, saying, "Alright, elder sister! I just tripped and fell by accident. It was... he who brought me back."

Guo Xiang knew that Chu Tai Sui wanted to hide his identity, so she didn't say anything more.

"I haven't even asked you where you went yet? And why are you still wearing night clothes?" Guo Fu scolded Guo Xiang again upon seeing this.

"I was just curious..."

"So you really went to find people from the Mu family? You're really lucky you weren't captured and forced into a bandit camp by Chu Taisui!" Guo Fu shouted.

Chu Luren: ...

Chu Luren ignored the criticisms leveled against him by the three siblings below and instead began analyzing how Wei Xiaobao had framed him.

After confirming it was Wei Xiaobao, Chu Luren actually breathed a sigh of relief—after all, this guy only hated him because of Ake's matter.

Other conflicts of interest are not significant, and although Wei Xiaobao is quick-witted, he merely mediates between various forces.

In other words, his framing of himself only proves that he himself has a grudge against Chu Luren, and the so-called "conspiracy" will most likely not have any follow-up moves.

If it's the old monkey's or someone else's plan, then Chu Luren should take it more seriously.

However, what made Chu Luren hesitate was who the woman who played the zither earlier was.